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Smart-san

Name: Smart-san
Genre: Animation, Drama, Comedy

TV·1978–1979·1 season, 42 episodes·ANIMAX·Animation, Drama, Comedy·24m·Created by Waki Yamato

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Benio Hanamura is a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tokyo during the Taisho era. Benio lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy—contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions, and isn't as interested in housewife duties as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman's right to a career and to marry for love. Benio's best friends are the beautiful Tamaki, who is much more feminine than Benio but equally interested in women's rights, and Ranmaru, a young man who was raised to play female roles in the kabuki theater and as a result has acquired very effeminate mannerisms.

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Episodes by season

Season0142Episodes1978Aired—Season avg

S01E01Episode 1June 3, 1978—
S01E02Episode 2June 10, 1978—
S01E03Episode 3June 17, 1978—
S01E04Episode 4June 24, 1978—
S01E05Episode 5June 30, 1978—
S01E06Episode 6July 7, 1978—
S01E07Episode 7July 14, 1978—
S01E08Episode 8July 21, 1978—
S01E09Episode 9July 28, 1978—
S01E10Episode 10August 4, 1978—
S01E11Episode 11August 11, 1978—
S01E12Episode 12August 18, 1978—
S01E13Episode 13August 25, 1978—
S01E14Episode 14September 1, 1978—
S01E15Episode 15September 8, 1978—
S01E16Episode 16September 15, 1978—
S01E17Episode 17September 22, 1978—
S01E18Episode 18September 29, 1978—
S01E19Episode 19October 6, 1978—
S01E20Episode 20October 13, 1978—
S01E21Episode 21October 20, 1978—
S01E22Episode 22October 27, 1978—
S01E23Episode 23November 3, 1978—
S01E24Episode 24November 10, 1978—
S01E25Episode 25November 17, 1978—
S01E26Episode 26November 24, 1978—
S01E27Episode 27November 30, 1978—
S01E28Episode 28December 6, 1978—
S01E29Episode 29December 13, 1978—
S01E30Episode 30December 20, 1978—
S01E31Episode 31December 27, 1978—
S01E32Episode 32January 3, 1979—
S01E33Episode 33January 10, 1979—
S01E34Episode 34January 17, 1979—
S01E35Episode 35January 24, 1979—
S01E36Episode 36January 31, 1979—
S01E37Episode 37February 7, 1979—
S01E38Episode 38February 14, 1979—
S01E39Episode 39February 21, 1978—
S01E40Episode 40February 28, 1978—
S01E41Episode 41March 7, 1978—
S01E42Episode 42March 14, 1978—

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