Yuki no Taiyou Pilot

Yuki no Taiyou Pilot

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Yuki's Sun Pilot

Japanese

ユキの太陽

English

Information

Type

Special

Aired

1972

Episodes

1

Duration

4 min

Studios

Tokyo Movie

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Manga

Rating

PG - Children

Genres

Drama

Themes

Demographics

Shoujo

Statistics

Rank

12576

Score

5.45

Scored by

2120

Popularity

9955

Members

3909

Favorites

1

External Links

Synopsis

This pilot is remembered, really, for one notable reason: this is Miyazaki's first time as a solo director. He teamed up with Takahata for the later episodes of the 1971-72 Lupin III series, but Yuki's Sun marked his first time solely in the captain's seat. Yuki's Sun was based upon a popular shoujo manga (girls' comic) by Tetsuya Chiba which was serialized in 1963. It involves a 10-year-old orphan girl who is adopted into a family. The storyline is somewhat complex, and seems to play out like grand melodrama. Chiba's stories were more sophisticated and grown-up than, say, Osamu Tezuka, who of course was the godfather of postwar Japanese manga. (Source: TheGhibliBlog)

Characters

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Adaptation

Yuki no Taiyou