2,500 years ago, the Jewish people were under the rule of the powerful Medo-Persia. Many Jews settled in this country and lived freely believing in their God, Jehovah, with the permission of King Ahasuerus. Mordecai, a virtuous Jew who worked at the palace gate, had a pretty cousin named Esther who had lost her parents at an early age. Esther, who had a gentle and wise personality, later became the queen of the great empire of Medo-Persia. Meanwhile, Haman, who had a cruel personality, plotted with the king that Mordecai was disobeying the king's law and committing anti-national acts, and the king, enraged, ordered all the Jews to be killed. Queen Esther risked her life to save her people.
Empress Esther has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: Empress Esther
Genres: Drama , Historical , Religion
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5. Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Owarinaki Tabi
2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. While he travels he meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future and a monk with only one eye. Overwhelmed by the sufferings he witnesses around him, Siddhartha strives to restore peace. Meanwhile, Prince Ruri of Kosara begins his attack on the Shakya clan.
BUDDHA 2 has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 手塚治虫のブッダ－終わりなき旅－, Osamu Tezuka's Buddha Movie 2: Endless Trip
4. Tenmaku no Jaadugar
After losing her mother and her homeland, Sitara’s despair transforms into determination with the power of knowledge. New possibilities unfold when a family of scholars takes her in, deepening her education. Meanwhile, Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire conquers nation after nation, nearing Sitara’s new home. After the Fourth Prince of the empire takes her captive, a flame of revenge is ignited.
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia is currently airing and will have 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 天幕のジャードゥーガル, A Witch's Life in Mongol
3. Hi no Tori
Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who drinks it. Therefore many seek to kill it, but as the Phoenix of the tale, it's reborn from the ashes. Stories take place in future and the past, where humans fight with each other as always, and everyone is afraid to die. But still, every story teaches a lesson: Life is beginning of an eternity, an never-ending cycle.
Bird of Fire has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 火の鳥, Hinotori, The Phoenix
2. Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku
In ancient Nepal, the lives of the re plagued by drought, famine, constant warfare and the injustices of the strict caste system. The intertwining lives of many unhappy souls are drawn together by the birth of the young prince Siddhartha, who embarks on a spiritual journey, becomes Buddha, "the Enlightened One," and attempts to bring about a spiritual rebirth of the people in this desperate age.
BUDDHA has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 手塚治虫のブッダ－赤い砂漠よ！美しく－, Osamu Tezuka's Buddha Movie 1: The Red Desert! It's Beautiful, Buddha: The Great Departure
1. Kaguya-hime no Monogatari
Okina is a bamboo cutter in ancient rural Japan. One day in the forest, he finds a tiny baby in the folds of a bamboo shoot. He brings the creature home to his wife Ounaa and they decide to keep her and raise her as a princess. She is clearly not of this world. Kaguya grows at an unnatural rate, soon maturing into an uncommonly beautiful young woman. Since Okina has now also found a cache of gold and treasure in the forest, every suitor wants Kaguya. But this is not a fairy tale of courtship and marriage.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: かぐや姫の物語, Kaguyahime no Monogatari, Princess Kaguya Story
