Uta∽Kata
うた∽かた (詩片)
Genre	Fantasy, Seinen, Romance, Drama, Bishōjo
TV anime : Uta∽Kata
Directed by	Keiji Gotoh
Studio	Bandai Visual
Network	TV Kanagawa
Original run	2004-10-03 – 2004-12-18
No. of episodes	12
OVA: Shotō no Futanatsu
Directed by	Keiji Gotoh
Studio	Hal Film Maker
No. of episodes	1
Released	2005-04-22
Manga: Uta∽Kata
Authored by	Keito Kōme
Publisher	Media Works
Serialized in	Dengeki Daioh
Original run	–
No. of volumes	1
Novel: 過渡の断想
Authored by	Hidefumi Kimura
Artist	Megumi Kadonosono
Publisher	Bandai Visual
Publish date
No. of volumes	1

Uta∽Kata (うた∽かた, Uta∽Kata^? lit. "Poem Fragment") is a 2004 TV anime series. Image File history File links Utakata_logo. ... Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Seinen ) (not to be confused with adult )) is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at an 18–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be much older with some comics aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. ... Look up romance, romantic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The bishōjo style of drawing uses large, limpid eyes for increased cuteness, as in the character of NyÅ« from Elfen Lied. ... For other uses, see Television (disambiguation). ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Keiji Gotoh (後藤圭二 Gotō Keiji) (born November 4, 1968) is an anime director and character designer, and also member of three man production team gímik, behind Kiddy Grade and Uta-Kata. ... Tin plate toy car by Bandai Bandai is a Japanese toy making company. ... TV Kanagawa ) is a Japanese television broadcasting company founded on April 1, 1972. ... Original Video Animation (OVA) is an acronym used in Japan for anime titles that are released directly to retail sale, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... Keiji Gotoh (後藤圭二 Gotō Keiji) (born November 4, 1968) is an anime director and character designer, and also member of three man production team gímik, behind Kiddy Grade and Uta-Kata. ... Hal Film Maker is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1993. ... Manga )   is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons. ... MediaWorks, Inc. ... Cover of the August 2001 issue of Dengeki Daioh, featuring Azumanga Daioh. ... Tankōbon ) is the Japanese term for a compilation volume of a particular series (such as a manga or a novel series, magazine articles, essays, craft patterns, etc. ... Tin plate toy car by Bandai Bandai is a Japanese toy making company. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ...

The series can be loosely considered a magical girl story with nominal lolicon fanservice in various forms. However, this series deviates from more conventional magical girl themes in that it addresses topics that are for a more mature audience, such as child abuse^[1] and possibly misanthropy^[2]. Nevertheless, it illustrates the main character's coming of age with each progressive episode, becoming more and more emotionally intense as the story goes on. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lolicon art often depicts childlike characteristics with possible double meanings. ... Fanservice or fan service (Japanese simply saabisu, service), is a vaguely defined term used in visual media — particularly in anime fandom —to refer to elements in a story that are superfluous to a storyline, but designed to amuse or excite the audience. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Child abuse is the physical or psychological maltreatment of a child, often synonymous with the term child maltreatment or the term child abuse and neglect. ... Misanthropy is a hatred or distrust of the human race, or a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people. ... It has been suggested that Coming of Age (Unitarian Universalism) be merged into this article or section. ...

The story follows Ichika Tachibana's life over a summer holiday when she meets Manatsu Kuroki. The series then details their summer activities and the use of spiritual creatures called Djinn (ジン jin), non-cardinal elemental creatures that lend their powers to Ichika to help her and her friends when they invariably find themselves in danger, and eventually for their own motives. Ancient Assyrian stone relief of a genie. ...

Plot

On the day before the summer holiday, Ichika Tachibana discovers that the charm attached to her cell phone has somehow wound up inside a mirror in the old school building. A girl named Manatsu Kuroki, inside the mirror, offers to return the charm and phone in exchange for a favor. When Ichika accepts, Manatsu emerges from the mirror, but Ichika finds to her chagrin that the charm's stones' have all taken on different colors. Her indignation soon turns to delight as she is transformed by the charm and given an incredibly moving experience in the skies above Kamakura.

After returning to the old classroom, Manatsu asks that Ichika use all the colored stones in the charm and record her experiences and thoughts. Starting with the facade of Manatsu as her text-message pal, Ichika begins to entangle herself in a web of small lies and deceptions.

When Ichika faces various dangers during the summer holiday, she at first uses the Djinn's power within the stones to resolve them supernaturally. But as the summer draws on, she begins to use the power even though there is no imminent danger. Through each experience with the Djinn she learns about the willfulness of herself and others. Slowly, the power of the Djinn erodes her emotional, physical, and mental strength, and she abuses the power to the point of attempting murder.

Meanwhile, Ichika's tutors, Sei and Kai, are tormented by Ichika's ordeal—Sei had gone through the very same thing six years ago. They very much want to prevent Ichika from experiencing the same trials, but are bound to the rules of the ritual; when Sei tried to interfere, he was turned into stone as a penalty. Although Ichika tries to abandon using the Djinn's power altogether, she finds herself losing control over her actions. Faced with fear, sadness, or anger, she finds that the Djinn grant her power against her will. Not only this, she finds that she cannot discard the charm, as it will fly back to her.

Ichika, in fact, had been subjected to a ritual judgment determined from the time she was conceived. Saya, the final Djinn, would take a young person of fourteen years—the age between the innocence of childhood and the hardness of adulthood—and show him or her the world through the eyes of the Djinn. The individual would experience seven trials that contrasted seven virtues and sins: affection and resentment, temperance and hubris, devotion and rebellion, honesty and treachery, reason and envy, passion and lust, wisdom and machination. When Ichika is thus led to despair in humanity and disgust of herself, Saya binds her to the mirror asks her to decide whether to destroy humanity or herself.

In response, however, Ichika refuses to choose either. Saya declares that as a violation of the rules, and drives her scythe towards Ichika's body. Sei shatters his stone skin and tries to stop the scythe, but Ichika decides that it is better that she die rather than see him hurt. Manatsu, in defiance, drives herself into the scythe, saving Ichika's life. Kai returns the life energy that kept him in human form to Sei, and both he and Manatsu revert to their original forms: shards of the old mirror.

When school resumed in the fall, Ichika decided to remain at Kamakura rather than join her parents in Italy. Elsewhere, Saya determined to move on and judge the next teenager.

OVA

In the OVA Shotō no Futanatsu (初冬の双夏, Shotō no Futanatsu^? Twin Summers of the First Winter), Ichika hears that Manatsu has been seen again, one week before her birthday. Not long after the fall term had begun, Sei had transferred to a German university in an exchange program. On Christmas Eve, both discover that Manatsu and Kai's shards had vanished, and they both reunite with Ichika and Sei, respectively. They had returned for one last night and to say goodbye. After an evening with Ichika and Sei, the shards return to Saya's old mirror during the night.

The next spring, Ichika enters a new school year with her friends.

Characters

Character names are presented in the Western order (given name, family name). Because all of the names here are Japanese, the Rōmaji for each name is simply the name in reverse order: for example, "Ichika Tachibana" would be read as "Tachibana Ichika" by the Japanese. Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 Category Rōmaji (ローマ字 Roman characters, sometimes misunderstood as romanji in English), is a Japanese term for the Latin alphabet. ...

Ichika Tachibana (橘一夏, Ichika Tachibana^?)

Ichika is a 14-year-old Japanese middle school student living in Kamakura, who discovers on the day before summer holiday that a gift from her tutor is much more than a good-luck charm.

She is honest and polite to everyone, including her own parents, and always tries to do the right thing. She detests lying, especially if she finds herself doing it. As a result, her friends often playfully tease her for being straightlaced. Ichika is easily scared, and the thought of ghosts terrifies her, especially when she first sees Manatsu in a mirror they find in the school's oldest building.

• Date of birth: 1989-12-25
• Height: 142cm
• Blood type: A
• Clubs: Handicrafts Club

Voiced by: Yōko Honda

Manatsu Kuroki (黒城舞夏, Manatsu Kuroki^?)

Manatsu is a young girl that Ichika met in dreams and a mirror.

Manatsu seems to be the polar opposite of Ichika in terms of personality. When Ichika is hesitant, Manatsu is carefree and assertive; where the former is reserved, the latter is cheerfully outgoing. She also has striking similarities to Ichika, namely, she knows and loves many of the same things Ichika does, and she shares the same fear of ghosts.

• Date of birth: 1989-12-25
• Height: 142cm
• Blood type: A
• Clubs: None

Voiced by: Masumi Asano

Satsuki Takigawa (多岐川皐月, Satsuki Takigawa^?)

Ichika introduces her friend Satsuki as "a very responsible and strong person. You can always count on her." She is a brash young girl who often takes the lead of Ichika and the other friends. A painful memory causes her to avoid most boys, despite her seemingly strong personality. Satsuki has an older brother, with whom she apparently gets along well, despite the fact that they bicker a fair bit.

• Date of birth: 1990-05-20
• Height: 151cm
• Blood type: B
• Clubs: Basketball Club

Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami

Keiko Takamura (篁蛍子, Keiko Takamura^?)

Ichika describes her friend Keiko as "a proper young lady from a good family, gentle and kind." She is the type who is easily amused by simple things, such as shaking a duster in a sunbeam. Her parents appear to be rather controlling, however, which causes Keiko some distress with regards to a boy she liked.

• Date of birth: 1990-12-09
• Height: 148cm
• Blood type: O
• Clubs: Baton Club

Voiced by: Yurika Ochiai

Michiru Munakata (宗方未知留, Michiru Munakata^?)

Ichika says of her friend Michiru, "She's really into literature, and her instincts are amazingly sharp." She can allegedly see ghosts and spirits, and is a quiet, if not shy, person. Michiru has a younger sister named Rui, of whose feelings she appears to be rather protective. Michiru is prone to making slightly odd comments and is not prepared to go into the sea, possibly due to some physical intolerance, although this is unconfirmed.

• Date of birth: 1990-10-03
• Height: 145cm
• Blood type: AB
• Clubs: Reading Club

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura

Sei Tōdō (藤堂誓唯, Sei Tōdō^?)

Sei is one of Ichika's tutors, and a high school student. He instructs her in grammar, literature, and social sciences. He is introduced as the twin brother of Kai. Of the two, Sei usually seems to be the calmer, gentler one. Ichika has developed romantic feelings for him.

• Date of birth: 1984-06-15
• Height: 183cm
• Blood type: A

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita

Kai Tōdō (藤堂繪委, Kai Tōdō^?)

Kai is Ichika's other tutor. He teaches her math and science. He is introduced as the twin brother of Sei. Of the two, Kai seems the more extroverted one and more physical in nature.

• Date of birth: 1984-06-15
• Height: 185cm
• Blood type: A

Voiced by: Nobutoshi Kanna

Saya Kogure (小暮沙耶, Saya Kogure^?)

Saya is an enigmatic woman who is, at times, hidden from view of most people. She is the Tachibanas' next door neighbor, and is in the fashion industry.

Voiced by: Maria Kawamura

But this is only an illusion—she covertly pushes circumstances in Ichika's life to bring her to use the power of the Djinns. She can move anywhere at will, turn her scarf into a deadly scythe and other objects and keeps an eye on Ichika throughout the series. She strictly enforces rules concerning the activation of the stones: the current bearer must remain completely in the dark as to their true nature and purpose and no one may interfere with the bearer's decision whether to use the power.

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Episode List

Similar to gímik's earlier work, Kiddy Grade (where a different guest artist drew the eyecatches for each episode), each episode's main costume was designed by a guest artist who also created artwork for the ending sequence of that episode. Kiddy Grade ) is a science fiction, 24-episode anime series produced in 2002 and created by gímik and Gonzo Digimation and directed by Keiji Gotoh. ... Each eyecatch from Marmalade Boy rotates every few episodes. ...

Each episode preview in the anime was narrated by Ichika in the style of a diary entry, and on the website, a corresponding entry narrated by Manatsu is available.

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Screenshot	Title[3]	Original Airdate	#
	"Kaikō no Shoka 邂逅の初夏" "Early Summer's Encounter"	03 October 2004	01
	On the day before summer holiday, Ichika meets a girl in a mirror. Costume Artist: Megumi Kadonosono (Kiddy Grade, Legend of Himiko); Djinn: Sun (陽 yō)
	"Kinsetsu no Yozora 近接の夜空" "The Neighboring Night Sky"	10 October 2004	02
	An old friend's former boyfriend causes some trouble for Ichika and Manatsu. Costume Artist: "SUEZEN" (Shining force 2, Yadamon, Marine Colour); Djinn: Moon (月 getsu)
	"Shōnetsu no Sunahama 焦熱の砂浜" "The Heat of the Sandy Beach"	17 October 2004	03
	While rescuing a former classmate at the beach, Ichika loses her father's very valuable watch. Costume Artist: Hajime Ueda (FLCL); Djinn: Earth (地 chi)
	"Shūu no Kohan 驟雨の湖畔" "Sudden Storm by the Lake Shore"	23 October 2004	04
	During a camping trip, a girl in Ichika's cabin becomes stranded while attempting to meet a boy. Costume Artist:Keinojou Mizutama (Brigadoon); Djinn: Water (水 sui)
	"Rakurui no Raika 落涙の蕾花" "The Flowering of Tears"	30 October 2004	05
	Satsuki develops a crush on a boy she meets on the day of the fireworks festival. Costume Artist:"Kaishaku" (Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto, Steel Angel Kurumi); Djinn: Fire (焔 en)
	"Nurehada no Binetsu 濡肌の微熱" "The Flush of Damp Skin"	06 November 2004	06
	On the way home from a study session, Ichika spies Sei and Saya talking together. Costume Artist: Hidefumi Kimura (Agent Aika, éX-Driver, Magical☆Shopping Arcade Abenobashi); Djinn: Sky (天 ten)
	"Konure no Shitto 木末の嫉妬" "The Jealousy of a Twig"	13 November 2004	07
	Ichika discovers that she is changing unusually. After a gust of wind scatters Kai's homework report, Ichika resolves to recover it. Costume Artist: "Keiko" (Figurine designer); Djinn: Wind (風 fū)
	"Sange no Shōdō 散華の衝動" "The Impulse of a Falling Flower"	20 November 2004	08
	As part of a volunteer activity, Ichika gives a wreath of dried flowers to a mentally unstable hospital patient. Costume Artist: Hajime Watanabe (Kodocha); Djinn: Flowers (華 ka)
	"Ren'ai no Tsūyō 恋愛の痛痒" "The Pain of Love"	27 November 2004	09
	A trip with friends to a shrine dedicated to lovers causes Keiko and Satsuki to reflect on unpleasant memories. Costume Artist: Mine Yoshizaki (Keroro Gunsou); Djinn: Thunder (雷 rai)
	"Shishō no Saikai 死生の再会" "Reunion Beyond the Grave"	04 December 2004	10
	Ichika finds that she cannot cast away the magic charm. The Tachibana family visits the graves of their ancestors, and Ichika has a reunion of her own. Costume Artist: Rikudou Koushi (Excel Saga); Djinn: Darkness (冥 mei)
	"Betsuri no Hadō 別離の波動" "The Surge of Separation"	11 December 2004	11
	Ichika dreams a new dream about Manatsu and herself. When Michiru attempts to find out the truth, the power of the Djinn sends disaster her way. Costume Artist: Ken Akamatsu (Love Hina, Negima); Djinn: Sea (海 kai)
	"Kakera no Uta 欠片の詩歌" "The Poetry of Fragments"	18 December 2004	12
	Ichika ventures into the house next door to determine the truth once and for all. Costume Artist: Keiji Gotoh (Martian Successor Nadesico, Gate Keepers); Djinn: Mirror (鏡 kyō)
13 (OVA)	"Shotō no Futanatsu 初冬の双夏" "Twin Summers of the First Winter"	22 April 2005[4]
Kai and Manatsu revisit their "reflections" one last time.

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Staff Credits

• Planning: gímik, HAL FILM MAKER
• Original Story: gímik
• Director: Keiji Gotoh
• Screenplay: Hidefumi Kimura
• Character Design & Art Director: Megumi Kadonosono
• Background Art: Tokumitsu Kobayashi
• Art Director: Hisaharu Iijima
• Color Design: Yoshimi Kawakami
• CGI Director: Atsushi Takeyama
• Photography Director: Tomoyuki Sakurada
• Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
• Sound Director: Hitoshi Aketagawa
• Sound Effects Production: Magic Capsule
• Music: Megumi Ōhashi
• Music Production: Victor Entertainment
• Production: Bandai Visual

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Theme songs

• Opening Theme: Omoi o Kanadete (想いを奏でて)
• Ending Theme: Itsuka Tokeru Namida (いつか溶ける涙)
• Artist: savage genius

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External links

• Uta-Kata Official Website

References

1. ^ Uta∽Kata episode 09
2. ^ "Humans truly are foolish creatures. They shed their crimson blood for no purpose." Saya, Uta∽Kata episode 12
3. ^ All episode titles, air dates, and translations taken from Anime News Network Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
4. ^ Originally released as part of the limited edition Summer Memory Box 2 DVD collection.