Fox Spirit Tales
| Fox Spirit Tales | |
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| Original title | こ の は な 綺 譚 |
| transcription | Konohana Kitan |
| genre | Yuri |
| Manga | |
| title | Konohana-tei Kitan |
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| author | Sakuya Amano |
| publishing company | Ichijinsha |
| magazine | Comic Yuri Hime |
| First publication | 2009-2010 |
| expenditure | 2 |
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| author | Sakuya Amano |
| publishing company | Gentosha Comics |
| magazine | Comic Birz |
| First publication | December 2014 - ... |
| expenditure | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
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| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2017 |
| Studio | lark |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Hideki Okamoto |
| music | Hajime Kikuchi |
| First broadcast | October 4th, 2017 on AT-X , Tokyo MX , Kansai TV , BS11 |
Fox Spirit Tales ( Japanese こ の は な 綺 譚 , Konohana Kitan ) is a manga series by Sakuya Amano . It was first published as Konohana-tei Kitan in 2009 and 2010 and has been continued since 2014. The work belongs to the Yuri genre and was adapted as an anime television series in 2017 .
content
The short stories take place in Konohanatei , an onsen inn in a city between the realm of ghosts and humans. It is run by female fox spirits who treat all of their guests, whether spirits or humans, like gods. Each guest brings a new task or challenge, especially for little Yuzu ( 柚 ). The fox girl is still new to the inn, inexperienced but full of respect for her colleagues.
publication
Under the title Konohana-tei Kitan , the manga was first published in 2009 and 2010 in the magazine Comic Yuri Hime by Ichijinsha . After the discontinuation, the chapters appeared in two anthologies before the series was continued in Comic Birz magazine in December 2014 . Its publisher Gentosha Comics also publishes the chapters in five anthologies so far.
A German translation of the manga has been published by Tokyopop since June 2018 in four volumes. The publisher also brings out the series in the USA.
Anime
A 12-part anime series based on the manga was created at Studio Lerche in 2017. Directed by Hideki Okamoto and lead author was Takao Yoshioka . The character design was created by Keiko Kurosawa and Atsushi Yokoyama was responsible for the artistic direction .
The 25-minute episodes were broadcast from October 4 to December 20, 2017 on AT-X , Tokyo MX , Kansai TV and BS11 in Japan. The platform Crunchyroll published the anime in parallel outside of Japan, including with English subtitles. Funimation Entertainment released an English dubbed version.
synchronization
| role | Japanese voice |
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| Sakura | Ai Kakuma |
| Natsume | Ayaka Suwa |
| Kiri | Manami Numakura |
| Ren | Risa Kubota |
| Satsuki | Sawako Hata |
| Yuzu | Yuko Ōno |
music
The music was composed by Hajime Kikuchi . The opening credits are Kokoro ni Tsubomi ( コ コ ロ ニ ツ ボ ミ ) by Eufonius and for the credits the song Haru Urara, Kimi to Sakihokoru ( 春 ウ ラ ラ 、 君 ト 咲 キ 誇 ル ) by Konohanatei Nakai no Kai was used.
Web links
- Anime Official Website (Japanese)
- Entry in the Incomplete Manga Guide
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)