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Aoi Bungaku Series

200924m / epAnimation · Drama · Mystery

First aired

October 10, 2009

6.8

TMDB Score

68% match · 28 votes

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S01 · E12

Hell Screen

Season 1 · Dec 26, 2009 · 24m

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E01▶

No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura

Oct 10, 2009 · 24m

E02▶

No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost

Oct 17, 2009 · 24m

E03▶

No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society

Oct 24, 2009 · 24m

E04▶

No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World

Oct 31, 2009 · 24m

E05▶

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

Nov 7, 2009 · 24m

E06▶

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

Nov 14, 2009 · 24m

E07▶

Kokoro - Chapter 1

Nov 21, 2009 · 24m

E08▶

Kokoro - Chapter 2

Nov 21, 2009 · 24m

E09▶

Run, Melos! - Chapter 1

Nov 28, 2009 · 24m

E10▶

Run, Melos! - Chapter 2

Dec 5, 2009 · 24m

E11▶

The Spider's Thread

Dec 26, 2009 · 24m

E12Playing

Hell Screen

Dec 26, 2009 · 24m

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 the Series

AnimationDramaMystery

Synopsis

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.

First aired: October 10, 2009
Last aired: December 26, 2009
Seasons: 1 season · 12 episodes
Status: Ended
Original language: Japanese
Network: Nippon TV