Minetaro Hirai

The Story of the Blue-Eyed Girl

The story is set in a village in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kōchi during World War II. Even in this remote mountainous area, the perception of American and British people as "brutes" has taken root, due to the deaths and injuries among the villagers' relatives. A elementary schoolgirl named Eiko transfers from the city of Yokohama to this village. Eiko happens to have blue eyes from her American father, and her classmates make no attempt to rein in their bullying. Other than Eiko's homeroom teacher Akiko, even the teachers view Eiko the same way that the children do. However, a boy named Kenta views Eiko more with curiosity than with hostility. The children's lives change as the injured father of one of Kenta's classmates returns from the battlefield and news of more casualties arrives in the village.

Kiku and the Wolf

Kiku-chan to Ookami is, like most of the Sensou Douwa specials, based on a short story by Nosaka Akiyuki. It is set in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (the Chinese province of Manchuria) during the closing days of Word War II. Life for the Japanese colonists is tranquil, with none of the hazards and shortages occurring in the Japanese homeland. Then, on August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union, fulfilling its obligations to the Western Allies, declares war and invades. The local Kwantung Army folds up like a house of cards, leaving the Japanese colonists exposed to the invading Russians and Chinese.

Crayon Shin-chan: Invoke a Storm! The Singing Buttocks Bomb

When an alien bomb powerful enough to destroy the entire planet sticks to the buttocks of Shin-chan's pet dog Shiro, a race to save the world begins.

The Cake Tree in the Ruins

War drama based on a short story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express

Doraemon went missing for 3 days. But it turns out later that he went to the 22nd century to buy a mystery galactic express train ticket whose destination is a secret until the passengers arrive there and see for themselves.

Doraemon: Nobita's Diary on the Creation of the World

Nobita was reading a picture book.In that he sees Adam and Eve disobeying god and eating the apple in the garden of Eden. Nobita comments that their descendants have to face many difficulties because of Adam and Eve's mistake. Then Doraemon reminds Nobita that he had to do his summer vacation research homework.

Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen

Tired of constantly having nightmares, Nobita ask for Doraemon to bring a Dream Machine which would allow Nobita to dream of anything he wants. After an attempt to have a dream about the fall of Atlantis fails, he chooses a dream where he is in a fantasy world with an inspiration from The Three Musketeers. Together Nobita and his friends must defeat the evil King before he escapes from Nobita's dream into other people's dreams.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds

Nobita begins to wonder if Heaven exists in the clouds while studying about them at school. At first he is ridiculed but finally Doraemon decides to help him explore the idea.