Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Cover of The Harp of Burma and Season of the Sun North American release
住友生命 青春アニメ全集 (Sumitomo Seimei Seishun Anime Zenshū)
Anime television series
Directed by	Fumio Kurokawa
Studio	Nippon Animation
Licensed by	NA: Central Park Media
Original network	NNS (NTV) TV Asahi (eps 33-34)[1]
Original run	25 April 1986 – 26 December 1986
Episodes	34 (List of episodes)

The Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (Japanese: 住友生命 青春アニメ全集, Hepburn: Sumitomo Seimei Seishun Anime Zenshū, lit. Sumitomo Life Insurance Youth Anime Complete Collection) is an anime television series which aired on Nippon Television in Japan for 34 episodes from 25 April to 26 December 1986 in the 7–7:30 pm time slot. The series was unusual in that each episode (with only a couple of exceptions) was a stand-alone story based on popular and well known modern Japanese stories. The series was sponsored by Sumitomo Life Insurance.

The branch offices and agents of Sumitomo Life Insurance heavily promoted the series with posters in their offices as well as commercials directly after each episode.