
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 cautious...
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.
Yawara! has 124 episodes.
Yawara! is currently finished airing.
Yawara! was produced by Madhouse.
Yawara! aired Oct 16, 1989 to Sep 21, 1992.
Yawara! is based on a Manga.

Inokuma, Jigorou
Main
CV: Nagai, Ichiro

Inokuma, Yawara
Main
CV: Minaguchi, Yuko

Adams, Kristin
Supporting
CV: Satou, Ai

Arakawa, Seinosuke
Supporting
CV: Tokumaru, Kan

Belkens
Supporting
CV: Sasaki, Run

Davis
Supporting
CV: Kakegawa, Hirohiko

Deneuve
Supporting
CV: Mayama, Ako

Fujiwara
Supporting
CV: Takizawa, Roko

Gen-san
Supporting
CV: Iizuka, Shouzou

Gonzales
Supporting
CV: Suzuki, Akiko

Gotou, Megumi
Supporting
CV: Yamada, Fushigi

Gotouda, Sumire
Supporting
CV: Hayami, Kei
124 episodes · 11 cours
1986 Spring
2005 Fall
2009 Spring
2015 Fall
2015 Spring
1996 Summer
2004 Fall
2000 Fall
2023 WinterRanked higher than 89% of all anime on AniTome (out of 19,551)
More popular than 74% of all anime
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