Wandering Sun

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Sasurai no Taiyo


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ja_name = さすらいの太陽
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genre = Drama, MusicInfobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Kaisuke Fujikawa (series director)
Yoshiyuki Tomino (episode director)
studio = Mushi Productions
Created by Keisuke Fujigawa and Miyumi Suzuki
network = Fuji Television
Nippon Animation
first = April 8, 1971
last = September 30, 1971
episodes = 26

nihongo|"Wandering Sun"|さすらいの太陽|Sasurai no Taiyo was a televised anime series created, written and directed by Kaisuke Fujikawa, and which ran for 26 episodes in 1971. Both Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yasuhiko Yoshikazu were involved in the production of "Wandering Sun", and would later team up for the ground-breaking and genre defining series "Mobile Suit Gundam".

"Wandering Sun" tells the story of two girls switched at birth (one rich, Miki, and one poor, Nozomi), who compete to become successful singers after meeting at high-school.

The TV series was also released in Italy under the title "Jane e Micci" and in France as "Nathalie et ses Amis".

Cast

*Junko Fujiyama as Nozomi
*Michiko Hirai as Miki

Staff

* Original Creator: Keisuke Fujikawa, Mayumi Suzuki
* Script: Keisuke Fujikawa, Shun'ichi Yukimuro
* Character Designs: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
* Storyboards: Yoshiyuki Tomino
* Music: Hideki Fuyuki
* Producer: Hiroshi Saito, Noboru Katano
* Production: Mushi Production, Fuji TV