Gakken Movies

One day, an old man rescued a crane that had been caught in a trap. Then, one night, a young woman named 'Tsuu' visited the old man's house, and they...

2007 release

2006 release

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

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...

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...

In this reimagining of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel, the musketeer Aramis is secretly a woman in disguise, drawn to the elite corps after exacting...

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...

2012 release

An adaptation of Mimei Ogawa's short story. It was a night with a beautiful moon. An optician visited an old lady who was living in a house alone...

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

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

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

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...

2012 release

A modified version of The Little Red Hen folk tale. It stars a squirrel and the moral of the story (no work=no prize) is removed as the animals who...

A stop-motion film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.

A strange thing happens at the shoe shop of a poor but kindhearted old couple. They prepare the skins for their shoes and go to bed, and the next...

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 stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast.