 1967 Japanese edition novel cover | |
| Author | Yasutaka Tsutsui |
|---|---|
| Original title | Toki o Kakeru Shōjo |
| Translator | David James Karashima |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Drama, romantic love, science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten |
Publication date | 1967 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | May 26, 2011
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| Media type | Print (magazine and paperback) |
| ISBN | 4-04-130510-1 |
| OCLC | 55101281 |
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (時をかける少女, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo, lit. 'Girl who Soars Through Time') is a science fiction novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Originally serialized from 1965 to 1966, it tells the story of a high-school girl who accidentally acquires the ability to time travel, which leads to a time loop where she repeatedly relives the same day.
Originally serialised in seven installments in two of Gakken's secondary school student-aimed magazines, beginning in Chūgaku Sannen Course in November 1965 and ending in Kō Ichi Course in May 1966,[1] and first published as a book in 1967 by Kadokawa Shoten, it has gone on to become one of Tsutsui's most popular works and has been reinterpreted in other media many times, the most famous internationally being a 1983 live-action film directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, and a 2006 anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda. The original novel was first published in English translation by the British publisher Alma Books[2] on May 26, 2011, in a translation by David James Karashima.[3]
The title is also that of a song, written by Yumi Matsutōya to be performed by Tomoyo Harada for the 1983 film, which has enjoyed considerable fame of its own.
- ^ Aimed at the third year of middle school and first of high school respectively and switching between them (the Japanese school year ending and beginning in the spring) so as to follow the migrating readership.
- ^ "Girl Who Leapt Through Time novel translated". Anime News Network. March 6, 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui". Alma Books. 2011. Retrieved 2015-01-11.