Botchan
Also known as: The Young Master
- Studio
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Characters
Uranari, Madonna, Red Shirt
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Osamu Dezaki, Toshio Takeuchi
Writing
- Writer
- Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Animation
- Animator
- Akio Sugino
Music
- Music
- Takeo Watanabe
Crew
- Design
- Monkey Punch
Production notes
Released as a TV special.
Based on Soseki Natume's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books. The novel included autobiographical elements: Natsume once taught in Matsuyama, where Uranari comes to teach.
Animator Akio Sugino "cleaned up" Monkey Punch's designs.
Some sources credit Osamu Dezaki as the director's "assistant."
A shorter version of "Botchan" was produced in 1986 as part of a series, "Animated Classics of Japanese Literature."
Based on Soseki Natume's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books. The novel included autobiographical elements: Natsume once taught in Matsuyama, where Uranari comes to teach.
Animator Akio Sugino "cleaned up" Monkey Punch's designs.
Some sources credit Osamu Dezaki as the director's "assistant."
A shorter version of "Botchan" was produced in 1986 as part of a series, "Animated Classics of Japanese Literature."