Tamako Market (2013)

Original title

たまこまーけっと

Directed by

Naoko Yamada

Genre

comedy anime and manga, slice of life anime and manga, romantic comedy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Tamako Kitashirakawa helps at her family's mochi shop in a Kyoto shopping district. Her daily routines are shaken up by a talking bird and the interactions with her friends and neighbors.

gentlenostalgicwarmplayfulquirkyday-to-daycomedic

What happens

Tamako Market is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Naoko Yamada, and written by Reiko Yoshida. Tamako Market centers on a young girl named Tamako Kitashirakawa, the daughter of a mochi shop owner located inside a shopping district in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward as her life becomes complicated with friendships, rivalries and the arrival of a peculiar bird, named Dera Mochimazzi, from a nearby tropical island. The series aired in Japan between January 10 and March 28, 2013. The anime has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and adapted into English. A film sequel, Tamako Love Story, premiered in Japan on April 26, 2014, paired with a short film titled Dera-chan of the Southern Islands. In 2023, Kyoto Animation announced a new project to celebrate the anime's 10th anniversary. The Tamako Market series and the Tamako Love Story movie were later screened in theaters in June 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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