Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (1976)  

Contes animés du Vieux Japon, Japanese Folklore Tales 2, Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi 2, Velhos Contos do Japão, まんが日本昔ばなし (1976), まんが日本昔ばなし（第2期）

This TV show is an omnibus-format anime adaptation of Japanese folk tales, making it one of Japan's longest-running television programs. It was also Group Tac's second TV series after The Road to Munich, a documentary anime about the 1972 Olympics. Unlike other anime series that have attempted to change creative staff from episode to episode, this show has been successful and long-lived. The idea of rotating the staff each episode was introduced by director Sugii Gisaburo, who is known for his visual visionary skills in Japanese film history. He revolutionized anime with his work on Gokus Big Adventure, where he aimed to break anime free from story development and return it to a more cartoonish form. In The Belladonna of Sadness, Sugii broke the Disney full-animation mold by creating a full-length animated film in a new style that combined still drawings with animation. The rotation idea was successful because each episode had a completely different look and feel from its predecessor. This show is visually rich and has been praised for its anime history. However, quality varied due to the rotating staff, but there were also superb episodes produced by veterans like Group Tac founder SUGII Gisaburo himself, SHIBAYAMA Tsutomu, FURUZAWA Hideo, RIN Taro, and HIKONE Norio. As time went on, old episodes started being repeated more frequently, and production of new episodes ceased completely in late 1995. Despite this, the show is still widely broadcasted today. Overall, this TV series is genuinely rewarding to watch and has been a significant contribution to anime history.