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Now and Then, Here and There (1999–2000)

Ima, soko ni iru boku

Can one child stop a war?

1 season13 episodes25 min per episode★ 7.8 · 2,231 votes

• 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.

First aired

October 14, 1999

Last episode

January 20, 2000

Network

WOWOW Prime

Country of origin

Japan