Basic Info

First Air: October 10, 2009

Rating: ⭐ 6.8/10 (23 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Last Episode

Name: Hell Screen

Season: 1, Episode: 12

Air Date: 2009-12-26

Runtime: 24 min

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.

Aoi Bungaku Series

2009 1 seasons 12 episodes ⭐ 6.8/10 23 votes

Overview

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.