Gakken Movies

A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an...

Aramis fell off her horse and received the aid of a man named Francois. They fell in love with each other at first sight and spent their time happily...

Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are...

Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children.

A stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's tale The Ugly Duckling.

Based on the story by Kenji Miyazawa in which two hunters get lost in the woods and discover a strange restaurant which makes a number of...

The Whole gang is back together this time Direct to Video and in Japan.

An old donkey, who had been working hard for a farmer, quits his job and heads for the town, where he meets a dog, a cat, and a cat. The four animals...

A stop-motion adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen.

Gombei is a master duck catcher. One day, when he tried to catch too many ducks, they took him to a distant village. Gonbei, reflecting on his...

A little girl tries to sell matches on a cold December night with no luck. To keep from freezing she lights one match and sees a wondrous vision...

A short puppet animation movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.

The Robot Moles is an adorable story about flowers, moles, dumb scientists and a little girl.

A young boy named Takeshi steals an origami crane from his friend Nobu. To Takeshi's surprise the crane begins talking to him and offers to take him...

A short animated film by from 1959.

Hans was making bread and North Wind was blowing all the flour out of his bowl. He decides to visit the North Wind in his castle to ask him to stop...

Gauche is in charge of playing cello in the orchestra. He has a few days left before the concert, but he is unable to play it well. One night, while...

Yamahiko, the younger brother, hunts in the mountains, and Umihiko, the older brother, fishes in the sea. One day, Yamahiko loses Umihiko's precious...

A stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's Thumbelina.

Six year old Momoko and Motoharu are turned suddenly into High school students. And more than that they have now psychic powers.