TV series

Yawara!

Original title: YAWARA!

1989 · Ended

Overview

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...

Cast

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Yuko MinaguchiYawara / Kaneko (voice)

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Ichiro NagaiJigoro (voice)

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Toshihiko SekiMatsuda / Eiji (voice)

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Yoshino TakamoriSayaka / Saeko (voice)

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Akira KamiyaKazamatsuri / Saimonji (voice)

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Masashi SugawaraHanazono / Manager (voice)

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Chiyoko KawashimaFujiko (voice)

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Masashi HiroseMilitary police (voice)

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Akira ShimadaCriminal (voice)

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Atsuko MineWaitress (voice)

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Jun'ichi KanemaruA pupil A (voice)

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Toshiharu SakuraiA pupil B (voice)

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Kohsuke MeguroMan A (voice)

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Hirohiko KakegawaMan B (voice)

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Naoki BandoMan C (voice)

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Naoki MakishimaMan D (voice)

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ChafurinPeople A (voice)

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Kiyoyuki YanadaPeople B (voice)

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Tamao HayashiPeople C (voice)

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TMDB ID: 30395 ↗
First aired: 1989-10-16
Last aired: 1992-09-21
Status: Ended
Episode runtime: 25 min
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Creators: Naoki Urasawa
Countries: JP
Languages: Japanese

Ratings

TMDB audience6.7/109 votes

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Age ratings

—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)

—Not rated in Spain (ES)

—Not rated in France (FR)

—Not rated in United States of America (US)

—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)

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All regional certifications (1)

PGAustralia (AU)

Parental guidance is recommended for young viewers; PG-rated content may air at any time on digital-only channels, otherwise, it should only be broadcast between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays, and between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekends.

Seasons

Specials1 episodes

Season 1124 episodes

Crew

Directing11

Hiroko TokitaDirector Junichi SakataDirector Satoru NamekawaDirector Akio SakaiDirector Tsukasa AbeDirector Naoto KandaDirector Hirohide FujiwaraDirector Tatsuhiko UrahataDirector Katsuhisa YamadaDirector Makoto MoriwakiDirector Tensai OkamuraDirector

Writing3

Naoki UrasawaWriter Toshiki InoueWriter Yoshiyuki SugaWriter

Art12

Junichi SakataStoryboard Artist Satoru NamekawaStoryboard Artist Hiroko TokitaStoryboard Artist Akio SakaiStoryboard Artist Tsukasa AbeStoryboard Artist Hirohide FujiwaraStoryboard Artist Tensai OkamuraStoryboard Artist Naoto KandaStoryboard Artist Yuu KouStoryboard Artist Kitaro KosakaStoryboard Artist Makoto MoriwakiStoryboard Artist Katsuhisa YamadaStoryboard Artist

Visual effects102

Yoshiharu AshinoKey Animation Yoshihito HishinumaKey Animation Kitaro KosakaAnimation Director, Key Animation Masaru KitaoAnimation Director, Key Animation Hiroyuki KasugaiKey Animation Satoshi TasakiKey Animation Katsunori KimizukaKey Animation, Animation Director Nobumasa ShinkawaKey Animation Hiroyuki ShimizuKey Animation Masahiko YodaKey Animation Toyoaki FukushimaKey Animation Yuriko IkeharaKey Animation Michio MiharaKey Animation Keiko WatanabeKey Animation Kunihiko SakuraiAnimation Director, Key Animation Tomofumi ShiomiKey Animation Kahoru HirataKey Animation Reiko EdaKey Animation Yuzo SatoAnimation Director, Key Animation Shigeru FujitaAnimation Director Fumie MuroiKey Animation Kazuhiro SoetaKey Animation Kazuko ShibataKey Animation Atsushi MatobaKey Animation Toshiyuki TsuruKey Animation Yoshio KamataKey Animation Norimitsu SuzukiKey Animation Mamoru SasakiKey Animation Atsuko OtaniKey Animation Masashi KanekoKey Animation Takahiro GotoKey Animation Tomihiko OhkuboAnimation Director Reiko KuriharaKey Animation, Animation Director Fujio OdaKey Animation Shougo FuruyaKey Animation Masahiro AndoKey Animation Toshiya NiidomeKey Animation Kunio TakahideKey Animation Kenichi TsuchiyaKey Animation Yuji ShigekuniKey Animation Takenori MiharaKey Animation Hiroko MinowaKey Animation Hideyuki SatoKey Animation Shinichi TokabayashiKey Animation Kayoko NakafujiKey Animation Masaki TakeiKey Animation Hiroshi ShimizuKey Animation Akio SakaiAnimation Director Hiroshi HamasakiAnimation Director, Key Animation Motoko HiraishiKey Animation Hiroshi NagahamaKey Animation Tsutomu KuritaKey Animation Hitoshi UedaKey Animation Keiji GotohKey Animation Masato KimuraKey Animation Yoshiharu FukushimaKey Animation Yoshiharu SatoKey Animation Takashi HashimotoKey Animation Kunihiro AbeKey Animation Masafumi YamamotoKey Animation Hajime YoshidaKey Animation Takafumi WatanabeKey Animation Takeshi KoikeKey Animation Akira TakeuchiKey Animation Yayoi KotaniKey Animation Junichi HashimotoKey Animation Yasushi MurakiKey Animation Tsutomu AwataKey Animation Masaya SuzukiKey Animation Shinichi ToukairinKey Animation Yasuhiko OyamaKey Animation Reiko KuritaKey Animation Hiroomi YamakawaKey Animation Masahiro SekinoKey Animation Kazuko MaejimaKey Animation Kumiko KawanaKey Animation Kenichi ShimizuKey Animation Tsukasa AbeKey Animation Jung Woo-youngKey Animation Toshio NuboKey Animation Junichi NaganoKey Animation Tetsuro AokiKey Animation Koji ShibueKey Animation Makiko YamauchiKey Animation Masayuki YagiKey Animation Noriko MoritomoKey Animation Yoshiyuki MomoseAnimation Director Mariko AokiKey Animation Seiji HandaKey Animation Yukio OkanoKey Animation Akihiro IzumiKey Animation Sumio WatanabeKey Animation Toru UmeokaKey Animation Kenji HayamaKey Animation Hiroyuki MoritaKey Animation Shigehito TsujiKey Animation Kazuya TakedaKey Animation Chuji NakajimaKey Animation Osamu NabeshimaKey Animation Masaki TakeiKey Animation Yoshie KawamuraKey Animation Koji OkimuraKey Animation

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