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Arakawa Under the Bridge
Ko Ichinomiya's family motto is "Never be indebted to anyone," but after losing his pants and falling into the Arakawa River, he quickly finds himself in debt to his savior, the cutely insane Nino who happens to live under the bridge. To repay her, he vows to help her with her desire to "experience love." Along the way he'll meet the river's other residents, including a hot-blooded kappa, a Sister in drag, and a literal rock star.
- Cast:
- Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Keiji Fujiwara, Takehito Koyasu
- Language:
- Japanese
- Country:
- Japan
- Network:
- TV Tokyo
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E01
Episode 1
Bridge
2010-04-05 · 24mFalling off a bridge while trying to get his pants back Ichinomiya Kou is saved by a woman named Nino. Desperate to live up to his family motto of never being indebted to anyone he tries to pay Nino off only to find that she is completely uninterested in his riches and prefers living under the bridge. Desperate to the point of panic to be rid of his debt to her he asks if there is anything she wants. "Could you fall in love with me," she responds and so Kou ends up living under the bridge as well doing his best to fall in love with her.
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E02
Episode 2
2 Bridge
2010-04-12 · 24mRecruit is introduced to the other people living under the bridge. He finds out from Sister that the rest of the inhabitants want to kick his ass for being Nino's lover.
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E03
Episode 3
3 Bridge
2010-04-19 · 24mRec is interrogated by Sister and Hoshi about how far he has actually gone with Nino. To their frustration he admits that absolutely nothing has happened. Realizing that to pay off his debt to Nino he has to do more to act as here lover he decides to take her out on a date, using all of his rich guy power to impress her.
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E04
Episode 4
4 Bridge
2010-04-26 · 24mRiku and Nino go on their first date. Later Stella the little orphan girl arrives and challenges Riku to a game of play fighting. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of Stella Riku and Sister go to see Maria the riverside farmer.
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E05
Episode 5
5 Bridge
2010-05-03 · 24mAfter discovering Sisters one fatal weakness Riku meets P-Ko the resident vegetable farmer and local clutz. Afterwards the bridge holds a welcoming party for Stella and Riku tries to convince the mayor to give Stella a new name in a bid to reveal her true nature.
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E06
Episode 6
6 Bridge
2010-05-09 · 24mRic discovers that he is actually quite good at teaching, at least in comparison to Nino's "advanced" swim lesson. He decides to make his official job teaching so that he can "correct" the inhabitants under the bridge and escape back to the sane world.
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E07
Episode 7
7 Bridge
2010-05-16 · 24mRic starts his first day as a teacher. Nino and the helmet brothers show up for class, but everyone else thinks up a way to get away from Ric's "helpful" instruction. Stella tries to muscle Ric out of her territory as the day progresses.
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E08
Episode 8
8 Bridge
2010-05-24 · 24mRic is visited by his secretary from his outside job. Thinking quickly he comes up with an elaborate lie about why he is under the bridge only to have it fall apart within minutes. Later he shares his first kiss with Nino. Unbeknownst to Ric his father is aware that he is living under the bridge and sees his actions as a affront to the family name.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.09 Bridge
2010-05-30 · 24mRiku learns more about the past life of Star. Stella discovers that Sister is in love with Maria and a battle of epic proportions ensues.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 6.010 Bridge
2010-06-06 · 24mSisters holds a fire drill involving a real fire. Riku's father beings his plan to correct his fallen son by evicting the residents under the bridge and to renovate the riverside.
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E11
Episode 11
11 Bridge
2010-06-13 · 24mSure now that his father is behind the plan to evict the residents under the bridge, Ric decides to launch his own counter proposal and turn the area into a park so the resident can stay. However his fathers reputation and the "help" the residents scare away Ric's contractor. At the same time the "horrifying" weakness of his father is revealed, will Ric discover it in time?
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E12
Episode 12
12 Bridge
2010-06-20 · 24mRic and Star become shooting stars and Nino makes a wish upon them. A mysterious man appears and derails Ric's father, Seki, plan to redevelop the riverside. Thinking that Ric was behind his failure he comes to the river to confront Ric. He succumbs to the same fate as Ric and encounters Nino, though he remains true to the family motto and refuses her help. Ric finally works up the courage to call his father and tells him even if wins he will still love Nino, Nino learns how to answer a phone.
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E13
Episode 13
13 Bridge
2010-06-27 · 24mRic plans on building an amusement park for Stella and the metal brothers to go to and nearly kills himself coming up with a plan. In the mean time the residents build one themselves with "realistic" life threaten situations included. Ric and Nino continue to work on the puzzle of "you and me".
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Hiroshi Kamiya
Kou Ichinomiya (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Nino (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Village chief (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Sister (voice)
Chiaki Omigawa
P-ko (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Maria (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita
Hoshi (voice)
Chiwa Saito
Stella (voice)
Yu Kobayashi
Amazoness (voice)
Cho
Terumasa Takai (voice)