Urara Meirocho Explained
Type: | manga |
Publisher: | Houbunsha |
First: | April 16, 2014 |
Last: | June 8, 2019 |
Volumes: | 7 |
Type: | tv series |
Director: | Youhei Suzuki |
Studio: | J.C.Staff |
Network: | TBS, CBC, SUN, BS-TBS, TBS Channel 1 |
First: | January 5, 2017 |
Last: | March 23, 2017 |
Episodes: | 12 |
is a Japanese four-panel manga series by . It was serialized in Houbunsha's from April 2017 to October 2017, when the magazine ceased its publication, and continued in Manga Time Kirara from January 2018 to June 2019. Its chapters were collected in seven volumes. A 12-episode anime television series by J.C. Staff aired between January and March 2017.
Plot
Meirocho is a town filled with fortune tellers known as Uraras, who each specialize in different forms of fortune telling. Chiya, a girl who was raised in the woods, comes to Meirocho seeking the whereabouts of her mother. Joined by three other Urara trainees, Koume, Kon, and Nono, Chiya aims to become the highest ranked Urara in order to enlist the help of the legendary Urara and find her mother.
Characters
- A girl who sometimes appears to have animal-like ears and a tail. She was raised in the woods by her mother's friend, Setsu. Having grown up alongside animals, she is quite agile and has a habit of exposing her stomach when apologising. She wishes to become a 1st-rank Urara to find her mother.
- A straight-laced girl who specializes in kokkuri fortune telling. Due to the way she wears her ribbon, she is often thought to be a fox girl.
- An energetic girl who dresses like a witch and specializes in witch-related magic.
- A shy girl who is the younger sister of the Natsumeya's owner, Nina. She owns a doll named Matsuko given to her by her mother, who died when she was little, and often interprets its creepy advices.
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Nono's older sister, a Rank 5 Urara who runs the Natsumeya teahouse and tutors 10th-rank Uraras.
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Captain of Meirocho's Bloque 10 Patrol Unit who is close friends with Nina. She is strict in her duties and often embarrassed by Chiya's shameless actions.
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Patrol officers working under Saku, whom they both have quite evident crushes on.
- A friend of Chiya's mother who raised Chiya in the forest after her mother's disappearance.
Narration
[2] Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by, Urara Meirocho started in Houbunsha's on April 16, 2014.[3] The magazine ceased publication on October 16, 2017,[4] and the series moved to the publisher's Manga Time Kirara starting on January 9, 2018,[5] [6] [7] and finished on June 8, 2019.[8] [9] Houbunsha collected its chapters in seven volumes, released from January 27, 2015, to July 25, 2019.
Volumes
Anime
An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired in Japan between January 5, 2017, and March 23, 2017.[10] The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks[11] and streamed by Anime Network.[12] The opening theme is by Labyrinth (Sayaka Harada, Yurika Kubo, Haruka Yoshimura, and Kaede Hondo) while the ending theme is "go to Romance>>>>>" by Luce Twinkle Wink☆.[13]
Episodes
Video game
Characters from the series appear alongside other Manga Time Kirara characters in the 2017 mobile RPG, Kirara Fantasia.[14]
Notes and References
- Web site: Urara Meirochō Anime About Divining Girls Casts Ai Kayano. Anime News Network. December 14, 2016. December 14, 2016. December 15, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161215063825/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-14/urara-meirocho-anime-about-divining-girls-casts-ai-kayano/.109889. live.
- Web site: Urara Meirochō Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, More Cast, Theme Songs. Anime News Network. December 16, 2016. December 16, 2016. December 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161216170336/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-16/urara-meirocho-anime-reveals-1st-promo-video-more-cast-theme-songs/.109985. live.
- Web site: ja:まんがタイムきららミラク 2014年 06月号 (発売日2014年04月16日). https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1281692651/b/1066048/. Fujisan.co.jp. Fujisan Magazine Service Co., Ltd.. April 20, 2024. https://archive.today/20240420223241/https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1281692651/b/1066048/. April 20, 2024. ja. live.
- Web site: Pineda. Rafael. Retailer Lists Manga Time Kirara Miracle Magazine With Final Issue in October. Anime News Network. April 20, 2024. October 2, 2017. July 25, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230725152440/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-10-02/retailer-lists-manga-time-kirara-miracle-magazine-with-final-issue-in-october/.122133. live.
- Web site: Pineda. Rafael. Manga Time Kirara Miracle Magazine Reveals Destinations for Serialized Manga. Anime News Network. April 20, 2024. October 16, 2017. July 25, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230725142145/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-16/manga-time-kirara-miracle-magazine-reveals-destinations-for-serialized-manga/.122771. live.
- Web site: ja:きららで「うらら迷路帖」連載開始&「スロウスタート」キャスト座談会が掲載. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/264401. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 20, 2024. ja. January 9, 2018. August 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230813021449/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/264401. live.
- Web site: ja:まんがタイムきらら 2018年2月号 (発売日2018年01月09日). https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1281690499/b/1613464/. Fujisan.co.jp. Fujisan Magazine Service Co., Ltd.. April 20, 2024. https://archive.today/20240420223945/https://www.fujisan.co.jp/product/1281690499/b/1613464/. April 20, 2024. ja. live.
- Web site: Sherman. Jennifer. Urara Meirochō Manga About Divining Girls Ends in June. Anime News Network. April 20, 2024. May 8, 2019. December 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221228163831/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-08/urara-meirocho-manga-about-divining-girls-ends-in-june/.146512. live.
- Web site: ja:7年後の少女たちの姿は…「うらら迷路帖」完結!荒井チェリー新連載も始動. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/334818. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 20, 2024. ja. June 8, 2019. February 5, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230205235135/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/334818. live.
- Web site: Urara Meirochō Anime About Divining Girls Reveals Cast, January 5 Premiere. Anime News Network. November 16, 2016. November 16, 2016. January 12, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170112050919/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-16/urara-meirocho-anime-about-divining-girls-reveals-cast-january-5-premiere/.108860. live.
- Web site: Sentai Filmworks Licenses Urara Meirocho Anime. Anime News Network. December 12, 2016. December 12, 2016. December 13, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161213122638/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-12/sentai-filmworks-licenses-urara-meirocho-anime/.109813. live.
- Web site: Anime Network Online to Stream Urara Meirocho Anime. Anime News Network. January 6, 2017. January 13, 2021. November 11, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111190154/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-06/anime-network-online-to-stream-urara-meirocho-anime/.110733. live.
- Web site: Urara Meirochō Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, More Cast, Theme Songs. Anime News Network. December 16, 2016. May 22, 2019. July 27, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230727025455/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-16/urara-meirocho-anime-reveals-1st-promo-video-more-cast-theme-songs/.109985. live.
- Web site: June 25, 2017. January 14, 2021. Anime News Network. Houbunsha Reveals Kirara Fantasia Smartphone RPG. July 11, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230711191837/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-25/houbunsha-reveals-kirara-fantasia-smartphone-rpg/.117972. live.