Akagi (Animation, Japanese)
Genres: Drama, Anime, Thriller
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2005-10-05
Ended: 2006-03-29
Network: NTV
Country: JP
Airs on: Wednesday
Runtime: 25 minutes
One stormy night, Nangou is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon, he finds himself on a losing streak. If Nangou loses, he will have to pay with his life. Suddenly, a young teenaged boy, Akagi Shigeru, barges in, drenched from the rain. After watching a couple of games, he offers to replace the struggling Nangou. At that moment, a new legend was born.