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Absolute Boy

TV·2005–2005·1 season, 26 episodes·ANIMAX·Animation, Mystery, Drama·25m·Created by Kazunori Ito

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Ayumu Aizawa who can't recall his childhood. He doesn't suffer from amnesia but his younger days are a mystery to him. When asked to spend the summer with his father in Tana, a rural town two hours away from his home in Tokyo, Ayumu refuses as he has not seen his divorced father in four years. He gets bribed by his mother with a mountain bicycle and reluctantly agrees. Unbeknownst to him, this fateful trip will put together bits of his past. Soon after arriving at Tana, Ayumu encounters strange happenings such as meeting a mysterious boy called Wakkun, who lives in an enchanted forest, and floating orbs of lights appearing in the sky.

Castfull cast & details

Toshiyuki ToyonagaToshiyuki ToyonagaAyumu AizawaKanako MitsuhashiKanako MitsuhashiMiki MiyamaAkiko KobayashiAkiko KobayashiKisa TanigawaChiwa SaitoChiwa SaitoMiku MiyamaAi ShimizuAi ShimizuShione UminoYasuyuki KaseYasuyuki KaseTakuma KaburakiJunko TakeuchiJunko TakeuchiWakkun
Tomoko Sadohara
Tomoko SadoharaRieko Yamato

Episodes by season

Season0126Episodes2005Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Beginning of a Depressing and Strange SummerMay 21, 2005—
  2. S01E02The Tsukiyomi Observatory and Old Lady OkakaMay 28, 2005—
  3. S01E03Arrival of the Distinguished AnnouncerJune 4, 2005—
  4. S01E04Shrine of the Luminating WoodsJune 11, 2005—
  5. S01E05Weight of a Promise and Lightness of a DreamJune 18, 2005—
  6. S01E06The Shroud of the World Becomes ThinJune 25, 2005—
  7. S01E07The Night of the Third PromiseJuly 2, 2005—
  8. S01E08Within the Narrowness of Trancession and RemembranceJuly 9, 2005—
  9. S01E09It Is Always the Problem of PrioritiesJuly 16, 2005—
  10. S01E10The Thinking Which Becomes Complicated in the RainJuly 23, 2005—
  11. S01E11Run to Tana, Which is on the Verge of TearsJuly 30, 2005—
  12. S01E12Dancing About the Sky of the Cat DanceAugust 6, 2005—
  13. S01E13Tanigawa Kisa and a Presence You Don't Get Used ToAugust 13, 2005—
  14. S01E14Two Competing PowersAugust 20, 2005—
  15. S01E15Urban FolkloreAugust 27, 2005—
  16. S01E16Can't be Seen with the Eye, The Gigantic SomethingSeptember 3, 2005—
  17. S01E17That is a Problem You Can't Participate InSeptember 10, 2005—
  18. S01E18Meeting and Despair of Seventeen Year OldsSeptember 17, 2005—
  19. S01E19Wings of the Grown-up FishSeptember 24, 2005—
  20. S01E20Material FairiesOctober 1, 2005—
  21. S01E21What Being a Good Child MeansOctober 8, 2005—
  22. S01E22That Which Vanished and That Which Was BornOctober 15, 2005—
  23. S01E23The Dark Light that Brings HappinessOctober 22, 2005—
  24. S01E24The Girls' Small AdventureOctober 29, 2005—
  25. S01E25The World's Membrane is Full of HolesNovember 5, 2005—
  26. S01E26The End of a Dependant and Rich WinterNovember 12, 2005—

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