Senso Dowa Kiku-chan to Okami

[Machine Translation] Following the animation film "Grave of the Fireflies" (1988, directed by Isao Takahata), which moved the whole country, "War Fairy Tales" was produced as a follow-up to "Akiyuki Nosaka War Fairy Tales," an animation based on "War Fairy Tales" written by Akiyuki Nosaka, an author. The sad events that unfolded during the war will be passed down from adults to children as fairy tales, conveying the preciousness of peace that must never be forgotten. The animation was produced by Shin-Ei Animation, which has continued to produce high-quality films such as "Crayon Shin-chan" and "Doraemon. --The year is 1945 in Manchuria. With the defeat of the war, the Japanese began to retreat. On the way back to Japan, young Kiku becomes ill. Left behind by her family, Kiku was in a weakened state when a wolf came to her rescue. Thanks to the wolf's care, Kiku-chan recovered. However, her food supply gradually dwindled. The wolf, knowing the danger, decides to take Kiku-chan to a human town...

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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」をアニメ化した「野坂昭如戦争童話集」に続いて制作された"戦争童話"。2008年の終戦記念日を中心に全国テレビ朝日系10局にて放映。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。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。――昭和20年、満州。敗戦とともに日本人たちの退却が始まりました。日本へ帰る道のりで、幼いキクちゃんは病に侵されてしまいます。家族に置き去りにされ、弱りきっていたキクちゃんを救ったのは、一匹のオオカミでした。オオカミの看病のおかげで元気になったキクちゃん。しかし、次第に食糧はなくなっていきます。オオカミは危険を承知で、人間の町へ連れていくことにしたのですが・・・。