Shigofumi


Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed

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Synonyms: Shigofumi: Stories of Last Letter
Japanese: シゴフミ
English: Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 6, 2008 to Mar 23, 2008
Premiered: Winter 2008
Broadcast: Sundays at 01:35 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: J.C.Staff
Source: Original
Genres: DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy, SuspenseSuspense
Theme: PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.441 (scored by 3246832,468 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #21622
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2272
Members: 93,774
Favorites: 355

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Synopsis

There are some things that people are unable to say while they are alive; for these, there are "shigofumi," letters carried from the world of the dead to the world of the living. When a person with strong emotions dies, they are able to create a shigofumi, whether their feelings are of love, longing, or resentment. It is the quiet and mysterious Fumika's job to deliver these messages from the departed. Along with her talking magic staff Kanaka, she ensures that each shigofumi reaches its intended recipient, even if that person does not want to face its contents.

Fumika witnesses the tragedies of people, both dead and alive, and sees their deepest secrets revealed. What is unclear, however, are the details of Fumika's past. Who was she before she came to be a carrier of shigofumi?

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Characters & Voice Actors

Fumika

Main
Ueda, Kana
Japanese

Kanaka

Main
Matsuoka, Yuki
Japanese

Chiaki

Supporting
Asano, Masumi
Japanese

Ayase, Asuna

Supporting
Sendai, Eri
Japanese

Matoma

Supporting
Katou, Masayuki
Japanese

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"Kotodama (コトダマ)" by ALI PROJECT
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"Chain" by Snow*




Reviews

Aug 7, 2024
Shigofumi is the best anime you’ve never seen.

The premise of Shigofumi is simple: a supernatural postal worker delivers letters to people that come from their dead friends and relatives. Now, anything dealing with death is going to be philosophical, introspective, and heavy, but Shigofumi blew me away with just how emotionally intelligent and raw it is.

Death is something everyone has to deal with at some point. It is the one inevitable fate we all reach; whether good or evil, we all end up the same way. Because of this, death is one of the most crushingly human things anyone will ever experience. And Shigofumi, being ...
May 16, 2015
Mixed Feelings
Shigofumi starts by grabbing your interest with its fresh and unique premise, the story of a postal worker that delivers the parting thoughts and feelings of the recently deceased. Each new episode focuses on a new character and their personal struggles, slowly working toward an ending where the main character Fumika eventually becomes the focus. A lot of the characters cross paths with each other, making the series feel more connected despite its episodic nature.

After watching a few episodes however, it became clear that Shigofumi was heavily inspired by other shows. Halfway through I felt that I was watching the cute little sister of such ...
Apr 27, 2019
We are dealing with another episodic show with a main character glueing them together. But just because you push the characters who change every episode through one drama cliché at a time doesn't mean that that's a good way to waste someone's time who has watched more than at least 30 anime's with exavtly the same plot twists and moralities. Now have cliché personalities play their part and the boredom is complete. Of course one shall not forget the dull animation and the forgettable, at times obnoxiously boring music.

Maybe this was an acceptable standard in 2008 but after Violet Evergarden I feel like we've ended ...

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