‘Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window’ is a Japanese children’s classic book that teaches hope, courage, and happiness in the hardest times of war. Written by television personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi in 1981, the book has been a part of the Japanese school curriculum for decades.
While the story and the events are popular among the Japanese, it never got adapted for visual media. So, the announcement of an anime film in March was welcomed by all of us, especially those who know about it.
On Tuesday, the official website for the anime film ‘Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window’ released a teaser and visual. The Video revealed that Liliana Ohno will voice the protagonist Totto-chan. It also revealed the producing staff and that the film will open on December 8.
The video shows the young girl Totto-chan visiting her new school. She meets the headmaster Mr. Sosaku Kobayashi and gets fascinated by the railroad cars being used as classrooms. She makes new friends and explores her new school life as she observes everything around her.
In the end, below the release date, the names of the main staff members are also mentioned:
| Position | Staff | Other Works |
| Director | Shinnosuke Yakuwa (also co-scriptwriter) | Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 |
| Scriptwriter | Yōsuke Suzuki | Pazudora |
| Character Design | Shizue Kaneko | Adachi and Shimamura, How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord |
| Animation Production | Shin-Ei Animation | Doraemon, Crayon Shin-chan |
‘Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window’ talks about Kuroyanagi’s learnings at the Tomoe Gakuen school, an elementary school she attended after getting expelled from her previous school.
The book became a bestseller, selling 4.5 million copies in its first year of publication, and was translated into more than 20 languages. As of today, the book has sold 25 million copies.
I am impressed at how everything looks. The color and the animation have a modern gloss and smoothness, but the designs have the classic touch that we see in old anime. The railroad car classrooms were something that made Kobayashi memorable, and I am glad this story is reaching out to a bigger audience.
About Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window
Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window is an upcoming anime film produced by Shin-Ei Animation. It is based on the 1981 bestseller children’s book by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi which talks about her learnings at Tomoe Gakuen, an elementary school run by Sosaku Kobayashi during World War II.
The book is a part of the Japanese school curriculum since 1983 and has sold over 25 million copies.
Source: Official Website , Comic Natalie
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