Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas

May 18, 2006 TV Episode xxxHOLiC

Series titles: xxx ホリック, xxxHOLiC

Studio
Production I.G, CLAMP, Kodansha, Ayakashi Workshop
Animation studio
Production I.G
Distributor
Tokyo Broadcast System, Mainichi Broadcast System

Synopsis

The rainy season is here. Watanuki is complaining about the wet weather. An Amewarashi (rain angel) who "oversees the rain" appears in front of him. She says she has a favor to ask. Then, Yuko forces Watanuki to go to a park with Domeki to "save" the hydrangea flowers...

Characters

Yuko Ichihara, Kimihiro Watanuki, Shizuka Domeki, Himawari Kunogi, Maru, Moro, Mokona

Credits

Directing

Director
Makoto Baba

Writing

Writer
Ageha Okawa
Story Supervisors
Michiko Yokote, Ageha Okawa

Animation

Animator
Fumiko Urawa (Animation Director)

Voices

Voice
Sayaka Ohara (Yuko Ichihara), Jun Fukuyama (Kimihiro Watanuki), Kazuya Nakai (Shizuka Domeki), Shizuka Ito (Himawari Kunogi), Kazuko Kojima (Maru), Hisayo Mochizuki (Moro), Mika Kikuchi (Mokona)

Music

Music
S.E.N.S. Project

Editing

Editor
Taeko Hamauzu

Crew

Art Director
Hiromasa Ogura
Character Design
Kazuchika Kise
Storyboards
Tsutomu Mizushima
Accessory Design
Minoru Ueda
Color Setting
Idumi Hirose
Director of Photography
Yohei Konishi
Sound Director
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Series Composition
Ageha Ohkawa, Michiko Yokote

Companies and other credits

  • Original Manga: CLAMP (Mokona, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, Satsuki Igarashi)(Published in "Weekly Young Magazine, " Kodansha)

Production notes

After the feature film "xxxHOLiC - A Midsummer Night's Dream" was released in the summer of 2005, CLAMP and Production I.G continued their collaboration with a brand- new TV series. This time, the whole series concept was supervised by Michiko Yokote ("Cowboy Bebop," "Bleach") and CLAMP's Ageha Okawa in person.

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