The purpose of this report is to contribute to future research related to Norman McLaren by collecting and arranging of related literature published to date around the world, including in Japan. Heretofore, other countries have been ahead of Japan in the study of McLaren, who pioneered and developed the field of experimental animation, and numerous papers and interview articles have been published abroad. Although the Japanese laud his style of expression and originality , one cannot say that there has been a systematic study of McLaren in Japan. The majority of the literature produced in Japan either explains or interprets the originality of McLaren's films or describes the viewer's impressions, and very little concerning McLaren has been published since he dead in 1987. On the other hand, while much published abroad also features discussions of the originality of his works, people are beginning to publish papers that venture to undertake new approaches. This includes studies from perspectives other than admiration of his originality and that attempt to uncover some heretofore-unknown aspect of McLaren.