Someday's Dreamers
Details
- Also known as: Mahoutsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto, 魔法遣いに大切なこと
- Type: TV
- Status: Finished Airing
- Score: 6.4
- Episodes: 12
- Genres: Drama, Slice of Life, Supernatural
- Studio: J.C.STAFF
- Aired: 2003-01-10 to 2003-03-28
- Season: Winter 2003
Synopsis
Someday's Dreamers is a manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes. In 2006, Tokyopop released the manga in the United States under the name Someday's Dreamers.
Someday's Dreamers was also adapted into an anime series that was produced by J.C.Staff under the direction of Masami Shimoda. It is loosely based on the storyline of the first manga series with new characters added to the story. It ran for a total of 12 episodes on TV Asahi and was later licensed by Geneon Entertainment USA. However, due to the closure of Geneon USA, the series has been relicensed by Sentai Filmworks.
Another story set in the same universe, Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound, written and drawn by the same author and illustrator, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon Age. It ran from December 2003 to February 2006 and was later released in five bound volumes. In 2006, Tokyopop released the manga in the United States under the name Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound.
Episodes
- Episode 1: Sunset And A Steel Frame: First Half (2003-01-09)
- Episode 2: Sunset And A Steel Frame: Second Half (2003-01-16)
- Episode 3: The Greatest News (2003-01-23)
- Episode 4: A Summer Night And A Mage (2003-01-30)
- Episode 5: An Apron And Champagne (2003-02-06)
- Episode 6: I Want To Become A Mage (2003-02-13)
- Episode 7: A Mage Who Couldn't Become A Mage (2003-02-20)
- Episode 8: Enormous Power in the Name of Love (2003-02-27)
- Episode 9: Yume, The Girl And A Seed Of Summer (2003-03-06)
- Episode 10: Magic's Whereabouts (2003-03-13)
- Episode 11: A Broken Rainbow (2003-03-20)
- Episode 12: Things Important To A Mage (2003-03-27)
Characters and voice actors
- Yume Kikuchi (main character) · Japanese voice: Aoi Miyazaki · English voice: Kari Wahlgren
- Masami Oyamada (main character) · Japanese voice: Junichi Suwabe · English voice: Erik Davies
- Angela Charon Brooks (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Akeno Watanabe · English voice: Shereen Hickman
- Arai (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Kouzou Shioya
- Kouzou Endou (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Hiroshi Naka
- Mutsuko Enomoto (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Masako Nozawa
- Fukui (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Masaaki Tsukada · English voice: Stephen Apostolina
- Jirou Furusaki (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Eiji Maruyama
- Nanako Furusaki (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuuko Kobayashi · English voice: Laura Coyle
- Rikiya Furusaki (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Motomu Kiyokawa · English voice: Michael Forest
- Ginpun (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Kouji Tsujitani · English voice: Dan Lorge
- Ayano Gotou (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ryouka Yuzuki · English voice: Michelle Ruff
- Sakuya Inoue (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Nobuo Tobita · English voice: Dan Lorge
- Junko Iwanaga (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Akiko Kurumado · English voice: Mona Marshall
- Miyuki Iwashita (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Akiko Hiramatsu · English voice: Dina Sherman
- Gou Katou (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Hiroshi Iida · English voice: Bryce Papenbrook
- Takako Kawahara (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yumi Kakazu · English voice: Jessica Straus
- Kazuki (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ikuya Sawaki · English voice: Michael Forest
- Aya Kikuchi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Kumi Sakuma
- Etsuko Kikuchi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuuko Sasaki · English voice: Mariana Malkoskie
Opening and ending songs
- Opening 1: Kaze no Hana · Hana＊Hana
- Ending 1: UNDER THE BLUE SKY · the Indigo
- Ending 2: UNDER THE BLUE SKY (acoustics) · the Indigo