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Yawara

Yawara

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
Japanese: ＹＡＷＡＲＡ！

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Type: TV
Episodes: 124
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 16, 1989 to Sep 21, 1992
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sports
Duration: 25 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.571 (scored by 129 users)
Ranked: #8632
Popularity: #2341
Members: 641
Favorites: 1
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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 manipulates matters so that Yawara ends up having to perform in matches and tournaments. His final plan is for Yawara to "Win the Gold Medal in the Olympics and be awarded the Nation Medal of Honor".

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Adaptation: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
Sequel: Yawara! Sore Yuke Koshinuke Kiss!!, Yawara! Special - Zutto Kimi no Koto ga

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Characters & Voice Actors

Inokuma, Yawara
 Inokuma, Yawara
Main
Minaguchi, Yuko
Japanese
Minaguchi, Yuko
Inokuma, Jigorou
 Inokuma, Jigorou
Main
Nagai, Ichiro
Japanese
Nagai, Ichiro
Matsuda, Kousaku
 Matsuda, Kousaku
Main
Seki, Toshihiko
Japanese
Seki, Toshihiko

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Staff

 Kousaka, Kitarou
Episode Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
Urasawa, Naoki
Original Creator
Ikeda, Yuji
Art Director


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Mar 11, 2008
Godel
5 of 9 people found this review helpful
30 of 124 episodes seen
Yawara was the first sports anime I watched...well, it was the first I started watching anyways.
The romantic relationships and such weren't too great, but the personality of the main charaters (Yawara espically) were pretty good. The judo fights were excelet as well.
Being from the past, it didn't really have the most visually appealing art, and the sound wasn't too good enough, though.

What I have watched was very enjoyable to watch...but then the unthinkable happened...it was regrettably dropped by the subbers :( I wish I could've seen how it ends, but oh well I suppose, maybe some day it will be in my dvd collection...
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The love triangle Matsuda-Yawara-Kazamatsuri is quite similar to the triangle Godai-Kyoko-Mitaka. The art style as well as the flow of the story are similar, too.
reportRecommended by 59cobalt - Add to favorites
Both about two people who are working to be the best at their particular sport.
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