Mother – Crimson Bond

S01E24·September 12, 2000·25m·TV Tokyo

Goku and Sha Gojyo enter a village in search of food, and meet a young mother named Yan-Min, who is hugging a new-born baby. The baby's eyes and hair are red like Goku's. Yan-Min's husband is a human-looking monster; the villagers despise her for having a monster's baby. A man called Nijenye is interested in the sadness and hatred spawned in her heart, and plans to use her secret feeling for his own purpose.

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Guest stars

Kikuko Inoue

Kaoru Morota

Crew

Keisuke OnishiDirector Daisuke YajimaWriter Akira InoueAnimation Director Hiromi MaezawaKey Animation Hitomi TsurutaKey Animation Junichi SakataStoryboard Artist Kazuya MorimaeKey Animation Kazuyo NakamuraKey Animation Masao SuwaKey Animation Minefumi HaradaKey Animation

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