Akiyuki Nosaka Senso Dowa Shu Chisai Sensuikan ni Koi wo Shita Dekasugiru Kujira no Hanashi

[Machine Translation] Following the animation film "Grave of the Fireflies" (directed by Isao Takahata in 1988), which moved the whole country, this animated version of the same title from the "War Fairy Tales" series written by Akiyuki Nosaka, which won the "Peabody Award," the Pulitzer Prize of broadcasting, in 2003! The series was aired on TV Asahi stations around Japan on the anniversary of the end of the war in 2004. The sad events that unfolded during the war are told as children's stories, conveying to children and adults alike the preciousness of peace that must never be forgotten. The animation is combined with illustrations drawn by Seitaro Kuroda, an artist who participated in the "War Fairy Tales" film project with Akiyuki Nosaka. The creative activities of the two artists have been talked about in newspapers and on TV! The animation is produced by Shin-Ei Animation, a company that has continued to produce high-quality images for "Crayon Shin-chan" and "Doraemon". --There was a whale named Kuusuke off the coast of an island in the south of Japan. Koo-suke is very worried about his oversized body and has difficulty getting along with girls. However, he falls in love with a Japanese submarine, thinking it is a whale. On board the submarine is Kota, a boy who is too short to express his feelings to girls because of his short stature. He was once a boy who was rescued by Kuusuke when he fell into the sea. As the enemy destroyer is approaching, the single-minded Coo-suke is determined to save Kota again...

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日本中を感動させたアニメーション映画「火垂るの墓」(1988年: 高畑勲監督)に続く、作家・野坂昭如 原作の「戦争童話集」より、同名作品をアニメ化。2003年には放送界のピューリッツァ賞と言われる『ピーボディー賞』を受賞した「戦争童話集」シリーズ! 2004年の終戦記念日を中心に全国テレビ朝日系にて放映。戦争の最中に繰り広げられた悲しい出来事を童話として、決して忘れてはいけない"平和の尊さ"を大人から子供達へと語り継ぐ。本編には、野坂昭如と共に「戦争童話集」映像化プロジェクトに参加したアーティスト"黒田征太郎"により描かれたイラストがアニメーションと融合! 二人を中心とした創作活動は、新聞、TV等で話題に! アニメ制作は「クレヨンしんちゃん」「ドラえもん」等、良質映像を贈り続けるシンエイ動画。――南の島の沖合に、一匹のクジラ、クー助がいた。クー助は大きくなり過ぎた体をひどく気にして、女の子となかなか仲良くなれない。ところが、日本軍の潜水艦をクジラだと思いこみ、恋をしてしまう。その潜水艦に乗るのは、低い背を気にして女の子に気持ちを伝えられない少年、幸多。彼は、かつて海に落ちたところをクー助に助けられた少年だった。敵駆逐艦が近づきつつある中で、一途なクー助は再び幸多を救うことになるが・・・。