Papa Told Me

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name = Papa Told Me


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ja_name = パパ　トールド　ミー
ja_name_trans = Papa Tōrudo Mii
genre = Slice of LifeInfobox animanga/Manga
author = Nanae Haruno
publisher = flagicon|Japan Shueisha
demographic = Josei
magazine = Young You
first = June 1987
last = August 2004
volumes = 27Infobox animanga/Drama
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network = NHK
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first = April 12, 2003
last = June 28, 2003
episodes = 12

nihongo|"Papa Told Me"|パパ　トールド　ミー|Papa Tōrudo Mii is a long-running Japanese josei manga by Nanae Haruno. It was serialized in the manga magazine "Young You", published by Shueisha. The chapters were collected into 27 tankōbon. This manga was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1990, [ cite web | url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | title=小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=Japanese | accessdate=2008-01-12] and it was also adopted into a live-action series, broadcast by NHK. It was shown from April 12, 2003 to June 28, 2003, for a total of twelve episodes.

Plot

Chise is an elementary school girl who lives with her widowed father, a novelist. Her mother died when she was very young, but she is extremely close to her father. He is the one she loves the most, and because he works as a novelist, he spends most of his time at home, much to the delight of Chise.

References

External links

* [http://www.shueisha.co.jp/drama/papatoldme/ Shueisha's page for "Papa Told Me"] ja icon
* [http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/archives/papatoldme/ NHK's page for the live action drama] ja icon
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