Ojii-san no Lamp  

Dedemin Kandili, Grandfather`s Lamp, Wakate Animator Ikusei Project 2010 2, Young Animator Training Project 2010 2, Газената лампа на дядо, おぢいさんのランプ, 若手アニメーター育成プロジェクト2

A young boy named Tooichi finds an old lamp while playing outside. His grandfather discovers this and scolds him for taking something valuable outside. The grandfather then tells the story of how a small Japanese town was transformed by Westernization. In his youth, the grandfather's father made a living doing errands and chores for the townspeople. After witnessing Western lamps in another town, he became fascinated with them and began to study their technology. This passion led him to become a lamp maker, changing not only his own life but also that of the entire town.

The Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan invested 214 million yen ($2.26 million) in "Young Animator Training Project" and entrusted the execution of the project to Japan Animation Creators Association (JaniCA). JaniCA produced four original anime (23 min long with OP and ED sequences) in cooperation with four production studios. Ojiisan no Lamp was one of these four projects. Ojiisan no Lamp also won the 2011 Future Animator Contest.