Hiroshi Masumura
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Hiroshi Masumura is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his adaptations of Kenji Miyazawa's children novels, including his work on the anime film Night on the Galactic Railroad, and for seve
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Night on the Galactic Railroad, sometimes translated as Milky Way Railroad, Night Train to the Stars or Fantasy Railroad in the Stars, is a Japanese fantasy novel by Kenji Miyazawa written around 1927
Hiroshi Masumura
…were sold as of 2007. Starting from 1983, Masumura has adapted several stories by Kenji Miyazawa into manga. In 1983 alone, he released adaptations of Night on the Galactic Railroad, Gauche the Cellist, Kaze no Matasaburo and The Life of Budori Gusuko. Night on the Galactic Railroad was adapted into a successful anime film in 1985…
Night on the Galactic Railroad, 1985 anime with protagonists depicted as cats