“Mysterious city transfer student nicknamed "Wind Imp" befriends rural classmates, then vanishes on the wind.”
Kaze no Matasaburou
風の又三郎
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Synopsis
Mysterious city transfer student nicknamed "Wind Imp" befriends rural classmates, then vanishes on the wind.
A foreign transfer student from the city arrives one day in a Japanese country town. Enchanted by his air of mystery, his classmates nickname him "Matasaburou the Wind Imp" after a local legend. Eventually they become friends and spend many days playing in the countryside. One windy day, Matasaburou returns to the city, leaving his classmates to speculate that he really was Matasaburou the Wind Imp and that he flew away on the wind.
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Running avg · Dec 2021 → Oct 2025
- 8 “Adapting a short story by Kenji Miyazawa, Rintaro brings his A game, even though a modest and unassuming project. The presentation is dreamlike with impressionistic backgrounds, flat, solid...”
- 7 “A decent children's story appropriate for bedtime, featuring the voices of Mayumi Tanaka (Saburou) and C.W. Nicol (Narrator). Based on a story by author Kenji Miyazawa, the plot basically follows...”
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- Format 1 × 29′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 29m all episodes
- Aired Aug 1988 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-6678 catalog
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