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Dear Brother

Original title: Oniisama e...
  • TV Series
  • 1991–1992
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
354
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Dear Brother (1991)
AnimeShōjoAnimationDramaRomance

Sixteen-year-old Nanako Misonoo deals with high school drama and gossip at her prestigious academy by writing letters to her brother.Sixteen-year-old Nanako Misonoo deals with high school drama and gossip at her prestigious academy by writing letters to her brother.Sixteen-year-old Nanako Misonoo deals with high school drama and gossip at her prestigious academy by writing letters to her brother.

  • Creator
    • Riyoko Ikeda
  • Stars
    • Hiroko Kasahara
    • Keiko Toda
    • Mami Koyama
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    354
    YOUR RATING
    • Creator
      • Riyoko Ikeda
    • Stars
      • Hiroko Kasahara
      • Keiko Toda
      • Mami Koyama
    • 6User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Episodes39

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    Hiroko Kasahara
    • Nanako Misonô
    • 1991–1992
    Keiko Toda
    Keiko Toda
    • Kaoru Orihara
    • 1991–1992
    Mami Koyama
    Mami Koyama
    • Fukiko 'Miya-sama' Ichinomiya
    • 1991–1992
    Ken'yû Horiuchi
    • Takashi Ichinomiya
    • 1991–1992
    Masako Katsuki
    Masako Katsuki
    • Aya Misaki
    • 1991–1992
    Sakiko Tamagawa
    • Mariko Shinobu
    • 1991–1992
    Tesshô Genda
    Tesshô Genda
    • Takehiko Henmi
    • 1991–1992
    Waka Kanda
    • Tomoko Arikura
    • 1991–1992
    Sumi Shimamoto
    Sumi Shimamoto
    • Rei 'Hana no Saint-Just' Asaka
    • 1991–1992
    Aruno Tahara
    • Iwata driver
    • 1992
    Kikuko Inoue
    Kikuko Inoue
    • Third-Year Student C
    • 1991
    Akiko Suzuki
    • Student
    • 1991
    Daisaku Shinohara
    • Japanese teacher
    • 1991
    Akiko Hiramatsu
    Akiko Hiramatsu
    • Student
    • 1992
    Ai Satô
    • Aya Misaki's mother
    • 1992
    Eizô Tsuda
    • Man
    • 1992
    Ai Orikasa
    Ai Orikasa
    • Shinobu Hikawa's lover
    • 1992
    Chie Sasaki
    • Student C from class B
    • 1992
    • Creator
      • Riyoko Ikeda
    • All cast & crew
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    10aarocks

    My favorite since childhood

    It's my all time favorite animation since I was a kid It's so amazing The strong story behind it, the music, the scenery all was perfect I totally love it and I have watch it a-lot many times every time it makes me love it and appreciate this masterpiece.
    6TooKakkoiiforYou_321

    Do you remember Versailles No Bara? you remember Versailles No Bara, do you?

    Take Versailles No Bara, replace the setting and the characters with a school full of teenager schoolgirls and ramp-up to over 9000 the drama because hey, already in the original manga Riyoko Ikeda wanted to express her love for opera so why not going full on it? People might stop caring alltogether after seeing expressions of emotions so forced that would make Silvester Stallone's overacting in Judge Dredd green of envy but hey, I'm a mediocre director who made one good thing in the 70's (I'm speaking of Osamu Dezaki) that needs to fill 39 episodes taken from a three-volume manga storyline so I need to fill it with as much pathetic suicide innuendos as possible and that's what I'm going to do, even at the cost of sounding ridicolous! Mediocrity in a nutshell.
    Scortia

    A thought provoking and extreme character-development anime...

    This anime is one of my favorites. It takes place in an upper class girls' school. There, the Sorority rules over everyone and you are truly a chosen one if you are selected to get in. Our star, Nanako, despite her background, gets into the Sorority. This provokes everyone's inner turmoils to start brewing...

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      The 7th anime series produced by Tezuka Productions.

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    • Release date
      • July 14, 1991 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • 天才酷老師
    • Production companies
      • Tezuka Productions
      • NHK
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      • 25m
    • Color
      • Color

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