Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor is included with several other Yamamura productions on the “Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor & Other Fantastic Films” DVD, which is available via RightStuf, Amazon, and other retail outlets.
Although pretty straightforward in its accuracy, Yamamura’s adaptation does add an opening with a translation of a famous Kafka quote.
If anything, it still puts to shame, via its non-industry-standard aspects, the cookie-cutter art employed by most currently airing anime.
Adapting a classic is tricky business, but there’s no love lost on this anime after its decade long existence.