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Aoi Bungaku Series Season 1

October. 10,2009
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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.

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Aoi Bungaku Series

2009

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.

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Aoi Bungaku Series Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 12 - Hell Screen
First Aired: December. 26,2009

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.

Episode 11 - The Spider's Thread
First Aired: December. 26,2009

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.

Episode 10 - Run, Melos! - Chapter 2
First Aired: December. 05,2009

A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend

Episode 9 - Run, Melos! - Chapter 1
First Aired: November. 28,2009

A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend.

Episode 8 - Kokoro - Chapter 2
First Aired: November. 21,2009

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.

Episode 7 - Kokoro - Chapter 1
First Aired: November. 21,2009

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.

Episode 6 - In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2
Episode 5 - In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1
Episode 4 - No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World
First Aired: October. 31,2009

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.

Episode 3 - No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society
First Aired: October. 24,2009

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.

Episode 2 - No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost
First Aired: October. 17,2009

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.

Episode 1 - No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura
First Aired: October. 10,2009

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.

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