Inaka Nezumi to Machi Nezumi

Cutout animation is a form of stop-motion animation usually made with paper or fabric cutouts. The technique was especially popular in Japanese animation before 1934 because cel animation used to be too expensive. Therefore pioneers of anime such as Noburou Oofuji and Yasuji Murata often used cutouts. Silhouette animation is considered a subgenre with its history going back to shadow plays. It is included in a separate stack.

Silhouette Animation:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47002

Collage animation is closely related:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21389

Cutout Animation 1:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46772

These stacks are meant for cataloguing every stop-motion animation on Myanimelist. The list is the result of research by the Stop-Motion Animation Appreciation Society:

https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=16200

Stop-motion is a form of animation in which objects are manipulated little by little while each frame is shot separately. Puppet animation is the most common, but before 1935 cutout animation was also very common. Among other types are claymation, pixilation (now removed from the database), object and model animation. In this list also works using sand, charcoal or paint are included, since in the form they've been accepted to MAL, they also include gradual manipulation and shot by shot filming.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47018
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47020
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47021
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47022

Part 6: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47026
Part 7: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47027
Part 8: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47032
Part 9: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47034
Part 10: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47035
Part 11: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47036
Part 12: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47038
Part 13: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49186
Part 14: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51880

Stop motion anime produced by Gakken.

Gakken also has other educational anime that aren't stop motion. Only their stop motion animations are included in this list.

Gakken: https://myanimelist.net/anime/producer/198/Gakken
Gakken Eigakyoku: https://myanimelist.net/anime/producer/1091/Gakken_Eigakyoku

Official Site: EN: https://www.gakken.co.jp/en/index.html | JP: https://www.gakken.co.jp/ja/index.html
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakken

Tags: Gakken, Stop-Motion, Puppet, Cutout, Fairy Tale, Folktale, Folklore, Fable, Kids, Kodomo

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Club:
The Stop-Motion Animation Appreciation Society: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=16200
Check the club's spreadsheet, interest stacks and the relations list here: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2159558

Note: Links to other stacks related to the club and made by some club members are also listed.

Also check this Stop Motion Animation thread on the Interest Stacks Repository club: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2172103

Retellings of Aesop's fables or Aesopica.

Tags: Kodomo, Animal, Anthropomorphic

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Resources:
Aesop's Fables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables
Perry Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Index
Fables of Aesop https://fablesofaesop.com/ | https://fablesofaesop.com/perry-index
The Æsop for Children https://read.gov/aesop/001.html

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508
Fables: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170999