

I was watching _Aoi Bungaku_ episode 9 "Run, Melos" plot when I saw this scene
which reminded me of an episode of _Mouryou no Hako_.

![Aoi Bungaku Run! Melos](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cKztil.jpg)

![Mouryou no Hako](https://i.stack.imgur.com/phZcfl.jpg)

Notice that it's the same room and painting on the upper right. They are both
in Showa era and the protagonists are look-a-like.

Is this related or a real place?


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Are the rooms in "Aoi Bungaku" and "Mouryou no Hako" related or a real place?


The painting on the upper-right is just a cover for a fictional magazine, 近代文藝
published by 稀譚舎, from the [source
novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C5%8Dry%C5%8D_no_Hako).

Apparently, the background art and the music that plays during that scene had
been reused and recycled. In fact, if you compare the staff/cast behind
_[Mouryou no
Hako](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10153)_ and
_[Aoi
Bungaku](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11096)_
(for episode 9–10), you see they have a lot in common:

### Staff

  * **Director: Ryosuke Nakamura**
  * **Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko**
  * Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
  * Music: Shusei Murai

### Cast

  * **Tatsumi Sekiguchi/Takada (the protagonists): Hidenobu Kiuchi**
  * Yoriko Kusumoto/Melos' Sister: Mikako Takahashi

which explains the protagonists looking and sounding alike, and the recycling
of the room design as well as the fictional magazine. However, _[Run,
Melos!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run,_Melos!)_ has got nothing to do with
_Mouryou no Hako_ , so the similarities might only confuse people.


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