Synopsis

High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and ordinary life. She aspires to an average lifestyle as a delicate young lady with a handsome boyfriend in the near future.

Unfortunately for Yawara, she has an undesirable prodigious talent in Judo, a modern martial art that is neither feminine nor fashionable. Moreover, Yawara is the only granddaughter of the seventh dan Judo master Jigorou Inokuma, who expects her to become a Japanese Judoka superstar of the '90s.

Yawara cautiously hides her strength from everyone to maintain a normal reputation but is often pushed to situations when she must exercise her Judo skills. Observing Yawara's immense potential from the shadows, Kousaku Matsuda, a sports reporter from a substandard paper, is willing to do everything he can to bring her into the limelight.

(Source: MAL)

Background

Yawara! competed against Ranma ½ on Japanese television and achieved higher ratings, although Ranma ½ was more popular internationally. Yawara! had remained quite unknown outside Japan and only got licensed for North American distribution in August 2006, over a decade after its airing period.

Characters

Jigorou Inokuma Main

Yawara Inokuma Main

Kristin Adams Supporting

Seinosuke Arakawa Supporting

Belkens Supporting

Davis Supporting

Deneuve Supporting

Fujiwara Supporting

Gen-san Supporting

Gonzales Supporting

Staff

Masao Maruyama Producer

Hiroko Tokita Director

Yasuo Urakami Sound director

Morio Asaka Episode director, Storyboard

Toshio Hirata Episode director, Storyboard

Kazuyoshi Katayama Episode director, Storyboard

Kitarou Kousaka Episode director, Storyboard, Animation director, Key animation

Yukihiro Matsushita Episode director

Makoto Moriwaki Episode director, Storyboard

Tensai Okamura Episode director, Storyboard

Yawara!

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