Descending Stories
Flourishing Shōwa – Rakugo Double Suicide
When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's rendition of the story called "Shinigami," he is determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone's surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him "Yotaro." As Yotaro happily begins his new life, he meets others in Yakumo's life, including Yakumo's ward Konatsu. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father's tragic death. Konatsu loved her father's storytelling, and would love to become a performer in her own right—but that path is not available for women.
Seasons
Cast
Tomokazu SekiYotarou (voice) · 25 ep.
Koichi YamaderaSukeroku Yuurakutei (voice) · 25 ep.
Akira IshidaYakumo Yuurakutei (voice) · 25 ep.
Sanae KobayashiYakumo Yuurakutei (young) (voice) · 13 ep.
Kappei YamaguchiAmaken (voice) · 25 ep.
Megumi HayashibaraMiyokichi (voice) · 25 ep.
Yu KobayashiKonatsu (voice) · 25 ep.
Toshihiko SekiEisuke Higuchi (voice) · 25 ep.
Shigeru UshiyamaMatsuda (voice) · 25 ep.
Koji YusaMangetsu Tsuburaya (voice) · 25 ep.
Ayaka AsaiKoyuki (voice) · 12 ep.
Mikako KomatsuShinnosuke (voice) · 12 ep.
Yuki OnoShinnosuke (adult) (voice) · 12 ep.Crew
Mamoru Hatakeyama (Series Director), Naoki Murata (Director), Taro Kubo (Director), Kenichi Takeshita (Director), Nobukage Kimura (Director), Hiroaki Akagi (Director), Taro Kubo (Assistant Director), Mamoru Hatakeyama (Director)
Haruko Kumota (Comic Book), Jun Kumagai (Series Composition), Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Writer), Jun Kumagai (Writer), Yuko Kakihara (Writer), Touko Machida (Writer)
Yoshihiko Yamazaki (Producer), Nobumitsu Urasaki (Producer), Akiko Yada (Producer), Yuki Kakuhara (Assistant Production Manager)
Kana Shibue (Music), Megumi Hayashibara (Theme Song Performance), Sheena Ringo (Theme Song Performance), Koji Tsujitani (Sound Director), Kana Shibue (Theme Song Performance), Neko Saito (Theme Song Performance)
Rie Matsubara (Editor)
Mamoru Hatakeyama (Storyboard Artist), Shinobu Tagashira (Storyboard Artist), Hidetoshi Namura (Storyboard Artist), Nobukage Kimura (Storyboard Artist), Tomomi Mochizuki (Storyboard Artist), Tatsuya Abe (Storyboard Artist), Masahiro Sonoda (Storyboard Artist), Naomi Nakayama (Storyboard Artist)
Hitomi Sano (Color Designer), Yuki Himoto (3D Director), Wakako Yoshida (Key Animation), Akiko Matsuo (Key Animation), Mamoru Abiko (Key Animation), Yusuke Adachi (Key Animation), Eikichi Takahashi (Key Animation), Hirofumi Morimoto (Animation Director)
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