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
제주도에서 오랜만에 평화로운 휴가를 즐기는 짱구네. 짱구와 즐거운 한 때를 보내던 흰둥이는 눈 깜짝 할 사이 엉덩이에 의문의 기저귀(?)가 붙어 버린다. 휴가를 마치고 집으로 돌아온 짱구네를 찾아 온 국제우주감시센터 U.N.K.A.(이하 응카)는 짱구네를 찾아와 흰둥이 엉덩이의 기저귀가 사실은 지구를 날려버릴 무시무시한 폭탄이라고 말하며 흰둥이를 그 폭탄과 함께 우주로 보내버려야 한다고 하고, 짱구는 흰둥이를 보낼 수 없어 몰래 응카를 피해 도망을 친다. 그 시각, 이 정보를 엿들은 미녀테러집단 개양귀비 뮤지컬 공연단도 폭탄을 추격하기 시작한다. 과연, 짱구는 지구를 날려버릴 엄청난 폭탄을 엉덩이에 단 흰둥이를 무사히 구출하고 지구를 구할 수 있을 것인가?!
Assistant Director
War drama based on a short story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
