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Japanese: あまつき

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 5, 2008 to Jun 28, 2008

Premiered: Spring 2008

Broadcast: Saturdays at 02:30 (JST)

Producers: Frontier Works, Sotsu

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Studio Deen

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Mystery

Themes: Historical, Mythology, Time Travel

Demographic: Josei

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.88¹ (scored by 25,893 users)

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Ranked: #4485²

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Popularity: #2708

Members: 56,923

Favorites: 124

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Tokidoki Rikugou is a history-hating student who flunks out of his Japanese History course; his high school forces him to make up for his failed grade by attending a special museum lecture. Its star exhibit, a vast recreation of the Edo Period, promises to alleviate the delinquent student's poor grades with an elaborate simulation of the Tokugawa Shogunate: the Edo Bakumatsu Walking Tour and Exhibition.

Knowing next to nothing about samurai culture or the times he's walked into, he is quickly surprised to learn of the superstitious nature of Japan during the 1600s. Quickly dismissing the existence of gods and demons, he is shocked when confronted by a demon on a bridge, who attacks the unsuspecting high-schooler. Saved by a mysterious swordsman named Kuchiha, he discovers that he can no longer escape the simulation at the history museum.

Meeting another swordsman named Kon Shinonome, he discovers another contemporary that was trapped in the simulation before him. Quickly adjusting to his new home, Tokidoki must now help protect the village from demons, while uncovering the mystery of both the simulation and the company that created it.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Rikugou, Tokidoki

Main

Fukuyama, Jun
Japanese

Kuchiha

Main

Park, Romi
Japanese

Shinonome, Kon

Main

Yusa, Kouji
Japanese

Bonten

Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi
Japanese

Tsuyukusa

Supporting

Morikubo, Shoutarou
Japanese

Ginshu

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Suzumura, Kenichi
Japanese

Byakuroku

Supporting

Narita, Ken
Japanese

Heihachi

Supporting

Nojima, Kenji
Japanese

Kuwata, Suou

Supporting

Miyake, Kenta
Japanese

Sasaki, Tadajirou

Supporting

Ookawa, Tooru
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Furuhashi, Kazuhiro

Director, Script, Storyboard, Series Composition, Key Animation

Iida, Satoki

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Yoshida, Shunji

Episode Director

Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki

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Opening Theme

"Casting Dice" by Yuuki Kanno

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Ending Theme

"Namae no Nai Michi (名まえのない道)" by Kaori Hikita

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Sep 23, 2008

TheLlama

Recommended

I'll start by telling you that the manga this thirteen-episode series is based on, has been running for over three years now. From this alone, you can deduce that it's too short, and doesn't end properly. That's very true, and these thirteen episodes seem like an introduction arc to something much more grand. But despite being too short, it showed so much potential that I'm gonna read the manga. And hope for a second season.

Read the sumamry, and you'll have the basic premise of this show. Rikugou Tokidoki gets trapped in an alternate world, where demons and the like isn't an unsual thing. After getting ... trapped here, he is suddenly confronted with a lot of things; he has to change the way he thinks about and lives life, and he's the one person in that world who doesn't have a fate, which has resulted in him possessing a special power. Amatsuki also begins to explore the relations between demons and humans: are either good or evil? Is there something else behind it all?

As I said, it sets the base for one helluva great show, and then stops. Fortunately, they didn't try to resolve things that much during the course of the thirteen episodes. I say fortunately because this definitely leaves room for a new season to continue the show, something they might not have been able to if they tried to close up the ending.

The characters are all okay, with some great supporting characters and a new kind of main character in Tokidoki. He's not the completely laid-back type, and he's definitely not the overly rash type of guy. He's just a kind guy who cares for those around him without having to show it by killing everyone around him.

Studio DEEN did a great job on the animation. The coloring is good, shading effects are good too, backgrounds are great, and characters designs are fine, with the exception of their eyes; the pupils are a bit large compared to the size of the eyes. I don't know about you, but I'm not a big fan of it. Nevertheless, the animation's great.

The soundtrack is really great, though a bit unvaried; it was the same few background songs that played during the series, and I noticed that one of them was just an instrumental version of the ED theme, which in its original vesion is astounding. The OP theme's good too. The soundtrack did a decent job for this series, but it lacked a few things to become truly awesome.

One more thing to note is that things may happen a bit quickly at times; this is most likely a product of its short length. I've noticed other people complaining about this, and true enough, I didn't quite catch what was happening without pausing and/or rewinding a few times to think over things.

All in all Amatsuki is a series that may leave you a bit confused, and it'll make you long for a second season, but it's definitely good, and it holds the potential to become truly great. It just needs a second season!

To 'Not Helpful' voters (and you 'Helpful' voters too): Feedback greatly appreciated =)

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Aug 22, 2008

internetotaku

Recommended

Amatsuki is an interesting show. It has all the elements that should make it great - interesting show mythology, intriguing moral dilemmas, some interesting and cool characters, an interesting and unique setting, and some supernatural stuff at play. The first couple episodes really draw you in a promise a good story. What the show gives falls somewhat short of that. Throughout the show, all manner of hints are teased out about what the large plot of the story is and where it is going, who the characters are and why they are important and all that manner of thing. However, while the show builds up ...

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Aug 11, 2008

fr0z3nshad3

Mixed Feelings

Story (7.0) - For me, the story is a decent one. In my opinion, the story started very well in the first episodes, but as the anime came close to the end, it started to look a little confusing, with some episodes with almost no advance in the storyline.
The last episode was not bad, but could also have been better.
The story itself has some interest, also has some action, but there are some flaws like slow progress, confusing aspects,...
Interesting, but no more than a 7 here.

Art (6.3) - in a short sentence: Not impressive! Design and animations doesnt look that good as they should, ...

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