| Animated Classics of Japanese Literature | |
 Cover of The Harp of Burma and Season of the Sun North American release. | |
| 住友生命 青春アニメ全集 (Sumitomo Seimei Seishun Anime Zenshū) | |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Fumio Kurokawa |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NTV ANB (eps 33-34)[1] |
| Original run | 25 April 1986 – 26 December 1986 |
| Episodes | 34 |
The Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (Japanese: 住友生命 青春アニメ全集, Hepburn: Sumitomo Seimei Seishun Anime Zenshū, lit. Sumitomo Life Insurance Youth Anime Complete Collection) is an anime television series which aired on NTV in Japan for 34 episodes from 25 April to 26 December 1986 in the 7–7:30 pm time slot. The series was unusual in that each episode (with only a couple of exceptions) was a stand-alone story based on popular and well known modern Japanese stories. The series was sponsored by Sumitomo Life Insurance.
The branch offices and agents of Sumitomo Life Insurance heavily promoted the series with posters in their offices as well as commercials directly after each episode.