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This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.
Keywords
based on novel or book
elementary school
slice of life
school
based on memoir or autobiography
historical
autobiographical
physical disability
kids
anime
freedom of expression
girlhood
war
unconventional schooling
Casts
Liliana Ohno
Totto-chan (voice)
Koji Yakusho
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Shun Oguri
Moritsuna Kuroyanagi (voice)
Anne Watanabe
Chō Kuroyanagi (voice)
Karen Takizawa
Miss Ōishi (voice)
Crews
Aimyon
Theme Song Performance
Sanae Matsutani
Color Designer
Tatsuya Kushida
Art Direction
Toshihiko Kojima
Editor
Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Effects
Kyouko Yauchi
Art Designer
Yoji Shimizu
Sound Director
Kentaro Minegishi
Director of Photography
Takuya Wada
Art Designer
Sachiko Nishi
Sound Effects
Yoshihiro Osugi
Second Unit Director
Kaori Hayashi
Animation Director
Masaru Ohshiro
Animation Director
Takuya Fujikura
Second Unit Director
Atsushi Tamura
Animation Director
Yuko Kato
Animation Director
Chie Mishima
Animation Director
Kazuhiko Yabumoto
Second Unit Director
Takuya Wada
Animation Director
Shizue Kaneko
Supervising Animation Director
Takuya Wada
Key Animation
Reina Tanaka
Second Unit Director
Kazuhiko Yabumoto
Animation Director
Takayo Nishimura
Animation Director
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Novel
Hiroko Minowa
Key Animation
Shingo Okano
Key Animation
Emi Matsunaga
Key Animation
Kazunori Minagawa
Key Animation
Hirofumi Masuda
Key Animation
Atsushi Tamura
Key Animation
Masahiro Sato
Key Animation
Yuko Kato
Key Animation
Hatsumi Kamigai
Key Animation
Kumiko Kawana
Key Animation
Saori Koike
Key Animation
Kazuhiko Yabumoto
Key Animation
Takayuki Uragami
Key Animation
Masayuki Yoshida
Key Animation
Mai Tsutsumi
Key Animation
Saka Ikeda
Key Animation
Yuka Hara
Key Animation
Yoshihiro Osugi
Key Animation
Sawako Miyamoto
Key Animation
Ikuno Yagi
Key Animation
Takayo Nishimura
Key Animation
Misato Kishino
Key Animation
Takuji Mogi
Key Animation
Aya Suzuki
Key Animation
Saeko Ozawa
Key Animation
Shingo Takenaka
Key Animation
Mei Nishiyama
Key Animation
Michio Mihara
Key Animation
Hitomi Aso
Key Animation
Kouichi Arai
Key Animation
Yuko Tagawa
Key Animation
Masahito Sawada
Key Animation
Kanae Miya
Key Animation
Yoshinobu Ando
Key Animation
Lin Kewei
Key Animation
Yuichiro Sueyoshi
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Key Animation
Juuji Mizumura
Key Animation
Tetsuro Karai
Key Animation
Shinichiro Yamada
Key Animation
Yukari Kaku
Key Animation
Kaori Matsushima
Key Animation
Junichi Takaoka
Key Animation
Shigeru Kimishima
Key Animation
Keisuke Hiroe
Key Animation
Yumi Chiba
Key Animation
Shinnosuke Yakuwa
Director
Shinnosuke Yakuwa
Screenplay
Shizue Kaneko
Character Designer
Yosuke Suzuki
Co-Writer
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Executive Producer
Yuji Nomi
Original Music Composer
Masayuki Kouda
Key Animation
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