Encyclopedia of Pitiful Creatures (2022)

Synopsis

Continues the story of Encyclopedia of Pitiful Creatures (2021)

A 2021 Japanese television anthology series adapted from Tadaaki Imaizumi's well-known children's book. Every brief, humorous episode presents "pitiful facts" about actual animals that got the short end of the evolutionary stick, blending comedy with authentic animal-ecology information.

In this installment

In 2022, an anime adaptation of Tadaaki Imaizumi's bestselling picture book was released, delivering real, bittersweetly humorous facts about animals that appear to have gotten the short end of the evolutionary stick—each five-minute episode presents offbeat, funny trivia about nature's more unfortunate creatures.