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Kiku-chan to Ookami

'08戦争童話キクちゃんとオオカミ

“WWII Manchuria: a girl and a motherly wolf bond in Akiyuki Nosaka's adapted short story.”

1 episodes45 min

Adventure, HistoricalSummer 2008Shin-Ei AnimationPG - Children

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WWII Manchuria: a girl and a motherly wolf bond in Akiyuki Nosaka's adapted short story.

"Kiku-chan to Okami" is an adaptation of "Grave of the Fireflies" author Akiyuki Nosaka’s short story "Toshi-Oi Mesu-Okami to Onna no Ko no Hanashi" (The Story of the Old Mother Wolf and the Girl), which follows a girl and the wolf in the fields of WWII Manchuria who watches over her like a mother.