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TAC Revisits Fable by Galactic Railroad's Miyazawa
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Steamboy) is scripting.
This children's tale is set in a mythical version of northern Japan, where a ten-year-old boy named Guskou loses his little sister to a mysterious kidnapper. Despite the traumatic incident, he grows up, pursues his fascination with volcanoes, and becomes a researcher. He devotes his whole life to understanding the power of volcanoes and protecting his land. The story premise is tied to one of the first layperson descriptions of the greenhouse effect. Miyazawa wrote the story in 1932, when the scientific theory (that higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would raise temperatures) was still a new concept.
Escaflowne) even dramatized Miyazawa's own life in the animated Vision of Ihatov: Kenji's Spring television movie. Several of these earlier works depicted all the characters as cats — a Miyazawa trademark, and the new Guskou Budori film will do the same.
Spring and Chaos. The original Guskou Budori story has been translated into English by Tatsuo Hamada and published by Abiko Literary Press in the Sacred Fool, Works of Kenji Miyazawa collection.
