A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
May 21, 2005
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 26
Finale:
November 12, 2005
Creators:
Kazunori Ito
Original Title:
絶対少年
Alternate Titles:
Absolute Boy
Absolute Teens
Zettai Shonen
Zettai Shounen
Genres:
Animation | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies:
Ajiado
GENCO
Countries:
JP
Ayumu Aizawa who can't recall his childhood. He doesn't suffer from amnesia but his younger days are a mystery to him. When asked to spend the summer with his father in Tana, a rural town two hours away from his home in Tokyo, Ayumu refuses as he has not seen his divorced father in four years. He gets bribed by his mother with a mountain bicycle and reluctantly agrees. Unbeknownst to him, this fateful trip will put together bits of his past. Soon after arriving at Tana, Ayumu encounters strange happenings such as meeting a mysterious boy called Wakkun, who lives in an enchanted forest, and floating orbs of lights appearing in the sky.
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Art Direction:
Katsufumi Haryu
Character Designer:
Masayuki Sekine
Color Designer:
Miyoko Ichinose
Director:
Tomomi Mochizuki
Original Music Composer:
Masumi Itou
Original Story:
Kazunori Ito
Series Composition:
Kazunori Ito
Supervising Animation Director:
Masayuki Sekine
Theme Song Performance:
Masumi Itou
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