Aoi Meno Ningyou Monogatari

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Japanese: 青い目の人形物語

Information

Type: OVA

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: 1996

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: None found, add some

Source: Other

Genre: Drama

Theme: Historical

Duration: 30 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: N/A¹ (scored by - users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #15538²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #19804

Members: 229

Favorites: 0

Available At

Official Site

N/A

Ranked #15538Popularity #19804Members 229

OVA

Add to My List

Episodes: /1

Edit

Synopsis

The "Blue-eyed Dolls" were given in 1927 by the USA, under the leadership of Dr. Gulick, to Japanese elementary schools and kindergartens for the purpose of Japanese-American friendship.

About 12,000 "Blue-eyed Dolls" were given by the USA. However, with the outbreak of the Pacific War (World War II) in 1941, a great number of the "Blue-eyed Dolls," who were considered to be "dolls of the enemy country," were disposed of by being burned or by being stabbed with bamboo spears.

This is the story of children trying to rescue the doll.

(Source: wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu)

Edit

Background

Although many of the dolls actually did not have blue eyes, they were fondly received by the Japanese children of the time, even giving rise to a popular song "Blue-eyed Doll". To express their gratitude for the gifts, the Japanese sent 58 Japanese dolls to America.

During the war, the dolls sent to the U.S. were not destroyed, but were put away in storage where they could not be viewed. Currently, about 38 Japanese dolls and 300 blue-eyed dolls are known to still exist.

(Source: Japanese Embassy in New York)