[National Film Archive of Japan] Announcement of Screening Program "Let's Watch on Film! Toei Animation"

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Starting July 21, 2026 (Tue), the National Film Archive of Japan will host the screening program "Let's Watch on Film! Toei Animation." This program will look back at the rich history of Toei Animation by screening all 67 works (45 programs) on film, starting with short films from the eve of the studio's establishment, early feature films, TV animations from the 1970s that pushed for greater diversity and mass production, works from the 1980s that followed the successful anime adaptations of "Weekly Shonen Jump" manga, and even OVA (Original Video Animation).

★ Highlights of the Screening Program ★

▼ 1 Almost all early feature films will be screened ▼

From the first domestic feature-length animated film "The Tale of the White Serpent" to "Animal Treasure Island," this program will showcase the early feature films that highlight the talent of staff who illuminated the studio's dawn, including Taiji Yabushita, Yasuji Mori, Akira Daiku, Yoshio Otsuka, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Yoichi Kotabe!

▼ 2 Many media-mix works that propelled the studio to success, such as "Dragon Ball," "Saint Seiya," and "Kinnikuman," will be screened ▼

Numerous works from the 1980s, when Toei Animation (then Toei Doga) entered a new era, will be screened, following the successive successful anime adaptations of manga.

▼ 3 A recreation of "Toei Manga Matsuri" will be held ▼

The screening event "Toei Manga Matsuri," which collectively showed children's works such as anime and tokusatsu, has been loved by children for many years as a major event during school holidays. This program will recreate the "'87 New Year's Gift Toei Manga Matsuri" from December 1986, screening "GeGeGe no Kitaro: The Great Rebellion of the Interdimensional Yokai," "Dragon Ball: The Legend of the Sacred Dragon," and "Kinnikuman: The Great Tournament" as a single program.

▼ 4 "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" and "Majokko Meg-chan" too! TV animations can be enjoyed on film ▼

There are also unique programs where TV animations can be viewed on the original film materials used for broadcast. A total of 8 TV animations will be screened, including globally popular works such as "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" and "Steel Jeeg," and works from the "Majokko Series," the origin of magical girl anime, such as "Majokko Meg-chan," "Mahou no Mako-chan," and "Mahoutsukai Chappy."

▼ 5 Special talk events with guests related to Toei Animation will be held ▼

Talk events will be held after the screenings. The schedule is as follows.

July 25 (Sat) 3:00 PM "Galaxy Express 999"

Guest: Rintaro (Animation Director)

August 15 (Sat) 4:00 PM "Mazinger Z vs. Great General of Darkness"

Guests: Go Nagai (Manga Artist), Tomoharu Katsumata (Animation Director)

August 30 (Sun) 4:00 PM "Tongari Bōshi no Memoru" / "Maple Town Monogatari" / "Shin Maple Town Monogatari"

Guests: Junichi Sato (Animation Director), Hiroki Shibata (Animation Director), Daisuke Nishio (Animation Director)

▼ 6 A "cheering screening" will be realized for the first time at the National Film Archive of Japan ▼

The following two screenings will be "cheering screenings" where audience participation is allowed. This is a great opportunity to express your passion for the works on the big screen!

July 29 (Wed) 7:00 PM "Mazinger Z vs. Great General of Darkness"

August 20 (Thu) 7:00 PM "Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods"

▼ 7 Collect stamps to get limited original merchandise ▼

A stamp rally will be held during the screening program. Stamps will be changed weekly (for 7 weeks). Those who collect 3 types will receive an original clear file, and those who collect all 7 types will receive an original acrylic keychain. *Available while supplies last.

This is the first large-scale special animation screening by the National Film Archive of Japan since "History of Japanese Animation Films" in 2004. At that time, the focus was on works from before the war to the immediate post-war period, but this program features approximately half of the works from the latter half of the 1970s onwards, when the anime market was rapidly growing. Animation has now become a major industry in Japan. This is a valuable opportunity to trace the origins and development of its history.

"Animal Treasure Island" © Toei "Tongari Bōshi no Memoru" © Toei Animation "Galaxy Express 999" © Leiji Matsumoto / Zero-G-Room, Toei Animation

Screening Works (45 programs, 67 works in total)

★ indicates new print screening

NICHIDO Short Film Collection

Sute Neko Tora-chan (1947, Kenzo Masaoka)

Tora-chan and the Bride (1948, Kenzo Masaoka)

Urare Violin (1955, Taiji Yabushita)

Kuroi Kikori to Shiroi Kikori (1956, Taiji Yabushita)

Toei Doga Short Film Collection

Koneko no Rakugaki (1957, Yasuji Yabushita)

Koneko no Studio (1959, Yasuji Mori)

Tanuki-san Daiatari (1959, George M. Reed, Masao Kumakawa)

Nezumi no Yomeiri (1961, Daisaku Shirakawa, Sadao Tsukioka)

Mogura no Motoro (1962, Hiroshi Ikeda)

The Tale of the White Serpent [Digital Restoration Version] (1958, Taiji Yabushita)

Shonen Sarutobi Sasuke (1959, Taiji Yabushita, Akira Daiku)

Saiyuki (1960, Taiji Yabushita, Daisaku Shirakawa, Osamu Tezuka)

Anju to Zushiōmaru (1961, Taiji Yabushita, Yūgo Serikawa)

Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (1962, Taiji Yabushita, Masao Kuroda)

Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji (1963, Yūgo Serikawa)

Wanwan Chūshingura (1963, Daisaku Shirakawa)

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965, Masao Kuroda)

Cyborg 009 (1966, Yūgo Serikawa)

Cyborg 009: Monster War (1967, Yūgo Serikawa)

Shonen Jack and the Magic Lamp (1967, Yasuji Yabushita)

Andersen Monogatari (1968, Kimio Yabuki)

Taiyo no Oji Horusu no Daiboken (1968, Isao Takahata)

Nagagutsu o Haita Neko (1969, Kimio Yabuki)

Soratobu Yūreisen (1969, Hiroshi Ikeda)

Kaitei 3 Man Mile (1970, Takeshi Tamiya)

Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi (1970, Yūgo Serikawa)

Animal Treasure Island (1971, Hiroshi Ikeda)★

Alibaba and the 40 Thieves (1971, Hiroshi Shitaraku)

Nagagutsu Sanjūshi (1972, Tomoharu Katsumata)★

Panda no Daiboken (1973, Yūgo Serikawa)★

Mazinger Z vs. Great General of Darkness (1974, Nobutaka Nishizawa)

Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: 80 Nichikan Sekai Isshu (1976, Hiroshi Shitaraku)★

Sekai Meisaku Dowa: Shiratori no Ōji (1977, Nobutaka Nishizawa)

Galaxy Express 999 (1979, Rintaro)★

Tongari Bōshi no Memoru (1985, Junichi Sato)★

Maple Town Monogatari (1986, Yukio Kaizawa)

Shin Maple Town Monogatari: Palm Town Hen: Konnichiwa! Atarashii Machi (1987, Hiroshi Shitaraku)

Kinnikuman: Hare Sugata! Seigi Chojin (1985, Takenori Kawata)

Kinnikuman: New York Kikyū! (1986, Takenori Kawata)

GeGeGe no Kitaro: Saikyo Yokai Gundan! Nihon Jōriku!! (1986, Yūgo Serikawa)

Akuma-kun (1989, Junichi Sato)

Grimm Dowa: Kin no Tori (1987, Toshio Hirata)

Saint Seiya (1987, Kōzō Morishita)

Saint Seiya: Kamigami no Atsuki Tatakai (1988, Shigeo Yamauchi)

Dragon Ball: Makafushigi Daiboken (1988, Kazuhisa Takenouchi)

Dragon Ball Z (1988, Daisuke Nishio)

Sakigake!! Otokojuku (1988, Tetsuo Imazawa)

Saint Seiya: Kurenai no Shonen Densetsu (1988, Shigeo Yamauchi)

Himitsu no Akko-chan (1989, Hiroki Shibata)

Himitsu no Akko-chan: Umi da! Obake da!! Natsumatsuri (1989, Keishi Hisaoka)

"Toei Manga Matsuri" Recreation Screening

'87 New Year's Gift Toei Manga Matsuri

GeGeGe no Kitaro: Gekitotsu!! Jigen Yokai no Dai Hanran (1986, Hiroki Shibata)

Dragon Ball: Shenron no Densetsu (1986, Daisuke Nishio)

Kinnikuman: Seigi Chojin VS Senshi Chojin (1986, Yasuo Yamayoshi)

TV Animation

"Moretsu Ataro" Series

Episode 78: "Satsutaba de Bunnya Gure Sono 1 / Satsutaba de Bunnya Gure Sono 2" (1970, Minoru Okazaki)

Episode 87: "Niyappon Ichi no Henna Kōban Sono 1 / Niyappon Ichi no Henna Kōban Sono 2" (1970, Toshio Katsuta)

Episode 90: "Sugoi Kawaiiko-chan / Omukosan ni Naritai no Kokoro" (1970, Isao Takahata)

"Mahou no Mako-chan" Series

Episode 17: "Yuki no Yoru ni Fue ga Kikoeru" (1971, Yūgo Serikawa)

Episode 42: "Tatta Hitosu no Kiroku" (1971, Yūgo Serikawa)

"Mahoutsukai Chappy" Series

Episode 30: "Matte Ite Otamage-ter!" (1972, Nobuo Ōnuki)

Episode 34: "Detayo Demashita Chanbara Jidai" (1972, Hideo Furusawa)

"Babel II" Series

Episode 5: "Kore ga Telekinesis da!" (1973, Minoru Okazaki)

Episode 25: "Shi no V-Gō Sakusen" (1973, Hideo Furusawa)

Episode 26: "Sōkōgeki Babel II" (1973, Takeshi Tamiya)

Episode 34: "Natsu ni Furu Yuki no Karyudo" (1973, Yasuo Yamaguchi)

"Majokko Meg-chan" Series

Episode 20: "Aruku no yo! Miru-chan" (1974, Minoru Okazaki)

Episode 27: "Sasoriza no Noroi" (1974, Hiroshi Shitaraku)

Episode 35: "Uchi no Nikai no Shiroi Uma" (1974, Hisashi Sakaguchi)

Episode 72: "Sayonara Meg-chan" (1975, Yūgo Serikawa)

"Kōtetsu Jeeg" Series

Episode 14: "Mezamero Jeeg! Ikari no Hangeki!!" (1976, Kōzō Morishita)

Episode 17: "Ganbare!! Mekameka Mekadon-gō!!" (1976, Nobutaka Nishizawa)

Episode 19: "Yomigaere!! Unmei no Haniwa Genjin" (1976, Yūgo Serikawa)

Episode 45: "Tate Yūsha!! Asunaki Sōryokusen!!" (1976, Nobuo Ōnuki)

"Uchū Kaizoku Kyaputen Hārokku" Series

Episode 1: "Uchū ni Hatafuku Kaizoku-ki" (1978, Rintaro)

Episode 11: "Rōra ga Kin'iro ni Kagayaku Toki" (1978, Terunori Namai)

Episode 16: "Hotaru - Wakareuta" (1978, Tokiji Kaburagi)

Episode 34: "Ginga Kōshinkyoku" (1978, Rintaro)

"SF Saiyuki Starzinger" Series (1978)

Episode 15: "Burakku Hōru Kiken Ippatsu!!" (1978, Kazumi Fukushima, Tsune Kiyoshi Otani)

Episode 23: "Ai yo! Ginga no Kanata made" (1978, Yūgo Serikawa)

Episode 28: "Tosshin! Kuin Kosumosu-gō" (1978, Tokiji Kaburagi)

Episode 37: "Uchū no Utsukushiki Ōkami" (1978, Yoshikata Nitta)

OVA (Original Video Animation)

"Shōnan Bakusōzoku" Series

Shōnan Bakusōzoku - Nokosareta Hashiriya-tachi (1986, Nobutaka Nishizawa)

Shōnan Bakusōzoku III: 10 Ounsu no Kizuna (1987, Nobutaka Nishizawa)

"Hana no Asuka Gumi!" Series

Shin Kabuki-chō Story: Hana no Asuka Gumi! (1987, Jun'en Umezawa)★

Hana no Asuka Gumi! 2: Lonely Cats Battle Royale (1990, Jun'en Umezawa)★

"BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL" Series

BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL (1990, Toshihiko Arisako)★

BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL 5 (1993, Hiroyuki Kadohira)★

"Shōnan Bakusōzoku III: 10 Ounsu no Kizuna" © Satoru Yoshida / Toei Video "Himitsu no Akko-chan" © Fujio Akatsuka, Toei Animation "Majokko Meg-chan" © Toei Animation

Event Overview

Program Title: Let's Watch on Film! Toei Animation (English Title: Toei Animation on Film)

Period: July 21, 2026 (Tue) - September 6, 2026 (Sun) *Closed on Mondays

Venue: National Film Archive of Japan Nagase Memorial Hall OZU [2F]

Organizer: National Film Archive of Japan

Program Cooperation: Toei Animation Co., Ltd.

Cooperation: Toei Company, Ltd.

Inquiries: 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial)

HP: https://www.nfaj.go.jp/film-program/toeianimation202607/

Tickets: General: ¥1,300 / High School, University Students, Seniors (65+): ¥1,100 / Elementary and Junior High School Students: ¥900 / Persons with Disabilities (one attendant generally permitted), Campus Members, Preschoolers, Discounted: ¥800

"Taiyo no Oji Horusu no Daiboken" © Toei "Nagagutsu Sanjūshi" © Toei "Uchū Kaizoku Kyaputen Hārokku" © Leiji Matsumoto / Zero-G-Room, Toei Animation