Wandering Sun
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was a televised anime
series created, written and directed by Keisuke Fujikawa, and which ran for 26 episodes in 1971. Both Yoshiyuki Tomino
and Yasuhiko Yoshikazu were involved in the production of Wandering Sun, and would later team up for the ground-breaking and genre defining series Mobile Suit Gundam
.
Wandering Sun tells the story of two girls switched at birth
(one rich, Miki, and one poor, Nozomi), who compete to become successful singers after meeting at high-school.
The TV series was also released in Italy
under the title Jane e Micci and in France
as Nathalie et ses Amis.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series created, written and directed by Keisuke Fujikawa, and which ran for 26 episodes in 1971. Both Yoshiyuki Tomino
Yoshiyuki Tomino
is a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
and Yasuhiko Yoshikazu were involved in the production of Wandering Sun, and would later team up for the ground-breaking and genre defining series Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
.
Wandering Sun tells the story of two girls switched at birth
Babies switched at birth
Babies switched at birth are babies who, because of either error or malfeasance, are interchanged with each other at birth or very soon thereafter, leading to them being unknowingly raised by parents who are not their biological parents...
(one rich, Miki, and one poor, Nozomi), who compete to become successful singers after meeting at high-school.
The TV series was also released in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
under the title Jane e Micci and in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
as Nathalie et ses Amis.
Staff
- Original Creator: Keisuke Fujikawa, Miyumi Suzuki
- Script: Keisuke Fujikawa, Shun'ichi YukimuroShun'ichi YukimuroShun'ichi Yukimuro is a veteran screenwriter for television anime series. During a career spanning some four decades, Yukimuro has written over 3,000 TV anime scenarios, including episodes of many classic series produced by the Toei Animation studio...
- Character Designs: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
- Storyboards: Yoshiyuki Tomino
- Music: Hideki Fuyuki
- Producer: Hiroshi Saito, Noboru Katano
- Production: Mushi ProductionMushi ProductionMushi Production , or Mushi Pro for short, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan....
, Fuji TV