Folktales from Japan

tv show

poster for Folktales from Japan

346 total episodes

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6 seasons

First Aired April 01, 2012

Overview

Hometown Rebuilding: Folktales from Japan is a Japanese anime television series that adapts various traditional stories from Japan. The narration and all character voices are provided by veteran Japanese film actors Akira Emoto and Yoneko Matsukane. An English-subtitled version began "simulcast" availability on the streaming service Crunchyroll March 12, 2012.

The Golden Egg / The Man Who Became a Turtle / Sannennetarou poster unavailable

The Golden Egg / The Man Who Became a Turtle / Sannennetarou

Season 1 - Episode 148 - 0h 25m

Air Date

February 08, 2015

Overview

A man finds a golden egg and takes it home, and a baby hatches from it. A man is cruel to his hard-working wife, who leaves him. Then he turns into a turtle. A lazy man sleeps all day, when a drought comes its time for him to work. Source: crunchyroll