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Uta∽Kata (TV)

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Alternative title:
Utakata (Japanese)
うた∽かた (Japanese)
詩∽片 (Japanese)
詩片 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, magic
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: On the last day of the school year, 14 year-old Ichika Tachibana comes across an old, busted mirror in an unused campus building. When Manatsu, a mysterious girl from inside the mirror, steps out and offers her friendship for the summer, she also offers Ichika magical powers. Now, Manatsu must help Ichika unlock the powers of the 12 Djinn in order to complete her magic training... but perhaps this is something that will prove too difficult a task. Some offers may appear too be good to be true and this one just may turn out to do more harm than good.
User Ratings: 1335 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 124 votes (sub:117, dub:5, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 314 votes (sub:307, dub:3, raw:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 429 votes (sub:409, dub:10, raw:1, ?:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 281 votes (sub:272, dub:6, others:3
2 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 92 votes (sub:88, raw:1, ?:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 51 votes (sub:47, dub:4)
 Not really good: 20 votes (sub:19, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:11, raw:1)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1824 users, rank: #665 (of 9777)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.798 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4843, rank: #1074 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.752 (Very good−), rank: #1052 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.84 / seen some: 6.33 / won't finish: 4.40)
Bayesian estimate: 7.749 (Very good−), rank: #779 (of 7496)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2004-10-03 to 2004-12-18
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Omoi wo Kanadete" by savage genius
Ending Theme:
"Itsuka Tokeru Namida" by savage genius
#2: "Kanadeta Omoi" by Masumi Asano (ep 12)
Insert song:
"Kono Natsu wo Kakaete" by Sachiko & Chino (ep 3)
"Zutto Kono Machi de" by emiko (ep 3)
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
Uta Kata Sub.DVD (Nov 7, 2010)
Press Release:
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DVD (Region 1)
    Utakata - The Complete Series (Sub.DVD) 2010-11-02 (from $75.97)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Keiji Gotō
Series Composition: Hidefumi Kimura
Script: Hidefumi Kimura
Storyboard:
Hidefumi Kimura (eps 3, 9-11)
Junichi Satō (ep 8)
Keiji Gotō (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 10, 12
)

Kiyoko Sayama (ep 4)
Shinichi Tōkairin (ep 6)
Tatsufumi Tamagawa (ep 7)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Tsukushi (ep 6)
Kazuo Sakai (ep 9)
Keiji Gotō (OP; ED; eps 1, 12)
Kōta Okuno (ep 5)
Makoto Sokuza (eps 3, 10)
Satoshi Saga (ep 2)
Shinichi Watanabe (ep 4)
Takashi Yamana (ep 8)
Tatsufumi Tamagawa (ep 7)
Character Design: Megumi Kadonosono
Art Director: Hisaharu Iijima
Chief Animation Director: Megumi Kadonosono (8 episodes
eps 2-6, 8, 10, 12
)

Animation Director:
Akiko Nagashima (eps 8, 10, 12)
Eiko Saitō (ep 11)
Junji Koga (ep 10)
Katsunobu Ito (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 12
)

Koichiro Ueda (eps 5, 12)
Kōsuke Murayama (ep 4)
Kouji Akitaka (ep 9)
Megumi Kadonosono (ep 1)
Takayuki Hanyuu (ep 10)
Toshiyuki Arai (ep 5)
Yasuko Higuchi (ep 3)
Yasutoshi Niwa (ep 8)
Yukari Watanabe (ep 7)
Art design: Tokumitsu Kobayashi
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Cgi Director: Atsushi Takeyama
Director of Photography: Tomoyuki Sakurada
2nd Key Animation:
Akira Hosogaya (Sakura Create; ep 8)
Ayako Mori (Sakura Create; ep 8)
Chika Kojima (ep 5)
Emiko Yamada (Sakura Create; ep 8)
Fujio Inose (asread; ep 8)
Harumi Kakuda (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Hiroya Kamakura (ep 8)
Kaori Tokunaga (Sakura Create; ep 8)
Keiichirō Honjō (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Kentarō Akai (eps 5, 8)
Mami Ogiwara (Sakura Create; ep 8)
Masaru Shindō (eps 5, 8-9)
Miho Ogawa (eps 5-6, 8)
Miyuki Shinoda (Sakura Create; ep 8)
Naoko Ikeuchi (Sakura Create; ep 8)
Ryousuke Sekiguchi (Sakura Create; ep 8)
Takako Konishi (eps 5-6, 8)
Wataru Hasegawa (Studio Mark; eps 5, 8)
Animation:
Hiroaki Motoigi (OP; ED)
Kazuo Sakai (OP; ED)
Keiji Gotō (OP; ED)
Kensuke Ishikawa (OP; ED)
Koichiro Ueda (OP; ED)
Makoto Furuta (OP; ED)
Masaaki Endō (OP; ED)
Naoko Yamamoto (OP; ED)
Naoto Hosoda (OP; ED)
Osamu Horiuchi (OP; ED)
Takaaki Wada (OP; ED)
Art Boards:
Junichi Higashi (eps 2, 4-9)
Sho Itomitsu (ep 3)
Assistant Animation Director:
Junji Koga (ep 12)
Kazuo Sakai (eps 9-10)
Koichiro Ueda (eps 6, 8-10)
Takafumi Hino (ep 10)
Yasuko Higuchi (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 8, 10, 12
)

Yasutoshi Niwa (eps 10, 12)
Associate producer: Shunichi Yamamoto
Background Art:
Eiko Miyazaki (Studio Easter; eps 1-9)
Emi Haraguchi (Studio Easter; eps 3-6)
Hiroki Matsumoto (Studio Easter; eps 3-6, 9)
Hiromi Shirahase (Studio Easter; eps 1-6)
Junko Sakurai (Studio Easter; ep 9)
Kayuko Nakagawa (Studio Easter; eps 7-8)
Masayuki Kaneko (Studio Easter; eps 1-9)
Nobuaki Ishihara (Studio Easter; ep 2)
Noriko Kaneko (Studio Easter; eps 1-9)
Sho Itomitsu (Studio Easter; eps 1, 3-9)
Takafumi Suzuki (Studio Easter; eps 1-9)
Yūko Yano (Studio Easter; ep 9)
Color Coordination:
Izumi Sakamoto (eps 6, 9)
Natsuko Fukuhara (ep 4)
Yoshimi Kawakami (eps 1-3, 5, 8)
Yoshimi Saito (ep 7)
Color design: Yoshimi Kawakami
Ending Illustrations:
Hajime Ueda (ep 3)
Hajime Watanabe (ep 8)
Hidefumi Kimura (ep 6)
Kaishaku (ep 5)
Keiji Gotō (ep 12)
Keiko (ep 7)
Keinojou Mizutama (ep 4)
Ken Akamatsu (ep 11)
Koushi Rikudou (ep 10)
Megumi Kadonosono (ep 1)
Mine Yoshizaki (ep 9)
SUEZEN (ep 2)
Finish Check:
Izumi Sakamoto (eps 6, 9)
Natsuko Fukuhara (ep 4)
Yoshimi Kawakami (eps 1-3, 5, 8)
Yoshimi Saito (ep 7)
In-Between Animation:
Akihisa Takano (SHAFT; ep 4)
Ayumi Sōgawa (ep 7)
Chie Mishima (ep 7)
Genichirō Abe (SHAFT; ep 4)
Hiromitsu Kawasaki (eps 2-3, 5, 8-9)
Hisashi Mawatari (eps 8-9)
Hisaya Teshima (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-9
)

Ikumi Saitou (ep 7)
Kimiko Hoshi (eps 2, 5, 8-9)
Miho Ayabe (SHAFT; ep 4)
Miho Ogawa (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-9
)

Minako Shiba (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-9
)

Miyuki Yano (eps 2, 5, 8-9)
Mizue Kuwamoto (SHAFT; ep 4)
Shoko Takimoto (eps 3, 5-6, 8-9)
Takako Konishi (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-9
)

Tsukasa Nishiyama (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-9
)

Yūko Yahiro (ep 7)
In-Between Check:
Sumiyo Mikami (ep 4)
Takeshi Ōkoshi (ep 7)
Tatsuji Narita (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-9
)

Key Animation:
Ahihide Muraji (ep 4)
Akiko Nagashima (eps 2-3, 5)
Atsushi Yamamoto (ep 1)
Ayako Suzuki (eps 2, 9, 12-13)
Chikashi Kadekaru (ep 9)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (Radix; ep 7)
Chiyomi Tsukamoto (eps 6, 9)
Eiji Fukuyama (eps 4, 7)
Eiji Shirai (eps 3, 9)
Fumino Fujii (eps 2, 6)
Hideaki Shimada (ep 3)
Hideki Shibuya (ep 3)
Hideki Takahara (ep 6)
Hideo Maru (eps 3, 9)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 4-5, 8)
Hironori Hisashima (ep 9)
Hiroshi Itō (ep 1)
Hiroshi Sasaki (ep 8)
Hiroyo Yamamoto (Studio Gimlet; ep 7)
Hiroyuki Kaidou (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Notake (eps 1, 6)
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (Studio Gimlet; ep 7)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (eps 6, 9)
Hiroyuki Yoshida (ep 4)
Hisayoshi Nagamatsu (ep 4)
Junji Koga (eps 1-2, 7)
Kanetoshi Kamimoto (ep 9)
Kanji Wakabayashi (ep 9)
Katsumasa Yokomine (ep 8)
Katsunobu Ito (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Fujitani (ep 7)
Kazuki Nakamoto (ep 4)
Kazuo Sakai (eps 1-3, 5)
Kazuya Miura (ep 7)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (ep 4)
Kazuyuki Ikai (eps 5, 8)
Keita Watabe (ep 1)
Kenichi Umemoto (ep 6)
Kenji Ishida (ep 8)
Kōichi Motomura (ep 6)
Kōichi Usami (ep 1)
Koichiro Ueda (eps 1-3, 5, 9)
Kōsuke Murayama (ep 4)
Kunihiko Kimura (Studio Gimlet; ep 7)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 4)
Marie Ono (ep 4)
Masaru Shindō (ep 3)
Masashi Wakayama (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 9
)

Masaya Nozaki (ep 1)
Mayu Saito (ep 4)
Mayumi Tomiie (ep 8)
Midori Saitō (ep 8)
Naoki Mishiba (ep 4)
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (ep 4)
Nobuyuki Furukawa (ep 2)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (ep 4)
Norikatsu Nakano (Radix; ep 7)
Noriko Gotō (ep 7)
Noriko Kitazawa (eps 5, 8)
Noriyasu Murata (ep 9)
Rie Tanaka (ep 8)
Ryo Haga (ep 4)
Ryo Komori (ep 8)
Ryō Takahashi (Radix; ep 7)
Satoru Fujimoto (eps 1-3, 5, 7-8)
Satoshi Hata (ep 1)
Seiji Masuda (eps 5, 8-9)
Shigenori Inami (ep 4)
Shinmei Saito (ep 4)
Shintaro Nagahama (ep 4)
Shirabe Kobayashi (ep 7)
Shuichi Kitayama (ep 2)
Sumie Kinoshita (ep 4)
Tadashi Ebara (ep 8)
Takafumi Hino (ep 4)
Takako Onishi (ep 9)
Takao Ozone (ep 6)
Takao Takegami (ep 6)
Takayuki Hanyuu (eps 1-2)
Takehiro Nakayama (eps 1-2)
Takeshi Kusaka (eps 3, 5)
Takeshi Morita (ep 6)
Takuji Yoshimoto (eps 3, 5)
Tatsuya Urano (eps 3, 9)
Tensho Sato (ep 6)
Tomokazu Sugimura (eps 1-3, 5, 7-8)
Tomomi Ikeda (ep 6)
Tomoyuki Abe (Radix; ep 7)
Toshiaki Miki (eps 1-2)
Toshiyuki Arai (eps 2, 8)
Tsuyoshi Matsuura (ep 6)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 7)
Wataru Hirasawa (ep 9)
Yasuko Higuchi (ep 2)
Yasutoshi Niwa (eps 3, 5, 7)
Yōko Kadokami (ep 8)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (ep 6)
Yoshito Narimatsu (ep 4)
Yosuke Yabumoto (ep 9)
Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 2, 6, 8)
Yūichi Takahashi (ep 9)
Yuka Hasegawa (Radix; ep 7)
Yuki Terano (ep 8)
Yukiko Akiyama (ep 2)
Yukio Takatsu (ep 9)
Yumi Sudarehata (ep 8)
Yumiko Ishii (ep 6)
Line Producer: Tetsuo Uchida
Main Animator: Koichiro Ueda
Main Title Design: Noriyuki Jinguji
Marketing Producer: Toyota Todoroki
Music producer: Keiichi Nozaki
Paint:
Chie Tanimoto (ep 1)
Hiroko Ootsuka (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 4)
Izumi Sakamoto (ep 3)
Izumi Takizawa (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 4)
Kanako Satō (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 4)
Keiko Horio (ep 7)
Kensuke Katsu (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 4)
Masumi Nose (ep 1)
Takayuki Aizu (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 4)
Tomoe Takaya (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 4)
Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 4)
Yuka Yamada (ep 7)
Production Advancement:
Kazuhiro Sorimachi (ep 4)
Kōhei Eguchi (eps 10, 12)
Kōji Nakata (ep 7)
Makoto Nara (eps 3, 9, 12)
Masatoyo Takada (eps 2, 6, 11-12)
Naokatsu Tsuda (eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Tetsushi Ebisuura (ep 4)
Prop Design: Kazuo Sakai
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Sub-Character Design: Katsunobu Ito
Theme Song Arrangement:
Keiichi Nozaki (OP; ED)
takumi (OP; ED)
Theme Song Composition: takumi (OP; ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Aa (OP; ED)
Theme Song Performance: Savage Genius (OP; ED)
Masumi Asano as Manatsu Kuroki
Youko Honda as Ichika Tachibana

Maria Kawamura as Saya Kogure
Nobuo Tobita as Sei Tōdō
Nobutoshi Canna as Kai Tōdō
Tomoko Kawakami as Satsuki Takigawa
Yukari Tamura as Michiru Munakata
Yurika Ochiai as Keiko Takamura

Akiko Hiramatsu as Shiho Shirasaka (ep 8)
Akiko Takeguchi as Jun Kumashiro Phelps (eps 7, 10)
Akira Sasanuma as Tōru Nakano (eps 3, 5)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Staff B (ep 11)
Chiwa Saitō as Yuka (ep 4)
Daisuke Kirii as Baba (ep 4)
Daisuke Ono as
Ryō (ep 2)
Tourist (ep 7)
Eiji Maruyama as Doctor (ep 7)
Hiro Shimono as Nozomu (eps 5, 9)
Hirofumi Nojima as Adachi (ep 4)
Hitomi Nabatame as Izumi Tachibana
Houko Kuwashima as Nao Shimizu (ep 3)
Junji Majima as Kōji (ep 3)
Kana Ueda as Minami (ep 9)
Kenji Hamada as Masahito Tachibana
Kumiko Higa as Eri (ep 3)
Makoto Yasumura as Man A (ep 5)
Mari Mashiba as Yōsuke Akagi (eps 9, 11)
Masako Joh as Mother (ep 12)
Mayumi Yoshida as Rui Munakata (eps 1, 9-10)
Mikako Takahashi as Ai Niwa (ep 2)
Rina Satō as Nurse (ep 8)
Ryoko Nagata as Michiko Hinata (eps 1, 4, 11)
Seizō Katō as Voice (ep 12)
Shintarō Ōhata as Masataka (ep 3)
Takako Honda as Rumiko Munakata (ep 1)
Takayuki Kondō as Staff A (ep 11)
Tarusuke Shingaki as Priest (ep 10)
Wataru Hatano as Shigeru (ep 5)
Yuka Inokuchi as Tomoko (ep 4)
Yumi Kakazu as Maki (ep 2)
Yuri Amano as Mitsuki Shirasaka (ep 8)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
asread (eps 5-6, 8)
Sakura Create (eps 6, 8, 11-12)
Studio Mark (eps 5-6, 8)
Animation Production: Hal Film Maker
Backgrounds:
Kusanagi (ep 7)
Studio Easter
Team's Art (ep 1)
Broadcaster: Television Kanagawa
Finish Animation:
DIGITAL@SHAFT (ep 4)
Frontline (ep 7)
Mook Animation (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 9, 11
)

Phoenix Animation (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-11
)

SHAFT (eps 1-2)
Studio Angle (eps 5-6, 8-9)
Studio Elle (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-9
)

Studio Flag (ep 11)
Studio Lagoon (ep 7)
ufotable (ep 7)
In-Between Animation:
AD Cosmo (ep 10)
AIC Spirits (eps 2, 8)
Anime House (ep 9)
Anime Spot (ep 12)
Anime Torotoro (ep 6)
asread (eps 8-9)
AZETA PICTURES (eps 3, 9)
Buyuu (ep 8)
Chaos Project (eps 9, 12)
Daume (ep 9)
Doga Kobo (eps 2, 12)
feel. (ep 12)
Frontline (eps 4, 7)
G&G Direction (ep 12)
GAINAX (ep 6)
Mouse (eps 9-11)
Nakamura Production (eps 8, 12)
Phoenix Animation (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-12
)

Radical Party (eps 9, 12)
Radix (ep 10)
Sakura Create (eps 6, 9-11)
Satelight (eps 8-12)
Seigasha (eps 9-10, 12)
SHAFT (eps 1, 4)
Shindo Production (eps 1-2, 11)
Studio Angle (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 8-9, 12
)

Studio Cockpit (eps 6, 12)
Studio DEEN (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-12
)

Studio Live (eps 5-6, 8-10)
Studio Mark (eps 6, 12)
Studio Unjaku (eps 11-12)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 1)
Synergy Japan (eps 1-3, 5-6, 8)
Tokyo Kids (eps 9-10)
ufotable (eps 7, 9-10)
VENET (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 11-12
)

Wao World (eps 6, 11-12)
XEBEC M2 (ep 5)
Yuhodo (ep 8)
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 10)
Radix (ep 7)
Studio Gimlet (ep 7)
Line Test:
Hayashi (8 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 8-12
)

Radix Digital (ep 7)
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Original Work: gímik
Photography: Asahi Production
Planning:
gímik
HAL
Production Cooperation:
Radix (ep 7)
SHAFT (ep 4)
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
VTR Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
Translation: Sam Pinansky
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
DVD Graphics: Larry Koteff
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Assistant: Kayla King
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Subtitle Script & Timing: Sam Pinansky
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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