TV series

Aoi Bungaku Series

Name: Aoi Bungaku Series
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2009-10-10
Cast: Aya Hisakawa, Atsuko Tanaka, Wataru Takagi, Mamiko Noto, Romi Park

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AnimationDramaMystery

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.

Overview

Series details

First air date: 2009
Last air date: 2009
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Episode runtime: 24 min
Genres: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Original language: JA
Origin country: JP
Networks: Nippon TV
Production: Studio Amo, Threelight Holdings, Aoi Bungaku Series Committee, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Happinet Pictures, McRAY, movic, MTI Co., Ltd., Visionare, Nippon Animation, Madhouse

Cast

Aya Hisakawa

Shizuko

Atsuko Tanaka

Madam

Wataru Takagi

Horiki

Mamiko Noto

Yoshiko

Romi Park

Tsuneko

Tomoko Kotani

Shigeko

Seasons

Season information provided by TMDB.

Season 1

2009

12 episodes

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.