Aoi Bungaku Series (青い文学シリーズ, "Blue Literature Series") is a twelve episode Japanese anime series featuring adaptations inspired by six short stories from Japanese literature. The six stories are adapted from classic Japanese tales. Happinet, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, McRAY, MTI, Threelight Holdings, Movic, and Visionare were involved in the production of the series. Character designs were provided by manga artists Takeshi Obata (#1–4, 7–8), Tite Kubo (#5–6, 11, 12) and Takeshi Konomi (#9–10).[1] The stories adapted here may stray away significantly from the original plot of the classics, even if they try to capture the essence of the stories.[2] There are some titbits told by the host Sakai Masato about the background of the story before the animation starts.
No Longer Human, by Osamu Dazai (episode 1–4): The path of a man with intense feelings of alienation towards society and the feeling of "humanity".
Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita, by Ango Sakaguchi (episode 5–6): 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.[3]
Kokoro, by Natsume Sōseki (episode 7–8): A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter. He invites his childhood friend to come live with him, hoping to help him out of his depression. When his friend falls in love with the widow's daughter, it drives a rift between them. The story is narrated twice from different points of view.
Run, Melos!, by Osamu Dazai (episode 9–10): A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend.
The Spider's Thread, by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (episode 11): 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.
Hell Screen, by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (episode 12): 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.
Receptionedit
Emmanuel Bahu-Leyser from the French Animeland found it exceptional to have such realistic, deep and mature stories to be adapted into anime. He went further by describing the series as a gold nugget both culturally and technically. On the negative side, he noted that the adaptation quality is uneven between the teams.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Posts Staff, Cast Lineup". Anime News Network. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^"Aoi Bungaku (Blue Literature)". Mediavida (in Spanish). 25 October 2009. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
^Bahu-Leyser, Emmanuel (2 February 2010). . Animeland (in French) (158): 39. ISSN 1148-0807. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
bungaku, series, 青い文学シリーズ, blue, literature, series, twelve, episode, japanese, anime, series, featuring, adaptations, inspired, short, stories, from, japanese, literature, stories, adapted, from, classic, japanese, tales, happinet, hakuhodo, media, partners, . Aoi Bungaku Series 青い文学シリーズ Blue Literature Series is a twelve episode Japanese anime series featuring adaptations inspired by six short stories from Japanese literature The six stories are adapted from classic Japanese tales Happinet Hakuhodo DY Media Partners McRAY MTI Threelight Holdings Movic and Visionare were involved in the production of the series Character designs were provided by manga artists Takeshi Obata 1 4 7 8 Tite Kubo 5 6 11 12 and Takeshi Konomi 9 10 1 The stories adapted here may stray away significantly from the original plot of the classics even if they try to capture the essence of the stories 2 There are some titbits told by the host Sakai Masato about the background of the story before the animation starts Aoi Bungaku SeriesFirst Blu ray volume cover for the No Longer Human story青い文学シリーズ Anime television seriesDirected byMorio Asaka 1 4 Tetsurō Araki 5 6 Shigeyuki Miya 7 8 Ryosuke Nakamura 9 10 Atsuko Ishizuka 11 12 Written bySatoshi Suzuki 1 4 Ken Iizuka 5 6 Mika Abe 7 8 Sumino Kawashima 9 10 Atsuko Ishizuka 11 Yuji Kobayashi 12 Music byHideki Taniuchi 1 8 11 12 Shusei Murai 9 10 StudioMadhouseOriginal networkNippon TVOriginal runOctober 11 2009 December 27 2009Episodes12 Contents 1 Stories adapted 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksStories adapted editNo Longer Human by Osamu Dazai episode 1 4 The path of a man with intense feelings of alienation towards society and the feeling of humanity Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita by Ango Sakaguchi episode 5 6 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 3 Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki episode 7 8 A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter He invites his childhood friend to come live with him hoping to help him out of his depression When his friend falls in love with the widow s daughter it drives a rift between them The story is narrated twice from different points of view Run Melos by Osamu Dazai episode 9 10 A playwright writes a play based on the story Run Melos and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend The Spider s Thread by Ryunosuke Akutagawa episode 11 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 Hell Screen by Ryunosuke Akutagawa episode 12 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 Reception editEmmanuel Bahu Leyser from the French Animeland found it exceptional to have such realistic deep and mature stories to be adapted into anime He went further by describing the series as a gold nugget both culturally and technically On the negative side he noted that the adaptation quality is uneven between the teams 4 References edit Madhouse s Aoi Bungaku Posts Staff Cast Lineup Anime News Network 22 September 2009 Retrieved 19 October 2016 Aoi Bungaku Series retrieved 2023 12 08 Aoi Bungaku Blue Literature Mediavida in Spanish 25 October 2009 Retrieved 2022 11 01 Bahu Leyser Emmanuel 2 February 2010 Aoi Bungaku Series Animation Litteraire Animeland in French 158 39 ISSN 1148 0807 Archived from the original on 9 February 2010 Retrieved 19 October 2016 External links editOfficial anime website in Japanese Aoi Bungaku anime at Anime News Network s encyclopedia nbsp This anime television series related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aoi Bungaku amp oldid 1217803155, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
