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Ai Yori Aoshi (藍より青し) is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki and serialized from 1998 to 2005 in Hakusensha's Young Animal. It is a love story between two characters who have not seen each other in years but were once childhood friends. Literally translated, the title means "Bluer Than Indigo".
Original Release
02/25/2003
US Release
02/25/2003
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Karen Strassman | Taeko's Mother |
| Tony Pope | Kaoru's Grandfather |
| Sôichirô Hoshi | Kaoru Hanabishi (voice) |
| Ayako Kawasumi | Aoi Sakuraba (voice) |
| Makoto Higo | Satô (voice) / Nishimoto (voice) |
| Akiko Hiramatsu | Miyabi Kagurazaki (voice) |
| Narumi Hidaka | Young Kaoru (voice) |
| Kan Tokumaru | Patriarch of the Hanabishi Family (voice) |
| Kazuya Nakai | Suzuki (voice) |
| Kazutoshi Hatano | Takashi (voice) |
Directors
Masami Shimoda, Daisuke Takashima, Akira Tsuchiya, Masahito Otani, Shigeharu Takahashi, Hideki Okamoto, Mitsutaka Noshitani, Kiyotaka Isako, Katsushi Sakurabi, Yoshitaka Koyama, Masakazu Hashimoto, Kunitoshi Okajima, Setsugorô Tobari, Takashi Maruyama, Katsuichi Nakayama, Daisuke Shimoda
Writers
Kou Fumizuki, Masaharu Amiya, Ken'ichi Kanemaki, Masashi Kubota, Yasunori Yamada, Tsuyoshi Tamai
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Karen Strassman | Taeko's Mother |
| Tony Pope | Kaoru's Grandfather |
| Sôichirô Hoshi | Kaoru Hanabishi (voice) |
| Ayako Kawasumi | Aoi Sakuraba (voice) |
| Makoto Higo | Satô (voice) / Nishimoto (voice) |
| Akiko Hiramatsu | Miyabi Kagurazaki (voice) |
| Narumi Hidaka | Young Kaoru (voice) |
| Kan Tokumaru | Patriarch of the Hanabishi Family (voice) |
| Kazuya Nakai | Suzuki (voice) |
| Kazutoshi Hatano | Takashi (voice) |
| Kazumi Takahashi | Yumi (voice) |
| Junko Ishii | Announcer (voice) / Mako-chan (voice) |
| Gara Takashima | Aoi's Mother (voice) |
| Chiharu Suzuka | Kumi Honjô (voice) |
| Sayaka Narita | Tsurube (cat) (voice) |
| Yoshinori Sonobe | Fishmonger (voice) |
| Scott Page-Pagter | Professor Itsuki (voice) |
| Rostislav Prochovnik | Tanaka (voice) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Shôichi Nakazawa | Producer |
| Norihiko Hiroi | Producer |
| Go Haruna | Producer |
| Masaki Sawanobori | Producer |
| Osamu Sunami | Producer |
| Minae Ôtsuka | Producer |
| Satoshi Fujii | Producer |
| Yûichi Sekido | Producer |
| Akihiro Kawamura | Producer |
| Mitsutoshi Ogura | Producer |
| Yuji Matsukura | Producer |
| Michihisa Abe | Producer |
| Yôsuke Kobayashi | Producer |
