Bōken Korobokkuru
Bōken Korobokkuru (, also known as "Adventures Of Korobokkle", "Korobockle Adventures" and "The Mountain Gnomes") is a kodomo anime series. It was an adaption of the children's book "Stories of Korobokkle" by Satoru Sato, which was itself based on some northern Japan's folktales from Ainu people. It consisted of 26 episodes and was originally broadcast on Yomiuri TV. According to Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy's "The Anime Encyclopedia", it was "a foreshadowing of later Studio Ghibli efforts like "Pompoko" and "My Neighbor Totoro"."