Instant History (インスタントヒストリー), also known as Otogi Manga Calendar (おとぎマンガカレンダー) was a black and white Japanese anime series that aired from 1961 to 1964.
The show was about historical events through a character who was not aware of "what happened on this day in history".
Sometimes photographs and film footage were mixed in with the animations to explain what historical event had taken place.
The research archives came from the newspaper where the director's Fuku-chan manga was printing at the time.
This first series was broadcast as Instant History on Fuji TV and was sponsored by Meiji Seika.