Tansu Warashi.

Synopsis:

Characters:

• Hiiragi, Noel (Main) - Voice Actors: Noto, Mamiko, Bachère, Valérie
• Boss (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bretonnière, Marc
• Daigorou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Megumi, Nonnenmacher, Marie
• Hanpei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kozakura, Etsuko
• Jirokichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takato, Yasuhiro, Aubert-Carlin, Alan
• Masa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Fuyuka, Soares, Clara
• Natsuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sanpei, Yuuko, Anne, Mélanie
• Tae (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Kana, Berger, Justine
• Yuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Konno, Hiromi, Nonnenmacher, Marie

Staff:

• Terakawa, Hidekazu (Producer)
• Kise, Kazuchika (Director, Key Animation, Character Design)
• Koizumi, Kisuke (Sound Director)
• Anne, Mélanie (ADR Director)
• Araki, Ryou (In-Between Animation)
• Daidouji, Miho (Key Animation)
• Hashimoto, Hisanori (In-Between Animation)
• Hashimoto, Takanori (In-Between Animation)
• Hirata, Ryou (Original Character Design)
• Honda, Masayuki (Key Animation)
• Honda, Fuminori (Production Manager)
• Iiyama, Nahoko (Key Animation)
• Ishikawa, Mitsuhisa (Planning)
• Iwakuma, Akane (Background Art)
• Kaiya, Toshihisa (Animation Director)
• Katagiri, Takahisa (Assistant Animation Director)
• Kiyoike, Naho (Key Animation)
• Kuroiwa, Yuumi (Key Animation)
• Mannen, Asami (In-Between Animation)
• Numata, Kumiko (Key Animation)
• Ogawa, Mai (In-Between Animation)
• Ogura, Hiromasa (Art Director)
• Sugita, Marumi (In-Between Animation)
• Sunouchi, Yuusuke (Production Manager)
• Suzuki, Asuka (Animation Check)
• Takenaka, Shingo (In-Between Animation)
• Tanaka, Kouji (Director of Photography)
• Tanimura, Daishirou (Screenplay)
• Ueda, Youko (Publicity)
• Uematsu, Junichi (Editing)
• Watanabe, Ai (In-Between Animation)
• Watanabe, Youko (Color Design)
• Yoshikawa, Maho (Key Animation)

Reviews:

• User neonoen (Score: 8/10):
  Due to the lack of free time which is supposed to be allotted for my daily serving of anime, I resorted to watching short anime films and such. Of course, I was hoping to find something as magnificent yet light as Tsumiki no Ie. Then I stumbled upon the 4 short anime shows that comprised the 2010 Young Animators' Training Project. As the name of the said endeavor implies, its an on-the-job-training project funded by the Japanese Animation Creators Association to train fresh aspiring animators. Although I found it not as touching, unique and outstanding as Tsumiki no Ie, this anime collection was still worththe watch as each story brought me back to those shows and stories I used to love when I was still a child. nnnHaving been produced by Production I.G., the same people who served us loads of great anime through the years, amazing classics like Neon Genesis Evangelion and Ghost in the Shell, the wild and random FLCL and touching anime series like Kimi ni Todoke and Higashi no Eden, Somehow, that set the bar quite high for me for this show, Tansu Warashi (The Wardrobe Dwellers). Although it was quite a letdown after seeing this show's art compared to the first 3 of the 2010YATP shows (I watched this one last) rather simple (although this observation is just superficial to its overall quality), and the story not as deep and touching, as exciting or not even gripping as I was expecting it to be (granted it's from Production I.G.), the show still proved to be very enjoyable in itself being a short lighthearted and laid-back slice-of-life tale. Tansu Warashi is the story of a regular OL (office lady), Hiiragi Noel and her brief yet unforgettable experience with six spirit children who live in a dresser that is passed down for generations of the women of the Hiiragi family. They also claim themselves to be the servants of the current Hiiragi family's mistress, or more likely, the mistress of her own apartment, Noel, and are bound to correct her too carefree ways of living, teach her to become a responsible adult, and help her bloom into a beautiful yet modest woman.nnSTORY: 9nnThe best part about this show, I could say, is its story. Like how its opening goes, Its quite relaxing and fairly easy to digest. Like I've mentioned earlier, having a warm yet light atmosphere, its like being served with a bowl of warm and tasty rice porridge. The consistency is perfect, the suitable amount of elements of comedy and emotions mixed in complement the flavor very well, providing the viewers with a healthy, hearty slice of life. Also, I loved the mix of characters that comprised the six wardrobe dwellers. Jirokichi, the safety specialist who looks like a mountaineer/archaeologist, Masa, the cook who dresses like a sushi chef, Yuki, the beautician with her curls and pouty lips and Tae, the motherly figure who teaches Noel the perfect manners looks like a traditional Japanese woman…
• User tinginyste (Score: 10/10):
  Warm and nice story about family and frenship. About feelings. Good things come then you realy need them even if you do not expect it. Anime about little miracles in our everyday life. I realy like this kind of stories and would like to recomend it everyone. Art is simple enouth but for this kind of story is the best solution. It reminds me oldschool anime were main thing is story, not art. Characters are interesting and in 23min we can see all disposition.
• User 5camp (Score: 4/10):
  Young Animator Training Project/Anime Mirai short reviews: Part 3/12 Wardrobe Dwellers is basically Snow White if Snow White was a Japanese salarywoman. Also if Snow White didn’t have any singing or dancing or evil witch or basically anything interesting at all. A salarywoman moves into an old flat where magical fairies live in her wardrobe who tell her to kill hookers and something about her grandmother also owning this wardrobe. It’s supposed to be about the passing of generations and tries to lean on the nostalgia button, but never really pulls it off. Characters don’t show enough emotion or personality to feel anything from their reactionsto events. The wardrobe dwellers themselves are pretty boring people. Once they show up, they don’t really do anything else interesting. I was expecting them to do some funny stuff, maybe crack a few jokes or some slapstick humour, but the overall mood is too busy lounging around that it can’t work up the enthusiasm to have anything energetic happen.nnVerdict: Skip

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Forum Topics:

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External Links:

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