Boro the Caterpillar

2018 anime short film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Movie anime_short_film Q29982423
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Boro the Caterpillar

Summary

Boro the Caterpillar is an anime short film[1]. It draws 272 Wikipedia views per month (anime_short_film category, ranking #4 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boro the Caterpillar's instance of is recorded as anime short film[3].
  • Boro the Caterpillar was directed by Hayao Miyazaki[4].
  • Hayao Miyazaki wrote the screenplay for Boro the Caterpillar[5].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's composer is recorded as Joe Hisaishi[6].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's genre is adventure film[7].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's genre is drama film[8].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's genre is family film[9].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's genre is fantasy film[10].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's production company is recorded as Studio Ghibli[11].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's director of photography is recorded as Atsushi Okui[12].
  • The original language of Boro the Caterpillar was Japanese[13].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's color is recorded as color[14].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's country of origin is recorded as Japan[15].
  • Boro the Caterpillar was published on March 21, 2018[16].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's voice actor is recorded as Tamori[17].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's distributed by is recorded as Ghibli Museum[18].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's official website is recorded as http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/cinema/works/#kemusshinoboro[19].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's executive producer is recorded as Hayao Miyazaki[20].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '毛虫のボロ'}[21].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+14'}[22].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's aspect ratio is recorded as 1.85:1[23].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's production designer is recorded as Yōji Takeshige[24].
  • Boro the Caterpillar's production designer is recorded as Noboru Yoshida[25].

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Authorship and Creation

Boro the Caterpillar was directed by Hayao Miyazaki[4]. Hayao Miyazaki wrote the screenplay for it[5].

Publication

Boro the Caterpillar was published on March 21, 2018[16]. The original language of it was Japanese[13]. Genres include adventure film[7], drama film[8], family film[9], and fantasy film[10].

Why It Matters

Boro the Caterpillar draws 272 Wikipedia views per month (anime_short_film category, ranking #4 of 15).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . AniList. Retrieved . anilist.co. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Production designer Yōji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida
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