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YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!

YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!

YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!

MADHOUSE·Fall 1989

FinishedTV7.1 / 10124 eps25 min

Popularity#8,053

Favourites110

Trending#0

Synopsis

Yawara! is a sports anime laced with comedic and romance elements. It starts off with Yawara Inokuma, a high school girl who is most interested in doing the things that your average Japanese high school girl does. However, she has been trained in Judo for years by her grandfather, Jigorou (A former Japan Judo Champion), who has much grander plans in store for her as a Judo superstar. He manipulate…

Also known as

Yawara - Jenny la ragazza del judo · Yawara Cinturó Negre

Genres

ActionComedyDramaSports

Tags

Coming of Age96%Athletics88%Female Protagonist87%Martial Arts82%Judo77%Seinen70%Love Triangle62%Primarily Adult Cast60%Ojou-sama56%College52%Parody50%Heterosexual20%

Episodes

Total124

Per Episode25 min

SeasonFall 1989

AiredOct 1989 – Sep 1992

This series has finished airing — Sep 1992.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kousaku Matsuda

Kousaku Matsuda

松田耕作

Male · Age 25

Toshihiko Seki

関俊彦

Japanese

Toshihiko Seki

Yawara Inokuma

Yawara Inokuma

猪熊柔

Female

Yuuko Minaguchi

皆口裕子

Japanese

Yuuko Minaguchi

Jigorou Inokuma

Jigorou Inokuma

猪熊滋悟郎

Male

Ichirou Nagai

永井一郎

Japanese

Ichirou Nagai

Anna Teleshikova

Anna Teleshikova

アンナ・テレシコワ

Yuuko Mizutani

水谷優子

Japanese

Yuuko Mizutani

Jody Rockwell

Jody Rockwell

ジョディ・ロックウェル

Miyuki Ichijou

一城みゆ希

Japanese

Miyuki Ichijou

Kuniko Kaga

Kuniko Kaga

加賀邦子

Runa Akiyama

あきやまるな

Japanese

Runa Akiyama

Gouzou Yuutenji

Gouzou Yuutenji

祐天寺豪造

Ryuuji Nakagi

仲木隆司

Japanese

Ryuuji Nakagi

Sayaka Honami

Sayaka Honami

本阿弥さやか

Yoshino Takamori

鷹森淑乃

Japanese

Yoshino Takamori

Staff

Naoki Urasawa

Naoki Urasawa

Original Creator

Hiroko Tokita

Hiroko Tokita

Director

Yuuji Ikeda

Yuuji Ikeda

Art Director

Yasuo Urakami

Yasuo Urakami

Sound Director

Toshiki Inoue

Toshiki Inoue

Series Composition

Yoshinori Kanemori

Yoshinori Kanemori

Character Design

Hideharu Mori

Hideharu Mori

Music

Miwako Nakamura

Miwako Nakamura

Color Design

Harutoshi Ogata

Harutoshi Ogata

Editing

Akihiko Matsuda

Akihiko Matsuda

Sound Effects

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Design Manager

Shigekazu Ochiai

Shigekazu Ochiai

Planning

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Ratings

Average7.1/ 10

Mean72%

Popularity#8,053

Favourites110

Score Distribution

102030405060708090100

User Activity

Planning5,558 (69.0%)

Completed1,254 (15.6%)

Watching521 (6.5%)

Paused446 (5.5%)

Dropped274 (3.4%)

8,053 total users

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Details

FormatTV Series

StatusFinished Airing

Episodes124 episodes

Duration25 min per episode

AiredFall 1989

Season NumberSeason 1

AiredOct 1989 – Sep 1992

SourceManga

CountryJP

StudioMADHOUSE

ProducersKitty Film, AnimEigo