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Music video for the song Hiyoko Buta no Theme Part 2. by Cocco (Tomoko Maki) that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video features clay animation by Yuuichi Itou.

Pig lives at the top of a hill in a town surrounded by a destructive, dark cloud. Before Pig's father leaves to find a solution to the cloud, he builds Pig a small wooden dam to protect him and the town. The dam's windmill keeps the cloud at bay, and Pig now has the responsibility to care for the dam. Young and alone, Pig finds love and family through his friendship with Fox, and continues to care for the townsfolk in a variety of ways. However, Pig struggles with the absence of his father, and his desire to search for his father competes with his need to keep the town safe. (Source: ANN)

Inazma Delivery is set in the town of Babiden City, where everything runs on electricity. Hemingway is an earnest young man who works at the delivery company Inazma, which promises to deliver any package to its proper destination. One day, an extraterrestrial lost child in a shark costume named Bytheway appears and asks to be delivered to its home planet, and soon Hemingway and Bytheway are embroiled in all sorts of adventures. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Music video for the song Buta Thunder by Yukopi.

An arrogant scientist awakens in the middle of a muddy pigpen, and the last thing he remembers is eating a raw pig liver and collapsing in the subway. He quickly gathers that he has turned into a pig and is now in a strange fantasy land. As he struggles to grasp reality, a young girl named Jess comes to his aid. Jess happens to be a Yesma—a discriminated class of servants distinguished by their telepathic abilities and the silver collars around their necks. Despite his inappropriate thoughts about her, Jess makes sacrifices for his sake, and the pig resolves to repay her the best he can within the limits of his new body. But Jess' generosity does not absolve her from the prejudice the Yesmas face daily, and the pig begins to suspect that Jess is in greater danger than she thinks. While he wants to visit the royal capital and beg the king to change him back into a human, the pig realizes that he cannot simply turn his back on his kind savior. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

A fishing boat full of pigs dressed in uniforms trying to reel in a massive whale.

A Domino's Japan commercial promoting their new summer pizzas which have four meat styles on a single pizza. The commercial itself is a battle of the bands style competition ballad between the chicken pizza and pork pizza.

Butazuka (Pig Mound) was born after TEI took part in designing toys for Sony Creative Products in 2003 for their virtual animation series, Vanimal Zoo. In 2005, its 3D animation was broadcast by Yahoo! JAPAN. In December that same year, a Butazuka DVD featuring 13 stories was released by VAP. (Source: Okosama-Star Inc.)

A huge pig is lying down in front of a house. Father, mother, grandmother, six children and a dog live in the house. Everyone is aware of the huge pig, and the pig is aware of the family. But nobody knows how and what the other think. The mother doesn't understand the father… It depends what you imagine when you hear about normal family life. (Source: Fresh Film Fest Website)

After a curse turned him into a pig, World War I ace Marco Pagot becomes Porco Rosso, a mysterious bounty hunter who takes down sky pirates in the Adriatic Sea. He whiles away his days on a secluded island, rarely leaving other than to collect bounties or to visit the beautiful Gina, a songstress and owner of the Hotel Adriano. One day, while traveling to fix his faulty engine, Porco Rosso is gunned down by a young American hotshot named Donald Curtis. Thrilled at the possibility of fame, Donald boldly declares that the flying pig is dead. Not wanting to disappoint Gina, Porco Rosso flees to the famous Piccolo S.P.A. airplane company and takes out a massive loan in order to repair and improve his fighter plane. There, he is surprised to find that the chief engineer of Piccolo S.P.A. is the 17-year-old Fio Piccolo, who hungers for a chance to prove herself. With Fio's improvements, Porco Rosso prepares to challenge Donald officially and regain his honor. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Animated 2002 short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their near exclusive use in the Ghibli Museum. It features famous director Miyazaki Hayao himself as narrator (in the form of a humanoid pig, reminiscent of Porco from Porco Rosso), telling the story of flight and the many machines imagined to achieve it. Note: The film could also be seen on the in-flight entertainment system used by Japan Airlines. (Source: AniDB)

A three-way collaboration between Lalala Lala-chan, Panpaka Pants, and the Aeon Cinema movie theater company. The first is a short promoting good theater etiquette and was screened at all Aeon Cinemas (the same day as the web release). Collaborative goods were sold at 422 Molly Fantasy stores (also owned by the Aeon conglomerate). Molly Fantasy stores had 3 unique collaboration episodes shown on TVs at the store front promoting good gaming etiquette.

A three-way collaboration between Crayon Shin-chan, Panpaka Pants, and the Aeon Cinema movie theater company. This short is promoting good theater etiquette as well as the 25th Crayon Shin-chan film "Shin-chan Shuurai! Uchuujin Shiriri" being released April 15th. The manner movie will be shown in Aeon cinemas nationwide starting March 18th and collaborative goods will be sold at participating Miraiya bookstores (also owned by the Aeon conglomerate).

Sequel to Panpaka Pants W-O-New!.

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Sequel to Panpaka Pants O-New!. It follows a young underwear-wearing pig and his adventures.

Follows a pig whose family's mission is to collect underpants.

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A series of shorts about pigs who wear underpants.

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Educational animation about environmental protection featuring McDull.

The 6th animated McDull feature film (7th film the franchise overall). The film sees a grotesque monster arrive from outer space. Humans are proving defenceless; after an Ultraman-like superhero, Spamerman, also flunks his rescue mission, the safety of the planet is left in the hands of McDull, the kindergarten kid who, with his sheer passion for science, invents a formidable robot based on designs of home appliances. (Source: Edmund Lee from South China Morning Post)

Hong-Kong made fifth animated work of the McDull franchise (6th film overall). A look back at this swine’s origins is in order. He is older and perhaps a bit wiser. He’s now a respected detective and is recognized by the name of Bobby Mak instead of his baby name McDull. When he is called in to solve a death, his quick powers of observation save the day. If his deduction is true, no homicide took place. Everyone at the mansion is required to wait, and when the kids arrive, somebody has to entertain them. Mak recounts his life to them and he particularly emphasizes the closeness he had with his mother. From his days as a kid to his formative young adult years, she’s protected, given her sage advice and raised him like any mother would. She even tried to be a superhero, but an astronaut she is not. The metaphors are obvious, because the hospital she goes for that “space training” means she is ill. To a very young mind, to process certain situations can be tough. The universal messages are understood. The Mak family was never rich. To see the two struggle through young McDull’s eyes is enduring and Chinese youths born outside of this country can get an understanding where their parents came from. (Source: Ed Sum from The Vintage Tempest)

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Hong-Kong made fourth sequel of "My Life as McDull". Springfield Kindergarten is desperately in need of money - The principal is behind on the rent, and the electricity is getting cut off. After a fundraising dinner ends in spectacular failure, the music-loving principal decides to form a student choir as last resort. With the help of a shady talent manager named Big M, the Springfield Kindergarten Choir becomes a huge success, and little McDull discovers that a little thickness really can make a great voice. (Source: AniDB)

The story begins as archaeologists discover a crudely-made artifact while doing an archaeological study before the entire area was to be flooded following the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. The archaeologists identify it as being made by Mak-zi (also known as "McFat"), an ancient Chinese philosopher who had invented many things, but were arguably ahead of its time - for example, a myriad of electronic devices before the discovery of electricity. However, the crudeness of the artifact has led to the artifact being rejected for every museum in China and abroad, and thus, unwilling to destroy it, the artifact was set on a barge, continuously moving along the Yangtze River. The story continues on to Mak-zi's descendant 18 generations later, McDull (Kwok Kwan Yin), a kindergartener living in Hong Kong. (Source: Wikipedia)

Featuring McDull going through Chinese cultures with children.

McDull, Prince de la Bun is a 2004 animated Hong Kong film directed by Yuen Toe. Telling the life a the fictional pig McDull, it is a sequel to My Life as McDull (2001) and it was followed by McDull, the Alumni (2006). (Source: Wikipedia)

McDull is not the brightest kid on the block, but he continually tries to do his best and please his mother. Although it seems that he may not be destined for great things in life as his mother wishes, McDull never gives up. The story focuses on several tales about McDull and his childhood. This is told as a narrative reflection of a now adult McDull. These tales muddle up in imaginative uses of Cantonese and heaps of local Hong Kong culture. From tales about a turkey dinner to dreams of following in Lee Lai-shan's footsteps, McDull faces ebbs and flows with his demanding but devoted mother. (Source: Wikipedia)

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An earthquake safety video starring the cast of Hare Tokidoki Buta (TV). This version uses the TV series' art style and character personalities.

A traffic safety video starring the cast of Hare Tokidoki Buta (TV). This version uses the TV series' art style and character personalities.

Tokyo Pig is the wacky and crazy story of a young boy named Spencer and his magical pet pig named Sunny. This is the wierd adventures of these two wierdos. (Source: ANN)

A fire safety video starring the cast of Hare Tokidoki Buta. This version uses the film's art style and character personalities.

A traffic safety video starring the cast of Hare Tokidoki Buta. This version uses the film's art style and character personalities.

Noriyasu seems like an average third-grader, but his life goes haywire after he catches his mother reading his private daily journal. In an effort to astonish her, he begins writing outlandish lies about a giant snake in the bathroom, cooking pencils for dinner, and a rain of pigs, but Noriyasu is the one who's shocked when his writings play out in reality and everyone else treats the events as normal. Things become even more chaotic when he takes several stabs at being a newspaperman, producing “fake news” that become the talk of the town and one resulting in an apocalyptic porcine holiday. (Source: Discotek Media)

"Look! In the sky...It's a bird...It's a plane...It's Super Pig?!" One fateful day, Karin, a junior-high student, found what she thought was an injured piglet. However, the piglet was just exhausted from hunger. After the piglet regained his health by eating Karin's apple, he revealed that he is a prince, Tonrariano III, from a planet called Booringo. Tonrariano wanted to reward Karin for helping him and so he transformed her into a pig with superpowers. Karin was not at all pleased with the gift because she wanted to become a pretty superheroine like "Cutey Chao" (a parody of Cutey Honey), not Super Pig. Reluctantly, she became more interested in her role as Super Pig when she found out that she can turn into someone like "Cutey Chao" if she can collect 108 pearls through doing good deeds for other people.

Music video for the song Sekai wo Musubou by Sandra and the Morinoki Children Choir that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Akira Maeda and invites people from all over the world to enjoy the Mediterranean.

Music video for the song Uma no Shippo Buta no Shippo by Kyuu Sakamoto and the NHK Tokyo Jidou Gasshoudan, that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.

This five-minute video tells the simple tale of a young woman imagining her normal life being a bit more extraordinary. (Source: ANN)

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