Ojiisan no Lamp Episode 1

Other Name: Wakate Animator Ikusei Project, 2010 Young Animator Training Project, Anime Mirai 2010, Ojii-san no Lamp, Grandfather’s Lamp, Project A, おぢいさんのランプ

Summary: When a young boy named Tooichi stumbles upon an old lamp in his grandfather’s shed, he mistakes it for a toy and takes it outside to play. When his grandfather discovers this, he reprimands the boy and begins recounting the story behind the artifact—of how a small, traditional Japanese town became Westernized.

In his youth, Tooichi’s grandfather, Minosuke, made a living by doing errands and chores for the townspeople. After one errand takes him to a nearby town, he witnesses…Continue reading