After having lost his parents, Yamatarou, a bear, is raised by a man. Yamatarou's friend is Shi-roku, a steam locomotive, and Yamatarou learns to impersonate the whistle of the locomotive. This is a story for nursery school kids about the friendship between the bear and the steam locomotive. The quality pictures render a sense of warmth to the reader.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Details

Studios

• Tezuka Productions

Staff

• Hisao Shirai — Director of Photography
• Shuuichi Kakesu — Editing
• Takashi Maekawa — Special Effects
• Osamu Tezuka — Director, Original Creator
• Shinji Seya — Key Animation
• Reijirou Koroku — Music
• Junji Kobayashi — Key Animation
• Minoru Kubota — Assistant Producer
• Takayuki Matsutani — Producer
• Masami Saitou — Background Art
• Masateru Yoshimura — Animation Director
• Kimiharu Oguma — Script, Storyboard, Unit Director
• Seiji Miyamoto — Art Board, Art Director, Background Art
• Setsuko Ishizu — Background Art
• Rika Fujita — Color Coordination
• Kaoru Kanou — In-Betweens Check, Key Animation
• Sadakazu Akashi — Background Art
• Jouhei Kawamura — Sound Director