Absolute Boy
2005 · 1 season · 26 eps · ★ 6.3 · Animation, Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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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.
Created by Kazunori Ito
Network: ANIMAX
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Toshiyuki Toyonaga Ayumu Aizawa -
Kanako Mitsuhashi Miki Miyama -
Akiko Kobayashi Kisa Tanigawa -
Chiwa Saito Miku Miyama -
Yasuyuki Kase Takuma Kaburaki -
Junko Takeuchi Wakkun - T Tomoko Sadohara Rieko Yamato
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Hozumi Goda Jirou Hatori -
Kenji Hamada Akiyuki Kishiro -
Misa Watanabe Hana Tokimiya -
Miwa Matsumoto Akira Sukawara -
Ai Shimizu Shione Umino
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