
Now and Then, Here and There ·今、そこにいる僕Can one child stop a war?
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.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Oct 14, 1999
- Popularity: 11.5444
- 43 votes
- Networks
- (JP)
- Production
Anime International Company (JP)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Jan 20, 2000
Last episode: Now and Then, Here and There
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 13 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1A Girl Admiring the Sunset25 min
Happy-go-lucky boy Shu encounters a mysterious girl, and is drawn into time warp that thrusts him into a hellish future.
Episode 2A Boy and a Mad King25 min
Lala-Ru is captured by Abelia’s men, but her magical pendant escapes with Shu at the last moment.
Episode 3A Feast in the Dark25 min
While imprisoned, Shu meets a fragile blue-eyed girl named Sara who found her way to this hellish future under similar circumstances.
Episode 4Discord25 min
The young soldiers have their marching orders: Search the entire ship from top to bottom for Lala-Ru’s missing pendant.
Episode 5Murder25 min
King Hamdo’s frustration reaches a boiling point as the mission to recover the pendant continues to be fruitless.
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