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Information: TV Series

The TV series will be airing on TBS's BS-i satellite broadcasting network. The first episode will also be shown at the TBS's 2004 Anime Festival, which will be September 4th and 5th at the Bukyou Civic Hall in Tokyo. The first episode will be shown again at Entertainment Market. A preview DVD will be released on November 17, 2004 containing promo footage and clean OP/ED plus interviews.

First Broadcast: January 6, 2005 24:30 (12:30am Jan 7, 2005)
Total Episodes: 12 (12 x 24)
Running time:
Release Date: 2005-01-06
Studio: Key, Visual Art's
US Distribution:

Opening Theme: "’¹‚ÌŽ (Tori no Uta; Poem of the Bird)" by Lia
Ending Theme: "Farewell Song" by Lia

Episode Titles
  • 2005-01-06 01. Kaze ~breeze~ (かぜ～breeze～ )
  • 2005-01-13 02. Machi ~town~ (まち～town～ )
  • 2005-01-20 03. Koe ~whisper~ (こえ～whisper～ )
  • 2005-01-27 04. Hane ~plume~ (はね～plume～ )
  • 2005-02-03 05. Tsubasa ~wing~ (つばさ～wing～ )
  • 2005-02-10 06. Hoshi ~star~ (ほし～star～ )
  • 2005-02-17 07. Yume ~dream~ (ゆめ～ｄｒｅａｍ～ )
  • 2005-02-24 08. Natsu ~summer~ (なつ～summer～ )
  • 2005-03-03 09. Tsuki ~moon~ (つき～moon～ )
  • 2005-03-10 10. Hikari ~light~ (ひかり～light～ )
  • 2005-03-17 11. Umi ~sea~ (うみ～sea～ )
  • 2005-03-24 12. Sora ~air~ (そら～air～ )
  • 2005-03-31 13. Recap episode (総集編)

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    Japanese Cast
    Asami Okamoto as Kano Kirishima
    Daisuke Ono as Yukito Kunisaki
    Ryoka Yuzuki as Minagi Tohno
    Tomoko Kawakami as Misuzu Kamio

    Aya Hisakawa as Haruko Kamio
    Yukari Tamura as Michiru
    Yumi Touma as Hijiri Kirishima

    Chinami Nishimura as Binomikoto Kanna
    Hiromi Konno as Potato
    Kikuko Inoue as Uraha
    Mariko Kouda as Schoolgirl A/Nayuki Minase (ep 2)
    Mayumi Iizuka as Schoolgirl C/Makoto Sawatari (ep 2)
    Nobutoshi Canna as Ryuuya
    Tomoko Kaneda as Saika Shino (ep 2)
    Yui Horie as Schoolgirl B/Tsukimiya Ayu (ep 2)

    Japanese Companies
    Animation Production: Kyoto Animation
    Music Production: Key
    Original Creator: Visual Art's/Key
    Production Assistance: Animation DO (ep 2)

    Japanese Staff
    Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
    Scenario: Fumihiko Shimo
    ADR Director: Yota Tsuruoka
    Script: Fumihiko Shimo (ep 1 - 11

    Storyboard:
    Hiroshi Yamamoto (ep 2, 5, 8)
    Ichirou Miyoshi (ep 11)
    Noriyuki Kitanohara (ep 4, 7, 10)
    Tatsuya Ishihara (OP, ED, ep 1, 6, 9)
    Yasuhiro Takemoto (ep 3, 6)

    Episode Director:
    Hiroshi Yamamoto (ep 2, 5, 8)
    Ichirou Miyoshi (ep 11)
    Noriyuki Kitanohara (ep 1 assist, 4, 7, 10)
    Tatsuya Ishihara (ep 1, 6)
    Tomoe Aratani (ep 9)
    Yasuhiro Takemoto (ep 3)

    Music:
    Jun Asae
    Magome Togoshi
    Shinji Orito

    Original Character Design: Itaru Higami
    Character Design: Tomoe Aratani
    Art director: Jouji Unoguchi

    Animation director:
    Kazumi Ikeda (ep 2, 5, 8)
    Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (ep 1, 4, 7, 10)
    Satoshi Kadowaki (ep 11)
    Shoko Ikeda (ep 3, 6, 9)
    Tomoe Aratani (OP, ED)

    Animation Check:
    Chitose Nakamine (ep 9, 11)
    Emi Nakano (ep 1, 3, 4, 8)
    Isako Higashino (ep 2, 5)
    Kenji Murayama (ep 7, 10)
    Tomoyo Awada (ep 3, 6)

    Art Direction Assistance: Mutsuo Shinohara (ep 1)

    Assistant producer:
    Eharu Oohashi
    Takashi Takano

    Audio Director: Yota Tsuruoka

    Background Art:
    Emi Kesamaru (ep 9, 11)
    Miyuki Hiratoko (ep 1,3, 5 - 11)
    Miyuki Tsukazaki (ep 9, 11)
    Mutsuo Shinohara (ep 1,3, 5 - 11)
    Naoki Hosokawa (ep 1,3, 5 - 11)

    Chief Editor: Seiji Morita

    Color Designation:
    Akiyo Takeda (ep 1, 4)
    Ayumi Shimoura (ep 2, 8, 11)
    Naomi Ishida (ep 3, 7, 10)
    Rie Takagi (ep 4, 6, 9)
    Tomoko Edamatsu (ep 5)

    Color Key: Akiyo Takeda

    Editing:
    Chieko Takayama (ep 1 - 11- Morita Editing Room)
    Masanori Sakamoto (ep 2 - 11 -Morita Editing Room)

    Key Animation:
    Akiko Ikeda (OP, ep 1, 3, 6, 9)
    Chiyoko Ueno (ep 3, 5, 6, 9)
    Eisaku Kawanami (ep 2, 5, 8, 11)
    Futoshi Nishiya (ep 1, 4, 7, 10)
    Hiroshi Karada (ep 6, 9, 11)
    Kazumi Ikeda (OP, ep 2, 5, 11)
    Kazuya Sakamoto (OP, ep 1, 4, 7, 10)
    Longguan Li (ep 1)
    Mami Komatsu (ep 11)
    Mariko Takahashi (ep 2, 5, 8, 11)
    Mariko Ueno (OP, ep 2, 5)
    Masato Fukushima (ep 4, 7, 10)
    Masaya Makita (ep 2, 5, 8, 11)
    Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (ep 7, 10)
    Naoko Fujita (ep 6, 9)
    Naoko Yamada (ep 9, 11)
    Noriyuki Kitanohara (OP, ep 1, 5)
    Ryouhei Muta (ep 2, 5, 8, 11)
    Saeko Oofuji (ep 1, 3, 5. 6, 8, 11)
    Saiichi Akitake (ep 1, 4, 7, 8, 11)
    Satoshi Kadowaki (OP, ep 1, 5, 7, 11)
    Seiji Watanabe (ep 3, 4, 6, 9)
    Shinobu Yoshioka (ep 2)
    Shoko Ikeda (OP, ep 1, 3, 6)
    Taichi Ishidate (ED, ep 1, 3, 5. 6, 9)
    Teruyoshi Shidou (ep 4, 10)
    Tomoe Aratani (ep 6)
    Tomoko Takatsu (ep 2)
    Touko Takao (ep 4, 7, 10)
    Wencheng Song (ep 1)
    Xiangtai Xin (ep 1)
    Yasuhiro Takemoto (OP, ep 3)
    Yoko Takada (ep 2, 5, 8, 11)
    Yoshiaki Urata (ep 1, 4, 7, 8, 11)
    Yukiko Horiguchi (OP, ep 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11)
    Yumiko Hashi (ep 6, 9, 11)
    Zhouxuan Li (ep 1)

    Logo Design Assistance: Keiko Maekawa

    Online Editing Supervision: Naoki Kanazawa

    Planning Assitance: Kouji Shinmyou (BS-i)

    Producer: Yoko Hatta (1-13)

    Production manager:
    Hiroyasu Ueno (ep 3)
    Katsuhiko Muramoto

    Publicity Producer: Yuusuke Iida

    Scanning: Kunihiro Shibata

    Setting Manager: Kazuki Awara

    Special Effects: Rina Miura
    Theme Song Arrangement:
    Kazuya Takase (OP - I've)
    Magome Togoshi (ED)

    Theme Song Composition:
    Magome Togoshi (ED)
    Shinji Orito (OP)

    Theme Song Lyrics: Jun Asae (OP/ED)
    Theme Song Performance: Lia (OP/ED)

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