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Yawara!

1989 1 seasons · 124 eps Japanese

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Inokuma Yawara is just another young high school girl. Well, not quite - for Yawara is being raised by her grandfather, 7th dan Judo master Inokuma Jigorou, to be Japan's great hope for the women's Judo competition at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. All the same, Yawara just wants to live a normal life...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yuko Minaguchi
Yawara / Kaneko (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Jigoro (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Matsuda / Eiji (voice)
Yoshino Takamori
Sayaka / Saeko (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (voice)
Masashi Sugawara
Hanazono / Manager (voice)
Chiyoko Kawashima
Fujiko (voice)

Created by

Naoki Urasawa

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MONEY

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1 season · 124 episodes total · ~124 per season.

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CRAFT

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Crossed the 100-episode mark — syndication territory.

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RUNTIME

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Roughly 52 hours end-to-end — 7 full workdays of television.

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ERA

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Aired from 1989 to 1992 — a 3-year run.

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WILD

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TMDB status: "Ended".

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AWARDS

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Show type: Scripted.

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CAST

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Created by Naoki Urasawa.

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DIRECTOR

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Airs on Nippon TV.

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The technical file

Seasons: 1
Total episodes: 124
Avg episode length: 25 min
Premiered: 1989-10-16
Last aired: 1992-09-21
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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