is a manga based on the life of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese girl who was abducted when she was 13 years old by North Korean spies in 1977. The manga concept was conceived by her mother and father and was penned by Souichi Moto under their supervision.
Plot The manga follows Megumi's final days in her home town before her abduction.
Anime As of 2008, the Government of Japan announced an anime adaptation will be created from the manga. The anime is dubbed in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English and Russian. In addition, there are Japanese dubbed versions with subtitles in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The government authorized a free downloadable version, as well as a DVD release.MEGUMI (Japanese animation film). Abductions of Japanese Citizens by North Korea. Retrieved on May 31, 2009.
Cast All Japanese cast members were asked by Kouichi Yamadera for participation through the Japan Actors Union (Nippairen). Yamadera said, "The abduction is an act of disregarding human rights, not accepted. We Japanese people should emphasize our anger."
+Megumi castRole Japanese English Korean Mandarin RussianNarratorMichio HazamaWalter RobertsKyong-wan ParkZhongling QiGrigory Apukhtin Megumi Yokota Minami Takayama Soness Stevens Dal-rae Jin Liang Li Marina Artyushenko Shigeru Yokota Kouichi Yamadera Walter Roberts Kyong-wan Park Zhongling Qi Grigory Apukhtin Sakie Yokota Rika Fukami Sally Koshinaka Mi-sung Lee Zhenlin Piao Marina Belova Takuya Yokota (child) Megumi Tano Stacy Powell Eui-jung Kim Xiangning Li Anastasia BoldyrevaTakuya Yokota (adult) Bin Shimada David Schaufele Kui-uk Cheon Wanzhou Wang Fedor SolntsevTetsuya YokotaThomas Melesky Colleague Shin-ichiro Miki David Schaufele Sung-hee Chang Yuxing Chang Anatoly Krasnov Nurse Yumiko Akaike Stacy Powell Eui-jung Kim Gyomei Ri Anastasia Boldyreva Clerk Masahito Kawanago David Schaufele Sung-hee Chang Gyosei Jo Anatoly Krasnov Administration official Aruno Tahara David Schaufele Sung-hee Chang Gyosei Jo Anatoly Krasnov Tsubo Junko Shimakata Stacy Powell Eui-jung Kim Gyomei Ri Anastasia Boldyreva
See also North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens
References
External links MEGUMI Anime: download Government of Japan: Secretariat, Headquarters for the Abduction Issue