Aoi Bungaku Series
Aoi Bungaku Series
Aoi Bungaku Series
Animation
Drama
Mystery
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Overview
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.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 2009-10-10
Runtime: 0h 24m
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
Episodes - Season 1
No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura
No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura
Episode 1
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.
No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost
No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost
Episode 2
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.
No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society
No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society
Episode 3
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.
No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World
No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World
Episode 4
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.
In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1
In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1
Episode 5
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.
In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2
In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2
Episode 6
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.
Kokoro - Chapter 1
Kokoro - Chapter 1
Episode 7
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.
Kokoro - Chapter 2
Kokoro - Chapter 2
Episode 8
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.
Run, Melos! - Chapter 1
Run, Melos! - Chapter 1
Episode 9
A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend.
Run, Melos! - Chapter 2
Run, Melos! - Chapter 2
Episode 10
A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend
The Spider's Thread
The Spider's Thread
Episode 11
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.
Hell Screen
Hell Screen
Episode 12
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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