Toshi wo Totta Wani / The Old Crocodile Synopsis The Old Crocodile is an underrated fairy tale about a greedy crocodile and his friend a caring octopus. This story tells you about how desperate one crocodile or person can be to get food. Story and Characters There are two characters The Octopus who is a caring soul who wants to help the crocodile to find food while sacrificing her own food at the same time. The Crocodile however finds himself in a situation he cant control since being an crocodile he finds the urge to eat whatever is in front of him regardless of what it is and isnt aware of the octopuss generosity. I should say here that both characters are metaphors for human kindness and human greed.. One of them goes out of her way to provide food for another being completely ignoring her own hunger. The other one only cares for food and doesnt care about anything else. The story is very simple and as stated above the crocodile wants food and the octopus has food to give. But the crocodile gets too hungry and tries to eat the octopuss legs. The octopus does not realize why she is giving food to such a selfish creature until it is too late... But I really dont want to ruin the story for you so I will say no more. Art and Animation The artwork is handdrawn in an inkblotch style and the backgrounds are always in sepia tone this brown white and black colour scheme does work though since the story makes you forget about those colours as the anime goes on. I find the animation to be cute since its handdrawn so you can say its almost personal? I like that about this anime. I am certain the artist had to draw lots of frames just for this anime please remember that when you watch this. Sound Music and Voice Acting The sounds effects are little to note except the sound of the waves. The music is based off Sudanese traditional music appearing more towards the end of the anime. The voices are original in English and the narration by Peter Narakan is perfect with his calming voice. He manages to put such much emotion into a short monologue. His voice reminds me a little bit of Arthur Lowe from the Mr. Men animated series from my childhood or at least what I remember of it. I believe you can also find a French dub and a German dub if you look in the right places but I havent watched those versions so I cant judge on their quality. As far as I know there is no Japanese voice option despite being a Japanese anime. I cant find a Japanese dub just a version with Japanese subtitles with English voices. Final Thoughts A short story you do not want to miss if you like to think about philosophical things in nature. The only thing is that a lot of people assume this is a childrens anime because its a fairy tale and the anime is rated G for all ages. I personally dont think this is a problem. If you want a nice short story to watch then please watch this. Its only 13 minutes long and its not a bad animation. Thank you for reading my review If you see any mistakes then please let me know. I would greatly appreciate any advice you can give me.