Anime Reviews (2010-2019): Konohana Kitan – The Complete Series (a Neo-Tokyo 2099 Anime on Blu-ray Disc Review)

“Konohatan Kitan” is a lighthearted series but there are moments of fan service which brings this anime series up to a TV 14 rating, but if anything, “Konohana Kitan – The Complete Series” will attract viewers who want an easy to follow, entertaining anime series!

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TITLE: Konohana Kitan – The Complete Series

DURATION: Episodes 1-12 (300 Minutes)

BLU-RAY INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition (16×9), English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0, Subtitles: English

COMPANY: Funimation

RATED: TV PG

Release Date: December 11, 2018

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Originally created by Amano Sakuya

Directed by Okamoto Hideki

Series Composition: Yoshioka Takao

Character Design by Kurosawa Keiko

Music by Kikuchi Hajime

Art Director: Yokoyama Atsushi

Anime Production: Lerche

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Featuring the following voice talent:

Hata Sawako/Dawn M. Bennett as Satsuki

Suwa Ayaka/Emily Fajardo as Natsume

Kakuma Ai/Jad Saxton as Sakura

Kubota Risa/Kate Oxley as Ren

Ono Yuko/Lindsay Seidel as Yuzu

Numakura Manami/Morgan Garrett as Kiri

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Halfway between heaven and Earth lies Konohanatei, an inn where Yuzu, a naïve yet eager foxgirl, works alongside her fellow attendants. As patrons come and go with the passing seasons and connections blossom between the girls, Yuzu’s curiosity guides her. Because every guest, expected or not, has a story to tell and life lessons to share—and Yuzu is happy to listen.

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Back in 2009, Amano Sakuya created a manga series titled “Konohana-tei Kitan”, which was published in Ichijinsha’s yuri manga magazine “Comic Yuri Hime S” and would be relaunched in Gentosha’s seinen manga magazine “Comic Birz” in 2014.

A 12-episode anime series adaptation produced by Lerche would air in Japan in October-December 2017.

And the anime series would be released on Blu-ray/DVD courtesy of Funimation.

“Konohana Kitan” revolves around a young, naive fox girl named Yuzu who grew up with a nun but now will be living and working at Konohanatei, an inn halfway between Heaven and Earth.

At Konohanatei, she works alongside with the following employees:

• Satsuki – A very serious fox girl about her work and hopes to become a miko someday. Often yelling at Yuzu but is actually fond of her.
• Sakura – A tiny mysterious fox girl.  Very quiet.
• Natsume – A tomboyish fox girl.  Playful and exuberant.
• Ren – A feminine fox girl who always wants to be beautiful and perfectionist.  She is afraid of men after childhood trauma by being bullied by them.
• Kiri – An older fox girl who is the boss of the employees.  Laidback but very smart.
• Okiku – A cursed porcelain doll who ends up working at Konohanatei.
• Okami – The owner of Konohanatei.

And at first, the other employees are not so accepting of Yuzu working at Konohanatei, but the more they work with her, they learn how much she brings to the inn but also how helpful and happy makes them.

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VIDEO:

“Konohana Kitan – The Complete Series” is created in 1080p High Definition (16×9 HD Native). The character design and art backgrounds have very good detail.  Slight softness as one can expect from a TV series.

AUDIO & SUBTITLES:

“Konohana Kitan – The Complete Series” is presented in Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) and Dolby TrueHD 2.0 (Japanese). The series is primarily dialogue and music-driven and both soundtracks feature good voice acting for both Japanese and English soundtracks

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Konohana Kitan – The Complete Series” comes with the following special features:

• Textless Opening Songs
  
• Textless Closing Songs
• Trailers – Trailers for upcoming or currently available titles from FUNimation.

EXTRAS:

“Konohana Kitan – The Complete Series” comes with the Blu-ray and DVD of the anime series.

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For those wanting a cute anime series about a small fox girl who works at an inn between Heaven and Earth and how she eventually warms her co-workers up into accepting her.

Yuzu is quite naive about the world as she was raised by a nun and really never had a chance to see the world.  But as some of her fellow employees are not as happy for her to work at the inn, ,just by being around Yuzu, we see how they eventually accept her and become friends.

Episodes involve Yuzu going out with Satsuki and going in town and Satsuki is shocked that Yuzu knows that she wants to become a priestess.

Another episode features why Ren is attracted to Natsume, a story about a strange egg that has attached itself to Ren, what happens when a guess brings a creepy living doll named Okiku, another episode featuring the young ladies taking part in a Bon Odori, what happens when Satsuki drinks a medicine that makes her shrink and more.

Overall, “Konohana Kitan” is a lighthearted but there are moments of fan service which brings this anime series up to a TV 14 rating, but if anything, “Konohana Kitan – The Complete Series” will attract viewers who want an easy to follow, entertaining anime series!

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