Aoi Bungaku Series (2009)

Original title: 青い文学シリーズ

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.

Aoi Bungaku Series

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as Ōba Yōzō as Shirimaru as Moerus as Ryoushuu, Sensei as Sensei

as Pharmacy Owner (voice) as Housewife 1 (voice) as Wife C (voice)

as children as wife B as waitress

Yasushi Miyabayashi

Yasushi Miyabayashi

as radiocaster as Master

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Mikako Takahashi

Mikako Takahashi

as Melos' sister

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Komina Matsushita

Komina Matsushita

as Housewife 2 (voice)

as Kan (Ushiheniken) Data

as Big Man (voice)

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

1x1

No longer human - chapter 1: double suicide in kamakura
1x2

No longer human - chapter 2: ghost
1x3

No longer human - chapter 3: society
1x4

No longer human - chapter 4: new world
1x5

In the forest, under cherries in full bloom - chapter 1
1x6

In the forest, under cherries in full bloom - chapter 2
1x7

Kokoro - chapter 1
1x8

Kokoro - chapter 2
1x9

Run, melos! - chapter 1
1x10

Run, melos! - chapter 2
1x11

The spider's thread
1x12

Hell screen

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