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Aoi Bungaku Series

Aoi Bungaku Series

★ 6.8/10•2009•24m•MA 15+•Animation•Drama•Mystery
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime24m
LanguageJA
First Air DateOct 10, 2009

Episodes

Episode 1 - No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in KamakuraE124m

No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura

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.

Oct 10, 2009

Episode 2 - No Longer Human - Chapter 2: GhostE224m

No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost

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.

Oct 17, 2009

Episode 3 - No Longer Human - Chapter 3: SocietyE324m

No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society

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.

Oct 24, 2009

Episode 4 - No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New WorldE424m

No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World

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.

Oct 31, 2009

Episode 5 - In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1E524m

In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1

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.

Nov 7, 2009

Episode 6 - In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2E624m

In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2

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.

Nov 14, 2009

Episode 7 - Kokoro - Chapter 1E724m

Kokoro - Chapter 1

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.

Nov 21, 2009

Episode 8 - Kokoro - Chapter 2E824m

Kokoro - Chapter 2

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.

Nov 21, 2009

Episode 9 - Run, Melos! - Chapter 1E924m

Run, Melos! - Chapter 1

A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend.

Nov 28, 2009

Episode 10 - Run, Melos! - Chapter 2E1024m

Run, Melos! - Chapter 2

A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend

Dec 5, 2009

Episode 11 - The Spider's ThreadE1124m

The Spider's Thread

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.

Dec 26, 2009

Episode 12 - Hell ScreenE1224m

Hell Screen

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.

Dec 26, 2009

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