High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and ordinary life. She aspires to an average lifestyle as a delicate young lady with a handsome boyfriend in the near future. Unfortunately for Yawara, she has an undesirable prodigious talent in Judo, a modern martial art that is neither feminine nor fashionable. Moreover, Yawara is the only granddaughter of the seventh dan Judo master Jigorou Inokuma, who expects her to become a Japanese Judoka superstar of the '90s. Yawara cautiously hides her strength from everyone to maintain a normal reputation but is often pushed to situations when she must exercise her Judo skills. Observing Yawara's immense potential from the shadows, Kousaku Matsuda, a sports reporter from a substandard paper, is willing to do everything he can to bring her into the limelight. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Madhouse
Kitty Films
Oct 16, 1989 to Sep 21, 1992
Manga
Inokuma, Jigorou
Main
Inokuma, Yawara
Main
Adams, Kristin
Supporting
Arakawa, Seinosuke
Supporting
Belkens
Supporting
Davis
Supporting
Deneuve
Supporting
Fujiwara
Supporting
Gen-san
Supporting
Gonzales
Supporting
Gotou, Megumi
Supporting
Gotouda, Sumire
Supporting
Hagoromo, Wife
Supporting
Hagoromo, Chief Clerk
Supporting
Hagoromo, Katsuo
Supporting
Hanazono, Fukuko
Supporting
Yawara! competed against Ranma ½ on Japanese television and achieved higher ratings, although Ranma ½ was more popular internationally. Yawara! had remained quite unknown outside Japan and only got licensed for North American distribution in August 2006, over a decade after its airing period.
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