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Wandering Son is a 2011 Coming of age drama series from the longtime Japanese animation studio, Anime International Company (AIC) Classic. Though the studio hasn’t created anything other than a three-episode Original Net Animation within the middle of 2010s and viewing any anime ranking website, this series tends to be among the top. Can a series that the studio has more or less taken a long hiatus still show that it’s a favorable animation studio?...
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