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Umi Monogatari (TV)

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Alternative title:
Sea Story
Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~ (Japanese)
Umimonogatari -anata ga itekureta koto- (Japanese)
うみものがたり ～あなたがいてくれたコト～ (Japanese)
Genres: magic
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: The story centers on Marin and Urin, two “pure” sisters who live alongside the fish in the sea, but yearn to be in the world beyond the water and above ground. One day, a beautiful ring falls in the middle of the sea, and Marin and Urin retrieve it. The two decide to leave their waterbound world for the first time to deliver the ring. After an arduous journey, they come across an isolated island where a high school girl named Kanon lives. The encounter between Marin and Kanon—the maiden of the sea and the maiden of the skies—awakens a hidden power as the world is threatened by an enveloping darkness.
Ratings: 176 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:5, raw:1)
 Excellent: 14 votes (sub:12, raw:2)
 Very good: 32 votes (sub:31, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 52 votes (sub:49, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 26 votes (sub:26)
 So-so: 20 votes (sub:16, dub:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:13, raw:1)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 361 s, rank: #2707 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.528 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8057, rank: #5866 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.465 (Decent+), rank: #6036 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.75 / seen some: 6.13 / won't finish: 3.94)
Bayesian estimate: 6.535 (Good−), rank: #5330 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2009-06-24 to 2009-09-16
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"violet" by marble
Ending Theme:
"Tōmei na Inori" (透明な祈り) by Masumi Itō
Links: We have 1
Review:
Umi Monogatari Sub.DVD (Dec 22, 2015)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Umi Monogatari - The Complete Series (Sub.DVD) 2015-11-03 (from $44.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Yuu Kou
Director: Junichi Satō
Series Composition: Yuka Yamada
Screenplay:
Yuka Yamada (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 10, 12
)
Storyboard:
Yuu Kou (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Yoshio Suzuki (ep 1)
Music: Ken Muramatsu
Original story: Toshihiko Tsukiji
Character Design: Haruko Iizuka
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director:
Yukiko Ibe (eps 3, 8)
Director of Photography: Kazuyuki Oota
Producer:
Yui Shibata

2nd Key Animation:
Yūichirō Yamada (ep 4)
3D CG:
Yasuyuki Itō
Animation Check:
Masahito Wada
Animation producer: Kazunori Hashimoto
Assistant Animation Director:
Shinichi Yoshikawa (ep 4)
Background Art:
Yuka Kawai (Kobayashi Production)
Color design: Yoshimi Kawakami
Color Key:
Yukiko Tadano
Dialect Guidance: Yuko Gibu
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Finish Animation:
Yasuko Sakiyama (A-Line)
In-Between Animation:
Yuki Masutani (A-Line)
Key Animation:
Toshihiko Shimada (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Photography:
Yomogiko Murano
Production Advancement:
Yokei Hannaka (eps 1, 8)
Special Effects: Yukiko Kakita
Theme Song Performance:
Masumi Itō (ED)
Kana Asumi as Marin
Minako Kotobuki as Kanon
Yui Horie as Urin

Aki Toyosaki as Oshima
Houko Kuwashima as Sedna
Junji Majima as Sam
Miyuki Sawashiro as Kojima
Nami Miyahara as Utasya (eps 6, 10-12)
Rokurō Naya as Matsumoto
Sachiko Nagai as Miyako Miyamori
Satomi Akesaka as Ichikawa
Yukari Fukui as Warin
Yuko Gibu as Suzuki

Ako Mayama as Old woman (ep 1)
Asuka Ōgame as
Girl (ep 12)
Younger sister shrimp soldier (eps 9-10)
Ayano Ishikawa as Reporter (ep 6)
Daichi Endō as Tourist (ep 6)
Erino Hazuki as Child dugong (ep 13)
Fumihiro Okabayashi as Man (ep 1)
Hideto Nitta as Tourist (ep 6)
Hitomi Nabatame as Octopus soldier (ep 2)
Kanji Suzumori as Tabata-san (ep 3)
Kazuyoshi Hayashi as Skeleton soldier (ep 4)
Kei Shindō as Older sister porcupinefish soldier (ep 3)
Keiichi Takahashi as Tourist (ep 5)
Kenji Takahashi as Middle-aged man (ep 13)
Mai Fuchigami as
Girl (ep 12)
Older sister shrimp soldier (eps 9-10)
Mariya Ise as Younger sister porcupinefish soldier (ep 3)
Michitaka Kobayashi as Middle-aged man (eps 7, 10)
Minami Shindō as Woman (ep 9)
Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as Squid monster (ep 7)
Momoko Saito as Girl (eps 5-6, 10, 12)
Ryō Sugisaki as Man (ep 1)
Sayaka Ōhara as Mother dugong (ep 13)
Tsuyoshi Aoki as Skeleton soldier (ep 4)
Yū Asakawa as Woman pirate (ep 4)
Yuko Gibu as
Mother (ep 5)
Sam (young; ep 8)
Woman (eps 1, 7)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Triple A
3DCGI: NODE
Animation Production: ZEXCS
Backgrounds:
NARA Animation
Broadcaster:
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2009-06-26)
Finish Animation:
Taiguan Animation
In-Between Animation:
ZEXCS
Key Animation:
Synod
Photography: Raretrick
Production:
ZEXCS
Production Assistance:
Studio Fantasia (ep 7)
English staff
English cast
Translation: Shoko Oono
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Producer: Judy Albert

Packaging Design: Edward Bignar
Senior Producer: Kris Gero
Special Thanks To: Matt Luhn
Subtitle Timing: Feng Xiong
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment
Licensed by: The Right Stuf International

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