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.
Season 1
12 episodes
1. No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in KamakuraA 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.MA 15+CC24minOct 10, 2009
2. No Longer Human - Chapter 2: GhostA 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.MA 15+CC24minOct 17, 2009
3. No Longer Human - Chapter 3: SocietyA 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.MA 15+CC24minOct 24, 2009
4. No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New WorldA 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.MA 15+CC24minOct 31, 2009
5. In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1A 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.MA 15+CC24minNov 7, 2009
6. In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2A 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.MA 15+CC24minNov 14, 2009
7. Kokoro - Chapter 1A 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.MA 15+CC24minNov 21, 2009
8. Kokoro - Chapter 2A 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.MA 15+CC24minNov 21, 2009
9. Run, Melos! - Chapter 1A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend.MA 15+CC24minNov 28, 2009
10. Run, Melos! - Chapter 2A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friendMA 15+CC24minDec 5, 2009
11. The Spider's ThreadKandata, 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.MA 15+CC24minDec 26, 2009
12. Hell ScreenYoshihide, 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.MA 15+CC24minDec 26, 2009
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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.
Creators and cast
- Studio
- Studio Amo, Threelight Holdings, Aoi Bungaku Series Committee
Maturity rating
MA 15+Check the rating before watching with younger viewers.
Audio languages
Japanese
Where to watch
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