Amefuri Kozou English Sub & Dub

About Amefuri Kozou

Amefuri Kozou arrives as a fantasy anime by Tezuka Productions (1983), and the premise is easy to summarize. In short: This is the second story of "The Lion Books" series. A boy crosses paths with a lonely little umbrella ghost wearing Geta.

Along the way, he promises the ghost that he will give it a pair of rain boots in exchange for three wishes. The boy, however, grows up completely forgetting the promise. One day, when he happens to remember the ghost, he rushes back to that bridge in his hometown, to the Rain Boy...This is a moving, sweet hometown fantasy about a gentle ghost and a forgotten promise.

As a fantasy title, world-building, magic systems and creature design set the tone. If you count yourself among fans of magic, kingdoms and invented worlds, put it on your list.

Production & Appeal

Tezuka Productions is the studio behind Amefuri Kozou, and its direction shapes everything from character design to motion. The fantasy focus matters here: world-building, magic systems and creature design set the tone. With a 6.2/10 score, it is more of a niche pick than a universal crowd-pleaser. It aired in 1983, which makes it easy to place in the wider anime calendar.