Tegamibachi Reverse (Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee Reverse)

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Synonyms: Tegami Bachi 2, Letter Bee 2

Japanese: テガミバチ REVERSE

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Type: TV

Episodes: 25

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 3, 2010 to Mar 26, 2011

Premiered: Fall 2010

Broadcast: Sundays at 00:10 (JST)

Producers: Pierrot, TV Tokyo

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: Pierrot Plus

Source: Manga

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 20 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.73¹ (scored by 27,025 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #1150²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2734

Members: 63,944

Favorites: 210

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Synopsis

After Niche carries the wounded and stunned Lag back to the Bee Hive, the Letter Bee finally begins to piece the puzzle together. Now he knows what's happened to Gauche, why the Marauders are so focused on stealing mail and the actual intent of the group controlling both, Reverse. However, when he's forbidden to reveal the truth, Lag is soon forced out of the artificial sunlight and back into the world of perpetual night. And soon Reverse's plot to take down the Letter Bees and overthrow the Amberground government begins to accelerate. If things weren't already bad enough, the giant insect creatures called gaichuu are apparently evolving into something new; there may be traitors working within the Hive; and Niche's sister, who's definitely not human friendly, shows up to turn family drama into a full-scale siege! It all spells serious trouble for the Letter Bees, but if anyone can weather the storms and gloom of night, Lag and his team are the ones who'll deliver.

(Source: FUNimation)

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Adaptation:	Tegamibachi
Prequel:	Tegamibachi
Side story:	Tegamibachi: Omakebachi

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Characters & Voice Actors

Seeing, Lag

Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Niche

Main

Fujimura, Ayumi
Japanese

Steak

Main

Nagasawa, Nao
Japanese

Suede, Gauche

Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun
Japanese

Winters, Zazie

Supporting

Kishio, Daisuke
Japanese

Pepper, Jiggy

Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya
Japanese

Thunderland Jr.

Supporting

Ishikawa, Hideo
Japanese

Suede, Sylvette

Supporting

Mizuki, Nana
Japanese

Roda

Supporting

Horie, Yui
Japanese

Kluff, Connor

Supporting

Suganuma, Hisayoshi
Japanese

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Iwanaga, Akira

Director

Shimizu, Katsunori

Sound Director

Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki

Episode Director

Kobayashi, Tsuneo

Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

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Opening Theme

	1: "Chiisana Mahou (小さな魔法)" by Stereo Pony (ステレオポニー) (eps 1-13)
	2: "Yakusoku (約束)" by Suga Shikao (eps 14-25)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Wasurenagusa (勿忘草)" by Piko (ピコ) (eps 1-13)
	2: "Perseus (ペルセウス)" by Yamazaru (山猿) (eps 14-25)

Reviews

Sep 23, 2019

Mr_Yaz

Recommended

Disclaimer: I am going to review Tegamibachi as a whole, which means that I will cover its 1st season as well.

✪ Genre: action (gunfights, swordplay), adventure, drama, high fantasy, shounen, superpower

✔ Positive Aspects ✔

◧ Excellent animation, with very clear character designs (not allowing room for the viewing audience to confuse one character for another), with very elaborate and majestic physical structures, with some wonderfully melancholic and vast landscapes, on high saturated and very vibrant colors. The end result is very similar to another work by the same studio (Pierrot Plus), Tokyo Ghoul (a phenomenal anime, at least its 1st season), and to another outstanding anime ... by TMS entertainment, D-Gray Man. In my view, comparatively, Tegamibachi is more akin to the latter.

◧ Very creative choices for a soundtrack, ranging from Asia-influenced folk music, new age with various kinds of instruments, music suited to video-games, to more 'classical' kind of stuff (sort of). Overall, the editing team did a wonderful job using tracks that were very suitable for their respective circumstances.

◧ The series's character development is, by far, its best attribute. Due to the series's unique concept (at least for the action/adventure/shounen genre), the use of the flashback device was narratively necessary. This has allowed for the portrayal of most characters' personal histories, motivations, and intentions (protagonists and deuteragonists alike), which, in turn, has allowed for a very cohesive and balanced unfolding of the plot.

◧ As I alluded to in the previous paragraph, the series's concept is very unique and quite beautiful at that. The story takes place in a high-fantasy world which does not resemble our world in any substantive way, besides the existence of an artificial sun. While this world does appear to be heliocentric, we have no clue about whether or not this is the case for the planetary system that this planet belongs to (assuming that it is part of one). Both aided by the perpetual night that engulfs this world, and the themes of sadness and nostalgia that frequently take center stage, this work feels very similar to D-Gray Man's atmosphere but without being as dark, because of its emphasis on attachment and solidarity, even among people with conflicting interests.

✘ Negative Aspects ✘

◧ It is genuinely rare for me, when critiquing an anime, to not stumble across multiple shortcomings. Yet, as far as Tegamibachi as a whole goes, I can only think of (3) minor ones:

1) action scenes → they could have been more drawn out and more challenging, especially as the plot was moving forward, at least for my taste
2) skills development → the main character (and the protagonists in general) did not seem to grow with regard to combat in a consistent and explicit manner, as is expected of the genre itself
3) fillers → the 1st season contained 10-12 filler episodes

Overall: In my view, this anime belongs in the rare shounen class of 9-10 level rankings, which up until now had only one member, D.Gray Man. Highly recommended!

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Jan 23, 2019

TheFutureIsAni1

Recommended

The second season of Letter Bee was little different then the first because now you know more about the characters, that being say there was still a lot mystery surrounding the story. I think I may have like the first season first just because it had more Lae and Niche interactions, and often time there very funny but still love this series because it was more intense and more action with the story-line.

That being said there were some plot holes missing in the series (which you need to read manga to find out) that could be good thing or bad thing. If you ...

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Sep 10, 2011

deadeaddead

Not Recommended

This show was amazing. It had brilliant music which fit perfectly with the scenes, great art which was beautiful and awesome characters. It also had an amazing story...... at the start of the series that is.

Art: 9
The animation was beautiful like I said before. Great graphics, lighting, colour, just made me happy =D. It was all lies to try and deceive me.

Sound: 10
Other than the bitchy crying 24/7, outstanding sound. The music at most scenes was wonderful and fit perfectly. The voices did too, but I haven't heard such great music that sorta made me feel good in other shows. I feel weird talking.. or ...

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