Uta Kata
| Uta∽Kata | |
Logo by gímik・HAL/Bandai Visual for Uta Kata
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| うた∽かた (詩片) | |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Romance, Magical girl, Drama |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Keiji Gotoh |
| Studio | Hal Film Maker,Bandai Visual |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Kanagawa |
| Original run | October 3, 2004 – December 18, 2004 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Keito Kōme |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| Original run | October 2004 – April 2005 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Original video animation | |
| Shotō no Futanatsu | |
| Directed by | Keiji Gotoh |
| Studio | Hal Film Maker |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | April 22, 2005 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Hidefumi Kimura |
| Illustrated by | Megumi Kadonosono |
| Published by | Bandai Visual |
| Published | April 22, 2005 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Uta∽Kata (うた∽かた (詩片)?, lit. "Poem Fragment") is a 2004 anime TV series. Written differently (泡沫), the title can also refer to bubbles, which is used as such in the ending theme.
The series can be loosely considered a magical girl story. However, this series deviates from more conventional magical girl themes in that it addresses topics that are for a more mature audience, such as child abuse,eating disorders, and possibly misanthropy. Nevertheless, it illustrates the main character's coming of age with each progressive episode, becoming more and more emotionally intense as the story goes on.
The story follows Ichika Tachibana's life over a summer holiday when she meets Manatsu Kuroki. The series then details their summer activities and the use of special creatures called Djinn (ジン jin), elemental creatures that lend their powers to Ichika to help her and her friends when they invariably find themselves in danger, and eventually for their own motives.
On the day before the summer holiday, Ichika Tachibana discovers that the charm attached to her cell phone has somehow wound up inside a mirror in the old school building. A girl named Manatsu Kuroki, inside the mirror, offers to return the charm and phone in exchange for a favor. When Ichika accepts, Manatsu emerges from the mirror, but Ichika finds to her chagrin that the charm's stones' have all taken on different colors. Her indignation soon turns to delight as she is transformed by the charm and given an incredibly moving experience in the skies above Kamakura.
After returning to the old classroom, Manatsu asks that Ichika use all the colored stones in the charm and record her experiences and thoughts. Starting with the facade of Manatsu as her text-message pal, Ichika begins to entangle herself in a web of small lies and deceptions.
When Ichika faces various dangers during the summer holiday, she at first uses the Djinn's power within the stones to resolve them supernaturally. But as the summer draws on, she begins to use the power even though there is no imminent danger. Through each experience with the Djinn she learns about the willfulness of herself and others. Slowly, the power of the Djinn erodes her emotional, physical, and mental strength, and she abuses the power to the point of attempting murder.
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