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人形草紙あやつり左近

Original title: 人形草紙あやつり左近

Year

1999

Rating

★ 8.5/10

Runtime

25 min

Seasons

1

Genres

Animation

The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji era by the famous female dollmaker Unosuke. Together they run into murders and solve them.

Cast: 緒方恵美, 日野由利加, 中井和哉, 冬馬由美, くまいもとこ, 一条和矢, 桜井敏治