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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.


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What are the differences between Studio Ghibli's film adaptation and the original manga of "From Up On Poppy Hill"?


[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.
>


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