TV · 124 episodes · 25 min/ep · Madhouse
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. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Kousaku Matsuda
Main
Toshihiko Seki
Japanese
Yawara Inokuma
Main
Yuuko Minaguchi
Japanese
Jigorou Inokuma
Main
Ichirou Nagai
Japanese
Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri
Supporting
Akira Kamiya
Japanese
Sayaka Honami
Supporting
Yoshino Takamori
Japanese
Kamoda
Background
Chafuurin
Japanese
Kaoru Hanazono
Supporting
Masashi Sugawara
Japanese
Sudo
Background
Yoku Shioya
Japanese
Jody Rockwell
Supporting
Miyuki Ichijou
Japanese
Tamao Inokuma
Supporting
Toshiko Fujita
Japanese
Tokunaga
Background
Akira Shimada
Japanese
Kaori
Background
Youko Matsuoka
Japanese
Naoki Urasawa
Original Creator
Keiji Gotou
Key Animation (eps 17, 26)
Tensai Okamura
Episode Director (eps 58, 72, 79, 87, 101, 122)
Tensai Okamura
Storyboard (eps 5, 58, 72, 79, 87, 101, 122)
Tensai Okamura
Key Animation (ep 101)
Hiroshi Nagahama
Key Animation (eps 98, 100, 105, 109, 111, 124)
Hiroshi Nagahama
In-Between Animation (eps 22, 54, 55, 58, 59)
Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Script (eps 41, 46, 58, 59, 61, 63, 67-69, 77, 78, 81, 87, 89, 91, 94, 96, 100, 102)
Yoshiyuki Suga
Script (eps 4-6, 9, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 23, 28, 30, 33, 34, 38, 39, 45, 47, 50, 57, 60, 62, 65, 66, 70, 73, 76, 80, 82, 85, 86, 90, 97, 99, 101, 103, 111-117)
Yuu Kou
Storyboard (eps 7, 11, 35, 43)
