Ani*Kuri15
Ani-Kuri 15 is a series of fifteen 1-minute shorts that aired on the Japanese TV station, NHK between May 2007 and 2008. Intended as companion pieces to the AniKuri program and as filler between regularly scheduled programs, the shorts were broadcast in three seasons of 5 episodes. Each short was directed by a different director and the episodes were collected and uploaded to the official AniKuri15 website in 2008.
Seasons
E1Attack of Higashimachi Nichome, 2nd borough
May 7, 2007
Three aliens come to a cardboard Earth to invade.
E2From the Other Side of the Tears
May 7, 2007
A sad young girl recovers from a heartache.
E3Kyottoko - Blaze Man
May 7, 2007
A group of native warriors attack a giant kami in the shape of a bear. The kami sets one of the warriors on fire spiritually.
E4Sancha Blues (The Aromatic Tea Blues)
May 7, 2007
An avaricious record-store owner watches greedily as patrons look through his records.
E5Alien Invasion from Space. Hiroshi's Case
May 7, 2007
Hiroshi tries to read his manga but a small robot is shooting pellets to distract him so the robot can escape.
E1Project_Mermaid
Aug 6, 2007
A fish turns into a mermaid who swims out into a post-apocalyptic city.
E2Yurururu - Ordinary Chapter
Aug 6, 2007
An animator spends the whole day animating a 1-second clip of a giant fish in a city.
E3Gyrocopter
Aug 6, 2007
A young gyrocopter pilot visits a pool of water and remembers a gyrocopter battle and the death of a friend on a watery planet.
E4Sport Captain Episode No.18: Assassin Descended from the Mountain Hunt!!
Aug 6, 2007
A superhero comic book character and Tomoo's idol from Tobira Oda's manga, Danchi Tomoo. Who has his meal stolen by a cat after being attacked by a villain (his master's daughter). Then he imagines about his master (Paul) scaring the cats. Then he falls into a river and chased by his sidekick (The Bear and The Crow) and drifts over a waterfall.
E5Wandaba Kiss
Aug 6, 2007
A young boy and his dog initiate a complex Rube Goldberg machine to steal a kiss from a young girl.
E1A Gathering of Cats
Dec 10, 2007
The family cat (Chobi) has had his tail stepped on one too many times and dreams of revenge.
E2The Secret Agent Princess
Dec 10, 2007
A magical girl and her doll must defeat an invading horde of air pirates.
E3The Big Race
Dec 10, 2007
A group of children run across fields and play with a giant scary robot.
E4Project Omega
Dec 10, 2007
As an alien force hurtles toward NHK headquarters in Tokyo, the NHK building springs to life as an evangelion-transformer to battle the foe.
E5Good Morning
Dec 10, 2007
A young girl gets up from bed and sleepily tries to awaken herself.
Storyline
Ani-Kuri 15 is a series of fifteen 1-minute shorts that aired on the Japanese TV station, NHK between May 2007 and 2008. Intended as companion pieces to the AniKuri program and as filler between regularly scheduled programs, the shorts were broadcast in three seasons of 5 episodes. Each short was directed by a different director and the episodes were collected and uploaded to the official AniKuri15 website in 2008.
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