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Product Description Directed by acclaimed anime creator Shouji Kawamori (Macross), this is the animated biography of Kenji Miyazawa, a poet and writer who lived between 1896-1933 in Iwate, Japan. With the use of cats as characters in the story, expressive editing, and computer graphics, the animation captures the fantastic and surrealistic world of Kenji Miyazawa, whose works are often known to be allegorical and abstract. Amazon.com Although known in the West only as the author of The Night on the Galactic Railroad, Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) ranks as Japan's best-loved 20th-century poet and children's author. For this evocative biography, writer-director Shoji Kawamori (Macross) uses animal characters in place of humans, as Miyazawa did in his fairy tales. The poet's difficult life--Miyazawa achieved fame only posthumously--suggests a combination of Dead Poets Society and Amadeus. Kawamori employs a spectrum of visual styles to suggest the breadth of Miyazawa's inspiration; the moment when the Galactic Railroad appears in his imagination ranks among the most effective uses of computer animation in recent anime. The result is a warm, humane introduction to a major figure in Japanese culture. Unrated; suitable for ages 10 and up: complex themes, occasional grotesque images. --Charles Solomon