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Garasu no Usagi

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Garasu no Usagi
First edition
AuthorToshiko Takagi
Original titleガラスのうさぎ
LanguageJapanese
Genreautobiographical novel
Published1977
Publisher金の星社
Publication placeJapan

Garasu no Usagi (ガラスのうさぎ, The Glass Rabbit) is a Japanese autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, who lost her sister and mother in the Great Tokyo Air Raid and saw her father killed by P-51 Mustang before her eyes at Ninomiya Station when she was 13 years old.[1] As of 2018, the original novel has sold more than 2.4 million copies in Japan.[2] It was translated into German, Spanish, Hungarian and other languages.[3] It was adapted into a live-action film in 1979, a television drama series in 1980 and an anime film in 2005.

Adaptations

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Live-action film

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The live action film, titled Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit (東京大空襲 ガラスのうさぎ), is directed by Yūten Tachibana and was released on July 14, 1979.[4]

TV series

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The television drama series has 15 episodes and was broadcast on NHK from August 18 to September 5, 1980.[5]

Anime film

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Glass no Usagi
Directed bySetsuko Shibuichi
Written by
  • Kazumi Koide
  • Mitsuyo Suenaga
Screenplay by
  • Kazumi Koide
  • Mitsuyo Suenaga
Based onGarasu no Usagi by Toshiko Takagi
Edited byShigenari Nishi
Music byMichiru Ōshima
Production
company
Release date
  • May 14, 2008 (2008-05-14) (Japan)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The anime film is directed by Setsuko Shibuichi, animated at Magic Bus, and was released on May 14, 2005.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Vancouver Japanese Consulate Presents Anime Screening". Anime News Network. September 10, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "あんな死に方、もう二度と 高木敏子「ガラスのうさぎ」". 好書好日. May 30, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "ガラスのうさぎ". 一般財団法人大阪国際児童文学振興財団. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "東京大空襲 ガラスのうさぎ(1979)". allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "ガラスのうさぎ". tvdrama-db.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  6. ^ "ガラスのうさぎ(2005)". allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
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