Looking Up at the Half-Moon
Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora / HantsukiSummary
After contracting hepatitis A, Ezaki Yuuichi has been confined to a hospital away from his friends and family, much to his displeasure. To relieve his boredom, he has taken to sneaking out of the hospital, usually putting himself on the receiving end of a beating from his nurse. Upon meeting a girl his age also staying in the hospital, he is immediately captivated by her beauty. Akiba Rika's personality is not quite as captivating as her beauty however. In fact, she is rather selfish, moody, and bossy. But as the two spend more time with each other, they become closer, sharing the ordinary joys and trials of a budding teenage romance, even when darkened with impending tragedy - for Rika's condition does not leave her much longer to live.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 6
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 2 h 24 min (6 × 24 min)
- Season
- Winter 2006
- Start date
- January 13, 2006
- End date
- February 24, 2006
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Light novel
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Group TAC
- Romaji title
- Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora
- English title
- Looking Up at the Half-Moon
- Native title
- 半分の月がのぼる空
- Other titles
- Hantsuki
Characters 9
Main characters
- Yuuichi Ezaki戎崎裕一Main
- Rika Akiba秋庭里香Main
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- Miyuki Mizutani水谷みゆきSupporting
- Gorou Natsume夏目吾郎Supporting
- Akiko Tanizaki谷崎亜希子Supporting
- Tsukasa Sekoguchi世古口 司Supporting
- Yoshizou Tada多田 吉蔵Supporting
- Tamotsu Yamanishi山西保Supporting
- Sayoko Natsume夏目小夜子Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Yukihiro MatsushitaDirector
- Tsumugu HashimotoOriginal creator
- Keiji YamamotoOriginal Character Design
- Katsuhiko TakayamaSeries composition
- Makoto KoharaCharacter design
- Shinkichi MitsumuneMusic
- Makoto KoharaChief animation director
- Takashi NakamuraArt director
- Takahiro EnomotoSound director
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- nobukoTheme Song Performance (OP, ED)
- Masakazu Ishikawa2nd Key Animation (ep 6)
- Katsuhiko TakayamaScript
- Kenji HattoriAnimation Director
- Katsuyoshi YatabeEpisode Director (ep 2)
- Nobuyuki TakeuchiEpisode Director (ep 6)
- Nobuyuki TakeuchiStoryboard (ep 3)
- Masahiro SuwaKey Animation
- Yuuji OkaEditing
- Kazumi HasegawaColor Design
- Hiroyuki KitauraProducer
- Tatsuya IshiguroProducer
- Youichirou SatouDirector of Photography
- Kenjirou KawahitoAnimation Producer
- Yukihiro MatsushitaStoryboard (ep 1)