Yuki's Sun
Anime English Name: Yuki's Sun
Anime Native Name: ユキの太陽
Status: N/A
Episode Count: 1
Genres: Drama
Release Date: 1972
Duration: 5 mins
Country: JP
Average Score: 52%
Description
This pilot is remembered, really, for one notable reason: this is Miyazaki's first time as a solo director. He teamed up with Takahata for the later episodes of the 1971-72 Lupin III series, but Yuki's Sun marked his first time solely in the captain's seat.
Yuki's Sun was based upon a popular shoujo manga (girls' comic) by Tetsuya Chiba which was serialized in 1963. It involves a 10-year-old orphan girl who is adopted into a family. The storyline is somewhat complex, and seems to play out like grand melodrama. Chiba's stories were more sophisticated and grown-up than, say, Osamu Tezuka, who of course was the godfather of postwar Japanese manga.
(Source: TheGhibliBlog)
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Main Staff
Hayao Miyazaki
Role: Director
Tetsuya Chiba
Role: Original Creator