Barefoot Gen

Synopsis

It's the summer of 1945. 3 years have elapsed since the war between Japan and USA began. Gen is a young boy living a struggling yet satisfying life in the city of Hiroshima, that has been strangely spared by the bombing taken in almost every other Japanese City. Food is scarce, and Gen's family is suffering from severe malnutrition, which endangeres his pregnant mother. There isn't much spare time as Gen and his little brother Shinji help their father and mother at work and try to make sure their family survives the tought times. Little do they know, what the Americans have in store for the city of Hiroshima and as of the 6th of August 1945, their lives are about to change dramatically. (Source: Anime News Network)

Characters & Voice Actors

Ryuta KondoMain

Masaki KoudaJP

Kimie NakaokaMain

Yoshie ShimamuraJP

Gen NakaokaMain

Issei MiyazakiJP

Shinji NakaokaSupporting

Masaki KoudaJP

Eiko NakaokaSupporting

Seiko NakanoJP

NarratorBackground

Tatsuya JouJP

Staff

Taeko NakanishiDialect Guidance

Keiji NakazawaOriginal Creator

Keiji NakazawaProduction

Keiji NakazawaScript

Yoshiaki KawajiriKey Animation

Yasuomi UmetsuKey Animation

Masao MaruyamaDesign

Kazuo OgaArt Director

Relations

SequelBarefoot Gen 2

Recommended

Grave of the FirefliesIn This Corner of the WorldTokyo Magnitude 8.0Who's Left Behind?NAGASAKI 1945: Angelus no KaneGiovanni's IslandJourney to HiroshimaPika Doncocoon – One Summer of GirlhoodNatsufuku No ShoujotachiOn A Paper Crane: Tomoko's AdventureHimeyuri