| Title: | Natsufuku no Shoujo-tachi
Girls in Summer Dresses
夏服の少女たち
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1988, Drama, High School, Historical, Live Action, TV Special, War
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Animation - Madhouse
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In 1945, the second and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teenagers in an almost deserted town, even amid the deprivations of wartime. On the 7th of August, an American bomber changes their lives forever. Broadcast on the 43rd anniversary of Hiroshima in memory of "the girls who lost their lives to the atom bomb."
(Summary Courtesy of MyAnimeList.net)
32-minute TV special that premiered on August 7, 1988.
Animated by Madhouse. |
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In 1945, the second and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teenagers in an almost deserted town, even amid the deprivations of wartime. On the 7th of August, an American bomber changes their lives forever. Broadcast on the 43rd anniversary of Hiroshima in memory of "the girls who lost their lives to the atom bomb."
(Summary Courtesy of MyAnimeList.net)
32-minute TV special that premiered on August 7, 1988.
Animated by Madhouse.
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Natsufuku no Shoujo-tachi
This TV special felt more like some sort of documentary reflecting on a specific element of Japan's history before the atomic bomb dropping on Hiroshima during World War II. Mixing live-action footage and animated clips, Girls in Summer Dresses explores how Japanese middle and high school girls within Hiroshima were getting by with trying to live their lives normally in the months before the atomic bomb drop in August 1945. The TV special focuses on a few girls attending school in Hiroshima during the time period and their parents being interviewed 43 years following the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima to show how they were affected by the loss of their daughters. The special believably depicts how the girls would have lived during the era between worrying about increased American air raid attacks and resources becoming scarce in the final months of the war for the Japanese populace. The presentation isn't much to write about for animation with details being simple and colors looking rather faded, though forgivable considering this is more about the educational merit of exploring an element of history with exploring life in Japan in the final months of World War II. Those wanting to learn more about Japanese history in World War II should at least give this TV special at least a watch if it catches their interest.
Last updated Saturday, August 01 2020. Created Saturday, August 01 2020.
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