Folktales from Japan
tv show

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 Old Woman and the Giant Octopus / Dokkoisho / The Tengu of Ashitaka Mountain
Season 1 - Episode 85 - 0h 25m
Air Date
November 17, 2013
Overview
An old woman cuts off the leg of an octopus on the beach, and gets rich by selling it at the market. A groom is given botamochi rice balls at his bride's village. He wants his mom to make them, so he keeps saying "botamochi" on the way home, but then he trips and rises up saying, "dokkoisho! A strong-willed and hardworking mother goes all alone to Ashitaka Mountain, where a Tengu lives. But she doesn't come back. Source: crunchyroll