Wata no Kunihoshi
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Wata no Kunihoshi (綿の国星, "Cotton's Country Star" or "Planet of Cotton Country") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumiko Ōshima. It was serialized by Hakusensha in LaLa magazine from 1978 to 1987 and collected in seven tankōbon volumes. The story is about an abandoned kitten called Chibi-neko (drawn as a small girl with cat ears and a tail) who is adopted by a young man named Tokio who grows up believing that she is human.
Wata no Kunihoshi | |
綿の国星 | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Yumiko Ōshima |
Published by | Hakusensha |
Magazine | LaLa |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 1978 – 1987 |
Volumes | 7 |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Shinichi Tsuji |
Written by | |
Music by | Richard Clayderman |
Studio | Mushi Production |
Released | February 11, 1984 |
Runtime | 92 minutes |
The series was adapted as an anime movie directed by Shinichi Tsuji and produced by Mushi Production, it was released in theaters in February 1984.
In 1979, Wata no Kunihoshi received the 3rd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōjo category. It is credited with popularizing the kemonomimi (catgirl) character type.