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Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike (1993 – 1995)

10 | Dec 10, 1993 (JP) | Drama, War & Politics

A stop-motion animated TV series based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, featuring puppet art by Kihachirō Kawamoto. This is a historical picture scroll depicting various human characters, breathtaking battles and political struggles from the rise to fall of the Heike clan.

No. of seasons
5
No. of episodes
57