![]() At the time I thought that the images that people who read the book created in their minds would always be better than an attempt to make it into a film. ![]() I often joke that I still remember receiving letters from almost every film director, except Akira Kurosawa. Tetsuko’s comments on the film were “After I wrote Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window in 1981, I received many requests from film directors who wanted to turn it into a movie. ![]() Meanwhile, Shizue Kaneko who has worked for Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon will be in charge of character design. A huge fan of the original, Yakuwa allegedly visited Tetsuko multiple times to convince her to let him turn the book into an animated film. Known for his work on multiple Doraemon films, Shinnosuke Yakuwa has been appointed as the director and wrote the screenplay with Yosuke Suzuki. The story depicts wholesome interactions between the students who are completely unaware of an approaching World War 2 that will change their lives forever. ![]() There she meets children from all different backgrounds and develops a friendly teacher-student relationship with the headmaster. The plot follows Totto-chan, a troubled young girl who gets expelled from elementary school and transfers to a new school called Tomoe Gakuen. “Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window” was first published in 1981 by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, and became an instant hit with over 25 million copies sold worldwide. ![]()
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