1543年，一艘葡萄牙船首次访问日本，揭开了向远东扩张、文化交流和贸易的序幕。这个动画利用屏风，生动地展现了当年那些长鼻子的西方人是如何历尽艰辛到达彼岸，以及日本当时的风土人情。航行带来了大量的新奇物品，奇珍异兽，最主要的是，历史的新一页掀开了。

1543年，一艘葡萄牙船首次访问日本，揭开了向远东扩张、文化交流和贸易的序幕。这个动画利用屏风，生动地展现了当年那些长鼻子的西方人是如何历尽艰辛到达彼岸，以及日本当时的风土人情。航行带来了大量的新奇物品，奇珍异兽，最主要的是，历史的新一页掀开了。

九十年代初的市京华印染厂。电工那大龙无所事事，去拉销售科干事李雨出去吃米线。厂保卫科的赵风奉命调查李雨受贿事件。李雨的妻女兰花和李小叶刚刚户口办到城里，李小叶在厂子校，被老师苏婷婷分配和赵风的儿子赵黄天尊坐同桌。赵风和妻子黄梅参加同学聚会，老同学印染厂副厂长尚存捷大出风头，班里另一个同学吴颖和尚存捷关系似乎十分暧昧………

九十年代初的市京华印染厂。电工那大龙无所事事，去拉销售科干事李雨出去吃米线。厂保卫科的赵风奉命调查李雨受贿事件。李雨的妻女兰花和李小叶刚刚户口办到城里，李小叶在厂子校，被老师苏婷婷分配和赵风的儿子赵黄天尊坐同桌。赵风和妻子黄梅参加同学聚会，老同学印染厂副厂长尚存捷大出风头，班里另一个同学吴颖和尚存捷关系似乎十分暧昧………

以下是来源于IMDb上的评论 　　'Voyage into Next (1974)' is a quaint little anti-war statement, the sort of laid-back, hippie-inspired short film that one would expect the 1970s to have produced. But it was also directed by John and Faith Hubley, a husband-and-wife animating team whose work is more subtle and understated than most. Many of the pair's films were produced by animating unrehearsed conversations (usually) between two people, and I had previously enjoyed their 'Windy Day (1968),' which excellently utilised this free-wheeling technique. 'Voyage into Next' was obviously more tightly-scripted, and that the film was to be an anti-war cartoon restricted the voice actors (namely Maureen Stapleton and Dizzy Gillespie) in which conversational paths they could take. Stapleton and Gillespie play Mother Earth and Father Time, respectively, as they observe the destructive conflicts waged between the human nations (represented here as floating boxes) and ponder why our species so unthinkably forgot the virtues of sharing that allowed our ancestors to progress beyond the Stone Age. 　　There's nothing particularly impressive about the Hubleys' style of animation – minimalist line-drawn human figures highlighted with soft shades of colour – but their style is distinctive, later influencing short films such as the Oscar-winning 'Leisure (1976).' The two well-known voice actors are perfectly chosen (Dizzy Gillespie has one of the coolest-sounding voices ever), and the jazz musician's music is employed successfully to create the film's lighthearted mood, despite the grimness of the subject matter. Mother Earth and Father Time oversee their lilliputian creations, hidden amid mini puffs of artillery smoke, and contemplate their inability to alter human history. The future, it seems, is not in the hands of the gods, but in our own. Of course we have the ability to achieve peace and mutual understanding once more… but will we attain it in time? 'Voyage into Next' was nominated for an Academy Award in 1975, but lost out to the inferior claymation 'Closed Mondays (1974).

以下是来源于IMDb上的评论 　　'Voyage into Next (1974)' is a quaint little anti-war statement, the sort of laid-back, hippie-inspired short film that one would expect the 1970s to have produced. But it was also directed by John and Faith Hubley, a husband-and-wife animating team whose work is more subtle and understated than most. Many of the pair's films were produced by animating unrehearsed conversations (usually) between two people, and I had previously enjoyed their 'Windy Day (1968),' which excellently utilised this free-wheeling technique. 'Voyage into Next' was obviously more tightly-scripted, and that the film was to be an anti-war cartoon restricted the voice actors (namely Maureen Stapleton and Dizzy Gillespie) in which conversational paths they could take. Stapleton and Gillespie play Mother Earth and Father Time, respectively, as they observe the destructive conflicts waged between the human nations (represented here as floating boxes) and ponder why our species so unthinkably forgot the virtues of sharing that allowed our ancestors to progress beyond the Stone Age. 　　There's nothing particularly impressive about the Hubleys' style of animation – minimalist line-drawn human figures highlighted with soft shades of colour – but their style is distinctive, later influencing short films such as the Oscar-winning 'Leisure (1976).' The two well-known voice actors are perfectly chosen (Dizzy Gillespie has one of the coolest-sounding voices ever), and the jazz musician's music is employed successfully to create the film's lighthearted mood, despite the grimness of the subject matter. Mother Earth and Father Time oversee their lilliputian creations, hidden amid mini puffs of artillery smoke, and contemplate their inability to alter human history. The future, it seems, is not in the hands of the gods, but in our own. Of course we have the ability to achieve peace and mutual understanding once more… but will we attain it in time? 'Voyage into Next' was nominated for an Academy Award in 1975, but lost out to the inferior claymation 'Closed Mondays (1974).

秋天的早晨，何鸣和阿芬这一对勤劳的中年夫妇，载着满筐猪娃，摇着小船向镇上驶去。梁溪镇的早市繁荣而喧闹，玩蛇人颈上的大蟒，说书人口中的"七侠五义"，茶楼上演评弹"十美图"的大海报，吸引着镇上的人们，更吸引人的是镇上新盖起的影剧院。老人们感叹地说：想不到梁溪也有了大戏馆。黄昏，阿芬边煎鱼边哼着锡剧，何鸣悠然地拉着二胡伴奏。青年炳昌带来消息，于主任的表弟、文化站的王站长要出任影剧院经理了。阿芬对丈夫说自己对此不感兴趣。何鸣是个曾三次当过支书，又三次下台的干部。不久，公社党委书记周大田决定由何鸣担任影剧院经理，何鸣表示自己不愿再当干部了。周大田做了许多工作，撤销了对何鸣的一切处分。何鸣终于同意担任经理，并与周大田订立了"约法三章"。何鸣上任后，公开张榜招工，许多人送来了礼物。考场上，何鸣用巧妙的办法退掉了所有的礼品，择优招进了职工，引起了于主任等人的强烈不满。市剧团来参加影剧院开幕式时，何鸣在食、宿、交通等问题上遇到了严重的障碍。影剧院开幕之夜，公社干部的家属们拥塞在门前，站在远处的阿芬看到何鸣和周大田订立的"约法三章"并未能真正实行。阿芬要回家了，何鸣也跳上小船，要送妻子一程。小船艰难地穿过布满大小船只的河道，驶向月光碧水的太湖。此刻，周大田站在桥头，眼中噙着泪水，望着这天地间仿佛飘然无羁的一叶小舟，望着这一对甘苦相知的夫妻渐渐远去。

秋天的早晨，何鸣和阿芬这一对勤劳的中年夫妇，载着满筐猪娃，摇着小船向镇上驶去。梁溪镇的早市繁荣而喧闹，玩蛇人颈上的大蟒，说书人口中的"七侠五义"，茶楼上演评弹"十美图"的大海报，吸引着镇上的人们，更吸引人的是镇上新盖起的影剧院。老人们感叹地说：想不到梁溪也有了大戏馆。黄昏，阿芬边煎鱼边哼着锡剧，何鸣悠然地拉着二胡伴奏。青年炳昌带来消息，于主任的表弟、文化站的王站长要出任影剧院经理了。阿芬对丈夫说自己对此不感兴趣...