

Arakawa Under the Bridge
2010-04-05 · 24 min / episode · ★ 6.7
Ko Ichinomiya's family motto is "Never be indebted to anyone," but after losing his pants and falling into the Arakawa River, he quickly finds himself in debt to his savior, the cutely insane Nino who happens to live under the bridge. To repay her, he vows to help her with her desire to "experience love." Along the way he'll meet the river's other residents, including a hot-blooded kappa, a Sister in drag, and a literal rock star.
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- Creators
- Unavailable
- Production companies
- SHAFT, AT-X, TV Tokyo, Square Enix, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi Broadcasting, TV Aichi, King Records
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Ended
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Hiroshi KamiyaKou Ichinomiya (voice)
Maaya SakamotoNino (voice)
Keiji FujiwaraVillage chief (voice)
Takehito KoyasuSister (voice)
Chiaki OmigawaP-ko (voice)
Miyuki SawashiroMaria (voice)
Tomokazu SugitaHoshi (voice)
Chiwa SaitoStella (voice)
Yu KobayashiAmazoness (voice)
ChoTerumasa Takai (voice)
Fumihiko TachikiBilly (voice)
Hochu OtsukaToru Shirai (voice)
Rie TanakaShimazaki (voice)
Rikiya KoyamaSeki Ichinomiya (voice)
Ryoko ShintaniTetsuro (voice)
Yuichi NakamuraLast Samurai (voice)
Yuko GotoJacqueline (voice)
Yuko SanpeiTetsuo (voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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