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Tong Tong (based on a real panda at Ueno Zoo of the same name who became the first giant panda to successfully be birthed in captivity Japan) and You You (Tong Tong's male sibling born 2 years after her) decide to go out of the house and into the city without their parents to meet their friend Mori (who is with his dad). They end up learning traffic safety from a helpful police woman who gets them to their destination safely. This educational short was in part made in honor of the 20th anniversary of the "Normalization of the Sino-Japanese Relations" (1972) where pandas were temporarily exchanged.

A traffic safety film about two pandas named Kan Kan and Lan Lan who live in a quiet animal village in the forest. They go out to the town and learn traffic safety, do good deeds, and return to the forest.

A cute and friendly traffic safety anime with animals at the characters.

An educational children's series about STEAM education.

A traffic safety anime aimed at infants to lower elementary school aged children. It stars the 3 little pigs and teaches how to walk on roads, use pedestrian crossings, and what road signs mean.

A bicycle safety anime for toddlers and lower level elementary schoolers. Pochi the puppy is learning how to ride a bicycle. His fellow classmates monkey, wolf, and fox tease him about how strict he is. They ride off and due to their lackadaisical attitude, end up in a traffic accident that sends all 3 of them to the hospital.

Celebrate your birthday with Anpanman and friends! Each episode features characters, songs, and stories related to one month of the year.

A traffic safety starring a penguin named Nan-chan. It teaches the importance of avoiding jumping accidents, a situation where children jump out into the road from blind spots.

Music video for the song Kappa wa Shitteiru by Midories, that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta and Ao Kiiro programs. It was produced to promote water safety.

A family of mice navigate the treacherous world of online information. The father can't help but believe information he finds on his smartphone, and each time, his daughter must step in and teach him about the traps of the internet and social media. This five-minute educational comedy helps viewers learn the essentials of internet literacy through a quirky and lovable father-daughter duo. (Source: NHK WORLD-JAPAN)

An elementary school boy experiences an big earthquake. He's experienced earthquakes before but not one of this scale. It did some extensive damage and he decides to learn about earthquake recovery. How things are done and why things are done in specific orders.

Satoru, Akira and Ichiro are riding bicycles, weaving between people walking when they nearly collide with a car at an intersection. They are saved by Doctor X who sends them a letter with alternative future photographs. They are pictures of the accident, showing the outcome of their lives had he not been there.

A children's educational series following anthropomorphic UFOs.

A short film by Seitarou Kitayama to promote oral hygiene.

In ancient times, humans caught prey only when needed, but eventually people found it more convenient to store their prey. As the time went on, bartering evolved into the birth of currency. (Source: Wikipedia, translated)

In 742 A.D., the first year of Xuantianbao in Tang Dynasty, Japanese monks Rongrui and Puzhao heard of the reputation of Monk Jianzhen, and they went to Daming Temple in Yangzhou to meet with Monk Jianzhen and invited him to Japan to teach the Dharma. The Great Monk Zhen carried forward the Dharma for Dongdu. After five failures, including the death of his disciples, the obstruction of the government, and even blindness in both eyes, etc., he still did not change his ambition. He combined the then prosperous Chinese Buddhism with Chinese medicine, art, and architecture, literature, etc., were transmitted to Japan by water. Monk Jianzhen not only introduced precepts to complete the Japanese Vinaya sect, but also indirectly influenced the rise of two masters in the history of Japanese Buddhism—Kukairen of Shingon and Saicheng Master of Tendai Sect, and thus developed the development of Japanese Buddhism in the Heian and Ikura periods. Heyday. In terms of cultural influence, the architecture, sculpture, calligraphy, painting, medicine and even people's daily necessities introduced by the master Dongdu left the Tang culture with a precious and rich heritage in Japan. That is why Monk Jianzhen was praised as the "giant of balance culture" in Japan. Through the presentation of animation, this film hopes to introduce the public to understand the life of a generation of masters. (Source: Baidu Encyclopedia, translated)

An educational series to teach children safety measures against kidnapping, burglary, and other crime.

Music video for the song Netsu Netsu Necchuushou by Midories that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta and Ao Kiiro programs.

On-chan no Kyou wa Donna Kanji? selects kanji related to Hokkaido that are compulsory for elementary school students in the lower grades, and aims to help with local education. On-chan, a popular mascot character of Hokkaido Television Broadcasting (HTB) that is loved by all generations, takes a single kanji character as a theme and freely imagines its meaning and shape, and performs a cute dance according to the stroke order. (Source: Taiyo Kikaku, translated)

Episodes 23-26 of the Insect Land anime, released on the TMS Anime YouTube channel for a limited time on April 26th, 2024.

A series of educational songs.