Minikui Ahiru no Ko
Japanese title: みにくいあひるの子
Type: Movie
Source: Book
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: 1968
Duration: 19 min
Rating: G - All Ages
Producers: Gakken
Genres: Award Winning
Demographics: Kids

An stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen story.

It had a limited release in 1968 and won several awards that year such as the prestigious Mainichi Film Nobuo Ofuji Award. On August 1, 1970 it had more nationwide release as a part of the Toho Champion Matsuri where several films are shown back to back for children at a discounted price over school holidays. As such, Minikui Ahiru no Ko was quadruple billed with (Space Amoeba in the US release), , and .