"Deji" Meets Girl
Japanese animated television series
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"Deji" Meets Girl (Japanese: ã§ã¼ããã¼ãã¬ã¼ã«, Hepburn: DÄji MÄ«tsu GÄru) is a Japanese original short anime television series produced by Liden Films. It aired from October to December 2021 on the Super Animeism programming block.
| "Deji" Meets Girl | |
![](#/media/File:"Deji"_Meets_Girl_key_visual.jpg) Key visual | |
| ã§ã¼ããã¼ãã¬ã¼ã« (DÄji MÄ«tsu GÄru) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Fantasy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Akane Malbeni |
| Published by | Flex Comix |
| Magazine | Comic Polaris |
| Original run | September 30, 2021 â 2022 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Ushio Tazawa |
| Written by | Akane Malbeni |
| Music by | Hiroshi Nakamura |
| Studio | Liden Films |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | MBS, TBS |
| Original run | October 2, 2021 â December 18, 2021 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Characters
- Maise Higa (æ¯åèæ, Higa Maise)
- Voiced by: Kiyono Yasuno[3]
- A first-year high school student in Okinawa. She was originally in the handball club but quit after an injury. During summer vacation she works part-time at the front desk of her father's Hotel Higa.[4]
- IchirÅ Suzuki (ããããã¡ãã, Suzuki IchirÅ)
- Voiced by: Tatsuyuki Kobayashi[5]
- A young tourist from Tokyo staying at Hotel Higa.[4]
- Kaisei Higa (æ¯åæµ·æ, Higa Kaisei)
- Voiced by: Kenta Miyake[6]
- Maise's father and the owner of Hotel Higa.
- Teruko Higa (æ¯åãã«å, Higa Teruko)
- Voiced by: Ikuko Tani[6]
- Maise's grandmother who works as a psychic under the name "Yuta".
Media
Manga
A manga adaptation, also written and illustrated by Akane Malbeni, was serialized in Flex Comix's Comic Polaris website from September 30, 2021[6] to 2022. The series was collected into a single tankÅbon volume, published by Flex Comix on May 13, 2022.[7]
Volume list
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 13, 2022[7] | 978-4-86675-201-3 |
Anime
The original story is credited to Naminoue Seinendan and produced by Japanese studio Liden Films, with direction and character design by Ushio Tazawa and series composition and original character design by Akane Malbeni; Kaori Akatsu and Norifumi Okuno designed the props, with music by Hiroshi Nakamura, sound direction by Ryousuke Naya, sound work credited to Studio Mouse, editing by Satomi Yamada, backgrounds supervised by Miu Miyamoto, colour design by Kunio Tsujita, compositing supervised by Mitsuyoshi Yamamoto and CG directed by Yoshimasa Yamazaki.[8] The series aired from October 2 to December 18, 2021, on the Super Animeism block on MBS, TBS and other channels.[9][5][a] Aoi Kubo performed the series's theme song "Otogibanashi no YÐ¾Ì na Kiseki".[10]
The series had its international premiere on August 25, 2021, at the 25th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal as a closing-day screening.[11][1]
In North America, GKIDS will screen the series in theaters in 2022.[12]
Episode list
| No. | Titleâ[13] | Original release dateâ[14] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Is This Normal in Okinawa?" Transliteration: "Korette Okinawa ja FutsÅ«?" (Japanese: ããã£ã¦æ²ç¸ããæ®éï¼) | October 2, 2021 |
| 2 | "It's... Not... a Dream" Transliteration: "Yume ja... Nai..." (Japanese: 夢ãã...ãªã...) | October 9, 2021 |
| 3 | "Is It Your Doing Again?" Transliteration: "Mata Anta no Sei?" (Japanese: ã¾ããããã®ããï¼) | October 16, 2021[b] |
| 4 | "But Okinawa is Amazing" Transliteration: "Shikashi SugÄ na Okinawa" (Japanese: ãããããã¼ãªæ²ç¸) | October 23, 2021 |
| 5 | "Bloody Fool" Transliteration: "Shini FurÄ" (Japanese: ãã«ãã©ã¼) | October 30, 2021 |
| 6 | "I'm Glad As It Is" Transliteration: "Sono Mama de Yokatta no ni" (Japanese: ãã®ã¾ã¾ã§ããã£ãã®ã«) | November 6, 2021 |
| 7 | "That Kid is a Little Difficult" Transliteration: "Ano Ko wa Chotto Nangi da ne" (Japanese: ãã®åã¯ã¡ãã£ã¨é£åã ã) | November 13, 2021 |
| 8 | "Summer Vacation is Already Over" Transliteration: "Natsuyasumi wa MÅ Owari" (Japanese: å¤ä¼ã¿ã¯ããçµãã) | November 20, 2021 |
| 9 | "I'll Be Busy Today" Transliteration: "KyÅ wa Isogashiku Naru sÄ" (Japanese: ä»æ¥ã¯å¿ãããªããã¼) | November 27, 2021 |
| 10 | "Let's Hide and Seek Until Morning" Transliteration: "Asa Made Kakurenbo ShiyÅ" (Japanese: æã¾ã§ããããã¼ããã) | December 4, 2021 |
| 11 | "You're, Terribly Amazing" Transliteration: "Anta, DÄji Sugoi" (Japanese: ããããã§ã¼ãããã) | December 11, 2021 |
| 12 | "Deji Meets Girl" Transliteration: "DÄji MÄ«tsu GÄru" (Japanese: ã§ã¼ããã¼ãã¬ã¼ã«) | December 18, 2021 |
Release
The animated series has been licensed for North America by GKIDS and for the United Kingdom and Ireland by Anime Limited. It was released in cinemas in North America as part of event screenings of the unrelated feature film Fortune Favours Lady Nikuko and in the United Kingdom and Ireland the same way on August 10, 2022.[2]