A work that adapts the comic of the same name by Fumiyo Kono into an animated movie directed by Sunao Katabuchi, recreated in a luxurious picture book!
It was highly acclaimed, winning first place in the animation category of the 90th Kinema Junpo Top Ten, and received the Best Animation Film Award at the 40th Japan Academy Prize. It also won the Jury Award in the feature film competition section at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France.
- Pages:
- 144
- ISBN:
- 9784198647698
- Release Date:
- March, 2019
- Language:
- Japanese
- Publisher:
- Tokuma shoten
Author profile
Fumiyo Kono
Born in Hiroshima city in 1968. She made her manga debut in 1995. In 2004, she won the Grand Prize in the Manga Division at the Japan Media Arts Festival and the Newcomer Award at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for “Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms” (Futabasha). “In This Corner of the World” (Futabasha) received the Excellence Award in the Manga Division at the Japan Media Arts Festival and was ranked first in “THE BEST MANGA 2010 Read This Manga!” Other works include “Ballpen Kojiki” (Heibonsha) and “Bird of the Sun” (Nihon Bungeisha).
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