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Format
TV
Episodes
13
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Spring 2010
Aired
2010-04-05 to 2010-06-28
Source
Manga
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Comedy
Romance
Seinen
Studios
Shaft
Producers
Square Enix
Starchild Records
Rakuonsha
Licensors
NIS America, Inc.
Arakawa Under the Bridge (荒川アンダー ザ ブリッジ)
Kou Ichinomiya is the son of a wealthy businessman who holds a firm belief in his elite status. As such, he is determined to avoid becoming indebted to anyone; but one day, after a run-in with some mischievous kids on Arakawa Bridge, he ends up falling into the river running underneath. Luckily for him, a passerby is there to save him—but now, he owes his life to this stranger! Angered by this, Kou insists on paying her back, but this may just be the worst deal the arrogant businessman has ever made. The stranger—a stoic, tracksuit-wearing homeless girl known only as Nino—lives in a cardboard box under the bridge and wants only one thing: to fall in love. Asking Kou to be her boyfriend, he has no choice but to accept, forcing him to move out of his comfortable home and start a new life under the bridge! [Written by MAL Rewrite]