Now and Then, Here and There (1999)

Action · Adventure · Animation

Shu is a typical Japanese boy, but has an unbeatable, optimistic and determined attitude. However, when he sees a mysterious girl with strange eyes named Lala-Ru up on a smokestack, he is soon pulled into a strange desert world. Shu soon discovers the true terrors of war, which includes genocide, brutal torture, hunger, thirst, and child explotation. Now Shu is trying to save Lala-Ru, as well as his hard earned, and often relunctant, new friends from the insane dictator, Hamdo. Whether Shu can possibly accomplish saving those he cares about while still holding up to his values remains to be seen.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (2,224 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

7.60 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 8.3 25 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Girl Admiring the Sunset	7.2	65
2	A Boy and a Mad King	7.5	56
3	A Feast in the Dark	8.1	52
4	Discord	7.3	49
5	Murder	7.2	49
6	Disappearance in a Sandstorm	7.9	49
7	Night of Flight	7.7	47
8	Two Lone Souls	7.3	48
9	In the Chasm	7.2	49
10	Prelude to Chaos	7.4	45
11	Eve of Destruction	7.5	44
12	This Bloody Earth	8.2	47
13	Now and Then, Here and There	8.3	79