Garasu no Usagi

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Garasu no Usagi
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First edition
AuthorToshiko Takagi
Original titleガラスのうさぎ
LanguageJapanese
Genre autobiographical 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.

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Adaptations

Live-action film

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

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

Anime film

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 by Michiru 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]

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