Story series for readers of all ages, from quiet reading alone to family conversation and children's adventures — plus four-episode original series matched to age and interests, and a shelf for every return.
ON YOUR OWN OR TOGETHER Read deeply. Talk together. Spend an evening with a masterpiece, follow a mystery as a family, or let a child choose their own adventure. Crafted so grown-ups want the continuation too — read, choose and talk together. Start with a free opening episode.
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Songs from the Heart: The Curtain Call Express
The feelings she could not say become a song.
On the night she moves away, Mio tells her best friend not to come. A one-car train carrying a tiny stage gives the truth she could not say a melody of its own.
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Three series that open their worlds in episode one.
Start with 3 stories whose first episode makes the promise clear.
A good place to start
The Sunset Chime
Episode 1 · Lost Thirty Years Ago
Everyone in the family was seven once.
Ages 5–9, with familyFree episode available
A good place to start
Time-Trace Investigation Bureau
Episode 1 · The Next Passenger Is Towa
When you look through, something looks back.
Ages 9–12, with familyFree episode available
A good place to start
Beyond the Masterpiece
Episode 1 · Water Lilies at the End of a Long Journey
Read a masterpiece not as trivia, but as a life.
For adults and ages 13+Free episode available
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25 series
SeriesBeyond the Music
Hear one complete work while travelling through its composer, time and story.
- Recommended ageAdults, families and ages 10+
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesDeep listening, cultural history and family conversation
SeriesONE GOOD PHOTO!
A group photo almost never works on the first try.
- Recommended ageAges 3–9, with family
- 3 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation, comic timing & laughing together
SeriesBefore the City Wakes
The city was moving before you looked.
- Recommended ageAges 6–9, with family
- 3 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation, processes & respect for work
SeriesHistory at the Crossroads
Before giving the answer, hear how your child would think.
- Recommended ageAges 7–10, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesReasoning & Japanese history
SeriesGreat Lives at the Crossroads
Begin not with an achievement, but with the problem someone wanted to change.
- Recommended ageAges 7–12, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesProblem finding, ingenuity & social change
SeriesWorld History at the Crossroads
Before the world changes, hear how your child would think.
- Recommended ageAges 8–12, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesWorld history through maps, timelines & sources
Say It With Me
Words you can't say hide in little pieces.
- Recommended ageAges 4–7
- 2 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesPutting feelings into words
The Scroll of Time
Seek-and-find Japanese history
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesJapanese history
Kota's English Journey
First English that clicks — and sticks
- Recommended ageAges 4–8
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesFirst English
What-If Days
Real safety skills, told as stories
- Recommended ageAges 4–8
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesSafety skills
Michi & Mikke: Find the Way
Walk, taste and compare your way across Japan
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesJapan's geography
Hinata & You: The Casebook
Look, compare, think — first deductions
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation & logic
Kota & Nene's Great Adventures
Body science, learned by adventure
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesBody & science
SeriesShutter Night
It isn't over until you lose twice.
- Recommended ageAdults, and families from age 6
- 1 episode
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesAnswering a beat · rhythm learned with the body
SeriesNumber Town Rescue
Save the town before the countdown reaches zero
- Recommended ageAges 3–5
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesNumber, shape, sequence and length
SeriesBuild It! Vehicle Team
You are the captain who decides the dispatch order
- Recommended ageAges 3–5
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesJobs, order and teamwork
SeriesThe Runaway Workshop
Something escapes the workshop every day — find out why, then catch it
- Recommended ageAges 3–5
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesEveryday science, observation and retrying
SeriesWonder Works Club
Redesign failed inventions before they run out of control
- Recommended ageAges 6–9
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesMaths, design and iteration
SeriesWildlife Rescue Notes
Track urgent wildlife mysteries through forests, rivers and the night city
- Recommended ageAges 6–9
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesEcology, observation and testing hypotheses
SeriesThe Mind Games Club: Your Move
Become the unseen strategist who leads an underdog team against the country's strongest players
- Recommended ageAges 10+
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesLogic, data and perspective-taking
SeriesThe Truth About Scary
Enter the site of each chilling rumor and find its true face from the evidence you can test
- Recommended ageAges 10+
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesHypothesis testing, critical thinking and checking information
SeriesBeyond the Masterpiece
Read a masterpiece not as trivia, but as a life.
- Recommended ageFor adults and ages 13+
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesClose looking, cultural history & grown-up conversation
Baaba's Parcels
Solve Japanese riddles with seven-year-old Emi, who lives overseas.
- Recommended ageAges 6–9, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesHeritage Japanese & family connection
SeriesTime-Trace Investigation Bureau
When you look through, something looks back.
- Recommended ageAges 9–12, with family
- 2 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation, logic & family judgment
The Sunset Chime
Everyone in the family was seven once.
- Recommended ageAges 5–9, with family
- 2 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesFamily memory, empathy & how life used to be
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