Ueno
- Studio
- NTV, VAP, Production I.G
- Animation studio
- Production I.G
- Distributor
- Anime Works
Synopsis
Flames run across the dark surface of the Shinobazu pond, where myriads of lotus are blooming. Raging blazes embrace hundreds of cherry trees that proudly blossomed out of season, as well as the entire forest of Ueno. The flames advance to Hikaru's legs, clothes, fingers, and the whole body, making her completely immovable. Her screams echo through the night.
Characters
Hikaru (Minamoto no Hikaru), Tsuna (Watanabe no Tsuna), Sadamitsu, Urabe, Kintaro, Mansairaku, Abe no Seimei, Urabe no Suetake, Villagers; English Version: Aya's Father, Minister of the Left, Regent, Mansairaku, Minister of the Right, Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Totate, Watanabe no Tsuna, Minamoto no Raiko, Taroumaru, Hoshikuma, Minamoto no Hikaru, Usui no Sadamitsu, Emperor, Abe no Seimei, Tabigeinin
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Junya Koshiba
- Series Director
- Mizuho Nishikubo
Writing
- Writer
- Yoshiki Sakurai
Animation
- Animator
- Yuki Kinoshita (Animation Director)
- Series Animation Director
- Kazuchika Kise
Voices
- Voice
- Fumie Mizusawa (Hikaru [Minamoto no Hikaru]), Kenta Miyake (Tsuna [Watanabe no Tsuna]), Oki Sugiyama (Sadamitsu), Kumi Sakuma (Urabe), Wasabi Mizuta (Kintaro), Shinichirô Miki (Mansairaku), Kan Tokumaru (Abe no Seimei), Kumi Sakuma (Urabe no Suetake), Yasuhiro (Villager 2), Michael Forest (Minister of the Left), Barbara Goodson (Narrator), Steve Kramer (Regent), Lex Lang (Mansairaku), Joey Lotsko (Minister of the Right), Dave Mallow (Tabigeinin A), Michael McConnohie (Minamoto no Mitsunaka), Tony Oliver (Totate), Jamieson Price (Watanabe no Tsuna), Steve Staley (Minamoto no Raiko), Doug Stone (Taroumaru), Paul St. Peter (Tabigeinin B), Kim Strauss (Hoshikuma), Julie Ann Taylor (Minamoto no Hikaru), Kirk Thornton (Usui no Sadamitsu), Ezra Weisz (Emperor), Tom Wyner (Abe no Seimei)
Music
- Music
- Kenji Kawai
Editing
- Editor
- Taeko Hamauzu
Crew
- Plot Supervisor
- Yoshiki Sakurai
- Original Character Concept
- Sho-u Tajima
- Character Design
- Kazuchika Kise
- Series Director
- Mizuho Nishikubo
- Series Animation Director
- Kazuchika Kise
- Cinematography
- Miki Sakuma
- Color Designator
- Kumiko Yusa
- Sound Director
- Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
- Editor
- Taeko Hamauzu
Companies and other credits
- Voice: English Version: Joe Cappelletti (Aya's Father)
- Original Concept: Production I.G
- Original Concept: NTV
Production notes
Starting from Episode 14, Otogi Zoshi enters its second half. A new chapter set in present-time Tokyo is about to begin!
Tokyo, 2004.
Hikaru is a 17-year-old high school student. Both of her parents have already deceased, which leaves her the landlady of their apartment housing called Minamoto Heights. While her tenants include unique characters such as the freelance writer Tsuna, the weird fortuneteller Urabe, and the pimp Sadamitsu, who has a gluttonous little boy named Kintaro. Her elder brother, Raiko, has been found to be missing for about a year now.
Then one day, Hikaru witnesses her missing brother in the busy city of Tokyo, but Tsuna, who was with her at that time, apparently didn't.
After this unexpected accident, many people around her start to disappear as if they were spirited away. Something really strange is about to happen in Tokyo...
Tokyo, 2004.
Hikaru is a 17-year-old high school student. Both of her parents have already deceased, which leaves her the landlady of their apartment housing called Minamoto Heights. While her tenants include unique characters such as the freelance writer Tsuna, the weird fortuneteller Urabe, and the pimp Sadamitsu, who has a gluttonous little boy named Kintaro. Her elder brother, Raiko, has been found to be missing for about a year now.
Then one day, Hikaru witnesses her missing brother in the busy city of Tokyo, but Tsuna, who was with her at that time, apparently didn't.
After this unexpected accident, many people around her start to disappear as if they were spirited away. Something really strange is about to happen in Tokyo...