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Aoi Bungaku Series (TV)

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Alternative title:
青い文学シリーズ (Japanese)
Themes: suicide
Plot Summary: An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikaku) 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. 
User Ratings: 18 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:4, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 73 users, rank: #2556
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 7.278 (Good+.27), std. dev.: 1.9946, rank: #1211
Weighted mean: 6.465 (Decent+.46), rank: #2422 (seen all: 10.00 / seen some: 6.44 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.838 (Good-.16), rank: #1609
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2009-10-10
Ending Theme:
"We Say Hello" by Manami
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Atsuko Ishizuka (eps 11-12)
Morio Asaka (eps 1-4)
Ryosuke Nakamura (eps 9-10)
Shigeyuki Miya (eps 7-8)
Tetsuro Araki (eps 5-6)

Screenplay:
Atsuko Ishizuka (eps 11-12)
Ken Iizuka (eps 5-6)
Mika Abe (eps 7-8)
Satoshi Suzuki (eps 1-4)
Sumino Kawashima (eps 9-10)
Yūji Kobayashi (eps 11-12)

Storyboard:
Atsuko Ishizuka (eps 11-12)
Atsushi Takahashi (eps 1-4)
Kotono Watanabe (ep 11)
Koujirou Tsuruoka (eps 1-4)
Masayoshi Nishida (ep 12)
Morio Asaka (eps 1-4)
Ryosuke Nakamura (eps 9-10)
Shigeyuki Miya (eps 7-8)
Tetsuro Araki (eps 5-6)
Yoshinori Kanemori (ep 12)

Episode Director:
Hideki Hosokawa (ep 3)
Kazunari Kume (ep 2)
Koujirou Tsuruoka (ep 1)
Miho Hirao (ep 5)
Morio Asaka (ep 4)
Tetsuro Araki (ep 6)

Music: Hideki Taniuchi

Original creator:
Ango Sakaguchi (eps 5-6)
Osamu Dazai (eps 1-4, 9-10)
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (eps 11-12)
Soseki Natsume (eps 7-8)

Original Character Design:
Kubotite (eps 5-6, 11-12)
Takeshi Konomi (eps 9-10)
Takeshi Obata (eps 1-4, 7-8)

Character Design:
Kunio Katsuki (eps 5-6)
Masanori Shino (eps 1-4)
Mieko Hosoi (eps 9-10)
Shigeyuki Miya (eps 7-8)
Yoshinori Kanemori (eps 11-12)

Art director:
Mio Isshiki (eps 5-6)
Tomoyuki Shimizu (eps 1-4)

Animation director:
Hiroki Fujiwara (ep 3)
Kunio Katsuki (ep 5)
Masanori Shino (ep 4)
Shinichi Miyamae (ep 6)

Sound director: Yasunori Honda

Director of Photography:
Kazuhiro Yamada (eps 5-6)
Kenji Fujita (eps 1-4)

2nd Key Animation:
Kōji Ōdate (ep 5)
Naoko Masui (ep 5)
Tomomi Yabuki (ep 6)
Young Rae Jo (ep 5)

Animation producer:
Kenji Nakamoto (eps 1-4)
Kentaro Hashimoto (eps 5-6)

Assistant director: Tomomi Yoshino (eps 1-4)

Color design:
Ken Hashimoto (eps 5-6)
Yoshinori Horikawa (eps 1-4)

In-Between Check:
Akane Ōguchi
Akiko Ohshima
Ryōta Azuma
Shin Ōba

Key Animation:
Anzu Katsuragi (ep 2)
Ayumi Kanawa (ep 3)
Ayumu Kotake (ep 2)
Chiaki Furuzumi (ep 4)
Daiki Imamura (ep 1)
Daisuke Niitsuma (eps 5-6)
Daisuke Tsumagari (ep 2)
Emi Sakamoto (eps 5-6)
Hajime Matsuzaki (ep 3)
Hidehiko Sawada (eps 5-6)
Hideki Watanabe (ep 3)
Hidemi Yamashita (ep 5)
Hiromi Nanbe (eps 5-6)
Hiroshi Kohara (ep 2)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 3)
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 5)
Jun Sekiguchi (ep 6)
Kazuya Miyoshi (ep 2)
Kazuya Saito (ep 6)
Ken Baba (eps 1, 4)
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 4)
Koichi Usami (eps 5-6)
Kōji Ōdate (eps 1, 6)
Kunio Katsuki (ep 5)
Makoto Wakabayashi (ep 5)
Masafumi Nakagawa (ep 1)
Masahiro Shigemoto (ep 3)
Masaki Hinata (ep 5)
Masateru Muramatsu (ep 1)
Masayuki Yoshida (ep 6)
Michiko Takahashi (ep 5)
Miho Azuma (ep 3)
Miki Teranuma (ep 3)
Mikine Kuwabara (ep 5)
Mikio Tsuchiya (ep 3)
Min Bae Lee (ep 5)
Mio Inoguchi (ep 4)
Miwako Yamamoto (ep 3)
Naoko Masui (ep 6)
Nobuhiro Mutō (eps 1, 5)
Nobumasa Arakawa (ep 4)
Rena Igawa (ep 5)
Ryōko Tateishi (ep 3)
Satoshi Sakata (ep 6)
Satoshi Tazaki (ep 5)
Saya Takamatsu (ep 3)
Sayaka Kawai (ep 1)
Seiki Matsumura (ep 4)
Shigeyuki Ono (ep 1)
Shinkirō Hattori (ep 3)
Shinya Uchida (ep 5)
Takahiko Abiru (ep 1)
Takashi Miyabe (ep 2)
Takashi Muratani (eps 1, 4)
Tatsuki Kanenishiki (ep 4)
Tetsuro Araki (ep 6)
Tetsuya Ishikawa (ep 3)
Tomohiro Kamitani (ep 6)
Tomoyuki Sugano (ep 2)
Tomoyuki Takematsu (ep 3)
Toshihiro Gotou (ep 6)
Toshiyuki Sato (ep 6)
Wataru Sekimoto (ep 2)
Yuichi Hirano (eps 5-6)
Yuka Koiso (eps 1, 4-5)
Yuki Hishinuma (ep 3)
Yumenosuke Tokuda (ep 3)

Production Advancement:
Noriyuki Teruya (ep 6)
Tatsuma Minamikawa (ep 2)
Yuki Saito (ep 3)

Production manager:
Emiko Uchiyama (eps 5-6)
Kaori Tanaka (eps 5-6)
Nobuko Maruyama (eps 1-4)

Setting Production: Shingou Nishikawa (eps 5-6)

 

Masato Sakai as
Ōba Yōzō (Ningen Shikkaku arc; eps 1-4)
Sensei (Kokoro arc; eps 7-8)
Shirimaru (Sakura no Mori arc; eps 5-6)

Aya Hisakawa as Shizuko (Ningen Shikkaku arc; eps 1-4)

Mamiko Noto as Yoshiko (Ningen Shikkaku arc; eps 1-4)

Nana Mizuki as Akiko (Sakura no Mori no Man; eps 5-6)

Rikiya Koyama as K (Kokoro arc; eps 7-8)

Romi Paku as Tsuneko (Ningen Shikkaku arc; eps 1-4)

Taeko Kawata as Chiyo (Sakura no Mori no Man; eps 5-6)

Atsuko Tanaka as Madam (Ningen Shikkaku arc; eps 1-4)

Houko Kuwashima as Ojousan (Kokoro arc; eps 7-8)

Shoko Tsuda as Widow (Kokoro arc; eps 7-8)

Wataru Takagi as Horiki (Ningen Shikkaku arc; eps 1-4)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster: NTV (2009-10-10)

Key Animation: Wombat

Production Assistance:
Nippon Animation (ep 3)
Studio Amo (ep 2)

 
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