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“Framed siblings sold into slavery struggle to reunite with family and reclaim their peaceful life.”
Anju to Zushioumaru
安寿と厨子王丸
6.22
9,389 rank · 3,248 viewers · 5 favorites
Fantasy
Historical
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Synopsis
Framed siblings sold into slavery struggle to reunite with family and reclaim their peaceful life.
Anju and Zushioumaru live a peaceful life in rural Japan with their kind and gentle father—the steward of the emperor's hunting grounds who teaches his children to respect nature and protect animals. The local lord frames him for burning the hunting grounds; Anju and Zushioumaru, along with their mother and a few animals, escape to Kyoto to ask the emperor to pardon their father. However, Anju and Zushioumaru are separated from their mother and sold into slavery after being tricked into boarding the wrong boat. Their cruel master forces them to perform extreme acts of hard labor under the threat of torture. Fortunately, Saburou—their master's son—is sympathetic to their plight. The siblings wield no weapons and constantly fear the punishment for unobedient slaves. Under these unfortunate circumstances, they must desperately work to regain the happiness they once had.
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5.0
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 4
σ 0.89
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Strong agreement
σ 0.89 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Mar 2019 → Jun 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 5 “This is the oldest Anime I've watched so far and maybe that's why I expected something much more worse yet I found myself more surprised than I had initially expected. The entire movie gives off...”
- 6 “Anju is so much better than its predecessors. You'd expect some slight progression, but thanks to Saiyuuki's blatant incompetence only a year before, it didn't happen. I can feel Takahata's touch...”
- 6 “While The Littlest Warrior is not a remarkable film, it is certainly a competent work, especially considering the era it was created. This is a family-friendly retelling of the original live action...”
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Short · 40%
Medium · 40%
Long · 20%
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A Movie Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 83′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 23m all episodes
- Aired Jul 1961 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-5069 catalog