Series synopsis
Arakawa Under the Bridge, also known as 荒川アンダー ザ ブリッジ is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2010. It ended on December 26, 2010. It stars Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Keiji Fujiwara and Takehito Koyasu.
Ko Ichinomiya's family motto is "Never be indebted to anyone," but after losing his pants and falling into the Arakawa River, he quickly finds himself in debt to his savior, the cutely insane Nino who happens to live under the bridge. To repay her, he vows to help her with her desire to "experience love." Along the way he'll meet the river's other residents, including a hot-blooded kappa, a Sister in drag, and a literal rock star.
Premise
Ko Ichinomiya's family motto is "Never be indebted to anyone," but after losing his pants and falling into the Arakawa River, he quickly finds himself in debt to his savior, the cutely insane Nino who happens to live under the bridge. To repay her, he vows to help her with her desire to "experience love." Along the way he'll meet the river's other residents, including a hot-blooded kappa, a Sister in drag, and a literal rock star.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Kou Ichinomiya (voice)
- Maaya Sakamoto as Nino (voice)
- Keiji Fujiwara as Village chief (voice)
- Takehito Koyasu as Sister (voice)
- Chiaki Omigawa as P-ko (voice)
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Maria (voice)
- Tomokazu Sugita as Hoshi (voice)
- Chiwa Saito as Stella (voice)
Supporting cast
- Yu Kobayashi as Amazoness (voice)
- Cho as Terumasa Takai (voice)
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Billy (voice)
- Hochu Otsuka as Toru Shirai (voice)
- Rie Tanaka as Shimazaki (voice)
- Rikiya Koyama as Seki Ichinomiya (voice)
- Ryoko Shintani as Tetsuro (voice)
- Yuichi Nakamura as Last Samurai (voice)
- Yuko Goto as Jacqueline (voice)
- Yuko Sanpei as Tetsuo (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 26 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | April 5, 2010 | June 27, 2010 |
| Season 2 | 13 | October 3, 2010 | December 26, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bridge Falling off a bridge while trying to get his pants back Ichinomiya Kou is saved by a woman named Nino. Desperate to live up to his family motto of never being indebted to anyone he tries to pay Nino off only to find that she is completely uninterested in his riches and prefers living under the bridge. Desperate to the point of panic to be rid of his debt to her he asks if there is anything she wants. "Could you fall in love with me," she responds and so Kou ends up living under the bridge as well doing his best to fall in love with her. |
April 5, 2010 |
| 2 |
2 Bridge Recruit is introduced to the other people living under the bridge. He finds out from Sister that the rest of the inhabitants want to kick his ass for being Nino's lover. |
April 12, 2010 |
| 3 |
3 Bridge Rec is interrogated by Sister and Hoshi about how far he has actually gone with Nino. To their frustration he admits that absolutely nothing has happened. Realizing that to pay off his debt to Nino he has to do more to act as here lover he decides to take her out on a date, using all of his rich guy power to impress her. |
April 19, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
1 Bridge * 2 Noticing Nino's habit of sleepwalking into his apartment, Ric suggests she move in with him. The guys participate in a marathon run, where Ric gets into a fierce rivalry with Star. |
October 3, 2010 |
| 2 |
2 Bridge * 2 Ric encounters the Amazoness. Captain of the Earth Force shows up under the bridge looking to fight Nino and the Venusians. |
October 10, 2010 |
| 3 |
3 Bridge * 2 Ric finds a cassette player belonging to Nino containing messages for a supposed Venusian. Nino becomes angry at him and climbs on top of a telegraph pole and refuses to come down. As an apology, Ric makes a tape of his embarrassing secrets for Nino to listen to. |
October 17, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 5, 2010 |
| Last aired | December 26, 2010 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 01:35:00 |