Full Moon wo Sagashite
Searching for the Full Moon / 満月をさがして / Full Moon o Sagashite / Mangetsu wo Sagashite
| Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Shoujo, Showbiz, Supernatural | |
| Themes: Music, Showbiz | |
| Demographics: Shoujo | |
| Studios: Studio Deen | |
| Producers: Nihon Ad Systems, TV Tokyo | |
| Licensors: AnimEigo, VIZ Media | |
| Rating: 7.93 / 10 | |
| Rank: #792 | |
| Popularity: #2091 | |
| Users Listed: 115,626 | |
| Users Scored: 49,490 | |
| NSFW: No | |
| Last Updated: 01/28/2024 | |
| Aired: April 6, 2002 – March 29, 2003 (Spring) | |
| Type: tv | |
| Source: manga | |
| Age Rating: PG 13 | |
| Episodes: 52 | |
| Broadcast: Saturday at 07:30 (JST) |
Synopsis:
Following a promise made to a departed friend, aspiring singer Mitsuki Kouyama faces a daunting reality. Diagnosed with throat cancer, she's given a stark ultimatum: surgery to remove the disease, or accept a limited lifespan. When two enigmatic shinigami appear, revealing she has only one year remaining, Mitsuki embarks on an improbable journey to fulfill her dream of becoming a professional vocalist. Guided by these otherworldly companions, she navigates the challenges of her illness and the pressures surrounding her future. The series explores themes of mortality, the power of dreams, and the profound connection between music and life’s fleeting moments. It depicts a poignant story about confronting limitations and finding purpose in the face of inevitable change, set against a backdrop that blends contemporary life with supernatural elements.
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Episodes:
- Episode 1: I Want to Sing! (Aired: 04/06/2002)
- Episode 2: My Promise to Eichi (Aired: 04/13/2002)
- Episode 3: Along Came the Manager (Aired: 04/20/2002)
- Episode 4: Thoughts On a Song (Aired: 04/27/2002)
- Episode 5: Her First Assignment (Aired: 05/04/2002)
- ... and 47 more episodes
Characters:
- Kira, Takuto (Main) - Voice Actors: Sakurazuka, Yakkun, Watson, Jeffrey, Ootsuda, Hiromi, Kim, Jang, Bautista, Ricardo
- Kouyama, Mitsuki (Main) - Voice Actors: Myco, Lee, Yong Sin, Rowan, Katie, Gil, Leslie
- Yui, Meroko (Main) - Voice Actors: Honda, Chieko, Aguilar, Montserrat, Davies, Leda
- Acchan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Day, Carol-Anne
- AD Ito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Schartner, Jordan
- Adopting Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimozaki, Hiroshi, Heffernan, Charles
- Adopting Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakao, Yuki, Jayoussi, Maizun
- Akiba, Kotarou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mori, Norihisa, Roberts, Scott
- Axel (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishimatsu, Kazuhiko
- Butcher (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Izumi, Hisashi, James, Tommy
- Campus Queen MC (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaneko, Yoshinobu
- Date (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizutani, Keiko, Mitchell, Barb
- Eichi's Grandfather (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iwaki, Kazuo
- Eichi's Grandmother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuoka, Youko
- Elderly Gentleman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitamura, Kouichi, Cowling, Paul
- Eric (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takemoto, Eiji
- Executive Committee (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimozaki, Hiroshi
- Florist (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueki, Makoto
- Florist's Wife (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horie, Yuki
- Franklin, Kazumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tominaga, Miina
- Franklin, Jim (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuyama, Takashi
- Franklin, Nick (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horie, Yuki
- Fuzuki's Fiance (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueki, Makoto
- Girl with Sheep Horns (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Fuyuka
- Great Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimamoto, Sumi
- Hasegawa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueki, Makoto, Ko, Graham
- Hashimoto, Mayumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Dubbin-Steckel, Leah, Sawada, Yukiko
- Herbert, Ron (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ikeda, Masaru
- Hospital Director (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kikkawa, Hiroshi, Nagano, Yoshikazu
- Imamura, Suzu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fukami, Rica
- Jonathan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mori, Norihisa, Rojas, Tommy
- Kimura, Wakana (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Orikasa, Naomi, Mitchell, Jayna
- Kiyone (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Beers, Angie
- Koga, Aoi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Hiroki, Velázquez, Alan Fernando
- Komaki, Fuyuko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Holt, Elinor, Mihara, Junko
- Koyama, Fuzuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugiyama, Kazuko, Choi, Mun Ja, Hnidey, Olga, Nakao, Yuki, Jones, Maureen
- Koyama, Hazuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kasahara, Hiroko, Rowan, Katie
- Kurara (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakagawa, Rie, Odegard, Annika
- Kuwahara (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kondou, Takayuki, Heffernan, Charles
- Love Love Attack MC (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kondou, Takayuki
- Machi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakao, Yuki, Jones, Maureen
- Machida (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Naitou, Ryou, Howard, Cole, Bastidas, Iván, Cervantes, Iván
- Maejima, Tomoe (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagahama, Mariko, Lannan, Marcy, Mejía García, Valeria
- Miyata (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kikkawa, Hiroshi
- Murakami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Hiroki, Gatha, Mark
- Nanami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shishido, Rumi, Berg, Jasmine
- Nanami's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakao, Yuki, Gilbertson, Onalea
- Natsumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakenobe, Mika, Beers, Angie
- Oda, Shizue (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oda, Shizue, McMaster, Cheryl
- Onozaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimozaki, Hiroshi, Love, Jonathan
- Ooshige, Masami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Seo, Tomomi, Gilbertson, Onalea, Jeong, Hye Ok, Sánchez, Georgina
- Orphanage Teacher (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueki, Makoto
- Principal (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagano, Yoshikazu
- Rio, Izumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogata, Megumi, Kim, Il, Ugarte, Víctor
- Risa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagahama, Mariko, Beers, Angie
- ... and 26 more characters
Staff:
- Yamakawa, Norio (Producer)
- Miyake, Masanori (Assistant Producer)
- Katou, Toshiyuki (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
- Hiramitsu, Takuya (Sound Director)
- Furukawa, Masami (Episode Director)
- Hirata, Yutaka (Episode Director)
- Hong, Hun-pyo (Episode Director)
- Itou, Naoyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
- Masunari, Koji (Episode Director)
- Oyunamu (Episode Director)
- Shimizu, Akira (Episode Director, Storyboard)
- Shirahata, Bob (Episode Director)
- Toukairin, Shinichi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
- Ueno, Fumihiro (Episode Director)
- Watanabe, Kenichirou (Episode Director)
- Yamaguchi, Mihiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
- Yoshida, Shunji (Episode Director)
- Yoshimoto, Tsuyoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
- Hiro, Masaki (Script, Series Composition)
- Konparu, Tomoko (Script)
- Nakase, Rika (Script)
- Tamura, Ryou (Script)
- Urasawa, Kouhei (Script)
- Fukumoto, Kiyoshi (Storyboard)
- Katou, Hiroto (Storyboard)
- Kojima, Tamiko (Storyboard)
- Kotaki, Hiroshi (Storyboard)
- Matsushita, Yukihiro (Storyboard)
- Nanba, Hitoshi (Storyboard)
- Nishimura, Junji (Storyboard)
- Watanabe, Hiroshi (Storyboard)
- Gil, Leslie (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
- Myco (Theme Song Lyrics)
- Sakuma, Masahide (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
- Aguilar, Montserrat (ADR Director)
- Emori, Mariko (Animation Director)
- Fujii, Fumino (Key Animation)
- Hashimoto, Hiroyuki (Key Animation)
- Hattori, Kenji (Animation Director)
- Ishikura, Keiichi (Animation Director)
- Kamura, Hiroyuki (Key Animation)
- Kana (Inserted Song Performance)
- Kaneko, Yoshihiro (Recording Engineer)
- Katou, Shouji (Sound Effects)
- Kondou, Yuuji (Animation Director)
- Kudou, Yuka (Animation Director, Character Design)
- Matsumoto, Shinji (Color Design)
- Minami, Shinichirou (Animation Director)
- Okabe, Minoru (Key Animation)
- Saitou, Tetsuhito (Animation Director)
- ... and 8 more staff
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Forum Topics:
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 34 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 1 Discussion
- Is there any difference between this anime and the manga?
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 20 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 18 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 17 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 7 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 52 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 45 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 42 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 40 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 27 Discussion
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 29 Discussion
- Should I read the manga?
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Episode 2 Discussion
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Related Anime/Manga:
- Full Moon wo Sagashite (manga - Adaptation)
- Full Moon wo Sagashite: Kawaii Kawaii Daibouken (anime - Side Story)