TOKUMA Anime Video Picture Book: Hanaichi Monme This work selects and animates six stories from the award-winning entries of the "Small Fairy Tale" contest, which were published in the information paper "Hanaichi Monme" issued by Mainichi Newspapers. Carefully chosen tales filled with the feelings of mothers who wish to read them to their own children, it has become a work that families can enjoy together like a picture book. ■Episode 1: Sanma March Hiroshi isn't very good at studying, but he's full of energy. His dream is to become a baseball player and...? ■Episode 2: Noboru and the Mountain Cat Noboru and the Mountain Cat begin a race. So, who will win!? And what's the prize? ■Episode 3: The Red Mailbox at the Mountain Pass A little tanuki is waiting for Mr. Yamada, who is delivering mail, at the mountain pass. What is the tanuki looking forward to? ■Episode 4: Friends Even Though We Can't See Each Other The tanuki from the north and the tanuki from the south have never met. But the two of them are friends. ■Episode 5: The Tale of Kusanojo Kusanojo, Fūtarō's father, is a ghost, and what's more, a samurai. The story began from a strange encounter. ■Episode 6: Early May, Sunday Morning The tanuki from the north and the tanuki from the south have never met. But the two of them are friends.