Anime Reviews (2010-2019): IRODOKU: The World in Colors - Complete Collection (2018)

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For those who love teenage dramas with a little touch of magic, “IRODOKU: The World in Colors” is an anime series that I definitely recommend!

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TITLE: IRODOKU: The World in Colors – Complete Collection

ANIME FILM RELEASE DATE: 2018

DURATION: 325 Minutes

BLU-RAY INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition, English and Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0, Subtitles: English subtitles

COMPANY: Sentai Filmworks

RATING: TV 14

Release Date: June 21, 2022

Originally created by Yashio Natsuka

Directed by Shinohara Toshiya

Series Composition by Kakihara Yuuko

Music by Dewa Yoshiaki

Original Character Design by Fly

Character Design by Akiyama Yuki

Art Direction by Suzuki Kurumi

Anime Production: P.A. Works

Featuring the following voice talent:

Maeda Saeji/Adam Gibbs as Yamabuki Sho

Toyama Nao/Allison Sumrall as Kawai Kurumi

Ishihara Kaori/Alyssa Marek as Tsukishiro Hitomi

Ichinose Kana/Brittney Karbowski as Ichinose Kana/Asagi

Hondo Kaede/Cat Thomas as Tsukishiro Kohaku

Murase Ayumu/James Marler as Fukasawa Chigusa

Morikawa Toshiyuki/Jay Hickman as Tsukishiro Gen

Ohara Sayaka/Luci Christian as Tsukishiro Ruri

Chiba Shoya/Nathan Wilson as Aoi Yuito

Honda Takako/Shelley Calene-Black as Aoi Haruka

Shimamoto Sumi/Wendy Powell as Kohaku (Older)

Although Hitomi lives in a world filled with magic and fantasy, she can only experience it’s many marvels in a dreary palette of black and white and grey. She does remember seeing color when she was very young, but the hues and vibrance faded away as most of the people who were important to her left her life. Her emotions have followed suit, becoming greyer, darker, and muted, until even the wonders of becoming a Mage and growing into a teenager rarely affect her. But Hitomi’s grandmother has a plan to use a spell that would send Hitomi someplace where the two of them can meet… only this time, her grandmother will be 17! Join the journey to 2018 and witness the hidden powers of love and friendship as Hitomi’s journey unveils the mysteries of IRODUKU: THE WORLD IN COLORS!

From Studio P.A. Works comes the 13-episode anime series “IRODOKU: The World in Colors”.

Originally aired from October to December 2018 on the Animeism block, the series has been released on Blu-ray courtesy of Sentai filmworks with both the Japanese and English soundtrack.

The series is set in the distant future in which Tsukishiro Hitomi is a teenager who is from a family of witches who can no longer see colors and despises magic. As she lost the people she treasured, she lost all sense of colors and she has been living a life without any vitality, closing herself from everyone.

Her grandmother Tsukishiro Kohaku is concerned for her young granddaughter and without much explanation, she sends Hitomi on a mission 60 years in the past.

Hitomi arrives in the year 2018 and she meets a group of teenagers who welcomes her to her New School and she meets her 17-year-old grandmother who is still learning how to use magic.

While at the new school, she is taken in by her grandmother’s family and meets a variety of people such as Aoi Yuito, a member of the Magic Photography Arts Club who loves to draw. And for some reason, Hitomi can see the colors of his drawings.

She also meets fellow Photography Arts club member Kazeno Asagi, Kawai Kurumi, Yamabuki Sho and Fukasawa Chigusa.

For the most part, “IRODOKU: The World in Colors” is a short anime series that one can easily get into and enjoy.

While there is a story centered along magic, the series is primarily based on relationships and awakening Hitomi’s heart to having friendships, doing things with friends and feeling a sense of belonging and people who embrace her.

But while in the past, Hitomi tries to find out why Aoi’s drawings captivates her heart temporarily to see colors again.

For those who love teenage dramas with a little touch of magic, “IRODOKU: The World in Colors” is an anime series that I definitely recommend!

Click here to purchase this Blu-ray on Amazon