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Hoshi Shinichi’s Short Shorts is a popular TV series in Japan, produced by NHK and Telecom Staff Inc. Each episode is a collection of several short-short stories.

To date, the series has been awarded the following:

Hugo Television Award Silver Plaque in Special Performance (US)

US International Film & Video Festival Certificate in Entertainment: Humor

TV Grand Prix Award in Variety (Japan)

International Emmy Award in the Comedy category

The Emmy winning episode consists of the following stories.

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Miss Bokko

Animation by Tayuta Mikage

Bribery

Puppet Animation by Yusuke Sakamoto

ⓒ 2009 NHK/Telecom Staff Inc.

Images published with permission

Special Thanks to Directions Inc.

After-Sales Service

Animation by Kazuo Ebisawa

Insomnia

Directed by Kazuho Mochizuki

One Off

Animation by Wataru Ono (Shirogumi Inc.)

Anybody Down There?

Puppet Animation by Pantograph

The Almighty Spy Gadget

Animation by Fujio Tanabe

The Whisper

Directed by Kazuho Mochizuki

Discontent

Animation by Toshiaki Hanzaki