Tamamo-no-Mae (lost early Japanese puppet series; 1953
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Tamamo-no-Mae was the first ever puppet TV series broadcasted in Japan. It aired on NHK from February 20 to October 30, 1953, and a remake was broadcasted in 1961. Several screenshots survive but no footage is available online. https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/tv60bin/detail/index.cgi?das_id=D0009043213_00000 https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/search/special/detail/?d=puppet-anime000