Okuhara Natsu was born in Tokyo in 1937. In 1945, she loses both parents to war and becomes an orphan, but her father’s comrade, Shibata Takeo, takes her in and moves to Tokachi in Hokkaido. In an unfamiliar land surrounded by unfamiliar people, Natsu feels lost at first, but surrounded by Tokachi’s vast nature and its strong, yet compassionate people, she grows up to be a strong girl. When Natsu enters elementary school, she meets Yamada Tenyo who draws lovely pictures of horses. Tenyo tells her that in America, animation in which pictures move is becoming popular, Natsu’s curiosity is piqued. Upon graduating high school, Natsu goes to Tokyo to look up her brother, and takes a jump into the world of animation.

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Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a...

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A serialized television series, aired in 1979, based on Hasegawa Machiko's "Sazae-san Uchiakebanashi...

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The story follows the 20-year-old Tsubasa who dedicates her life to her family and their shop. Her l...

In the end of Meiji era, Takei Chiyo was born in a poor family in Osaka, and was sent to a theatre t...

In 1930 and as a young child, Tsuneko Kohashi lives at Enshu in Shizuoka Prefecture. She has a happy...

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Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and mo...

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