Shibuya
- Studio
- NTV, VAP, Production I.G
- Animation studio
- Production I.G
- Distributor
- Anime Works
Synopsis
A mysterious white dog has been spotted near Shibuya Station. Some people believe that it is the ghost of Hachiko, the famous loyal dog who had waited for his master's return for 10 years. Hikaru is at the bus rotary near Shibuya Station East Exit to gather some information about this strange ghost story, when she encounters the mysterious man with a long coat, who Hikaru presumes may know about her brother Raiko. Hikaru tries to follow him, but the man disappears right in front of a shinto shrine.
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
- Jun Takahashi
- Series Director
- Mizuho Nishikubo, Mizuho Nishikubo
Writing
- Writer
- Junichi Fujisaku
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
Animation
- Animator
- Koichi Hatsumi (Animation Director)
- Series Animation Director
- Kazuchika Kise, Kazuchika Kise
Art Department
- Character Design
- Kazuchika Kise
- Original Character Concept
- Sho-u Tajima
- Color Designator
- Kumiko Yusa
Camera
- Cinematography
- Miki Sakuma
Editing
- Editor
- Taeko Hamauzu, Taeko Hamauzu
Sound
- Sound Director
- Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Crew
- Plot Supervisor
- Yoshiki Sakurai
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...