Namakura Gatana, meaning "dull-edged sword," is a two-minute comedy about a samurai who, thanks to his dull instrument, loses every time he attacks a weak opponent. In order to examine the sword, he tries to attack passers-by, but lower-class townspeople fight back and knock him down.
Namakura Gatana has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: なまくら刀（塙凹内名刀之巻）, Namakura Katana, Hanawa Hekonai Meitou no Maki, The Fine Sword, An Obtuse Sword
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Top Anime Like Namakura Gatana [2026 List]
4. Ugokie Kori no Tatehiki
Movie from 1933. Fox spirit turns into a samurai and picks on a racoon spirit. The racoon spirit gets his father and they team up against the fox spirit.
Ugokie Kori no Tatehiki has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 動絵狐狸達引, Ugokie Kori no Tatehiki
3. Kobutori (1929)
In Kobu-Tori, an old man with a lump growing on his face takes refuge in a hollow tree during a thunderstorm. When he awakens, he finds the forest populated by mythic creatures. He dances with the sprites and as a reward, the creatures remove his deformity. Back in the village, he tells another man who has a similar growth on his face. Will the creatures bestow the same boon upon this other man?
The Stolen Lump has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 瘤取り, Kobu-tori, His Snatched Off Lump, The Stolen Lump (1929)
2. Kintarou
has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 金太郎, Kintarou
1. Katsudou Shashin
Believed to be the first animation created in Japan. The short experimental hand-cranked film of only 50 frames features a boy in a sailor suit who writes Katsudou Shashin (Moving Picture) and then removes his hat and gives a salute.
Katsudou Shashin has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 活動写真, Matsumoto Fragment
