The famed anime director Osamu Dezaki (Ashita no Joe, Aim For The Ace!, Lupin III movies) will debut his Genji Monogatari Sen-nen-ki Genji (The Tale of Genji: A Millennium-Old Journal: Genji) television anime version of a classic Japanese novel in January. The project originally began as an anime adaptation of Asakiyumemishi – The Tale of Genji, Waki Yamato’s historical shōjo manga retelling of the same novel about a motherless prince and his descendants. However, Dezaki decided that he wanted to bypass the manga version and write and direct a more direct interpretation of the original novel itself. The anime will celebrate the thousand-year anniversary of the original novel, although the exact date of its writing is unknown.

Tomoko Konparu (NANA, Nodame Cantabile) will supervise the scripts, and Jirou Kouno (Hi no Tori, Black Jack The Movie) will provide art direction. Dezaki’s longtime collaborator Akio Sugino (Ashita no Joe, Aim For The Ace!) will design the characters and oversee the animation, while Seiji Suzuki (Rose of Versailles, Clannad movie) will direct the music. Dezaki’s new anime series will be the latest of many manga and anime adaptations of The Tale of Genji.

Direct Downloads:

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Torrent:

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Genji Monogatari Sennenki Episode 1 is an episode from the anime series: Genji Monogatari Sennenki. Check out the Genji Monogatari Sennenki page for more episodes to download from the same series.

30 Comments on “Genji Monogatari Sennenki Episode 1”

Kami-sama Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 5:51 am

whatz diz??

Linkinlegend Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 5:52 am

yehh what is this?? XD

weika Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 5:55 am

Genji…as in the historical whatchamacallit? awesome, thanks in advance.

Kami-sama Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 5:56 am

ohh… thanks for the summmary :D

SirMuffin Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 6:07 am

Is this the art for the actual thing? Looks really… detailed. I guess I’ll give it one episode first.

cucumkid Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 6:09 am

The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji Monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century, around the peak of the Heian Period. It is sometimes called the world’s first novel.

Should be interesting about the romances and affairs of Genji as he seeks position amongst the scheming and complexities of the imperial court.

This with The Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West are some of the most famous ancient stories in the East.

ARTHURIUSS Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 6:15 am

the manga dealt mostly with genjis relatoinships with his wives and cocubines.

DREADLORD Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 6:40 am

Will give it a shot

Duratrix Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 7:07 am

hmm gonna check it out, but don’t know if I’ll keep watching this.

Zombie272 Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 7:26 am

i don`t like strict romance anime … however i may give it a shot ..

Hoax Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 7:54 am

Seems interesting enough. Will try it. (:

aznkidxD Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 8:15 am

ooo
i give this a try when i get back

airtioteclint Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 10:55 am

picture sold me.

rafaelinux Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 11:40 am

Hmmm.. I don’t like the pic, plus and 1000 year old story.. uhmm.. naah..

Booyadude Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 11:45 am

I feel that this is more a show for the Japanese and not us weaboos to appreciate.

Otakuevin Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 11:58 am

im Japanese!
But i amnot interested in histor XD

cucumkid Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

It is a bit chic fliccy. Not sure what to make of it, even if it’s an ancient classic. I always like how watching an anime adaptation can save you from having to read the thing but…

I’ll watch a few more, see if I get into it, but this seems very shoujo, and not in the good way like Nodame or Lovecom.

sunshine Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

hmm looks alright i might try it :)

Tony Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

I think i’ll download it looks like its from a good book

ThatGuy Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

I’ll give my (worthless) opinion after I watch the first episode. You know what they say, don’t knock it till you try it.

Thanks for always bringing us new, sometimes odd, material Veritias.

ThatGuy Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

X (…..zzzZZZZ, Huh? Wha? Oh, it’s over. I’m sure it would make a great book, and I’m sure the book was way better. It’s a great look into the lives and mindset of people from that era. However, something like this is just not suited for the story telling media of anime.

aznkidxD Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 5:51 pm

lols surprisingly (serious, not sarcasm) i have to agree with ThatGuy.

it kinda boring for an anime.

nigma Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

something differnt, checking/downloading it later on thnx though =)

ayame Says:
January 17th, 2009 at 9:54 pm

I’m so happy to see that this story has been done into an anime… i studied it in my portuguese class and well, loved it ever since. Thanks so much for the upload!!!!!

xxxxsharpie Says:
January 18th, 2009 at 6:21 am

Sweetness! I was reading the manga for a while, nice to see it come out as an anime.

noob Says:
January 22nd, 2009 at 3:58 pm

omg I actually plan on continuing on an anime that doesn’t have any moe or bish.

SHOW THE DIRECTOR SOME <3

analwsimos Says:
March 10th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

:) this Anime is great..a lot of emotions in the air/nice graphics/historical..:)

waiting for the other episodes! :)))

RageRunner Says:
March 11th, 2009 at 10:50 pm

I think the torrent link is down o.o could someone please repost it?

TaiLzx Says:
March 14th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

is there only one episode that is subbed right now? I checked anidb and that seems to be the case…

flusswest Says:
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:00 am

seiyuu of suzaku from code geass is voicing the main character in this show!

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