｜Length : 15min. x20 ｜Year : 2001 ｜

Rockie and Her Friends is a puppet show featuring creatures such as a dinosaur, a snail, a hippopotamus and a crocodile. This drama is mainly directed to children around 7 years of age (the first grade in Japanese elementary school), but also appeals to a much wider audience. This 15 minute serial program deals with themes such as school life, human relationship and moral issue, etc. respectively. This program is very popular in Japan. Due to its universal themes, this program promises to prove popular with international audiences if it is successfully dubbed into the local language.


1. School is Great
2. Where's the Lavatory?
3. Kappa's Head-Plate
4. Let's Cook and Taste It
5. Queen of Mud
6. The Talkative Stone
7. Let's Go Camping
8. Two Rockies
9. Catch the Moon
10. After the Storm
11. Baby-sitting
12. A Musical of the Forest
13. Rockie is a baby
14. Everyone is Cross with Me
15. New Year's Coming Soon
16. Florrie's Specs
17. Forest Bazaar
18. Praying to a Shooting Star
19. Gampey's Birthday
20. Spring has Come

｜Length : 47min. ｜Year : 2001 ｜

The village of Minamiyama in the city of Suzu located at the top of Noto Peninsula is afflicted by a severe depopulation of the young generation, who have left for the cities to seek employment. A small aging generation remain behind, making a living through agriculture. Yoshio Oku (79) and his wife, Tomi (72), whose sons have left for the city, struggle to maintain their life in this small village. They devote themselves to rice harvesting.

｜Length : 30min. ｜Year : 2001 ｜

This program shows historical and artifactual value of the shrines and the temples of Nikko registered in the World Heritage.
Nikko Futarasan-Jinja Shrine; Nikko Toshogu Shrine; Nikko-san Rin-noji Temple.

｜Length : 44min. x10 ｜Year : 2001 ｜

In the final series of "The Sensitive Samurai" , the hero, Matahachiro Aoe appears again after having further refined his swordmanship.
Matahachiro became a Chief Commander to the Head of Kuwayama Clan. After ten years he was again in Edo hounded by the secret agents of "League of Kagiashi."
Separated from his beloved son, he was driven into exile. Though he had to submit himself to being a hired guard, he came to find out the evidence of the corruption the Chief Councilor was involved in. Matahachiro's struggle for justice begins.

Episode 1: Return of Matahachiro
Episode 2: Reunion
Episode 3: A Leaf Boat
Episode 4: The Samurai Spirit
Episode 5: Conspiracy
Episode 6: The Man with a Past
Episode 7: Duel
Episode 8: A Gust of Wind
Episode 9: Rootless Woman
Episode 10: On Their Own Way