Aoi Bungaku Series

Name: Aoi Bungaku Series
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2009-10-10
Rating: 6.8

ENDED1 Season12 Episodes★ 6.8

Aoi Bungaku Series is an animated drama series on Nippon TV that premiered in 2009, ending after 1 season and 12 episodes.

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NetworkNippon TV

First AiredOct 10, 2009

Last AiredDec 26, 2009

GenreAnimation, Drama, Mystery

Runtime24 min

Original Title青い文学シリーズ

LanguageJapanese

CountryJapan

ProductionStudio Amo, Threelight Holdings, Aoi Bungaku Series Committee

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.

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 12 episodes

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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.

E1No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura

Oct 10, 200924m

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.

E2No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost

Oct 17, 200924m

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.

E3No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society

Oct 24, 200924m

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.

E4No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World

Oct 31, 200924m

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.

E5In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1

Nov 7, 200924m

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.

E6In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2

Nov 14, 200924m

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.

E7Kokoro - Chapter 1

Nov 21, 200924m

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.

E8Kokoro - Chapter 2

Nov 21, 200924m

E9Run, Melos! - Chapter 1

Nov 28, 200924m

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

E10Run, Melos! - Chapter 2

Dec 5, 200924m

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

E11The Spider's Thread

Dec 26, 200924m

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.

E12Hell Screen

Dec 26, 200924m

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.

About Aoi Bungaku Series

Aoi Bungaku Series is an animation, drama, mystery series on Nippon TV. The show first aired on Oct 10, 2009 and currently has 1 season and 12 episodes. Aoi Bungaku Series has ended. It has a rating of 6.8/10 based on 28 votes.