Norakuro Gochou
Corporal Norakuro
のらくろ伍長
The Fierce Canine Army has been given the day off, but Norakuro has no home to return to. After he goes to a yakitori (fried chicken) shop for a drink, he goes to the park to take a short nap. Just then, soldiers from the Mountain Monkey Army, who have stolen some secret documents, make their appearances and Norakuro goes after them in hot pursuit. When the Mountain Monkey troops appear to have made their escape in a hot air balloon, Norakuro, as a last desperate measure, climbs into a tube designed for launching fireworks and blasts himself right into the balloon. He retrieves the stolen documents, but the plot unfolds in an unexpected manner. (Source: AniDB)
Synopsis
The Fierce Canine Army has been given the day off, but Norakuro has no home to return to. After he goes to a yakitori (fried chicken) shop for a drink, he goes to the park to take a short nap. Just then, soldiers from the Mountain Monkey Army, who have stolen some secret documents, make their appearances and Norakuro goes after them in hot pursuit. When the Mountain Monkey troops appear to have made their escape in a hot air balloon, Norakuro, as a last desperate measure, climbs into a tube designed for launching fireworks and blasts himself right into the balloon. He retrieves the stolen documents, but the plot unfolds in an unexpected manner. (Source: AniDB)
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Reviews(2)
Gundroog
July 30, 2018
Well, you get what you see, if you've read the synopsis you're pretty much seen the short cause the only thing omitted from it is that the whole story is just a dream. It's easy to be harsh on something like this but as a short and amusing animation for kids made 80+ years ago it does what it sets out to do without wasting time. If anything it aged relatively well compared to some of the anime produced around WW2 cause it still moves smoothly and has comedic bits that I think most people will still find at least slightly amusing, in particular Norakurodeliberately deliberately breaking physics to achieve his goal. If you have some interest in anime before it became the way we know it this is worth checking out.
Sidewinder51
May 25, 2017
