Uta∽Kata

It's the last day of the school term in Kamakura Girl's School, and summer is about to begin. Serious but polite 14-year-old Ichika Tachibana is excited to make her summer vacation with her friends a special break to remember! But little does Ichika know that this summer will be more special than she could have ever imagined.

While cleaning in an unused school building, Ichika notices an image of an unfamiliar girl in place of her own reflection in a large mirror. Convinced by her friends that she was just seeing things, she is surprised to see the girl in the mirror later that day, holding her lost cell phone. Introducing herself as Manatsu Kuroki, she comes out of the mirror and hands Ichika's phone back—and to Ichika's surprise, the stones on her cell phone charm have changed colors and now allow her to borrow the power of the 12 Djinn that watch over the world.

Uta Kata is a tale of a young girl who will realize new things through her interactions with these spirits. As the Djinn show her overwhelming sights, they will soon also bring to her overwhelming thoughts...

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Adaptation:	Uta∽Kata
Sequel:	Uta∽Kata: Shotou no Futanatsu

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Tachibana, Ichika

Main

Honda, Youko
Japanese

Kuroki, Manatsu

Main

Asano, Masumi
Japanese

Toudou, Sei

Supporting

Tobita, Nobuo
Japanese

Toudou, Kai

Supporting

Canna, Nobutoshi
Japanese

Munakata, Michiru

Supporting

Tamura, Yukari
Japanese

Maki

Supporting

Kakazu, Yumi
Japanese

Hinata, Michiko

Supporting

Nagata, Ryoko
Japanese

Nakano, Tooru

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Sasanuma, Akira
Japanese

Shirasaka, Shiho

Supporting

Hiramatsu, Akiko
Japanese

Munakata, Rumiko

Supporting

Honda, Takako
Japanese

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Gotou, Keiji

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Principle Drawing, Key Animation

Aketagawa, Jin

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Sokuza, Makoto

Episode Director

Itou, Tatsufumi

Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Omoi wo Kanadete" by Savage Genius (eps 1-12)

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Ending Theme

"Itsuka Tokeru Namida" by Savage Genius (eps 1-12)

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Aug 26, 2022

Vanillashaketime

Recommended

This show truly brought me to tears and comforted me. It starts off slow and boring, but as time goes by it shows more emotions and ties the beautiful picture together.
I recommend this anime 100%. This is different than normal horror magical girl anime, but it's the same in a way.
This anime is something I would watch over and over again.
Heads up, there are some solid plot twists. And EVERYTHING shown is tied with each other.

In this anime every little information shows up again in one way or another. I've found myself re-watching the first couple episodes to see the things I may ...

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Apr 9, 2020

cja1994

Mixed Feelings

I am not usually one to write reviews for things, but based on the other reviews for this show, I feel like I NEED to right this review. If you don't want to read the full review, the thing to take away is that if you are looking for a Dark Mahou Shoujo show similar to Madoka Magica, Magical Girl Site, Magical Girl Raising Project, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Day Break Illusion, and anime like that, THIS IS NOT THE ANIME FOR YOU!

I'd previously watched those anime, and based on the reviews, I thought that was what I was getting into, but this ... show is like those shows, in the same that an apple and an organ are both fruits. Does this show have magical girls? Sort of. Does it have a dark twist? I guess. Does it deal with dark and mature themes? a bit. But that's just kind of it, besides that this show is more of a slice of life/coming of age story, with a girl who happens to have magical powers.

I'll admit that the plot did keep me coming back, because the show does do a good job of alluding to the darker twist, but that's just it. If I had to describe an average episode, I'd say it's about 80-90% slice of life, and at the end of the episode it alludes to the darker and greater plot, but it does this for almost the entire series. For example, you'll find yourself on episode 9 or so, and the writers are still just dangling the whole "There's something bad about using the Djinn's power", but the do that for the entire series! From episode 1-9, I'd like to know more than just "using the power of the Djinn is bad". I guess my complaint comes down to pacing, the pace of this show is slower than a snail crowing.

I think what also adds to the slow pacing of the story is that unlike other Mahou Shoujo shows, the main character isn't fighting evil others, or even similar to Magical Girl Raising Project, where in the beginning the goal is to collect candies. This premise of this show is literally that the main character gets super powers, and there's no real evil threat anything, she just uses her Magical Girl powers to, fly through the sky, look for a watch, help her friends find lost items, and other things of that nature. I am not kidding, I literally just spoiled the "conflict" for half of the episodes, sorry. But as you can see, the show just gives the character powers for no real reason. The powers do add to the whole coming of age portion of the story, which is why I would again describe this show as a slice of life/coming of age story, where the character happens to have powers. Also another spoilers, I keep saying "powers" but let me clarify, for more than half the show, she only uses two powers 1) Flight and 2) The eye sight of the Djinn, which allows the main character to see further distances and complete view of the world (which the show never really goes into, but they're Gods so just role with it), which usually helps her on her fetch quest for the day.

If you're looking for a slice of life show, a show where the main character has a love interest and is unsure how they fell, or a show about teenage girls trying to enjoy their summer, then this is the show for you. But if you're looking for a Dark Mahou Shoujo show with violence, death, action, depth, fantasy, etc, then this show is not for you, and you'll like be bored out of your mind, but you'll get to episode 9 and realized you've invested this much time in this show, might as well finish it. By the end of this show, I was skipping through about 60% of the episodes because I was so over the slice of life BS. I think this show wouldn't have been bad if it was advertised as a slice of life show, but instead it was advertised as this dark and twisted anime, which it is far from.

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Sep 3, 2021

IIGearZeroII

Not Recommended

Story: 3/10
I am a sucker for "dark" Mahou Shojo shows and while the story had potential it felt severely lacking. The pacing was alright (it is a slow burner but the reason is understandable), the way the story is told is alright but some things felt forced and while the mystery was keeping me from dropping the series, the reveal was disappointing. I think there is not enough information presented to give certain things substance and value; I felt as if they happened for the sake of happening.

Minor side note: there were a bunch of really uncalled-for panty shots and I wouldn't mind ...

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