Aoi Bungaku Series

Aoi Bungaku Series

青い文学シリーズ
Ended First aired 10/Oct/2009 Japan Japanese 1 season(s) 12 episode(s)
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An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi.
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Season 1 · Season 1
12 episode(s) · Air date: 10/Oct/2009
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Aoi Bungaku is a 12 episode anime series that is comprised of adaptations of six Japanese literary classics. The stories included are 'No Longer Human' and 'Run, Melos!' by Osamu Dazai, 'In the Forest, Under the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom' by Ango Sakaguchi, 'Kokoro' by Natsume Soseki, and 'The Spider's Thread' and 'Hell Screen' by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

Season Overview

Aoi Bungaku is a 12 episode anime series that is comprised of adaptations of six Japanese literary classics. The stories included are 'No Longer Human' and 'Run, Melos!' by Osamu Dazai, 'In the Forest, Under the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom' by Ango Sakaguchi, 'Kokoro' by Natsume Soseki, and 'The Spider's Thread' and 'Hell Screen' by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

S1E12
Hell Screen
Air date: 26/Dec/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
Summary

Yoshihide, the greatest painter in the country, is commissioned to draw his greatest work, an image of the king's country inside his mausoleum. In the despotic king's realm, Yoshihide can see nothing but the suffering of the commoners. He decides to make his last work a tribute to the country as it really is.

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Yoshihide, the greatest painter in the country, is commissioned to draw his greatest work, an image of the king's country inside his mausoleum. In the despotic king's realm, Yoshihide can see nothing but the suffering of the commoners. He decides to make his last work a tribute to the country as it really is.

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S1E11
The Spider's Thread
Air date: 26/Dec/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
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Kandata, a cruel and evil bandit is executed and lands in hell. The one good thing he had done in his life was to not kill a spider he met in the city. The spider drops him a thread to climb up into heaven. His elation is short-lived, however, as he realizes that others have started climbing the thread behind him.

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Kandata, a cruel and evil bandit is executed and lands in hell. The one good thing he had done in his life was to not kill a spider he met in the city. The spider drops him a thread to climb up into heaven. His elation is short-lived, however, as he realizes that others have started climbing the thread behind him.

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S1E8
Kokoro - Chapter 2
Air date: 21/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
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A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter. He invites his childhood friend, a monk, to come live with him, hoping to help him. When the monk falls in love with the widow's daughter, it drives a rift between them. The story is narrated from two points of view, the man's and the monk's.

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A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter. He invites his childhood friend, a monk, to come live with him, hoping to help him. When the monk falls in love with the widow's daughter, it drives a rift between them. The story is narrated from two points of view, the man's and the monk's.

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S1E7
Kokoro - Chapter 1
Air date: 21/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
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A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter. He invites his childhood friend, a monk, to come live with him, hoping to help him. When the monk falls in love with the widow's daughter, it drives a rift between them. The story is narrated from two points of view, the man's and the monk's.

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A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter. He invites his childhood friend, a monk, to come live with him, hoping to help him. When the monk falls in love with the widow's daughter, it drives a rift between them. The story is narrated from two points of view, the man's and the monk's.

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In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2
Air date: 14/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
Summary

A forest bandit finds a beautiful maiden in the forest and takes her to be his wife, but she is more than she seems to be.

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A forest bandit finds a beautiful maiden in the forest and takes her to be his wife, but she is more than she seems to be.

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In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1
Air date: 07/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
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A forest bandit finds a beautiful maiden in the forest and takes her to be his wife, but she is more than she seems to be.

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A forest bandit finds a beautiful maiden in the forest and takes her to be his wife, but she is more than she seems to be.

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No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World
Air date: 31/Oct/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
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A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

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A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

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No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society
Air date: 24/Oct/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
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A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

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A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

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No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost
Air date: 17/Oct/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
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A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

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A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

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No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura
Air date: 10/Oct/2009 · Runtime: 24 min
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A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

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A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

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Aya Hisakawa
Aya Hisakawa
Shizuko
Atsuko Tanaka
Atsuko Tanaka
Madam
Wataru Takagi
Wataru Takagi
Horiki
Mamiko Noto
Mamiko Noto
Yoshiko
Romi Park
Romi Park
Tsuneko
Tomoko Kotani
Tomoko Kotani
Shigeko
Yasushi Miyabayashi
Yasushi Miyabayashi
radiocaster
Ai Horanai
Ai Horanai
waitress
Komina Matsushita
Komina Matsushita
Housewife 2 (voice)
Nana Mizuki
Nana Mizuki
Akiko
Taeko Kawata
Taeko Kawata
Chiyo
Asami Yaguchi
Asami Yaguchi
wife F
Kiyoko Nagaki
Kiyoko Nagaki
wife D
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Boar
Masato Sakai
Masato Sakai
Ōba Yōzō
Yui Kano
Yui Kano
wife A
Yuki Kaida
Yuki Kaida
wife E
Rikiya Koyama
Rikiya Koyama
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Kojiro Tsuruoka
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Masayoshi Nishida
Storyboard Artist
Morio Asaka
Morio Asaka
Storyboard Artist
Tetsuro Araki
Tetsuro Araki
Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
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Issei Kume
Director
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Miho Hirao
Director
Yasunori Honda
Yasunori Honda
Sound Director
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Jeong Soon-an
Animation Director
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Lee Min-pei
Animation Director
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Shinichi Miyamae
Animation Director
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Tite Kubo
Character Designer
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Akiko Konno
Key Animation

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