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Smart-san (1978)
Benio Hanamura is a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tokyo during the Taisho era. Benio lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy—contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions, and isn't as interested in housewife duties as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman's right to a career and to marry for love. Benio's best friends are the beautiful Tamaki, who is much more feminine than Benio but equally interested in women's rights, and Ranmaru, a young man who was raised to play female roles in the kabuki theater and as a result has acquired very effeminate mannerisms.
Keywords: tmdb.shoujo,
tmdb.anime,
imdb.historical-fiction,
imdb.fictional-war,
imdb.based-on-comic-book,
imdb.manga,
imdb.1900s + 2 more,
imdb.anime-animation,
imdb.1920s
Production companies: Nippon Animation
Network: ANIMAX
Runtime: 1008 min.
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Released: Feb. 20, 1978
Last Air Date: Feb. 14, 1979, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
