Episodes

1. Gerda and Kai

2. Aurora City

3. Fragments of the Mirror

4. The Journey

5. The First Road

6. The Pea and the Girl

7. Evil King

8. The Garden's Witch

9. The Fairy of The Roses

10. Klaus's Dream

11. Red Shoes

12. Good Fortune Pear Tree

13. White Carriage

14. Road Gap

15. Hans's Challenge

16. Ministrel Ragi

17. That Woman is Good For Nothing

18. To the Sea of Ice

19. The Little Match Girl

20. Letter to Kai

21. Three Walnuts

22. The Miracle of the Circus

23. Garden of Paradise

24. Marina of the Moonlit Night

25. Key of the Royal Family

26. Holger's Legend

27. Great Glacier Crisis

28. A Strange Crow

29. The Bandit's Daughter

30. The Bandit's Law

31. Bond of a Bandit

32. The Philosopher and the Wind-User

33. Ice Palace

34. Ragi's Resurrection

35. The Imminent Demon King

36. Back to Hometown

Overview

This pilot is remembered, really, for one notable reason: this is Miyazaki's first time as a solo director. He teamed up with Takahata for the later episodes of the 1971-72 Lupin III series, but Yuki's Sun marked his first time solely in the captain's seat. Yuki's Sun was based upon a popular shoujo manga (girls' comic) by Tetsuya Chiba which was serialized in 1963. It involves a 10-year-old orphan girl who is adopted into a family. The storyline is somewhat complex, and seems to play out like g...

Details

Cast

Yuki Iwabuchi