The book is about bringing in creativity and freedom of expression in how we teach and learn. It asks us to ask ourselves, if some “alterative” teaching methods ought to be the “mainstream”.
The narrative continues to the provoke debate around ‘one-size-fits all’ teaching and learning methods that continue today. This book is a delightful read about Totto-Chan’s time in her school.
This symbolized his aim for the children : body and mind equally developed in perfect harmony” “Tomoe is an ancient comma-shaped symbol and for his school the headmaster had adopted the traditional emblem consisting of two tomoe – one black and one white - united to form a perfect circle. The day she arrives she asks her mother what Tomoe means. Her mother feels that she may thrive in another environment and to brings her to a new school - Tomoe Gakuen. The story begins when the main character, Totto-Chan is expelled from first school for disrupting the class and for always looking out of the window. The film is currently in production and is slated for a Winter 2023 release in Japanese theaters.Our 10th book, “Totto Chan: The Little Girl at the Window" is a true story told by one of Japan’s famous TV personalities, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi about her “ unconventional” educational experience in Japan during World War II. Shizue Kaneko, best known for the character designs in multiple Pokémon movies, will contribute character designs for the film while Shin-Ei Douga will handle animation production.
The theatrical anime adaptation features Shinnosuke Yakuwa, best known for directing many Doraemon theatrical film adaptations, directing and writing the screenplay alongside Yosuke Suzuki, also known for writing the screenplays to many children's anime film adaptations. The book saw its first English edition published in 1984 through the former Kodansha International publishing imprint, best known for publishing bilingual editions of popular Japanese novels and manga.
The book was ostensibly published during a time when media coverage of Japanese children refusing to attend school was at an all-time high and Kuroyanagi felt the book would convince students to stay in school. The autobiography was first published in Japan in 1981, sourced from a series of magazine articles written by Kuroyanagi years earlier about her experiences and struggles in attending school as a child during World War II-era Japan. A new theatrical anime adaptation of Japanese media personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's autobiography Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window will hit the big screen in Japan after decades of attempts to produce either an animated or live-action adaptation.
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