Yamatarou Kaeru (Yamataro Comes Back)

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Synonyms: Lion Book Series 4

Japanese: 山太郎かえる

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Aug 15, 1986

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Studios: Tezuka Productions

Source: Manga

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 24 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 6.12¹ (scored by 977 users)

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Ranked: #9190²

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Popularity: #12261

Members: 1,647

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6.12

Ranked #9190Popularity #12261Members 1,647

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Synopsis

After having lost his parents, Yamatarou, a bear, is raised by a man. Yamatarou's friend is Shi-roku, a steam locomotive, and Yamatarou learns to impersonate the whistle of the locomotive. This is a story for nursery school kids about the friendship between the bear and the steam locomotive. The quality pictures render a sense of warmth to the reader.

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Staff

Tezuka, Osamu

Director, Original Creator

Shirai, Hisao

Director of Photography

Seya, Shinji

Key Animation

Maekawa, Takashi

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Reviews

Jan 24, 2019

matthigh

Not Recommended

This is the fourth short story from Tezuka Productions in the "Lion Book" series. The series is:
- The Green Cat (1983)
- Rain Boy (1983)
- Lunn Flies Into the Wind (1985)
- Yamataro Comes Back (1986)
- Adachi ga Hara (1991)
- Akuemon (1993)

It's a very short story (under half an hour), all about the friendship between a orphaned bear cub and a steam locomotive. Yeah, you read that right. A little bear is taken from his ...