Otogizoushi
- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 26
- Episode Duration
- 23 minutes
- Status
- finished
- Start Date
- 7-7-2004
- End Date
- 3-30-2005
- Season
- summer 2004
- Average Score
- 6.3
- Mean Score
- 6.5
- Studios
- Production I.G
- Producers
- VAP Media Blasters Nippon Television Network
- Source
- original
- Genres
- Adventure Drama Fantasy Supernatural
The year is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from famine and widespread disease. Unable to ignore the condition of the city any longer, the Imperial Court decides to send Minamoto no Raiko, a famous samurai well-known for his archery skills, to recover a legendary gem said to hold mysterious power to save the world. However Raiko also falls ill to disease. Instead his youngest sister, Hikaru, decides secretely to make the journey in his place. Hikaru meets many people, and has many adventures while on her trip for the legendary gem.
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Relations
Characters
Mansairaku
main
Shinichirou Miki
Japanese
Minamoto no Hikaru
main
Fumie Mizusawa
Japanese
Watanabe no Tsuna
main
Kenta Miyake
Japanese
Raikou Minamoto
main
Shinichirou Miki
Japanese
Urabe Suetake
main
Kumi Sakuma
Japanese
Sadamitsu Usui
main
Ooki Sugiyama
Japanese
Staff
Shouu Tajima
Character Design
Kazuchika Kise
Character Design
Shichirou Kobayashi
Art Director (eps 1-13)
Hideki Taniuchi
Music (eps 1-13)
Hideyo Yamamoto
Episode Director (eps 3, 7, 12, 23)
Kazuchika Kise
Chief Animation Director
Recommendations
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Mansairaku
main
Shinichirou Miki
Japanese
Minamoto no Hikaru
main
Fumie Mizusawa
Japanese
Watanabe no Tsuna
main
Kenta Miyake
Japanese
Raikou Minamoto
main
Shinichirou Miki
Japanese
Urabe Suetake
main
Kumi Sakuma
Japanese
Sadamitsu Usui
main
Ooki Sugiyama
Japanese
Kintaro
main
Wasabi Mizuta
Japanese
Matsumushi
main
Kuzume
supporting
Mayumi Asano
Japanese
Shouu Tajima
Character Design
Kazuchika Kise
Character Design
Shichirou Kobayashi
Art Director (eps 1-13)
Hideki Taniuchi
Music (eps 1-13)
Hideyo Yamamoto
Episode Director (eps 3, 7, 12, 23)
Kazuchika Kise
Chief Animation Director
Manabu Oohashi
Layout
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Planning
Chieko Ochi
Theme Song Performance (ED)
Junichi Fujisaku
Script (eps 3, 5, 9, 14, 19, 22)
Yuu Kou
Episode Director (eps 9, 24)
Kaoru Suzuki
Episode Director (ep 22)
Atsushi Wakabayashi
Storyboard (eps 6, 7, 11, 16, 20)
Masahiro Andou
Storyboard (ep 25)
Hideyo Yamamoto
Storyboard (ep 12, 23)
Hideki Itou
Animation Supervisor (ep 17)
Akiharu Ishii
Animation Director (ep 1)
Takashi Saijou
Animation Director (eps 2, 8)
Tooru Ookubo
Animation Director (eps 3, 7, 14, 24)
Tooru Ookubo
Assistant Animation Director (ep 15)
Chisato Kawaguchi
Key Animation (ep 10)
Chikara Sakurai
Key Animation (ep 20)
Tooru Ookubo
Key Animation (eps 3, 12, 16, 24)
Tetsuo Hirakawa
Key Animation (ep 5, 12, 17, 22)
Miyako Yatsu
Key Animation (ep 1, 3)
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