Tegamibachi (2009) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

Set in a perpetually dim world where written communication is vital, this series follows Gauche Suede, a seasoned Letter Bee navigating treacherous landscapes teeming with enigmatic creatures called Gaichuu. During a challenging delivery, Gauche encounters Lag Seeing, a young boy also tasked with a letter. Their initial encounter sparks an unlikely bond that profoundly shapes both their lives. Years later, driven by admiration for Gauche, Lag joins the Letter Bee, eager to follow in his footsteps. However, he soon discovers the world is far more nuanced than he imagined, uncovering hidden tensions and moral ambiguities within the organization and the very nature of their mission. The narrative explores themes of mentorship, self-discovery, and the weight of responsibility in a world perpetually shrouded in twilight.

Trailer:

Streaming Platforms:

Crunchyroll

Episodes:

Episode 1: Letter and Letter Bee (Aired: 10/03/2009)
Episode 2: My Friend (Aired: 10/10/2009)
Episode 3: Crybaby Boy, Letter Girl (Aired: 10/17/2009)
Episode 4: Lag's Dingo (Aired: 10/24/2009)
Episode 5: Dead-End Town (Aired: 10/31/2009)
... and 20 more episodes

Characters:

Niche (Main) - Voice Actors: Fujimura, Ayumi, Vandroux, Sandra, Leguizamo, Denisse, Teixeira, Nani
Seeing, Lag (Main) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Miyuki, Yeo, Min Jeong, Heller, Angélique, Longeac, Amandine, Sourient, Nicole
Steak (Main) - Voice Actors: Nagasawa, Nao, Pérez, Monserrat, Muzzi, Julio
Alcott, Vincent (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nara, Tooru, Doumenc, Waléry, Rebelo, Richard
Alcott, Louisa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okamoto, Mari
Bellucci (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Terasoma, Masaki, Dutel, Julien, Cárdenas, Hiram
Blanc, Elena (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Yuu, Dias, Aline
Bonny (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Atsuko, Lambrey, Emmanuelle, Mendoza, Rommy, Von Jelita, Marjori
Brito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yasumoto, Hiroki, Dutel, Julien, Ridal, Cyro
Crank (Supporting)
Darwin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oguro, Kazuhiro, Alberton, Augusto
Dr. Whiteman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiyokawa, Motomu, Galéra, Jean-Marc, Ridal, Cyro
Galador (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tasaka, Hideki, Gimenez, Pascal, Martínez, Kaihiamal, Rodrigues, Bruno
Gobeni, Jacob (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Amada, Masuo, Audouy, Hyppolit, Selim, Erick, Rodrigues, Marcelo
Gobeni, Sandra (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamashita, Ayaka, Lasne, Élodie, Guevara, Sandra, Bozza, Ingrid
Grado, Anne (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitamura, Eri, Saroli, Delphine, Rolim, Talita
Gus (Supporting)
Hunt (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Susumu, Doumenc, Waléry, Allende, David, Luz, Tiago
Jick, Ballore (Supporting)
Joey (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kirimoto, Takuya, Audouy, Hyppolit, Maccio, Luciano
Jones, Mana (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Inoue, Marina, Araujo, Mayara
Kluff, Connor (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suganuma, Hisayoshi, Pyo, Yeong Jae, Wilhelm, Marc, Berti, Vítor, González, Walther
Lawrence (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yusa, Kouji, Kim, Il, Dutel, Julien, Cataño, Arturo, Rodrigues, Bruno
Link, Aria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koshimizu, Ami, Kim, Seon Hye, Benedito, Dany, Lobo, Ana, Montemezzo, Antônia
Lloyd, Largo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Konishi, Katsuyuki, Kim, Yeong Seon, Gimenez, Pascal, Campuzano, Manuel, Kozievitch, Diegho
Mac (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Endou, Junichi, Galéra, Jean-Marc
Marumera, Sonya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Chiwa, de La Mara, Marrara
Mary, Sabrina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tani, Ikuko, Lasne, Élodie, Barrero, Banny, Fergutz, Cristina
Moss (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugita, Tomokazu, Laquet, Damien, Eufrasio Jr., Fernandinho
Pepper, Nello (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuoka, Yuki, Jeong, Hye Ok, Hostekint, Justine, Vela, Lily, Braga, Rafaela
Pepper, Nelli (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nabatame, Hitomi, Saroli, Delphine, Márquez, Rosalinda, Marques, Isabelle
Pepper, Jiggy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakai, Kazuya, Lee, Ju Chang, Laquet, Damien, Mena, Héctor, Maccio, Luciano
Pisaro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gotou, Junichi, Doumenc, Waléry, Aurelio, Marko
Pistis (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Komatsu, Yuka, Benedito, Dany, Rolim, Talita
Prometas, Promessa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Chihiro, Laquet, Damien, Ugarte, Víctor, Herrera, Rodrigo
Rain, Matilda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oosaka, Fumiko, Galindo, Alina, Braga, Rafaela
Roda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horie, Yui, Villa, Angélica, Dissá, Margheurita
Rose (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Asano, Masumi, Heller, Angélique, Fialho, Marcelina
Sarah (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Komatsu, Yuka, Han, Chae Eon, Heller, Angélique, Villa, Angélica, Aquino, Keila
Seeing, Anne (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hisakawa, Aya, Saroli, Delphine, Pérez, Monserrat, de La Mara, Marrara
Sein (Supporting)
Signal (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oguro, Kazuhiro, Son, Won Il, Laquet, Damien, Ramírez, Aldo, Ferreira, Gideão
Signales (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oguro, Kazuhiro, Son, Won Il, Laquet, Damien, Ramírez, Aldo, Ferreira, Gideão
Suede, Gauche (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fukuyama, Jun, Shin, Yong Wu, Birken, Matthieu, Velázquez, Ferso, Machado, João Gabriel
Suede, Sylvette (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizuki, Nana, Lee, Ji Yeong, Hostekint, Justine, Ramírez, Yanitzé, Martins, Lia
Sullivan, Moc (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suganuma, Hisayoshi, O, In Seong, Doumenc, Waléry, Ortega, Gerardo, Iglesias, Gustavo
Thunderland Jr. (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Hideo, O, In Seong, Dutel, Julien, Gutiérrez Coto, Sergio, Cruz, Júlio
Wasiolka (Supporting)
Winters, Zazie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kishio, Daisuke, Hyeon, Gyeng Su, Maïnö, Michaël, Siller, Carlos, Mattos, Marcio

Staff:

Adachi, Satoshi (Producer)
Kobayashi, Noriko (Producer)
Iwanaga, Akira (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kageyama, Shigenori (Director, Theme Song Arrangement)
Shimizu, Katsunori (Sound Director)
Fujimoto, Yoshitaka (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Fukuda, Takayuki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Fukuda, Gen (Episode Director)
Fukushima, Toshinori (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ishida, Tooru (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kobayashi, Tsuneo (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Matsumoto, Masayuki (Episode Director)
Okuno, Kouta (Episode Director)
Shizuno, Koubun (Episode Director)
Yamakado, Ikuo (Episode Director, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Yanagiya, Yoshihiro (Episode Director)
Akahoshi, Masanao (Script)
Decouzon, Mélanie (Script)
Dutel, Julien (Script, ADR Director)
Itou, Michiko (Script, Screenplay)
Ooishi, Tetsuya (Script, Series Composition)
Yoshioka, Takao (Script)
Ban, Yamato (Storyboard)
Miyazaki, Nagisa (Storyboard)
Miyazawa, Tsutomu (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Shimazu, Hiroyuki (Storyboard)
Angelo (Theme Song Performance)
HIMEKA (Theme Song Performance)
Nomura, Youichirou (Theme Song Arrangement)
Shiraishi, Satori (Theme Song Arrangement)
Suga, Shikao (Theme Song Performance)
Abe, Munetaka (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Abe, Tatsuya (Animation Director)
Arai, Yutaka (Key Animation)
Asada, Hiroyuki (Original Creator)
Chang, Bum-chul (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Chiba, Kenji (Key Animation)
Enomoto, Hanako (Key Animation)
Eum, Ik-hyun (Animation Director)
Fujisawa, Toshiyuki (Key Animation)
Fujita, Masayuki (Key Animation)
Fukuyo, Manami (Key Animation)
Furukawa, Shin (Associate Producer)
Furuya, Kouji (Key Animation)
Gotou, Keisuke (Animation Director)
Hamada, Kenji (Planning)
Hamakawa, Shuujirou (Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director)
Han, Se-Hwan (Key Animation)
Hashidate, Kana (Key Animation)
Hashimoto, Maki (Key Animation)
... and 101 more staff

News:

Sentai Filmworks Licenses Mawaru Penguindrum, Tegami Bachi, and Ninja Scroll (09/01/2012)
DVD Extra Short Episodes of Tegamibachi (10/07/2009)
TV Anime Series of Tegamibachi Confirmed (04/30/2009)

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Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: Pierrot Plus
Producers: Pierrot, TV Tokyo
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Rating: 7.6 / 10
Rank: #1647
Popularity: #1953
Users Listed: 125,778
Users Scored: 46,229
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 02/25/2025
Aired: October 3, 2009 – March 27, 2010 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 25
Broadcast: Saturday at 22:55 (JST)

Tegamibachi