Roadside Stone (Animated Classics of Japanese Literature)

Title

Seishun Anime Zenshuu

AniDB

2427

MAL

4723

Episodes

32

A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature. The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years. The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves). Source: Nippon Animation's english homepage Note: R1 episode order is totally mixed up