Uta∽Kata


Utakata

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Synonyms: Uta-Kata, Uta~Kata,One~Song, Poem~Piece, Poem Fragment
Japanese: うた∽かた
English: Utakata
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 3, 2004 to Dec 19, 2004
Premiered: Fall 2004
Broadcast: Sundays at 00:30 (JST)
Producers: Bandai Visual, gimik
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: HAL Film Maker
Source: Original
Genres: DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy
Themes: Mahou ShoujoMahou Shoujo, PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Ranked: #55122
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Popularity: #4347
Members: 25,963
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Both are very dark takes on the mahou shoujo genre, but while Madoka may seem like the more serious of the two, Uta Kata is much better at portraying the physical and emotional damage inflicted on the one who becomes controlled by their power. 
report Recommended by Archaeon
Both are at first very simple,but become darker at the end. And in the two there is a friends relationship on summer. 
report Recommended by KyunVampireGirl
Both of the animes are magical, and the characters are drawn in similar styles, in particular the eyes. They also both have a somewhat yuri-ish feel to them at some parts. Plus, they both have really cute outfits! 
report Recommended by TsuruyaSonozaki
Both are magical girl shows with an underlying darker element, and explore psychological themes. They also both focus on friendship between two girls caught up in a malevolent being's game. They are both pretty artistic and feature very good, original scores. 
report Recommended by Electrozebra
Both shows start off as happy-go-lucky magical girl anime full of cheerful, moe, slice of life moments. However, as both shows progress, they get much darker, and you can see how the main characters suffer as a result of using their powers. Yuki Yuna is a Hero is more of a Magical Girl Warrior show, where the main characters transform to fight enemies that threaten their world, whereas Uta Kata is more about using magical powers to accomplish various tasks. Also, Uta Kata has romance in it, while Yuki Yuna is a Hero does not. 
report Recommended by Noodle070
Another bittersweet supernatural tale that takes place in the course of a single summer. While not as emotionally tumultuous as Air, Uta~Kata is brimming with melodrama and a storyline that rolls further into darker territory with every episode. 
report Recommended by Splitter
Both are not your average magical girl show, as they portray the dark side of that it really means to be a 'hero of justice'. Darkness exists because happiness exists. 
report Recommended by MagicFlier
Both shows start off as typical and superficially juvenile Mahou Shoujo shows, but from the beginning there is an element of mystery and menace that lurks in the background. Both are a bit older, but still look good despite slightly dated art styles. Both have strongly realized characters that have clear strengths and weaknesses. Both series are manipulated behind the scenes by a seemingly ambivalent force that eventually proves to be more malevolent that initial impressions suggest.  
report Recommended by jRad522
Both are summery themed stories have a young girl in it nice art and character designs as well focusing on the supernatural stuff around here and more to it than meets the eye as well. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
They're both Mahou Shoujo shows but there's a thing that seperates them from other Mahou Shoujo shows. Both are pretty cliché at first sight but after a few episodes a darker storyline will appear. Both shows have drama and pretty serious issues, not suitable for the age group of many other Mahou Shoujo shows. 
report Recommended by Evadoll
Abandonment issues?! Child abuse?! In my magical girl shows?! Kamikaze and Uta Kata are not the sparkles and rainbows that some people think magical girl shows should be. Whether it's fighting one's inner demons, to actually turning into one, both shows highlight the weaknesses of the human heart. Tones vary from lighthearted to deadly serious in a flash; one moment it's cute slice of life in school and another it's bone-chillingly psychological warfare.  
report Recommended by lonewarrior22
Both have a summery feel to them and are supernatural oriented and both have a female lead to them as well and both have a somewhat somber tone to it as time goes by. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Both focus on a ya cast as well as dealing with supernatural powers as well too and characters that are polar opposites as well too. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
both are downbeat summery like settings and stories that have a focus on psychological like storytelling and some touchy story themes in it as well too. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
summer setting check polar opposite type characters meeting each other check supernatural elements as well too check 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
both shows start off seeming innocent and happy but as they go on the characters have to face confrontations with other characters, with themselves and the consequences of there actions. both shows are amazing and if you enjoyed one give the other a shot they were truly amazing and have beautiful stories to tell. 
report Recommended by sesgel
both focus on a magical girl themed story as well as the mc getting different outfits each time as well too and also moments of drama in it as well too just as there is lightheartedness. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
The theme of magical girl are central parts of both series. However, unlike most magical girl anime(s), both of these series falls more into the psychological and topics more suited for the mature audience. Additionally, both of these series become more and more emotional as the episodes drags on that makes them an unique little gem. 
report Recommended by Stark700
Both are mahou shoujo shows that start out happy, but then become very dark and sometimes brutal. Both show the gradual mental breakdown of the protagonists. 
report Recommended by _mahoushoujos_
both highlight the weaknesses of humans, as well as their strengths. emotional, dramatical, psychological anime which has you thinking a lot. both has excellent character development and storylines, though uta kata is more magical girl (but very very dark) whilst shigofumi is more hellish in that it is letters from the dead. both good watches 
report Recommended by sugarplumfairy
Magic User's Club and Uta Kata are two magical girl (with equal attention to the male leads) series with both slice of life aspects and fanservice peppered in—though the fanservice in Magic User's Club is more frequent and blatant for comedy, while the fanservice in Uta Kata is mainly in brief camera shots and transformation scenes. The two series may be very different from each other, as the former is way more light-hearted than the latter, but if you like beach episodes, character development, romantic complications, and somewhat decent animation, then these two anime are for you. (Junichi Sato did some storyboarding for both anime, too!) 
report Recommended by Fario-P
Prétear and Uta Kata are two magical girl anime from the 2000s (and are produced by the same studio) that feature a female protagonist being able to use magical powers based off of natural elements, with each magical transformation and outfit varying instead of just having one costume the whole show. Both anime also explore relationships and some dark themes. 
report Recommended by Fario-P
uta kata is more magical girl based, whilst night wizard has more action aspects, however both have dark twists and brilliant storylines which are bad people controling good people which causes all sorts of mayhem 
report Recommended by sugarplumfairy
Both are magical girl series with a ya cast in it as well as dark overtones as well too and also deals in sensitive subject matters as well. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Both focus on characters that are a ya cast as well as personalities being polar opposites of one another,a downbeat atmosphere and also a dark force behind the stories events and also focus on a theme of cynicism on humanity. Also even the voice actress for Koyabayshi also voices one of the characters in Uta Kata as well too. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Living for the Day After Tomorrow and Uta Kata are two slice of life dramas that follow two female characters during one particular summer in which magical/supernatural elements have been sprinkled in against their will. Their new situations bring them challenges in how to hide them from other characters and how to go about dealing with them. Expect a slow-paced character drama with nice backgrounds, good music, and some feels for either of these. 
report Recommended by Fario-P
Both stories tell coming of age stories with great costume designs and distinct art styles. While they may initially seem different due to their wildly different genres (Uta~Kata being a magical girl anime and Eureka Seven being a mecha anime), both tie in the elements of their particular genres to help illustrate the main character's developments as they grow and mature, and share a similar progression where the first halves are a little slow and kinda meandering, with a tone that is somewhat lighthearted with an air of something more serious looming around the corner. The second halves of both shows delve right into that  read more 
report Recommended by FinalReality56
Both have summertime settings, and use that to tell a story in which a girl of mysterious origin appears, and shakes up the established dynamics of a group of a friends. In Uta~Kata it's more supernatural, whereas Ano Natsu is scifi, with the girl being an alien. Another difference is that Uta~Kata, the supernatural elements are used to help illustrate the coming of age themes, whereas in Ano Natsu, the scifi elements are more there to provide a little flavor to the drama 
report Recommended by FinalReality56
Apart from the fact that, like most Mahou Shoujo are episodic, there is something very similar between these two anime: Both show that it was not just the protagonist who gained magical powers, but also male characters who have already gone through this. 
report Recommended by ProxyLain
In/Spectre and Uta Kata are two fantasy anime directed by Keiji Gotoh, and despite the latter anime's cover, both shows actually have somewhat similar levels of slow pacing and dark storytelling. The main character in both shows is a girl who has feelings for a boy who is several years older than her. She also has connections to (as well as can see) spirits, which was eventually given to her with a heavy price. 
report Recommended by Fario-P
Uta Kata and Sailor Moon Crystal are two magical girl anime starring a 14 year old female protagonist with magical powers. Both series are notable in their own ways, as Uta Kata is one of the few examples of a darker magical girl series before the 2010s, and Sailor Moon Crystal is an adaptation of the legendary 1991 manga that single-handedly popularized the magical girl warrior subgenre. They both have darker elements and good soundtracks as well. 
report Recommended by Fario-P
If you watched Kiddy Grade,you will be amazed by how much the characters from Uta Kata resemble the characters from KG(in the way they are drawn).Of course,the genre is other,no mecha,fighting or anything you would find in Kiddy Grade,maybe excepting the very close relation between the two girls. 
report Recommended by Yousei-tan
both are summer themed supernatural stories as well as also focusing on 2 characters that are different from one another as well too. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Both shows have both slice-of-life and darker aspects - while Gakkougurashi shows its dark side pretty quickly, Uta Kata takes time to ramp up, but finally comes to a level you could call similiar. Both feature a childish main character with an unnatural hair colour as well as (at least) 1 more mature protagonist. School themes are present in both anime.  
report Recommended by d34ct1v4t3d
It's partially a "cute girls" trope, but both shows are not easy to watch or to be taken lightly. One of the girls is always, physically, out of this world. The themes in the two shows hover around friendship, memories, difficult choices, loss, and struggle against a kind of exterior evil that lurks around constantly. A similar sensation is to be expected when watching Figure 17 and Uta~kata. 
report Recommended by EdgyEcchiSenpai
-Mahou shojo involved. -Two girls of opposite personalities are the protagonists. -The maho shojo give many problems to the "normal girl" Maybe uta~Kata is more mature than ultra maniac, and has more drama. 
report Recommended by KPBouvier
Despite the gaudy outfits provided for the main heroines when they use their special powers, both Uta-Kata and Sailor Moon take a step down deeper into the more hidden realms of their gifts (or curses) side effects. Both Usagi of SM and Ichika of Uta-Kata are plagued by the darker side of their powers and end up being the focal point of the world either being saved or destroyed.  
report Recommended by radishleaf
Both anime involve a girl with a normal life, but once they meet a friend who comes from an unexpected place, their lives begin to change. Both shows get darker and more serious as they progress, and they both show main characters who have to deal with hardships and difficult situations. Uta Kata is a mahou shoujo, and Brigadoon has mecha influences. 
report Recommended by Noodle070
Both focus on 2 girls that are the polar opposites of each other as well as going through a dark story as time progresses as well as both being from gimik. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Both share the same genre mahou girl, and in both the main girls have to collect something for a goal.  
report Recommended by Orulyon
Both are focused on a ya cast as well as a focus on a mysterious girl who is not what she seems to be and also magical related elements and the mysteries behind it as well too. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
The main girls are very similar in their personalities. They both meet someone who has to do with "magic" and are given responsibilities that have to do with that "magic." Both girls have really good friends who they want to protect in some way. 
report Recommended by rosemu
Both are dark themed magical girl stories, that have focus on touchy subjects. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Both start of cheery and brightheated but gets darker as time goes by and also a focus on a young female cast as well too. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Both series share somber overtones as well as 2 female leads who share a friendship that is often tested as well as many adult themes and the story becomes more tragic as time goes by. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Sumire drawing style is similar to Ichika and also both of them have a power that they don't want to use, but in the end they end up using them. Both of them have an unrequired love. Lucia is also similar to Manatsu in drawing style. Both of them have green hair tied in pig tails. They were already involved in the world of magic/viruses before the other girls arrive. Both of them have a deep bond with the other girl and both animes give you a yuri-ish feeling. However Venus Versus Virus is not really yuri while Uta Kata you will just have to wait  read more 
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