Dear Brother
Onii-sama e... / Brother, Dear Brother / To My Brother... / Caro Fratello / Très cher frèreSummary
Before leaving her cram school, Nanako Misonō asks one of the teachers if they can become pen-pals. The teacher, Takehiko Henmi, is reluctant at first, but eventually accepts the offer. The story is narrated through the letters sent from Nanako as she enters Seiran, a renowned private high school for girls only. There she encounters many difficulties as an ordinary middle-class girl invited to the prestigious Sorority, the most traditional and sophisticated club on campus..
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 39
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 16 h 15 min (39 × 25 min)
- Season
- Summer 1991
- Start date
- July 14, 1991
- End date
- May 31, 1992
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Tezuka Productions
- Romaji title
- Onii-sama e...
- English title
- Dear Brother
- Native title
- おにいさまへ…
- Other titles
- Brother, Dear Brother · To My Brother... · Caro Fratello · Très cher frère
Characters 15
Main characters
- Rei Asaka朝霞れいMain
- Mariko Shinobu信夫 マリ子Main
- Fukiko Ichinomiya一の宮 蕗子Main
- Nanako Misonoo御苑生奈々子Main
- Kaoru Orihara折原 薫Main
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- Takashi Ichinomiya一の宮 貴Supporting
- Aya Misaki三咲 綾Supporting
- Takehiko Henmi辺見 武彦Supporting
- Tomoko Arikura有倉 智子Supporting
- Hisako Shinobu信夫久子Supporting
- Megumi Furuta古田めぐみSupporting
- Hikawa Shinobu信夫氷川Supporting
- Junko Nakaya仲矢順子Supporting
- Miyuki Sonobe園部みゆきSupporting
- HalloweenBackground
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Osamu DezakiDirector
- Riyoko IkedaOriginal creator
- Akio SuginoCharacter design
- Kentarou HanedaMusic
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- Kei OguraTheme Song Lyrics (OP, ED)
- Gérard DessallesADR Director (French)
- Massimo CòrizzaADR Director (Italian)
- Massimo CòrizzaDialogues (Italian)
- Francine ChantereauTheme Song Performance (French)
- Osamu DezakiStoryboard (eps 1-7, 9, 11-13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 28, 29, 37, 39)
- Tomoko KonparuScript (eps 2, 6, 11, 15, 19, 29, 37)
- Masami MoriScript (eps 3, 12, 16, 21)
- Chifude AsakuraScript (eps 4, 7, 8, 10, 14, 18, 20)
- Kazuya MiyazakiEpisode Director (eps 4, 7)
- Toshiya ShinoharaEpisode Director (ep 10)
- Takuo SuzukiStoryboard (eps 8, 17)
- Yuusaku SaotomeEpisode Director (ep 1)
- Kazuo NogamiEpisode Director (eps 3, 9)
- Katsuhiko KoideScript (eps 27, 37)
- Yutaka SatouEpisode Director (ep 29)
- Fumihiro YoshimuraEpisode Director (eps 6, 11, 15, 19, 27, 39)
- Takuo SuzukiEpisode Director (eps 2, 8, 13, 17, 21)
- Tadayuki UdaEpisode Director (eps 5, 9)
- Hideo TakayashikiScript (eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 22, 28, 39)
- Hideki HiroshimaEpisode Director (eps 12, 16, 20, 28, 37)