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

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...

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 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...

2012 release

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...

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

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...

2012 release

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

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.

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 Hans Christian Anderson's tale The Ugly Duckling.

A traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow. The story explores the effects of greed,...

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...