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Title (English) Shouwa Era Story

Title (Japanese) Shouwa Monogatari

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Fantasy Novel

Notes A period slice of life drama.
There is also a Shouwa Monogatari movie which appeared in early 2011.
The TV series had a preview screen of 4 random ordered episodes from 2010-12-30 to 2011-01-02 (Mie TV), then a regular screening from 2011-04-03.
The seeries has been fan subtitled only in part AFAIK.

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Synopsis The series depicts the daily life of the Yamazaki family living in Tokyo in 1964 (=Showa 39), the year Japan hosted the Olympics.
The father runs his own small factory which appears to be next to their home, the eldest son is a college student, the eldest daughter is of high school age, and the youngest son is of elementary school age. The series depicts various everyday incidents: the elder son tries to meet women, the daughter tries to meet boys, the younger son keeps getting into mischief, the elder son argues with his father about the family business, and so on.

Review This anime is clearly intended to authentically evoke the 1960's, for those who remember those times. It is totally a slice-of-life drama and strongly evokes the feel of a different era. It's interesting how different these characters are from the present generation. The 20 year old son has no idea how to dress for a date and clearly has little experience of girls, and the mature- looking daughter is trailed when she goes out on her own. The younger son provides some lighter moments by continually getting into minor mischief.
The series, which is unique in being overtly aimed at seniors, clearly failed to interest young fansubbers (it has been only partly fan-subbed to date), but that does not reflect on its quality or its interest as social history.

Credits Director: Hiroshi Kugimiya
Series Composition: Yasushi Hirano
Music: Gidō Hayashi
Character Design: Tatsuo Yanagino
Art Director: Takeshi Waki
Chief Animation Director: Tatsuo Yanagino
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda

Episodes 13

Release

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 2011-04-03

Production THINK Corporation.

Broadcaster Chiba TV, KBS Kyoto, Mie TV, Sun TV

Animation Wao World

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)	Shouwa Era Story
Title (Japanese)	Shouwa Monogatari
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	A period slice of life drama. There is also a Shouwa Monogatari movie which appeared in early 2011. The TV series had a preview screen of 4 random ordered episodes from 2010-12-30 to 2011-01-02 (Mie TV), then a regular screening from 2011-04-03. The seeries has been fan subtitled only in part AFAIK.
Classification	-
Synopsis	The series depicts the daily life of the Yamazaki family living in Tokyo in 1964 (=Showa 39), the year Japan hosted the Olympics. The father runs his own small factory which appears to be next to their home, the eldest son is a college student, the eldest daughter is of high school age, and the youngest son is of elementary school age. The series depicts various everyday incidents: the elder son tries to meet women, the daughter tries to meet boys, the younger son keeps getting into mischief, the elder son argues with his father about the family business, and so on.
Review	This anime is clearly intended to authentically evoke the 1960's, for those who remember those times. It is totally a slice-of-life drama and strongly evokes the feel of a different era. It's interesting how different these characters are from the present generation. The 20 year old son has no idea how to dress for a date and clearly has little experience of girls, and the mature- looking daughter is trailed when she goes out on her own. The younger son provides some lighter moments by continually getting into minor mischief. The series, which is unique in being overtly aimed at seniors, clearly failed to interest young fansubbers (it has been only partly fan-subbed to date), but that does not reflect on its quality or its interest as social history.
Credits	Director: Hiroshi Kugimiya Series Composition: Yasushi Hirano Music: Gidō Hayashi Character Design: Tatsuo Yanagino Art Director: Takeshi Waki Chief Animation Director: Tatsuo Yanagino Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Episodes	13
Release
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	2011-04-03
Production	THINK Corporation.
Broadcaster	Chiba TV, KBS Kyoto, Mie TV, Sun TV
Animation	Wao World
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.