Barefoot Gen
MovieFinished

Barefoot Gen

Gen d'Hiroshima

Hadashi no Gen

Madhouse

Genres

  • Award Winning
  • Drama

Tags

all 8
  • TimeHistorical100
  • OtherWar91
  • OtherAutobiographical90
  • OtherGore85
  • Main CastMale Protagonist68
  • Main CastPrimarily Child Cast60
  • TraitsNudity54
  • OtherEducational40

Genres: Award Winning, Drama. Tags: Historical, War, Autobiographical, Gore, Male Protagonist, Primarily Child Cast, Nudity, Educational.

#1231

Ranked

#3214

Popularity

189

Favorites

15.6K

Members

Episode Progress

Complete

1 / 1 episodes aired

All 1 episodes available on RetroCrush

Movie1 / 1 epsFinished7.77
Madhouse
Aired
Jul 21, 1983 –
Duration
23 min
Time to Complete
1h 23m
Rating
PG - Children
Studio
Madhouse

Alternative Titles

jaはだしのゲン

en-x-romajiHadashi no Gen

frGen d'Hiroshima: Le Film

enGen of Hiroshima

deBarfuß durch Hiroshima: Der Film

enBarfuss durch Hiroshima

enGen d'Hiroshima

undBoso przez Hiroszimę

undBarfuß durch Hiroshima

Synopsis

Hadashi no Gen won the Oufuji Noburou Award at the Mainichi Film Awards in 1983. The film was released on DVD as Barefoot Gen by Image Entertainment on April 27, 1999. Discotek Media remastered the film and published it on Blu-ray and DVD on December 26, 2017.

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Platform Scores

MAL

7.77

Canonical
Rank #1231Votes 22.9K

AniList

74 / 100

Trend 0Popularity 15.6K

Kitsu

75 / 100

Rank #2293Users 4.5KRuntime 1h 23m

AniList Trend

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Episode Guide

Aired so far: 1 / 1

Main Story

1 / 1

100%

Latest Aired

Episode 1

Remaining

Fully available

Aired so far

Movies: 1

Theme Songs

Openings

1

Ima Sugu Ai ga Hoshii (今すぐ愛がほしい)

HARRY

Endings

1

Doko kara Kite Doko e Iku no Ka (どこから来てどこへ行くのか)

HARRY

Status Breakdown

15,596users
Planning8,52254.6%
Completed6,64942.6%
Watching2451.6%
Paused990.6%
Dropped810.5%

Tags

Shows how closely each tag relates to this anime
Time1
Historical
100
Other4
War
91
Autobiographical
90
Gore
85
Educational
40
Main Cast2
Male Protagonist
68
Primarily Child Cast
60
Traits1
Nudity
54
Show spoiler tags4
Drama1
Tragedy
100
Other2
Body Horror
86
Found Family
79
Organisations1
Military
60

Relations

1986
Barefoot Gen 2

Barefoot Gen 2

SequelMovie
Finished
·1986·1 ep

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