Princess Kaguya

Princess Kaguya (Kaguya-Hime) is a Japanese anime series based on the 1960-1989 manga series created by Waku Yaniko for Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday (in turn based on the 1958 single also made by Yaniko and released by King Records). it is currently running as a manga series as Shin Princess Kaguya this time for Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday since 2012.
== Plot ==
This anime, unlike most retellings of the story of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, focuses on the childhood of the 12-year old Kaguya, a princess of the moon who was discovered in a glowing bamboo plant as a baby by a bamboo cutter so he and his wife, believing her to be a divine presence, decided to raise her as their own.
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