Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike

Original title: 人形歴史スペクタクル 平家物語

• 1993 –1995
• •
• Ended

• Drama
• War & Politics

★ 10.0 TMDB Rating · 1 votes

A stop-motion animated TV series based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, featuring puppet art by Kihachirō Kawamoto. This is a historical picture scroll depicting various human characters, breathtaking battles and political struggles from the rise to fall of the Heike clan.

Seasons

5

Episodes

57

Episode length

~20m

First aired

Dec 10, 1993

Networks

NHK G

Original language

Japanese

Origin

Japan