Tamayura

This article is about the anime series. For the Kitarō album, see Kitarō discography.
Tamayura

Cover of the first manga volume featuring (clockwise from bottom right) Fū, Kaoru, Maon, and Norie.
たまゆら
Genre Slice of life
Manga
Written by Junichi Sato
Illustrated by Momo
Published by Mag Garden
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Eden
Original run October 8, 2010 – March 11, 2011
Volumes 1
Original video animation
Directed by Junichi Sato
Written by Junichi Sato
Reiko Yoshida
Music by Nobuyuki Nakajima
Studio Hal Film Maker
Licensed by
Released November 26, 2010 – December 23, 2010
Runtime 15 minutes each
Episodes 4
Anime television series
Tamayura: Hitotose
Directed by Junichi Sato
Music by Nobuyuki Nakajima
Studio TYO Animations
Licensed by
Network AT-X
Original run October 3, 2011 – December 19, 2011
Episodes 12
Manga
Tamayura: Hitotose
Written by Junichi Sato
Illustrated by Momo
Published by Mag Garden
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Eden
Original run October 5, 2011 – January 20, 2013
Volumes 3
Original video animation
Tamayura: Hitotose
Directed by Junichi Sato
Written by Junichi Sato
Reiko Yoshida
Music by Nobuyuki Nakajima
Studio TYO Animations
Released June 27, 2012
Runtime 24 minutes
Anime television series
Tamayura: More Aggressive
Directed by Junichi Sato
Music by Nobuyuki Nakajima
Studio TYO Animations
Network AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, NHK Hiroshma, tvk, SUN-TV, TVQ
Original run July 3, 2013 – September 18, 2013
Episodes 12
Original video animation
Tamayura: More Aggressive
Directed by Junichi Sato
Written by Junichi Sato
Music by Nobuyuki Nakajima
Studio TYO Animations
Released June 14, 2014
Runtime 24 minutes
Anime film
Tamayura ~Sotsugyō Shashin~ Dai-1-bu Me -Kizashi-
Directed by Junichi Sato
Music by Nobuyuki Nakajima
Studio TYO Animations
Released April 4, 2015
Runtime 51 minutes
Anime film
Tamayura ~Sotsugyō Shashin~ Dai-2-bu -Hibiki-
Directed by Junichi Sato
Music by Nobuyuki Nakajima
Studio TYO Animations
Released August 29, 2015
Runtime 52 minutes
Anime film
Tamayura ~Sotsugyō Shashin~ Dai-3-bu -Akogare-
Directed by Junichi Sato
Music by Nobuyuki Nakajima
Studio TYO Animations
Released November 28, 2015
Runtime 51 minutes
Anime film
Tamayura ~Sotsugyō Shashin~ Dai-4-bu Asa -Ashita-
Directed by Junichi Sato
Music by Nobuyuki Nakajima
Studio TYO Animations
Released April 2, 2016

Tamayura (たまゆら) is a Japanese anime series written and directed by Junichi Sato. The initial four-episode original video animation (OVA) series was produced by Hal Film Maker and released over two Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes in November and December 2010. A 12-episode anime TV series produced by TYO Animations, titled Tamayura: Hitotose, aired in Japan between October and December 2011. A second TV anime season, Tamayura: More Aggressive, aired between July and September 2013. A four-part animated film series adapt the final year of the story; three were released in 2015 with the final film to be released in 2016. Two manga adaptations illustrated by Momo have been published by Mag Garden.

Plot

Tamayura centers around a young girl named Fū Sawatari who moves to Takehara, Hiroshima to begin her first year of high school. Her late father grew up in Takehara and this is her first time back in the town in five years. Fū enjoys photography and is often engrossed with taking pictures with her father's old Rollei 35 S film camera. A shy girl, Fū tries her best to make friends early on, spurred on by her childhood friend Kaoru Hanawa. She quickly becomes friends with two other girls, Maon Sakurada and Norie Okazaki. After a year has passed, Fū forms a photography club and meets fellow photographer Kanae Mitani.

Characters

Main characters

Fū Sawatari (沢渡 楓 Sawatari Fū)
Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu
A high school girl with a love of photography. She uses a Rollei 35S camera passed on to her by her late father and is particularly interested in finding pictures containing specks of lights which she refers to as 'Tamayura'. She is a little clumsy and will often hurt herself while trying to find the perfect shot. She also has a habit of adding 'na no de' to her sentences. She is nicknamed "Potte" (ぽって) after the noise she makes when she nervously walks.
Kaoru Hanawa (塙 かおる Hanawa Kaoru)
Voiced by: Kana Asumi
Fū's childhood friend who used to play with her back when Fū first lived in Takehara. She has a self-proclaimed 'smell fetish', taking interest in all sorts of smells, and her hobby is making various blends of pot pourri.
Maon Sakurada (桜田 麻音 Sakurada Maon)
Voiced by: Yuko Gibu
A somewhat quiet girl who often likes to whistle. She dreams of becoming a children's book author.
Norie Okazaki (岡崎 のりえ Okazaki Norie)
Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi
An excitable girl who is infatuated with Fū's little brother, Kou. She enjoys making various sweets and cakes and dreams of becoming a patissiere.
Kanae Mitani (三谷 かなえ Mitani Kanae)
Voiced by: Ai Kayano
Introduced in Tamayura: More Aggressive. A local girl who is Fū's senior in high school, who joins her photography club. Like Fū, she also enjoys photography and uses a Pentax Q camera.

Family members

Kou Sawatari (沢渡 香 Sawatari Kō)
Voiced by: Kanako Miyamoto
Fū's little brother, who is sometimes mistaken for a girl. He is the one who rekindled Fū's love of photography following their father's death.
Tamae Sawatari (沢渡 珠恵 Sawatari Tamae)
Voiced by: Megumi Ogata
Fū and Kou's mother who decided to move to Takehara after Fū expressed a desire to return there. She works in her mother's café, often trying out new recipes.
Fū's grandmother (楓の祖母 Fū no Sobo)
Voiced by: Kanako Miyamoto
Fū and Kou's grandmother who runs a café where Fū and her family live.
Kazuma Sawatari (沢渡 和馬 Sawatari Kazuma)
Fū's father, who died before the start of the story.
Sayomi Hanawa (塙 さよみ Hanawa Sayomi)
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara
Kaoru's older sister and the one who gave Fū her nickname. Her hobby is exploring small, undiscovered places and she often takes Fū and her friends on lengthy trips.

Supporting characters

Riho Shihomi (志保美 りほ Shihomi Riho)
Voiced by: Erino Hazuki
A professional photographer who took an interest in Fū after she sent her some of her photos. She gave Fū a train ticket with no destination, which is a symbol of the direction one wants to take in life.
Chihiro Mihoshi (三次 ちひろ Mihoshi Chihiro)
Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki
Fū's middle school friend during her time in Shioiri, who nicknames her "Fū-nyon". She often makes various stuffed animals and often cries easily. She made the cat shaped camera case that Fū keeps her father's camera in.
Hinomaru (日の丸) /Maestro (マエストロ Maesutoro)
Voiced by: Jōji Nakata
The owner of a photo shop who is skilled with cameras and often flirts with female customers.
Chimo Yakusa (八色 ちも Yakusa Chimo)
Voiced by: Miyu Matsuki
The owner of the Hoboro okonomiyaki store, who is affectionately known as Hoboro-san. She is quite passionate about making okonomiyaki.
Kazutarou Dougou (堂郷 和太郎 Dōgō Kazutarō)
Voiced by: Junji Majima
Fū's homeroom teacher who is quite passionate and often makes puns based on place names. He has a crush on Chimo.
Komachi Shinoda (篠田 こまち Shinoda Komachi)
Voiced by: Ryō Hirohashi
Kou's classmate who has a crush on him, sporting a rivalry against Norie for Kou's affections.
Mutsuko Shimokamiyama (下上山 むつこ Shimokamiyama Mutsuko)
Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura
A new teacher at Fū's school who becomes the advisor of her photography club. She is also quite excitable and often tries to get Fū and Kanae to enter various contests.
Tomo (ともちゃん Tomo-chan)
Voiced by: Nao Tōyama
Chihiro's friend and classmate, who helps her design characters based on her ideas. She speaks in a kansai dialect and gets over-excited when something piques her interest.
Momoneko (ももねこ)
Voiced by: Yukari Fukui
A strange, pink, fluffy cat that Fū is always trying to take pictures of, but can never get a good shot.

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation titled Tamayura, illustrated by Momo, was serialized in Mag Garden's online Eden magazine between October 8, 2010 and March 11, 2011. A single tankōbon volume was released on May 14, 2011.[1] A second manga adaptation titled Tamayura: Hitotose, again illustrated by Momo, was serialized in Eden between October 5, 2011 and January 20, 2013. Three volumes were released between February 14, 2012 and February 14, 2013.[2][3]

Anime

Tamayura was first produced as a four-episode original video animation (OVA) series produced by Hal Film Maker and directed by Junichi Sato.[4] The episodes were released over two Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD volumes on November 26 and December 23, 2010. Each episode is about 15 minutes long and is combined in a single video in two parts: the first two episodes in volume one, and the latter two episodes in volume two.[5] The episodes had previously aired on AT-X between September 6 and December 6, 2010.

A 12-episode anime TV series based on the OVAs titled Tamayura: Hitotose (たまゆら〜hitotose〜 Tamyura: The First Year) aired in Japan between October 3[6][7] and December 19, 2011. The TV series is produced by TYO Animations and directed by Junichi Sato. The TV series is being released on seven BD/DVD compilation volumes between December 21, 2011 and June 27, 2012.[8] A 13th episode for Tamayura: Hitotose, which takes place between episodes five and six, was released on the final BD/DVD volume.[9][10] Nozomi Entertainment will release both the OVA series and Hitotose in North America in Q4 2015 via distributor Right Stuf Inc..[11]

A 12-episode second season, titled Tamayura: More Aggressive (たまゆら～もあぐれっしぶ～ Tamayura: Mo Aguresshibu), aired on AT-X between July 3 and September 18, 2013.[12][13] An OVA episode was released on June 14, 2014.[14] Four animated films are being produced, which cover the final year of the story.[15] The first of these films was released in Japanese theaters on April 4, 2015, with the second film released on August 29, 2015, the third film released on November 28, 2015 and the fourth and final film releasing on April 2, 2016, which was originally scheduled to release on February 20, 2016, but it was delayed.[16]

Music

Opening themes
Ending themes
Insert songs

References

  1. ↑ たまゆら [Tamayura] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ "たまゆら~hitotose~1" [Tamayura~hitotose~1] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ "たまゆら~hitotose~3" [Tamayura~hitotose~3] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ "OVAスタッフ・キャスト：アニメたまゆら・公式サイト" [OVA Staff/Cast: Anime Tamayura Official Website] (in Japanese). Tamayura Production Committee. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  5. ↑ "BD/DVD (OVA)" (in Japanese). Tamayura Production Committee. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Tamayura TV Anime Series Green-Lit". Anime News Network. January 22, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  7. ↑ "List of 2011 Fall Season TV Anime in Japan". Anime News Network. September 21, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  8. ↑ "BD/DVD (TV)" (in Japanese). Tamayura Production Committee. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  9. ↑ "たまゆら~hitotose~第7巻" [Tamayura: Hitotose volume 7] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Tamayura TV's Last BD/DVD to Add Unaired Episode '5.5'". Anime News Network. December 24, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Right Stuf/Nozomi Ent. Add Big Windup! Season 2, Tamayura: Hitose, Umi Monogatari Anime". Anime News Network. July 3, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Maaya Sakamoto, Megumi Nakajima, Ai Kayano Contribute to 2nd Tamayura Season". Anime News Network. April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Tamayura's 2nd Season Premiere Date, Key Visual Posted". Anime News Network. May 29, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, June 9-15". Anime News Network. June 17, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Tamayura Franchise Gets 4 Films That Complete Story". Anime News Network. August 3, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  16. ↑ "4th & Final Tamayura Film Delayed Until April 2". Anime News Network. February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

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