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Aoi Bungaku Series

  • 2009
  • Ended
  • Animation · Drama · Mystery
  • ~24m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 6.9/10

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.

Latest: Season 1 · 2009

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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.

  1. E1. No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura

    Oct 10, 2009 · 24m

    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.

  2. E2. No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost

    Oct 17, 2009 · 24m

    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.

  3. E3. No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society

    Oct 24, 2009 · 24m

    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.

  4. E4. No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World

    Oct 31, 2009 · 24m

    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.

  5. E5. In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1

    Nov 7, 2009 · 24m

    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.

  6. E6. In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2

    Nov 14, 2009 · 24m

    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.

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