Appare-Ranman!
During the back-end of the 19th century, the genius but socially awkward engineer Sorano Appare and the wise yet cowardly samurai Isshiki Kosame find themselves drifting in the sea between Japan and America. With no money, the duo decide to enter the Trans-America Wild Race to win the prize money so they can get home. The two encounter rivals, bandits, and challenges in the wilderness as they race through America, from the starting line in Los Angeles to the finish line in New York, in the steam-powered car they built.
Overview
During the back-end of the 19th century, the genius but socially awkward engineer Sorano Appare and the wise yet cowardly samurai Isshiki Kosame find themselves drifting in the sea between Japan and America. With no money, the duo decide to enter the Trans-America Wild Race to win the prize money so they can get home. The two encounter rivals, bandits, and challenges in the wilderness as they race through America, from the starting line in Los Angeles to the finish line in New York, in the steam-powered car they built.
Naoto Nakamura
Producer
Episodes
![Sunny [Appare], With Occasional Showers [Kosame]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/tD9SBu0M3FsYfiaJuWXv58dOTPR.jpg)
1. Sunny [Appare], With Occasional Showers [Kosame]
At the end of the 19th century, mechanical engineer Appare is thrown in jail for upsetting one of the town’s elite, who then also appoints young swordsman Kosame to keep an eye on him. But Kosame finds keeping Appare out of trouble to be a challenge.
2. In the Dark
Stranded in Los Angeles, Appare and Kosame must find work in order to survive, but their options are limited. The pair learn of a transcontinental auto race being held soon, and Appare sets his mind to winning it, while Kosame is anxious to get home.
3. Duel
Appare and Kosame take in Hototo and dress his injuries. Al Lyon, representing the BNW motor company, arrives in Los Angeles and wants to rent the storehouse that the pair are staying in, so Appare proposes that they race for it.
Cast & Crew
Natsuki Hanae
Appare (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Sophia (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
Hototo (voice)
Soma Saito
Al (voice)
Sora Amamiya
Gin (voice)
Seiichiro Yamashita
Kosame (voice)
