| Title: | Oedo wa Nemurenai!
Sleepless Oedo
お江戸はねむれない!
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1993, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Ninja, OVA, Samurai, Shoujo
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Animation - Madhouse
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We are now in the early 18th century, the Kyouhou era, when the merchant culture was flourishing. In Yoshiwara, the red light district of Edo, there is a popular courtesan with good looks and character, called Usugumo. She in fact is a daughter of a Christianized prostitute and Tokugawa Yoshimune (who was a real historical character and the 8th Shogun of Japan), but the power struggle in these times doesn't allow her to be with her father. Her fate is about to change when she meets the blond haired thief, Kikunosuke. With Kikunosuke, a doctor named Aoto Touichirou, who uses the yet unfamiliar Western medicine, and her pet cat, Kotetsu, Usugumo forms a thief group, the Kikugumi. In the meanwhile, a member of a mysterious group appears, aiming for Usugumo...
(Summary Courtesy of MyAnimeList.net)
30-minute OVA released on July 23, 1993.
Animated by Madhouse. |
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We are now in the early 18th century, the Kyouhou era, when the merchant culture was flourishing. In Yoshiwara, the red light district of Edo, there is a popular courtesan with good looks and character, called Usugumo. She in fact is a daughter of a Christianized prostitute and Tokugawa Yoshimune (who was a real historical character and the 8th Shogun of Japan), but the power struggle in these times doesn't allow her to be with her father. Her fate is about to change when she meets the blond haired thief, Kikunosuke. With Kikunosuke, a doctor named Aoto Touichirou, who uses the yet unfamiliar Western medicine, and her pet cat, Kotetsu, Usugumo forms a thief group, the Kikugumi. In the meanwhile, a member of a mysterious group appears, aiming for Usugumo...
(Summary Courtesy of MyAnimeList.net)
30-minute OVA released on July 23, 1993.
Animated by Madhouse.
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Oedo wa Nemurenai!
While this OVA's mainly aimed for attracting potential fans for its manga source material, it does make an effort to tell some sort of cohesive story by introducing its key characters and getting involved in a conflict with a clan of ninjas wanting our female lead, Usugomo, dead due to perceiving her as a threat to the shogunate's influence. I'd say this provides a better hook to draw folks into potentially buying a manga series instead of cramming key scenes of it into something incoherent, though this still means the title's rewatchability is rather limited.
Last updated Wednesday, October 12 2022. Created Wednesday, October 12 2022.
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