is a
manga based on the life of
Megumi Yokota
(born 5 October 1964) is a Japanese citizen who was abducted by a North Korean agent in 1977 when she was a thirteen-year-old junior high school student. She was one of at least seventeen Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1 ...
, a Japanese girl who was abducted when she was 13 years old by
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
n spies in 1977. The manga concept was conceived by her mother and father and was penned by
Souichi Moto under their supervision.
Plot
The manga follows Megumi's final days in her home town before her abduction.
Anime
As of 2008, the
Government of Japan
The Government of Japan consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and is based on popular sovereignty. The Government runs under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947. It is a unitary stat ...
announced an anime adaptation will be created from the manga. The anime is dubbed in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English and Russian. In addition, there are Japanese dubbed versions with
subtitles in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The government authorized a free downloadable version, as well as a DVD release.
Cast
All Japanese cast members were asked by
Kouichi Yamadera
is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with t ...
for participation through the
Japan Actors Union (Nippairen). Yamadera said, "The abduction is an act of disregarding human rights, not accepted. We Japanese people should emphasize our anger."
See also
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North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter
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Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
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North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens
References
External links
MEGUMI Anime: download*
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2004 manga
2008 anime OVAs
Futabasha manga
Seinen manga