<p><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/20380/what-are-the-differences-between-studio-ghiblis-film-adaptation-and-the-origina#comment27541_20380">As mentioned by OP himself</a>, the Blu-Ray version has some extras <a href="http://collider.com/from-up-on-poppy-hill-blu-ray-review/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">[1]</a><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61530/from-up-on-poppy-hill/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">[2]</a>, including Goro Miyazaki, the director, talks about the differences between the manga and the movie.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Director Goro Miyazaki on Yokohama – (15 mins) Miyazaki talks about making <em>From Up on Poppy Hill</em> a period film and the differences between the manga and the animated film adaptation.</p>
  
  <p>Director Goro Miyazaki on Yokohama (18 min.; HD): <em>From Up on Poppy Hill</em>'s director speaks about shifting the original manga's setting to 1963 Yokohama, striking a balance between authenticity and properly cinematic visuals, the history and geography of Yokohama, and even a few notes about ideas that didn't make it into the finished film. This is a conversation that would benefit from some tightening in the editing room but is still well worth taking the time to watch.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>But for the starter, <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B3%E5%9D%82%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89#.E5.8E.9F.E4.BD.9C.E3.81.8B.E3.82.89.E3.81.AE.E4.B8.BB.E3.81.AA.E5.A4.89.E6.9B.B4.E7.82.B9" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Japanese Wikipedia</a> lists some of the major differences:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The movie followed the original manga's theme and setting for main characters, but the plot and story presentation were greatly modified, making it an original work.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>The introduction of "Quartier Latin", the high school's newspaper club's clubhouse as the original material in the movie. Shun and Shirou were trying hard to protect their clubhouse which had been planned to be demolished. Umi, trying to tell the goodness of the clubhouse to the students, proposed a clean-up and become close to Shun through it. The movie's storyline was largely constructed around this "building conservation" act.</li>
  <li>The timeline in the movie is around May-June 1963. To prevent extending the school year, Shun was placed in 3rd year from the beginning, Umi's 2nd year, and Sora's 1st year.</li>
  <li>The school uniform was changed from blazer to sailor suit.</li>
  <li>The main character's surname was changed from Komatsuzaki to Matsuzaki.</li>
  <li>The lodger Kitami Hokuto's name was changed to Miki Hokuto, the gender from man to woman, and the profession from veterinarian to doctor.</li>
  <li>The main character's mother Nijie Komatsuzaki's name was changed to Ryoko Matsuzaki, the profession from cameraman to college's associate professor (English literature).</li>
  <li>The setting about mahjong gambling was cut.</li>
  <li>Regarding the suspicion about the birth, it's revealed that the photo of father that Umi shown is the same as the photo that Shun had.</li>
  <li>Umi's grandfather, Shimatarou is no longer alive, and many characters in the manga didn't appear.</li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

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There's also a reviewer who also mentioned the differences on here: [Sgt. Tanuki's Lonely Hearts Club Blog - Kokurikozaka kara (manga version)](http://sgttanuki.blogspot.sg/2011/09/kokurikozaka-kara-manga-version.html), but I decided not to include it. Also, some of the information might be different from [English Wikipedia article on the movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Up_on_Poppy_Hill), but since I haven't watched the movie, I don't know which one is true... unless I had mistranslations somewhere.
Aki Tanaka
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Aki Tanaka
<p>9 years late, but if anyone such as myself is still wondering about this, Japanese sites have far more information on the matter. This <a href="https://dokusho-ojikan.jp/topic/detail/19922" rel="nofollow noreferrer">article</a> explains the differences in detail. If you have a translate function in your browser, give it a read. </p>
<p>What I took away is that the manga version is really just a silly and shallow shoujo manga with no real story. In the manga, they are brother and sister? I don't know why, but I assume it's just a trope thrown in there as it was popular at the time. Whereas the movie has turned it into a plot twist and detailed storyline.</p>
<p>The characters and their personalities, and basically everything, are completely different. No offence to the original work; as I understand it, it was just a simple manga strip. It makes you appreciate the movie more; they really did a good job at making it a meaningful and deep story, even if the sibling thing was weird and unconvincing.</p>

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<p>I could only find a one line synopsis of the manga on Wikipedia's entry on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokurikozaka_kara" rel="noreferrer">From Up On Poppy Hill</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The main character, Umi Komatsuzaki, is a high school girl who has to grow up quickly when her father goes missing.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I would like a more comprehensive list of differences than this:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The manga is set in the late 1960s in Yokohama, Japan; the Ghibli film is set in 1963.</p>
</blockquote>

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In the extras of the [blu-ray version](http://collider.com/from-up-on-poppy-hill-blu-ray-review/) of *From Up On Poppy Hill*, Gorou Miyazaki talks about the differences between the manga and the animated film adaptation.
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What are the differences between Studio Ghibli's film adaptation and the original manga of "From Up On Poppy Hill"?
# What are the differences between Studio Ghibli's film adaptation and the original manga of "From Up On Poppy Hill"?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-03-27
I could only find a one line synopsis of the manga on Wikipedia's entry on [From Up On Poppy Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokurikozaka_kara):

> The main character, Umi Komatsuzaki, is a high school girl who has to grow up quickly when her father goes missing.

I would like a more comprehensive list of differences than this:

> The manga is set in the late 1960s in Yokohama, Japan; the Ghibli film is set in 1963.
**Tags:** from-up-on-poppy-hill
> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: In the extras of the [blu-ray version](http://collider.com/from-up-on-poppy-hill-blu-ray-review/) of *From Up On Poppy Hill*, Gorou Miyazaki talks about the differences between the manga and the animated film adaptation.  
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## 2 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2017-04-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
[As mentioned by OP himself](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/20380/what-are-the-differences-between-studio-ghiblis-film-adaptation-and-the-origina#comment27541_20380), the Blu-Ray version has some extras [[1]](http://collider.com/from-up-on-poppy-hill-blu-ray-review/)[[2]](http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61530/from-up-on-poppy-hill/), including Goro Miyazaki, the director, talks about the differences between the manga and the movie.

> Director Goro Miyazaki on Yokohama – (15 mins) Miyazaki talks about making *From Up on Poppy Hill* a period film and the differences between the manga and the animated film adaptation.
>
> Director Goro Miyazaki on Yokohama (18 min.; HD): *From Up on Poppy Hill*'s director speaks about shifting the original manga's setting to 1963 Yokohama, striking a balance between authenticity and properly cinematic visuals, the history and geography of Yokohama, and even a few notes about ideas that didn't make it into the finished film. This is a conversation that would benefit from some tightening in the editing room but is still well worth taking the time to watch.

But for the starter, [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B3%E5%9D%82%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89#.E5.8E.9F.E4.BD.9C.E3.81.8B.E3.82.89.E3.81.AE.E4.B8.BB.E3.81.AA.E5.A4.89.E6.9B.B4.E7.82.B9) lists some of the major differences:

> The movie followed the original manga's theme and setting for main characters, but the plot and story presentation were greatly modified, making it an original work.
>
> * The introduction of "Quartier Latin", the high school's newspaper club's clubhouse as the original material in the movie. Shun and Shirou were trying hard to protect their clubhouse which had been planned to be demolished. Umi, trying to tell the goodness of the clubhouse to the students, proposed a clean-up and become close to Shun through it. The movie's storyline was largely constructed around this "building conservation" act.
> * The timeline in the movie is around May-June 1963. To prevent extending the school year, Shun was placed in 3rd year from the beginning, Umi's 2nd year, and Sora's 1st year.
> * The school uniform was changed from blazer to sailor suit.
> * The main character's surname was changed from Komatsuzaki to Matsuzaki.
> * The lodger Kitami Hokuto's name was changed to Miki Hokuto, the gender from man to woman, and the profession from veterinarian to doctor.
> * The main character's mother Nijie Komatsuzaki's name was changed to Ryoko Matsuzaki, the profession from cameraman to college's associate professor (English literature).
> * The setting about mahjong gambling was cut.
> * Regarding the suspicion about the birth, it's revealed that the photo of father that Umi shown is the same as the photo that Shun had.
> * Umi's grandfather, Shimatarou is no longer alive, and many characters in the manga didn't appear.
> **Comments:**
> **username_1** (2017-04-25): There's also a reviewer who also mentioned the differences on here: [Sgt. Tanuki's Lonely Hearts Club Blog - Kokurikozaka kara (manga version)](http://sgttanuki.blogspot.sg/2011/09/kokurikozaka-kara-manga-version.html), but I decided not to include it. Also, some of the information might be different from [English Wikipedia article on the movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Up_on_Poppy_Hill), but since I haven't watched the movie, I don't know which one is true... unless I had mistranslations somewhere.  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2024-02-20. Score: 1
9 years late, but if anyone such as myself is still wondering about this, Japanese sites have far more information on the matter. This [article](https://dokusho-ojikan.jp/topic/detail/19922) explains the differences in detail. If you have a translate function in your browser, give it a read.

What I took away is that the manga version is really just a silly and shallow shoujo manga with no real story. In the manga, they are brother and sister? I don't know why, but I assume it's just a trope thrown in there as it was popular at the time. Whereas the movie has turned it into a plot twist and detailed storyline.

The characters and their personalities, and basically everything, are completely different. No offence to the original work; as I understand it, it was just a simple manga strip. It makes you appreciate the movie more; they really did a good job at making it a meaningful and deep story, even if the sibling thing was weird and unconvincing.
> **Comments:**
> **username_3** (2024-02-20): Welcome to Anime.SE! Link-only answers are frowned upon here, as if the linked article ever changes or becomes unavailable, your answer will become useless. Would you mind [edit]ing your answer to summarise the content of the linked article in more detail?  
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