The Apothecary Diaries
A poison expert conscripted into the imperial rear palace, solving what everyone else is covering up.
The Apothecary Diaries opens with a main title sequence of 101 seconds.
At 101 seconds, it opens well above the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Tokyo MX in 2023, when Hell's Paradise and Oshi no Ko were also on the network.
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Season 1
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