TV series

Hikaru no Go

2001–2003 · 3 seasons

Quietly absorbing and heartfelt, it turns a board game into a gripping duel of minds while a boy slowly grows up.

Created by: Takaharu Ookuma, Yuji Sekimoto
Genres: Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Tomoko Kawakami, Susumu Chiba, Sanae Kobayashi

Overview: Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal kid with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. His life completely changes when he finds an old bloodstained go board in his grandfather's attic. The ghost of an ancient go master named Fujiwara-no-Sai was trapped in the board and soon becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness. Together Hikaru and Sai make an unstoppable go-playing team!

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Created by: Takaharu Ookuma, Yuji Sekimoto
Genres: Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Tomoko Kawakami, Susumu Chiba, Sanae Kobayashi

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
friendship
ambition
identity
obsession
Places: school
big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	2
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: animation, sci-fi & fantasy
Created by: Takaharu Ookuma, Yuji Sekimoto, Masakatsu Iijima, Mashu Itō, Saeko Aoki, Hiroshi Kuruo
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Length: 3 seasons, 75 episodes, 23 min each
Network: TV Tokyo
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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