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Shigofumi - Letters from the Departed (TV)

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Alternative title:
Shigofumi - Stories of Last Letter (Japanese)
シゴフミ ~Stories of Last Letter~ (Japanese)
사후편지 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: © Tomorrow Yuzawa / BANDAI VISUAL, GENCO All Rights Reserved.
Plot Summary: Fumika and Kanaka are mail carriers- but not the typical kind. For one, Kanaka is a talking staff and for two, Fumika delivers shigofumi: letters from the dead addressed to the living. These letters are a final, true, communication derived from hate, hope, and love. The story unfolds following this pair and their uncommon job as well as Fumika's unique 'situation'.
User Ratings: 897 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 112 votes (sub:105, dub:3, raw:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 252 votes (sub:226, dub:6, ?:2, raw:2, others:16
14 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 245 votes (sub:228, dub:8, raw:2, others:7
2 Korean subtitled
1 Slovak subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 160 votes (sub:147, dub:5, raw:4, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 72 votes (sub:66, raw:1, dub:1, others:4
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 32 votes (sub:31, dub:1)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1438 users, rank: #863 (of 9789)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.955 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.5007, rank: #750 (of 9927)
Weighted mean: 7.885 (Very good), rank: #783 (of 9927) (seen all: 7.95 / seen some: 7.83 / won't finish: 4.78)
Bayesian estimate: 7.880 (Very good), rank: #543 (of 7497)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12 
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2008-01-05 to 2008-03-22
Opening Theme:
"Kotodama (コトダマ)" by ALI PROJECT
Ending Theme:
"Chain" by Snow*
Official website:
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
News: Show:
[en] Canaan, Trigun, Xam'd Streamed (Oct 1, 2010)
Press Releases:
Other articles: Show:
[en] Shelf Life - The Departed (Jan 17, 2011)
[en] Hey, Answerman! (Jun 13, 2008)
[en] Hey, Answerman! (May 9, 2008)
[en] Hey, Answerman! (May 2, 2008)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2010-08-17 (from $49.48)
    Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed - Delivery (Sub.DVD 1) delayed/cancelled

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tatsuo Satō
Series Composition: Ichirō Ōkōchi
Screenplay: Ichirō Ōkōchi (eps 1-13)
Storyboard:
Masami Shimoda (ep 9)
Masato Suma (ep 11)
Shinichiro Kimura (ep 4)
Takuya Satō (ep 3)
Tatsuo Satō (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-8, 12-13
)

Tetsuya Yanagisawa (ep 5)
Yūichi Nihei (eps 6, 10)
Episode Director:
Iku Suzuki (ep 9)
Katsushi Sakurabi (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 12-13
)

Shigeru Ueda (ep 5)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (eps 2, 7, 11)
Toshikazu Hashimoto (ep 6)
Tsutomu Yabuki (eps 4, 10)
Music: Hikaru Nanase
Original creator: Ryo Amamiya
Original Character Design: Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Character Design: Tetsuya Kawakami
Animation Director:
Asuka Shimizu (eps 3, 12)
Fusako Nomura (eps 3, 6, 10-11)
Hiroshi Tomioka (ep 6)
Isao Sugimoto (ep 11)
Kazufumi Takano (eps 4, 10)
Mayumi Okamoto (eps 2, 7, 11)
Mitsuharu Kajitani (ep 5)
Naoto Yoshida (eps 3, 9, 12)
Satoshi Iwataki (eps 8, 11-12)
Shigeki Kimoto (ep 5)
Shingo Kurakari (ep 5)
Shou Tabata (ep 9)
Takafumi Hino (ep 4)
Takahiko Yoshida (ep 9)
Tetsuya Kawakami (eps 1, 12-13)
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Yoshio Ōkouchi
Animation producer: Shinitirou Kashiwada
Art Setting: Ryū Sakamoto
Assistant Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi
In-Between Animation: Kaori Yamada (eps 1-3, 5-12)
Key Animation:
Kaori Yamada (ep 3)
Naoto Nakamura (ep 11)
Yū Yamashita (OP)
Prop Design: Mayumi Okamoto
Theme Song Performance:
Ali Project (OP)
Snow* (ED)
Visual Concept: Masahiko Suzuki
Kana Ueda as Fumika
Yuki Matsuoka as Kanaka

Akio Nojima as Tatsumi Nojima
Eri Sendai as Fumika Mikawa
Fumiko Orikasa as Haruno Kasai
Masayuki Katō as Matoma
Masumi Asano as Chiaki
Rikiya Koyama as Kirameki Mikawa
Saeko Chiba as Natsuka Kasai
Takuma Terashima as Kaname Nojima

Airi Sakuno as Girl (ep 13)
Akane Omae as Miku Ayase
Akiko Tanaka as
Friend (ep 13)
Junior (ep 4)
Akiko Yajima as Fumika (ep 10)
Akimitsu Takase as
Bully (ep 6)
Sumiyoshi (ep 13)
Atsuko Tanaka as Naoko Tateishi (ep 4)
Atsushi Abe as Tooru Kotake (eps 3, 6, 12-13)
Ayumi Fujimura as Woman (ep 2)
Dai Matsumoto as Teacher (ep 6)
Daisuke Hirakawa as Shunsuke Morishita (eps 6, 13)
Eiji Miyashita as Bank robber (ep 13)
Emi Nakajima as Friend (ep 13)
Eri Kitamura as Ran Yahiro (ep 4)
Eri Sendai as Asuna Ayase (eps 1-2)
Erina Nakayama as Girl (ep 6)
Gō Shinomiya as Commentator (ep 12)
Haruka Kimura as Female student (ep 1)
Hideki Tasaka as Detective Oda
Hiroomi Sugino as Policeman (ep 3)
Ikuko Shimizu as Girl (ep 10)
Ikumi Sugiyama as Kindred (ep 10)
Isshin Chiba as
Bully (ep 6)
Funabori (ep 13)
Jun Sagawa as Woman (ep 4)
Jun'ya Miura as Man (ep 4)
Kanako Tōjō as Kindred (ep 10)
Kanji Suzumori as Store keeper (ep 4)
Kazusa Murai as Kirei (ep 12)
Kazutaka Ishii as Man friend (ep 5)
Keiji Fujiwara as Senior Executive Manager (eps 7, 11-12)
Keikou Sakai as Detective (ep 10)
Keisuke Fujii as Policeman (ep 10)
Kenji Takahashi as
Lawrencio (ep 12)
Yakuza (ep 3)
Kenta Miyake as Saizou Kiyosumi (ep 9)
Kiyohito Yoshikai as Man (ep 2)
Kōsuke Okano as Takehiko Hibiya (ep 10)
Kumi Sakuma as Female Student (ep 3)
Kumiko Takizawa as Kasai family's mother (eps 11-12)
Mahiru Konno as
Boy (ep 10)
Teacher (ep 6)
Mami Kameoka as Misuzu Seiryū (ep 4)
Miho Miyagawa as Waitress (ep 9)
Miki Nagasawa as Company Employee (ep 7)
Misa Watanabe as Ochiai Editor-in-Chief (eps 7, 9, 11-12)
Mutsumi Tamura as Female student (ep 3)
Nanaho Katsuragi as Female Doctor (ep 11)
Naoko Kōda as Hisako Nojima (ep 4)
Nozomi Masu as
Delivery person (ep 12)
Female student (ep 1)
Woman (ep 2)
Rie Saitō as Ana girl (ep 12)
Ryōhei Kimura as Daiki Senkawa (ep 3)
Ryōko Tanaka as Junior (ep 4)
Ryuugo Saito as Shopkeeper (ep 2)
Sachiko Okada as Female Student (ep 3)
Saori Hayami as Sweetheart (ep 5)
Saori Seto as Girl (ep 12)
Satomi Arai as Nanae Yotsugi (ep 4)
Sayaka Kinoshita as Staff (eps 1-2)
Seirō Ogino as Fisherman (ep 9)
Shinsuke Fukui as
Male Student (ep 3)
Man (ep 2)
Staff (ep 7)
Teacher (ep 12)
Yankee (ep 10)
Shinya Fukumatsu as Yakuza (ep 3)
Shoko Tsuda as Risarra
Tadahisa Saizen as Yakuza (ep 3)
Takashi Hikida as
Student (ep 13)
Yankee (ep 10)
Takayuki Fujimoto as
Bully (ep 6)
Ichinoe (ep 13)
Ueno (ep 10)
Takeshi Sasaki as Suzune's father (ep 13)
Takeshi Watabe as Senkawa's father (ep 3)
Takuo Kawamura as Kasai family's father (eps 11-12)
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Kōichi Kikukawa (eps 6, 13)
Tomo Adachi as
Female Student (ep 3)
Girl (ep 12)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Takezou Ayase (ep 2)
Toshihide Tsuchiya as Math teacher (ep 6)
Tsubasa Yonaga as Shōta Machiya (eps 1-2)
Yasumichi Kushida as Male Student (ep 3)
Yoriko Nagata as Girl (ep 13)
Yoshiko Okamoto as
Chief (ep 2)
Hibiya's mother (ep 10)
Youhei Oobayashi as Student (ep 13)
Yui Horie as Suzune Shinozaki (ep 13)
Yūichi Ishigami as Commentator (ep 12)
Yuu Sugimoto as Fumika's mother (ep 10)
Yuuna Inamura as Touko Shirakawa (ep 9)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Background Art: BIC Studio
Broadcaster:
Chiba Television (2008-01-05)
Gifu Broadcasting (2008-01-13)
KBS Kyoto (2008-01-08)
Mie Television Broadcasting (2008-01-10)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2008-01-11)
Sun TV (2008-01-08)
Television Kanagawa (2008-01-05)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2008-01-07)
Tokyo MX (2008-01-08)
Editing Studio: REAL-T
Music Production: Lantis
Production:
Bandai Visual
GENCO
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Title Design: 10GAUGE
English staff
English cast
Translation: Sam Pinansky
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Assistant: Kayla King
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Subtitle Formatting: Dwayne Jones
Subtitle Script & Timing: Sam Pinansky
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
Hulu 
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Bandai Visual USA (Cancelled; Expired)
Sentai Filmworks
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Tagalog companies

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