The Great Passage
Fune wo Amu / 编舟记 / El gran pasaje / Barca de PalavrasSummary
The series follows the employees at the Genbu Shobou publishing company. Araki, who is a veteran editor for the dictionary department, is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya — a salesman who's a poor talker — meets Masashi Nishioka — Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The story follows "the awkward humans" Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai).
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Platforms
Official and social
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Episodes
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 11
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 4 h 13 min (11 × 23 min)
- Season
- Fall 2016
- Start date
- October 14, 2016
- End date
- December 23, 2016
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Other
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- ZEXCS
- Romaji title
- Fune wo Amu
- English title
- The Great Passage
- Native title
- 舟を編む
- Other titles
- 编舟记 · El gran pasaje · Barca de Palavras
Characters 17
Main characters
- Masashi Nishioka西岡正志Main
- Mitsuya Majime馬締光也Main
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- Kaguya Hayashi林香具矢Supporting
- Remi Miyoshi三好麗美Supporting
- Tomosuke Matsumoto松本朋佑Supporting
- Kouhei Araki荒木公平Supporting
- Midori Kishibe岸辺みどりSupporting
- Kaoru Sasaki佐々木薫Supporting
- Kai-kun海くんSupporting
- Chie Matsumoto松本千恵Supporting
- Sen-kun泉くんSupporting
- Shinichirou Miyamoto宮本慎一郎Supporting
- Yamashita-kyokuchou山下局長Supporting
- HiroshiヒロシSupporting
- Rintaリン太Supporting
- Take Hayashi林タケSupporting
- Oda-kyouju小田教授Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Toshimasa KuroyanagiDirector
- Shion MiuraOriginal Story
- Haruko KumotaOriginal Character Design
- Takuya SatouSeries composition
- Hiroyuki AoyamaCharacter design
- Yoshihiro IkeMusic
- Yuka HiramaArt director
- Yukio NagasakiSound director
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- Hiroki MatsumotoBackground Art (eps 1-2)
- Takayuki NoguchiAnimation Director (ep 1)
- Taiiku OkazakiTheme Song Performance (OP)
- Taiiku OkazakiTheme Song Composition (OP)
- Taiiku OkazakiTheme Song Arrangement (OP)
- Taiiku OkazakiTheme Song Lyrics (OP)
- Yuri SuganoTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Akiko WatanabeTheme Song Lyrics (ED)
- Yuri SuganoTheme Song Lyrics (ED)
- Manabu TakadaTheme Song Arrangement (ED)
- Misako SakazumeTheme Song Composition (ED)
- Sarah Emi BridcuttInsert Song Performance ("Jishozukuri no Uta: We Are Jisho-tans"; ep 4)
- Satsumi MatsudaInsert Song Performance ("Jishozukuri no Uta: We Are Jisho-tans"; ep 4)
- You TaichiInsert Song Performance ("Jishozukuri no Uta: We Are Jisho-tans"; ep 4)
- You TaichiInsert Song Arrangment ("Jishozukuri no Uta: We Are Jisho-tans"; ep 4)
- Azuki ShibuyaInsert Song Composition ("Jishozukuri no Uta: We Are Jisho-tans"; ep 4)
- Taiiku OkazakiInsert Song Performance ("Shiokaze"; ep 4)