Gravitation: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The story surrounds an aspiring singer, Shuichi Shindou, and his band, Bad Luck (formed with his best friend Hiroshi Nakano, who is on guitar). Shuichi wants to become Japan's next big star, and follow in the footsteps of the famous idol Ryuichi Sakuma, lead singer of the now-disbanded legendary group Nittle Grasper. One evening, Shuichi is looking over lyrics for a song he was writing when his paper is blown away by the wind and picked up by a tall, blond haired (light brown in the manga) stranger. The man dismisses Shuichi's hard work as garbage, which hurts Shuichi deeply. Despite his anger, he is intrigued by the stranger. This will be their first encounter as Shuichi becomes fascinated by the stranger, who soon turns out to be the famous romance novelist, Eiri Yuki (real name: Uesugi). Both the manga and the anime follow this plot.

Series details

• Title: Gravitation
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Music, Romance
• Premiere date: 2000-10-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-01-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 22 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 19455
• IMDb ID: tt0331743
• TVDB ID: 80456

Cast and credited roles

• Yasunori Matsumoto — Hiroshi Nakano
• Ai Orikasa — Tohma Seguchi
• Tomokazu Seki — Shuuichi Shindou
• Kazuhiko Inoue — Eiri Yuki

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-10-04; final listed air date 2001-01-10; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Gravitation on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.