Now and Then, Here and There

Can one child stop a war?

1999 – 2000
Ended
Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · War & Politics
~25m / ep
1 season
7.4/10

Shu is a typical Japanese boy, but has an unbeatable, optimistic and determined attitude. However, when he sees a mysterious girl with strange eyes named Lala-Ru up on a smokestack, he is soon pulled into a strange desert world. Shu soon discovers the true terrors of war, which includes genocide, brutal torture, hunger, thirst, and child explotation. Now Shu is trying to save Lala-Ru, as well as his hard earned, and often relunctant, new friends from the insane dictator, Hamdo. Whether Shu can possibly accomplish saving those he cares about while still holding up to his values remains to be seen.

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Latest: Season 1 · 1999

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E1. A Girl Admiring the Sunset
Oct 14, 1999 · 25m
Happy-go-lucky boy Shu encounters a mysterious girl, and is drawn into time warp that thrusts him into a hellish future.
E2. A Boy and a Mad King
Oct 21, 1999 · 25m
Lala-Ru is captured by Abelia’s men, but her magical pendant escapes with Shu at the last moment.
E3. A Feast in the Dark
Oct 28, 1999 · 25m
While imprisoned, Shu meets a fragile blue-eyed girl named Sara who found her way to this hellish future under similar circumstances.
E4. Discord
Nov 4, 1999 · 25m
The young soldiers have their marching orders: Search the entire ship from top to bottom for Lala-Ru’s missing pendant.
E5. Murder
Nov 11, 1999 · 25m
King Hamdo’s frustration reaches a boiling point as the mission to recover the pendant continues to be fruitless.
E6. Disappearance in a Sandstorm
Nov 18, 1999 · 25m
The young soldiers are now faced with a tour of duty as they leave Hellywood to seek more soldiers.