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Title (English) Star of Cottonland, the

Title (Japanese) Wata no Kunihoshi

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Fantasy Novel

Notes a.k.a. "Cotton Star", "Planet of Cotton"
From the manga by OHSHIMA Yumiko, published in LaLa magazine, 1978.
OVA, 96 min. [Shoujo Anime List]

Classification shoujo

Synopsis A young man named Tokio, who lives with his parents, takes in a kitten. She has trouble winning over Tokio's mother, who is allergic to cats.
Chibineko is heartbroken when Toshio falls in love with a girl he meets in the park. Then she meets the handsome, silvery cat, Raphael, who explains that she and Toshio can never really be together. (GC)
OHSHIMA Yumiko's story of Chibi Neko, a kitten who believes she will grow up to become a human being. _Wata no kuni-hoshi_ ("The Country-Star of Cotton") can be enjoyed on the level of a simple, sometimes funny, sometimes touching coming-of-age story, but if you look beyond the surface, you can find some profound insights about what it means to be a "girl," what it means to be a "woman," what it means to be a "mother," and also about the frightening aspects of growing up. (MAT)

Review A charming movie about a cat that thinks it's a little girl. In the movie we see the cat as she imagines herself, but the humans see her as a cat.
The story is sometimes dramatic and often sad.
Recommended. (GC)
The anime is fairly well-made (by Tezuka Productions), and manages to capture some (but not all) of Oshima's brilliant manga's depth, but I thought it was miscast. Definitely worth checking out. (MAT) Rating ****

Credits Dir: Shinichi Tsuji
Des: Katsumi Aoshima.
Music: Richard Cleyderman
Prod: Mushi Pro.
From a manga by Yumiko OSHIMA

Episodes

Release Jap:VHS

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1984

Production Mushi Pro

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Star of Cottonland, the
Title (Japanese)	Wata no Kunihoshi
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	a.k.a. "Cotton Star", "Planet of Cotton" From the manga by OHSHIMA Yumiko, published in LaLa magazine, 1978. OVA, 96 min. [Shoujo Anime List]
Classification	shoujo
Synopsis	A young man named Tokio, who lives with his parents, takes in a kitten. She has trouble winning over Tokio's mother, who is allergic to cats. Chibineko is heartbroken when Toshio falls in love with a girl he meets in the park. Then she meets the handsome, silvery cat, Raphael, who explains that she and Toshio can never really be together. (GC) OHSHIMA Yumiko's story of Chibi Neko, a kitten who believes she will grow up to become a human being. _Wata no kuni-hoshi_ ("The Country-Star of Cotton") can be enjoyed on the level of a simple, sometimes funny, sometimes touching coming-of-age story, but if you look beyond the surface, you can find some profound insights about what it means to be a "girl," what it means to be a "woman," what it means to be a "mother," and also about the frightening aspects of growing up. (MAT)
Review	A charming movie about a cat that thinks it's a little girl. In the movie we see the cat as she imagines herself, but the humans see her as a cat. The story is sometimes dramatic and often sad. Recommended. (GC) The anime is fairly well-made (by Tezuka Productions), and manages to capture some (but not all) of Oshima's brilliant manga's depth, but I thought it was miscast. Definitely worth checking out. (MAT) Rating ****
Credits	Dir: Shinichi Tsuji Des: Katsumi Aoshima. Music: Richard Cleyderman Prod: Mushi Pro. From a manga by Yumiko OSHIMA
Episodes
Release	Jap:VHS
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1984
Production	Mushi Pro
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.