Sep19
First Look and PV for Production I.G.’s shoujo anime, Kimi ni Todoke.
Story: [Wiki]
Sawako Kuronuma, called Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from Ring, has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. There are rumors that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people. But when her idol, popular boy Kazehaya, begins talking with her, everything changes. She finds herself in a new world, trying to make friends and talking to different people and she can’t thank Kazehaya enough for giving her these opportunities. Slowly, but surely, a sweet love is blossoming between the two as they will overtake any circumstance or clear obstacles in their way.
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Character/Seiyuu Chart:
Mamiko Noto as Sawako Kuronuma
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- Age: 15
- Blood type: O
- Birthdate: 31st December
- Height: 158 cm
- Weight: 44 kg
- Life philosophy: “Do a good deed every day”
- Sawako is a shy yet honest girl who is in search of friendship, but her resemblance to horror film character Sadako and Sawako’s tendency to shy away from correcting people of misconceptions prevent her from doing so. Thanks to Kazehaya’s kind and open nature, she is able to gradually make friends, open up to her classmates, and talk to different people. She is grateful (and at first, worships) Kazehaya for giving her the opportunities to make close friends, which come to include Yano, Yoshida, Kazehaya and Ryu. Yano and Yoshida admits that Sawako’s ‘like’ to Kazehaya might be even more than Yano and Yoshida themselves. She is rather short, in part because her father is as well (he is only 160cm tall) and is surprisingly fast, revealed during a soccer match at the school’s sports festival. During Chizuru and Ayane’s first visit to Sawako’s house, Chizuru notes that Sawako’s lips look like her mother’s and most of Sawako’s other features resemble her father’s.
Daisuke Namikawa as Shōta Kazehaya
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- Blood type: O
- Birthdate: 15th May
- Height: 175 cm
- Weight: 60 kg
- Life philosophy: “Believe and pursue the truth”
- Kazehaya is Sawako’s outgoing and friendly classmate. He is so popular that during middle school, so many girls liked him that they formed a “Kazehaya is Everyone’s” Alliance in order to maintain some level of peace among his admirers and more than half of these girls now attend the same high school. Kazehaya has held a long standing interest in Sawako and admits (though not to Sawako) that he likes her, unaware that she feels the same for him [6]. During their second year of high school, he begins to wonder if she actually likes him after she does not give him chocolates on Valentine’s Day, not knowing that she had been too nervous to give him any. He seemingly becomes calmer and shows a depressed and expressionless face more often. However, after being confronted by Ryuu (influenced by Chizuru) and Pin, Kazehaya goes to Sawako as his friends jokingly remark that he likes Sawako; however, Kazehaya takes the remark seriously and agrees, subsequently confessing directly to Sawako.
Miyuki Sawashiro as Ayane Yano
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- Blood type: AB
- Birthdate: 3rd March
- Sign: Pisces
- Height: 161 cm
- Weight: 47 kg
- Life philosophy: “Beautiful”
- Ayane is a close friend of Sawako. She is the arguably the most mature of the group and she has a boyfriend in college. In Kurumi’s fake rumours, it is said that Ayane has played more with more than 100 guys in middle school. In their current high school, it is being said that Yano and Yoshida have pretty much authority in the year group. Perceptive and intelligent, a trait of Ayane’s personality is that she gives just enough information to leave others wondering, thus forcing them to move forward. Although she is usually calm and collected, she is easily infuriated if someone hurts Sawako and does not hesitate to attack the one responsible she believes is responsible (frequently Kazehaya) with kicks and sharp words.
Yuuichi Nakamura as Ryū Sanada
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- Blood type: B
- Birthdate: 2nd December
- Sign: Sagittarius
- Height: 179 cm
- Weight: 75 kg
- Life philosophy: “Work silently”
- Ryuu is also member of Sawako’s group of friends. He is quiet most of the time and rarely talks, but still can communicate well with Sawako, as they both don’t talk much anyways. He is a close childhood friend with Chizuru and does not deny having feelings for her, such as simply smiling when Sawako asks if he and Chizuru are dating. He later confirms his love when he confesses that he likes Chizuru to Sawako. Ryu and Kazehaya became friends when they were on the baseball team during middle school.
Yuko Sanpei as Chizuru Yoshida
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- Blood type: A
- Birthdate: 1st June
- Sign: Gemini
- Height: 167 cm
- Weight: 53 kg
- Life philosophy: “Eat until 80% full”
- Yoshida is another close friend of Sawako. She is the tomboy of the group, and she even admits this when Ryu calls them brothers, where she argues about who is the older rather than that she is not a ‘brother’. She has a soft spot for innocent mannered people, so she takes a near instant liking to Sawako. In Kurumi’s fake rumours it was passed around that she was a former Yankee, though Chizuru just takes the rumor as a means of scaring people off or as a joke for her friends. Chizuru is mostly only the slower side of things; she did not realise that Kazehaya liked Sawako (even though she and Ayane planned many events for them) until late in the series, after they started their second year of high school. She is a close childhood friend with Ryu Sanada, who is also the son of her favorite ramen shop’s owner, and went to the same middle school as Kazehaya. She has a crush on Ryu’s brother, Toru.
Aya Hirano as Ume Kurumizawa
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A girl who appears friendly and sweet to everyone around her, she has had a huge crush on Kazehaya since their first year of middle school. She dislikes her given name, Ume, because it sounds old-fashioned and prefers to be called her nickname, “Kurumi.” She is extremely jealous of Sawako, which led her to spread fake rumours of Sawako’s only friends at the time, Yoshida and Yano, using Sawako’s name. Kurumi does not attend the same class as Sawako or Kazehaya. She eventually confesses her love to Kazehaya, but receives an expected rejection. Because she is always surprised with Sawako’s naiveté, Kurumi is able to become friends with her, as well as a rival for Kazehaya’s affection. Following Kazehaya’s rejection, she becomes colder to her classmates, but is able to finally express her true feelings and personality.
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Staff: [ANN]
Director: Hiro Kaburaki
Series Composition: Tomoko Konparu
Original creator: Karuho Shiina
Character Design: Yuka Shibata
Art director: Yusuke Takeda
Sound director: Tomoaki Yamada
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Tanaka
3D Animation: Atsushi Satou
Art Setting:
Iho Narita
Tomonori Kato
Assistant director: Norihiro Naganuma
Color design: Izumi Hirose
Editing: Daisuke Imai
Object Design: Hitomi Sato
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
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PV:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH8pvZKFVYQ
Judging from the trailer, it looks so freaking amazing already! I hope this will turn out to be one of the fantastic series this Fall along with some others, well, I’m sure it will. The manga won “Best Shoujo Manga” on the 32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Award on 2008. Also, I’m having very good expectations from it since Production I.G. [Eden of the East] is making it. SAWAKO is soooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 And Mamiko Noto voicing her is pure bliss. And Kazehaya-kuuun!!! <333
Ugh, this reeks of awesomeness already. Can’t wait to watch it nao~!! Catch Kimi ni Todoke on October 6!
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POWUH: Metanorn Regular with 122 comments
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~! >___< Most excited for this show, by far. Picspams are definitly in the offing.
POWUH: iLurker with 5 comments
It’s looking freaking awesome!!!!!!
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POWUH: iLurker with 9 comments
o. m. g. Sawako’s seiyuu is perfect!!! 😀 She sounds exactly like I imagined! And the animation looks fantastic so far. I’m sooooo excited!!
POWUH: Metanorn Regular with 81 comments
I saw that PV three days ago and I must say, I’m excited in all ways! :love:
Yup, you’re right, Sawako’s VA fits her so much, I wanna see some seiyuu rabu since I’m not too fond of her yet XP
Gahh, I cannot wait! Thanks for the First Look btw~ :thumb:
POWUH: iLurker with 9 comments
shoot. i’m going to watch this just based on that wonderful OST.
POWUH: iLurker with 10 comments
OMG YES YES YES!
POWUH: Metanorn Regular with 94 comments
OMG I can’t wait xD The trailer looks wonderful~ An doh I love the cast~
POWUH: Metanorn Regular with 96 comments
I love this kind of anime, love at school and such (even if I came to hate a certain one that I don’t wanna name). Looking forward to watch this one, too! Seems we get some hot stuff this season!…
POWUH: Metanorn Regular with 78 comments
Having high hopes for this one :ohohoho:
MAMIKO NOTO!!!!!!!!111 :kyaa: :kyaa: :kyaa:
Not to mention Daisuke Namikawa getting a role that doesn’t give BL-vibes with him XD.
And the animation looks so pretty!
Can’t wait for this one already :7:
POWUH: iLurker with 3 comments
I’m really looking forward to this anime. I can tell already tell that I’m going to like it, so now I’m excited.
POWUH: iLurker with 4 comments
can’t wait for this!!!!! wow :blush2:
POWUH: Metanorn Lover and Metanorn's old-timer with 161 comments
I wondered at first if Mamiko Noto was a good fit for Sawako since I’ve just seen images and not really read the manga or anything. But the PV really got rid of any doubts I have~
The PV in general just makes me really excited for the anime. Ah~ I can’t wait. It’s been way too long since there’s been a new good shoujo anime~
POWUH: Lovely-pyon~ with 339 comments
I’m going to love this
POWUH: iLurker with 3 comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpDPDd5bCkI&feature=related heres da trailer of kimi ni todoke merged with da ad of da knt nds game.OMG in da video der r more cute scenes plus we can hear Daisuke Namikawa as ShÅta Kazehaya 😀
POWUH: iLurker with 6 comments
what the name of the ending song?
POWUH: iLurker with 1 comments
Kataomoi by Chara
POWUH: iLurker with 1 comments
I think I have been looking for something interesting to read about various topics, but I try to include you every day I read, because you have, I look forward to an interesting blog entry.Here’s hoping there’s a lot more great material coming! Here is hope that more great material coming!