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Shuna's journey / Hayao Miyazaki ; translated by Alex Dudok de Wit.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: New York : First Second, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First American editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250846525
  • 1250846528
Uniform titles:
  • Shuna no tabi. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The journey begins -- To the west -- In the fortress town -- Attack -- The land of the god-folk -- Thea -- Afterword / Hayao Miyazaki -- Note from the translator / Alex Dudok de Wit.
Summary: "Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects. It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and while Thea escapes north, Shuna continues toward the west, finally reaching the Land of the God-Folk. Will Shuna ever see Thea again? And will he make it back home from his quest for the golden grain?"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Eisner for Best U.S. Edition of International Material--Asia

From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes Shuna's Journey , a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a golden grain that would save his land, never before published in English!

Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects.

It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and while Thea escapes north, Shuna continues toward the west, finally reaching the Land of the God-Folk.

Will Shuna ever see Thea again? And will he make it back home from his quest for the golden grain?

Films by Hayao Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli include:
- T he Boy and The Heron
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Spirited Away
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Princess Mononoke

Book reads from right to left.

Chiefly illustrations.

First published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten Co., Ltd., ©1983.

The journey begins -- To the west -- In the fortress town -- Attack -- The land of the god-folk -- Thea -- Afterword / Hayao Miyazaki -- Note from the translator / Alex Dudok de Wit.

"Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects. It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and while Thea escapes north, Shuna continues toward the west, finally reaching the Land of the God-Folk. Will Shuna ever see Thea again? And will he make it back home from his quest for the golden grain?"-- Provided by publisher.

Text in English, translated from the Japanese.

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