Aoi Bungaku Series
Season 1
October 10, 2009
12Episodes
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.
Episodes
1. No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura
October 10, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Aya Hisakawa, Ai Horanai, Atsuko Tanaka, Wataru Takagi, Yasushi Miyabayashi
2. No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost
October 17, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Aya Hisakawa, Atsuko Tanaka, Wataru Takagi, Mamiko Noto, Romi Park
3. No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society
October 24, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Atsuko Tanaka, Wataru Takagi, Mamiko Noto, Romi Park, Tomoko Kotani
4. No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World
October 31, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Aya Hisakawa, Atsuko Tanaka, Wataru Takagi, Mamiko Noto, Romi Park
5. In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1
November 7, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Masato Sakai, Nana Mizuki, Taeko Kawata, Ai Horanai, Asami Yaguchi
6. In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2
November 14, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Masato Sakai, Nana Mizuki, Taeko Kawata, Kiyoyuki Yanada
7. Kokoro - Chapter 1
November 21, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Masato Sakai, Rikiya Koyama, Houko Kuwashima, Showko Tsuda
8. Kokoro - Chapter 2
November 21, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Masato Sakai, Rikiya Koyama, Houko Kuwashima, Showko Tsuda
9. Run, Melos! - Chapter 1
November 28, 2009
24 min
A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend.
Guest Stars:
Hidenobu Kiuchi, Masato Sakai, Ryusei Nakao, Tomokazu Seki, Hiroyuki Yoshino
10. Run, Melos! - Chapter 2
December 5, 2009
24 min
A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend
Guest Stars:
Hidenobu Kiuchi, Masato Sakai, Ryusei Nakao, Tomokazu Seki, Hiroyuki Yoshino
11. The Spider's Thread
December 26, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Masato Sakai, Daisuke Namikawa, Mamoru Miyano, Kenji Nomura
12. Hell Screen
December 26, 2009
24 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Masato Sakai, Daisuke Namikawa, Aya Endo