Aoi Bungaku Series
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.
First Aired
October 10, 2009
Last Aired
December 26, 2009
Original Language
ja
Popularity
4
Type
Scripted
Official Website
Production Companies
Studio Amo
Threelight Holdings
Aoi Bungaku Series Committee
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Happinet Pictures
McRAY
movic
MTI Co., Ltd.
Visionare
Nippon Animation
Madhouse
Seasons & Episodes
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.
Cast
Masato Sakai
Ōba Yōzō, Ryoushuu, Sensei, Sensei, Moerus, Shirimaru
Atsuko Tanaka
Madam
Wataru Takagi
Horiki
Mamiko Noto
Yoshiko
Romi Park
Tsuneko
Miho Miyagawa
Pharmacy Owner (voice), Wife C (voice), Housewife 1 (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Shizuko
Ai Horanai
wife B, waitress, children
Tomoko Kotani
Shigeko
Yasushi Miyabayashi
Master, radiocaster
Nana Mizuki
Akiko
Taeko Kawata
Chiyo
