Rain Boy (anime)

"Rain Boy" (雨ふり小僧) is the second anime episode in the Lion Books series. It was an OVA release.

Story
The story is about a boy named Mouta who offered his shoes to another boy in need during a storm. The boy turned out to be a ghost who transformed into a creature granting Mouta 3 wishes. It was based on the classical Aladdin oil lamp genie tale.

DVD
It was re-released as a DVD on March 21, 2003 on the same disk as The Green Cat.

Staff

 * Director: Osamu Tezuka
 * Screenplay: Masateru Yoshimura
 * Music: Reijiro Koroku
 * Art director: Shichiro Kobayashi
 * Animation director: Masateru Yoshimura