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series written by

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and illustrated by Mayumi Suzuki. It also received an anime adaptation by

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which ran for 26 episodes in 1971. Both

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and

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were involved in the production of ''Wandering Sun'', and would later again collaborate on the ground-breaking and genre-defining series

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and

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. The anime toned down some of the more intense and mature elements of the manga for a prime-time TV audience. ''Wandering Sun'' tells the story of two girls switched at birth by the nurse Michiko, out of a grudge against the parents of one of the newborns. Miki was born in the poor Mine family but is switched into the rich Kouda clan, and Nozomi the opposite. Fate cannot separate the two girls who compete to become successful singers after meeting at high school, with the girl-next-door Nozomi working hard and on her own to be the best pop singer in Japan and the rich girl Miki using her family's status to reach the same goal. This series was itself a ground-breaker in that it was perhaps the first anime series to depict the entertainment industry—specifically

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,http://www.mushi-pro.co.jp/2010/09/%E3%81%95%E3%81%99%E3%82%89%E3%81%84%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%AA%E9%99%BD/ which would be a major plot point in many anime to come from ''

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'' to ''

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''. The TV series was also released in

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as ''Nathalie et ses Amis''.

Cast

*Junko Fujiyama as Nozomi Mine *

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as Miki Kouda *

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as Kumagoro *

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as Fani *

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as Michiko Nohara * Tesuya Asado as Isao Egawa * Koichi Noda as Jun Nohara * Mitsuko Aso as Tsune *

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as Shinsuke Mine *

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as Shizuko Mine *

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as Kazuo Mine *

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as Yuki Mine * Osamu Kobayashi as Daijiro *

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as Yumemaro *

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as Akira Nitta

Staff

* Original Creator: Keisuke Fujikawa, Mayumi Suzuki * Script: Keisuke Fujikawa,

Shun'ichi Yukimuro Shun'ichi Yukimuro (雪室俊一 ''Yukimuro Shun'ichi'', born January 11, 1941, in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) is a veteran screenwriter for anime television series. Yukimuro has had a career spanning four decades and written over 3,000 anime tele ...

* Character Designs: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko * Storyboards: Yoshiyuki Tomino * Music: Hideki Fuyuki * Producer: Hiroshi Saito, Noboru Katano * Production:

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References

External links

* {{Yoshiyuki Tomino Shogakukan manga Shōjo manga 1971 anime television series debuts Drama anime and manga Mushi Production Fuji TV original programming