Anime Profile: Yawara! A Fasionable Judo Girl
Fields |
USA Info |
Japanese Info |
Image |
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Title |
Yawara! A Fasionable Judo Girl | YAWARA! |  |
Released |
124 TV Episodes, 1 Movie, 1 OAV Special | 124 TV Episodes, 1 Movie, 1 OAV Special | |
Dates |
August 2006 | Oct 16, 1989–Sep 21, 1992 | |
Company |
AnimEigo | Madhouse, Kitty Films, NTV, Yomiuri TV | |
Creator |
Naoki Urasawa | ||
Director |
Hiroko Tokita | ||
Genre |
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports | |
Characters |
Belkens(+) | Belkens(+) | |
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Coach Ishikura(+) | Coach Ishikura(+) | |
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Fujiko Itou(+) | Fujiko Itou(+) | |
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Hanazono(+) | Hanazono(+) | |
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Jigorou Inokuma(+) | Jigorou Inokuma(+) | |
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Jody Rockwell(+) | Jody Rockwell(+) | |
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Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Amazon.
The above info came from atomofish, and was edited by yours truly (contact me). The image came from Amazon.
Anime Characters: Yawara! A Fasionable Judo Girl
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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English Name |
Japanese Name |
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| Belkens(+) | Belkens(+) | Kazumi(+) | Kazumi(+) | |
| Coach Ishikura(+) | Coach Ishikura(+) | Kosaku Matsuda(+) | Kosaku Matsuda(+) | |
| Fujiko Itou(+) | Fujiko Itou(+) | Sayaka Honami(+) | Sayaka Honami(+) | |
| Hanazono(+) | Hanazono(+) | Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri(+) | Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri(+) | |
| Jigorou Inokuma(+) | Jigorou Inokuma(+) | Sudoh(+) | --?-- | |
| Jody Rockwell(+) | Jody Rockwell(+) | Takeyuki Suzuki(+) | Takeyuki Suzuki(+) | |
| Junji(+) | --?-- | Yawara Inokuma(+) | Yawara Inokuma(+) | |
| Kamoda(+) | Kamoda(+) | Yuujirou Ishida(+) | Yuujirou Ishida(+) |
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Anime Description: Yawara! A Fasionable Judo Girl
Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl tells the story or a girl named Yawara Inokuma, who has a natural talent at Judo. Being raised by her grandfather/Judo teacher Jigorou Inokuma, she is being taught to be a master at Judo and Japan's hope for winning the Gold at the Judo Competition at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. However, in all of this Yawara is a normal girl who desires nothing more than a normal life as a teenager. Can Yawara balance a normal life with the pressures and expectations of succeeding?
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