Director
The story is set in a village in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kōchi during World War II. Even in this remote mountainous area, the perception of American and British people as "brutes" has taken root, due to the deaths and injuries among the villagers' relatives. A elementary schoolgirl named Eiko transfers from the city of Yokohama to this village. Eiko happens to have blue eyes from her American father, and her classmates make no attempt to rein in their bullying. Other than Eiko's homeroom teacher Akiko, even the teachers view Eiko the same way that the children do. However, a boy named Kenta views Eiko more with curiosity than with hostility. The children's lives change as the injured father of one of Kenta's classmates returns from the battlefield and news of more casualties arrives in the village.
Director
Kiku-chan to Ookami is, like most of the Sensou Douwa specials, based on a short story by Nosaka Akiyuki. It is set in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (the Chinese province of Manchuria) during the closing days of Word War II. Life for the Japanese colonists is tranquil, with none of the hazards and shortages occurring in the Japanese homeland. Then, on August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union, fulfilling its obligations to the Western Allies, declares war and invades. The local Kwantung Army folds up like a house of cards, leaving the Japanese colonists exposed to the invading Russians and Chinese.
Storyboard Artist
野原家の愛犬シロのお尻に、宇宙から落ちてきた爆弾がくっ付いてしまった。宇宙監視センターUNTI（ウンツィ）が早速爆弾の回収に動き出す一方、その情報を傍受した女性テロ集団ひなげし歌劇団もまた、爆弾をわが物にしようとたくらむ。UNTIからシロの爆弾が地球を吹き飛ばすほどの威力があることを知らされたひろしとみさえは、人類のためやむなくシロを渡そうとするが、納得いかないしんのすけはシロを連れて脱走する。
Assistant Director
War drama based on a short story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
