This is a fire safety video that actually respects your intelligence. It doesn't talk down to you or pretend danger is a cartoon problem, it shows you what actually happens when fire spreads, what you actually do when it's happening, what it actually costs when you freeze. The pacing is slow because panic is slow. The visuals are plain because real emergencies don't have a soundtrack. If you've ever wondered why some educational content sticks with you for decades while most crumbles the moment you leave the classroom, this is what that difference feels like, a single special that understands that respect and clarity are the same thing.
Kaji to Kouma is a one-episode special produced as a fire safety video for use as a classroom teaching aid in schools. Very little is recorded about the film. Its character designs are credited to Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, a detail noted in a design notes booklet that came bundled with an issue of Animage magazine.