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Tamako Market (たまこまーけっと Tamako Māketto) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Naoko Yamada. It first aired in Japan on January 10th, 2013 and is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks with the English dub premiered on July 30th, 2014.

Plot[]

In a colorful shopping district located in Kyoto, Tamako Kitashirakawa is the bubbly daughter of a mochi shop owner. She soon encounters a strange, talking, pink bird who calls himself Dera Mochimazzi. From then on, Dera makes a whimsical impact on the residents of Usagiyama Shopping District as well as Tamako's friends from school.

Production[]

Originally intended for the third season of K-On!, Kyoto Animation aired the trailer of Tamako Market on December 12, 2012 and was produced by the staff who worked for the first two seasons of K-On!

Much of the personnel consisted of art director Ikuko Tamine and the character designer Yukiko Horiguchi. The sound director is Yota Tsuruoka and the music composition is by Tomoko Kataoka. The voice actress for the protagonist provided the vocals for the opening theme song, "Dramatic Market Ride," and the ending theme song, "Neguse."[1]

Conception[]

The overall frame for the story had already began before Naoko Yamada was given the role as director of the new animation. The initial setting remained a shopping district, although some elements to the show were removed. Despite fantasy attributes—such as the protagonist having special powers—no longer being the core of Tamako Market the general slice-of-life genre remained. With the changes continuing to prosper solid characterizations, only the talking bird remained.[2]

Books[]

Tamako Market received two light novel adaptions, one named after the original anime series and the other as a complement to the film sequel, Tamako Love Story.[3]

DVD Releases[]

The first Blu-Ray volume was sold on March 20th, 2013 with a fully colored illustration booklet of twenty-four pages, a mini-animation entitled Dera's Bar, an insert song from the original anime series ("My Love's Like" by Cage North), and a drawn postcard by character designer Yukiko Horiguchi. An event ticket was also sold in advance.[4]

The second Blu-Ray volume was sold on April 17th, 2013 with a fully colored illustration booklet of twenty-four pages, the second episode to Dera's Bar, an insert song from the original anime series ("Un Lieu de Rencontre" by Marilou), and a drawn postcard by character designer Yukiko Horiguchi.[5]

The third Blu-Ray volume was sold on May 15th, 2013 with a fully colored illustration booklet of twenty-four pages, the third episode to Dera's Bar, an insert song from the original anime series ("Excerpts from 'The Return Of The Drowning Witch' (Part1~Part9)" by Hogweed), and a drawn postcard by character designer Yukiko Horiguchi.[6]

The fourth Blu-Ray volume was sold on June 19th, 2013 with a fully colored illustration booklet of twenty-four pages, a mini-animation entitled Ochoko Choi-chan, an insert song from the original anime series ("O.S.T. 'Girl Next Door' (Zizzania)" by Franco Casa and Paul Bennett), and a drawn postcard by character designer Yukiko Horiguchi.[7]

The fifth Blu-Ray volume was sold on July 17th, 2013 with a fully colored illustration booklet of twenty-four pages, the second episode for Ochoko Choi-chan, an insert song from the original anime series ("Koi no Uta" by Dynamite Beans), and a drawn postcard by character designer Yukiko Horiguchi.[8]

The sixth blu-ray volume was sold on August 21st, 2013 with a fully colored illustration booklet of twenty-four pages, the third episode for Ochoko Choi-chan, an insert song from the original anime series ("Girl on the 94" by The Cupid's Toy), and a drawn postcard by character designer Yukiko Horiguchi.[9]

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A new Blu-Ray box was sold on March 18, 2015, for the original anime, containing all volumes and mini-animations; a drama CD featuring a story centering on Tamako, Midori Tokiwa, and Kanna Makino in regards to an incident with an iron pole; and a new illustration. The box set additionally has recorded commentary from the director and the voice actress Aya Suzaki.[10]

All DVD releases included Japanese subtitles.

The North American DVD/Blu-Ray release containing the complete series and the movie was distributed by Section23 Films and was released on June 2nd, 2020 with Japanese and English audio.

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