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Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Posts Staff, Cast Lineup

Update: The Anime Newtype Channel website has posted the staff and cast lineup for Madhouse and NHK's Aoi Bungaku Series (Blue Literature Series) television anime based on six Japanese literary classics:


Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku)
Original Character Design: Takeshi Obata (Death Note)
Director: Morio Asaka (Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, NANA)
Script: Satoshi Suzuki
Character Design: Masanori Shino
Cast: Masato Sakai, Wataru Takagi, Romi Paku, Aya Hisakawa, Mamiko Noto, Atsuko Tanaka, others


Ango Sakaguchi's "In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom" ("Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita")
Original Character Design: Tite Kubo (Bleach)
Director: Tetsuro Araki
Script: Ken Iizuka
Character Design: Kunio Katsuki


Soseki Natsume's Kokoro
Original Character Design: Takeshi Obata
Director, Character Design: Shigeyuki Miya
Script: Mika Abe


Osamu Dazai's Run, Melos! (Hashire Melos!)
Original Character Design: Takeshi Konomi (The Prince of Tennis)
Director: Ryosuke Nakamura
Script: Sumino Kawashima
Character Design: Mieko Hosoi


Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's "The Spider's Thread" ("Kumo no Ito")
Original Character Design: Tite Kubo
Director: Atsuko Ishizuka
Script: Yūji Kobayashi, Atsuko Ishizuka
Character Design: Yoshinori Kanemori


Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen)
Original Character Design: Tite Kubo
Director: Atsuko Ishizuka
Script: Yūji Kobayashi, Atsuko Ishizuka
Character Design: Yoshinori Kanemori