"Sakura tsûshin" (2001) TV series

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Creator:

U-Jin
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Genre:

Animation | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Urara likes Touma. Touma likes Meiko. Meiko might like Touma, but Meiko will only date a college boy. So what's an under achiever like Touma to do?

Plot Keywords:

Lie | Exam | Student | Anime | Surrealism

Cast

Kyôko Hikami	...	Urara Kasuga (voice)
Mitsuaki Madono	...	Touma Inaba (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dara Aylor	...	Erika (voice: English version)
Chris Ayres	...	Koji Akimoto (ADV 2005) (voice: English version)
Jeff Baird	...	Choro (voice: English version)
Heather Barfield	...	Kohmi's Father, Mashu's Party Guest (voice: English version)
Judi Becker	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mike Bradecich	...	Ryo (voice: English version)
John Bull	...	Touma's Father (voice: English version)
Martin Burke	...	Touma Inaba (voice: English version)
Charles Campbell	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Rebecca Davis	...	Mieko Yotsuba (voice: English version)
Gary Dehan	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lana Dieterich	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Lana Dietrich)
Helmut Dirkenschneider	...	TV Anchorman (voice: English version)
Walter Dow	...	Mashu's Party Guest (voice: English version)
Carie Esquenazi	...	Concession Stand Clerk, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Traci L. Goudie	...	TV Porn Star, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Gray Haddock	...	Mashu Tatsuhiko, Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Gray G. Haddock)
Sammy Harte	...	College students
Alton Hebert	...	Choro's Teacher (voice: English version)
Margaret Hoard	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Charleton Hoffman	...	Grubby Guy (voice: English version)
Anne Iverson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Christa Kimlicko-Jones	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Shelly Lange	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Robert Martinez	...	Touma Inaba (ADV 2005) (voice: English version)
Les McGehee	...	Koji Akimoto, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Stewart McGregor	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Marco Noyola	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mariela Ortiz	...	Urara Kasuga (ADV 2005) (voice: English version)
Chris Patton	...	Mashu Tatsuhiko (ADV 2005) (voice: English version)
Markell Pool	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kym Priess	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Kima Priess)
Christopher Pryce	...	Kiyomichi Tashiro (voice: English version)
Monica Rial	...	Mieko Yotsuba (ADV 2005) (voice: English version)
Guy Roberts	...	Ken (voice: English version)
Meredith Robertson	...	College Advisor, Mashu's Party Guest (voice: English version)
Boon Sheridan	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Stephanie Ila Silver	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Daniel Joseph Staub	...	Touma's Baseball Coach (voice: English version) (as Daniel Joseph Staub)
Jason P. Stingley	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Don Toner	...	Mieko's Father, Opposing Coach (voice: English version)
Kira Vincent-Davis	...	Komi Natsuki (ADV 2005) (voice: English version)
Ken Webster	...	Urara's Father (voice: English version)
Jon Wiley	...	Fila Man, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Cyndi Lou Williams	...	Touma's Mother, Alicia (voice: English version)
Larissa Wolcott	...	Kohmi Natsuki (voice: English version)
Lauren Worsham	...	Urara Kasuga (voice: English version)

Directed by
Tsuguo Ozawa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
U-Jin		creator

Produced by
Kunitoshi Okajima	....	producer

Animation Department
Toshiaki Kobayashi	....	character designer
Kunitoshi Okajima	....	character designer

Production Companies

• Kitty Films
• Victor Entertainment

Distributors

• ADV Films (USA)

Also Known As:

"Sakura Diaries" (International: English title)

Runtime:

25 min (12 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | UK:15

Company:

Kitty Films

A heart touching story

Watching this series for the first time I am still sitting here in front of my PC not believing it is over. The story was so real and the daily life problems of the people so, so, well so much like mine I feel like I have looked into a mirror. The strange thing for me was that I thought I would have related more to Touma, the male lead, but in fact I related to Urara the most. With out telling to much of the plot it is hard to say much but that her confusion and pain dealing with life is done so very real it will truly hurt your heart to watch her.

This series does a great job of giving the viewer a look into the inner drives and thoughts of each player in the story that even when they are behaving badly, which they often do, you can't help but feel for them and wish them the best. If you are looking for an anime that will truly touch your heart and one you will make you look at your one life and what drives you. Sakura Diaries is your anime.

The only thing I did not like about the series is that it had to end. :D 5 out of 5 stars