Title: Cleopatra
Synonyms: Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Japanese Title: クレオパトラ
Episodes: 1
Released: Sep 15, 1970

Three people from the future are spiritually sent back in time to relive the era of Caesar, Marc Anthony and Cleopatra. As close companions to these key historical figures, they seek to understand the nature of an enemy’s plan in their own time.

Source: ANN

Note: In the wake of the great success of the first major Japanese pornographic animated piece, Sen’ya Ichiya Monogatari, a few others followed; out of those, this was the second one, after Hi Gekiga Ukiyoe Sen’ya Ichiya.

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Title: Kyuukyoku no Chef wa Oishinbo Papa
Japanese Title: 究極のシェフは美味しんぼパパ
Episodes: 1
Released: Dec 1, 1990
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Title: Sen`ya Ichiya Monogatari
Synonyms: One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, 1001 Nights
Japanese Title: 千夜一夜物語
Episodes: 1
Released: Jun 14, 1969

Beautifully constructed, 1001 Nights stays true to the lush and mysterious backdrop of the well known and age old story. Tezuka remolds the story into an escapist fantasy where a 60s-era working man is transported back to an era of entirely fictitious Arabian details. Seemingly at odds with itself, 1001 Nights consistently unfolds in a way that combines Playboy graphics, Arabian rug design and traditional Japanese scroll paintings.

Sound like a strange mix? You bet and along the way we experience some of the great cultural juxtapositions that makes Tezuka the unpredictable style it is.
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