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A Chinese adaptation of the international Backkom franchise. This film serves as a prequel to the main show. With the human exploitation of natural resources, the Arctic environment is completely destroyed, leaving only the last polar bear to survive. A human girl named Jessica adopts the polar bear and names him Backkom. Jessica is an extraordinary agent of the Security Department. Backkom eager to become an agent someday, but he is so clumsy that he can only do the cleaning in the Security Department. All of a sudden, a mysterious organization of polar bears shows up, places bombs around the world, and claims to seek revenge from human race. To remove threat of bombs, the top decision-making body of men, Global League, decides to arrange agents going under the basement of the Polar Bear Organization. While there are human detectors placed in the basement, their mission failed. Leaving the Global League with no choice, they have to train Backkom into an agent and arrange him to the Polar Bear Basement. Jessica is so concerned about Backkom and follows him in secret. Backkom and Jessica encounter so many difficulties in the basement, while they all succeed in solving them. They remove the bomb threat eventually, but Backkom was caught by the organization, where they show him a shocking fact. In the same time, the Global League is concerning giving up on Backkom, and launches attack to the Polar Bear Organization. (Source: Wikipedia)

A traditional Chinese tale entitled Tu Tze-chun that tells the story of a young man who becomes rich when he finds buried treasure only to lose it all leading a life of extravagance. This version is formally an adaptation of Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's telling of the tale titled Toshishun, he is known as the "father of Japanese short stories" and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him. (Source: Google Books)

Short movie by Noburou Oofuji.

Animated film about the life of the 45th Yokozuna, Wakanohana Kanji I. (Source: AniDB)

Based on the manga Flag! by Hotta Akio, which was serialized in Young King from 1992 to 1995. The OVA depicts the tumultuous daily lives of three boys, including Noboru, Akira and Haruo, who inherit the flag of the locally famous fugitive tribe "Moonlight".

After the war, concerned brother Hide promises his critically ill sister Miyoko that he will arrange for her to see a real elephant. But when he goes to the zoo to find one, an old man tells him of the tragic day when the zoo animals were slaughtered. The story is based on true historical events of the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, where dangerous animals during WW2 were slaughtered in order to prevent them from wreaking havoc in case Allied bombings would let the animals escape. Various methods were used such as starvation, poisoning, death by firing squad, and decapitation. Tokyo was bombed over a year later after the animals' slaughter and Ueno Zoo was never hit. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia and Wikipedia)

Independent animation by Tsukioka Sadao.

Two episode, adaptations of Masao Kume's Student Days and Saneatsu Mushanokoji's The Friend Who Didn't Believe in Friendship, were not broadcast in the original run, appearing instead as two "specials" on TV Asahi the following year. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

A woman is troubled by the recent loss of her father, but life finally becomes too much to bear when her mother’s mental and physical health starts to decline as well. In spite of the overwhelming situation, proper insurance reassures the mourning family. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Independent animation by Yanagihara Ryouhei, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.

A summary of the Kazoku Robinson Hyouryuuki: Fushigi na Shima no Flone full series aired as a TV specials.

A summary of the Daisougen no Chiisana Tenshi Bush Baby full series aired as a TV specials.

A summary of the Makiba no Shoujo Katri full series aired as a TV specials.

An ad promoting Tokio Marine Nichido Fire Insurance Company's Drive Agent Personal service, a drive recording service that can be used in case of an accident. In the commercial, a mother is in an automobile accident. The commercial focuses on the parent-child relationship after the accident and the reassurance both feel thanks to the Drive Agent Personal service. The mother is driving her son, Hiroki, to the nearest subway station. He's enroute to take his school exams. He's initially cold to his mother who cheers him on only to find out afterwards that she was in an accident while purchasing him a good luck charm. He goes to visit her at the hospital where she apologizes to him, but he responds in frustration. The event changes the nature of their relationship and Hiroki comes to appreciate his mother more. The commercial focuses on the theme of "protecting happiness" through the Drive Agent Personal service. It automatically contacts an accident reception center when the a strong shock is detected in the car. It will also contact the fire department and other emergency services. The insurance company hopes that the commercial will not only promote its service but give its customers peace of mind. (Source: ANN)

Chi earned her American dream after persevering with her studies in Taiwan. Following her grandmothers' death, Chi returns to her family on Happiness Road, where she begins to feel nostalgic about her childhood and starts to contemplate the meaning of "life" and "home". What is happiness? Will Chi find her own happiness? (Source: Official Site)

Recap of the first season of Ling Long: Incarnation.

Based on a children's novel by Etsuko Kishikawa.

New theatrical adaptaion of Ginga Tetsudou 999.

Satomi Maiya's graduate work at the Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. A mother secretly threw a letter written by her daughter into the snow-covered ocean. The suspicious daughter follows her mother by sneaking on a rowboat with her.

The short revolves around a kitten named Ponta and Kenta, a second-grade boy who goes on a school trip.

Yuuki has to move from Yokohama to a rural city and becomes the target of bullying. (Source: AniDB)

An orphaned cat adrift at sea is raised by an otter to live in the ocean. They live together in peace until one day they encounter a submarine...

Neko no Sumu Shima (The island where the cats live) takes place in Tashiro-jima, a place called "Island of the cats," which was severely damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. This 5-minutes episode follow the story of cats after the disaster.

After suffering severe floods in 1753, the people of Senbon Matsubara in Shizuoka cooperate on flood prevention around the Kiso, Nagara, and Yuhi rivers. The people of Satsuma (Kumamoto Prefecture) endure great hardships after being forced to undertake the work by the central government, a subtle indication of the bad feeling that would foment into open rebellion the following century. (Source: AnimeVice)