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And Yet the Town Moves (TV)

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Alternative title:
Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru (Japanese)
それでも町は廻っている (Japanese)
Themes: café, fanservice, maid, moe
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Clumsy Hotori Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. Hotori works as a waitress in an unsuccessful coffee shop when the manager comes up with a plan to increase its fortunes by changing into a maid cafe. Unfortunately, no one knows how to make a successful maid cafe other than dressing everyone in a maid outfit. What follows is a wacky series of incidents involving Hotori’s many friends, mismatched love stories… and ghosts and aliens.
User Ratings: 378 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 26 votes (sub:20, raw:3, dub:2, others:1
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Excellent: 59 votes (sub:55, raw:2, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Very good: 135 votes (sub:125, dub:3, raw:3, others:4
2 Russian dubbed
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 90 votes (sub:86, ?:1, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 44 votes (sub:41, dub:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, raw:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 661 users, rank: #1729 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.569 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4335, rank: #1582 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.499 (Good+), rank: #1666 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.65 / seen some: 6.13 / won't finish: 3.59)
Bayesian estimate: 7.498 (Good+), rank: #1377 (of 7243)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2010-10-07 to 2010-12-23
Opening Theme:
"DOWN TOWN" by Maaya Sakamoto
Ending Theme:
"Maids Sanjō!" (メイズ参上!) by Maids
Trivia: We have 6
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    And Yet the Town Moves - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-06-21 (from $27.94)
DVD (Region 1)
    And Yet the Town Moves - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2012-01-03 (from $10.92)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Series Composition: Katsuhiko Takayama
Script:
Katsuhiko Takayama (eps 1-4, 8-12)
Miku Ooshima (eps 5-7)
Storyboard:
Akinobu Okada (eps 9, 12)
Kazuma Fujimori (ep 5)
Kenichi Imaizumi (ep 11)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (eps 1-2, 8, 12)
Takuya Satō (ep 3)
Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 6)
Tomoyuki Itamura (ep 7)
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP)
Yoshihiro Mori (eps 4, 10)
Episode Director:
Mitsutaka Noshitani (ep 3)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (eps 2, 8, 12)
Shunichi Yoshizawa (ep 11)
Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 6)
Tomoyuki Itamura (eps 1, 7)
Yoshihiro Mori (eps 4, 6, 10)
Yuki Yase (eps 5, 9)
Unit Director:
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (ED)
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP)
Music: Round Table
Original creator: Masakazu Ishiguro
Character Design: Hiroki Yamamura
Art Director: Hisaharu Iijima
Chief Animation Director: Hiroki Yamamura
Animation Director:
Akihisa Takano (eps 5, 7, 9)
Atsushi Soga (ep 8)
Chiaki Abe (ep 6)
Chiaki Nakajima (ep 8)
Chie Mishima (eps 1, 7)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (ep 4)
Hiroki Yamamura (eps 5, 7)
Hiroyuki Furukawa (ep 11)
Ikumi Saitou (ep 7)
Ippei Masui (eps 2-3)
Kaori Itō (ep 1)
Kazuhisa Kosuge (ep 2)
Kazunori Minagawa (ep 8)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (eps 5, 7, 9)
Keizō Shimizu (eps 1, 6)
Kōichirō Kawano (ep 12)
Mariko Kubo (ep 8)
Masaki Hosoyama (ep 9)
Masashi Karino (ep 8)
Miyako Nishida (eps 7-8)
Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 10)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (ep 9)
Rutarō (ep 11)
Ryousuke Senbo (eps 3, 6)
Seiji Hagiwara (eps 1-2, 12)
Tamako Miyanishi (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 9, 12
)

Tatsuyuki Maeda (ep 10)
Tomohiro Shinoda (ep 5)
Tomoko Satō (ep 6)
Tomoyuki Abe (ep 7)
Tsuyoshi Sasaki (ep 11)
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP)
Yasutoshi Iwasaki (eps 2, 12)
Yong Sik Kim (ep 11)
Yoshiaki Itō (eps 7, 9, 12)
Yuki Hishinuma (ep 9)
Yūko Yahiro (eps 1, 7)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography: Rei Egami

2nd Key Animation:
Chie Tanaka (ep 1)
Chiyō Nishikawa (eps 3, 5-9, 12)
Hiroaki Kawaguchi (ep 3)
Hu Young Jeon (ep 8)
Kanami Nakao (ep 3)
Kazuaki Shimada (ep 8)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (ep 12)
Kenta Nagaya (eps 3, 5-9, 12)
Koichi Morishima (ep 3)
Maiko Fukuya (ep 8)
Manami Iida (ep 8)
Masumi Kōketsu (ep 1)
Megumi Koike (ep 1)
Miho Ayabe (eps 3, 7, 12)
Reina Tsuchiya (ep 3)
Saori Yoshida (ep 3)
Shunsuke Masuda (ep 1)
Yasue Katori (eps 3, 5-9, 12)
Yoshito Narimatsu (ep 1)
Yūichi Naitō (ep 8)
Yukari Takeuchi (ep 3)
Yūko Kiyoshima (ep 3)
Yūya Sawaguchi (ep 1)
Zen Nagata (eps 3, 6)
Advertising Producer: Teppei Nojima
Art Assistant: Tomokazu Ishizeki
Assistant Animation Director:
Hidetoshi Ōmori (ep 2)
Hiroshi Tatezaki (ep 2)
Tamako Miyanishi (ep 2)
Tomoyuki Abe (ep 2)
Assistant Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Assistant producer:
Eriko Aoki
Miku Ooshima
Assistant Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Background Art Assistance:
Anna Ooizumi (Kusanagi)
Eiji Wakabayashi (Kusanagi)
Minami Kasuga (Kusanagi)
Tomoyuki Kanezawa (Kusanagi)
Toshiki Nishi (Kusanagi)
Color design: Jin Hibino
Color Key:
Kanako Satō
Kensuke Katsu
Rieko Ishii
Yasuko Watanabe (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8, 11-12
)

Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Finish Animation:
Kanako Satō
Keiko Horio
Minako Yashiro (Dogakobo)
Rieko Ishii (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Tomoka Yamamoto (Dogakobo)
Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 10)
Yoshitaka Mōri
Yuka Itō
Yūta Takeuchi (Dogakobo)
Finish Check:
Kensuke Katsu
Rieko Ishii
Yasuko Watanabe (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 11-12
)

Key Animation:
Aimi Ishida (eps 3, 6)
Akihide Saitō (ep 8)
Akihiro Fukui (eps 3, 6)
Akira Inoue (ep 8)
Akira Watanabe (ep 3)
Ani Katō (eps 2, 4, 8, 10)
Asami Nakatani (ep 11)
Asuka Hayashi (ep 6)
Asumi Yoshikura (eps 3, 6)
Atsuko Yamazaki (eps 3, 7, 12)
Aya Tanaka (eps 5, 12)
Aya Yoshioka (ep 7)
Chiaki Nakajima (ep 8)
Chie Mishima (eps 1-2)
Chinami Kudou (ep 3)
Daisuke Tsumagari (ep 7)
Erika Arakawa (ep 5)
Fuyumi Toriyama (OP)
Gakumei Hayashi (ep 6)
Gen'ichirou Abe (ED; eps 2, 5, 9, 12)
Genki Matsumoto (ED; eps 2, 7-8)
Haruka Suzuki (eps 5, 12)
Haruka Yamashita (ep 3)
Harumi Kakuda (ep 6)
Hatsumi Takahashi (ep 1)
Hayato Hashiguchi (ep 11)
Hideaki Onishi (ED; eps 1, 9)
Hideki Tanaka (eps 3, 6)
Hideo Nakamura (eps 5, 9)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (ep 4)
Hikaru Naraoka (ep 12)
Hiroaki Ikeda (ep 8)
Hiroaki Iwata (ep 8)
Hirofumi Suzuki (ep 1)
Hiroki Moritomo (ep 1)
Hiroko Yamada (eps 2, 4, 10)
Hiroko Yoshida (ep 1)
Hiromi Ariga (ep 6)
Hironori Tanaka (ep 8)
Hiroshi Tatezaki (eps 2, 4, 10)
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (ep 5)
Hiroyuki Oshima (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Saita (ep 11)
Hiroyuki Sekigawa (ep 11)
Hiroyuki Yoshii (ep 1)
Ikumi Saitou (eps 1-2)
Isamu Utsuki (ep 10)
Issei Aragaki (OP)
Jun Hanzawa (ep 8)
Jun Yamazaki (ep 9)
Kana Kōno (ep 8)
Kana Miyai (eps 1, 5)
Kanako Abe (eps 3, 6)
Kanami Nakao (ep 6)
Kaori Yamazaki (ep 5)
Kaoru Hokiyama (ep 12)
Katsuya Furumoto (ep 8)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (ep 8)
Kazuhisa Kosuge (ep 11)
Kazuko Tsujimura (eps 2, 4, 10)
Kazunori Minagawa (eps 5, 8)
Kazushi Matsumoto (ep 12)
Kei Ajiki (OP)
Keiichi Sano (ep 1)
Keiji Shigesawa (ep 2)
Keiko Imasato (ep 9)
Keiko Ishii (ep 1)
Keita Matsumoto (OP)
Keita Nagasaka (ep 1)
Ken Mukaigawara (ep 7)
Kenji Shibata (ep 11)
Kenji Terao (ep 5)
Koichi Morishima (ep 6)
Kōichirō Kawano (ep 7)
Kōji Miura (ep 3)
Kumiko Kawashima (ep 12)
Kunihiko Kimura (ep 5)
Kyōhei Ōyabu (ep 8)
Mai Otsuka (OP)
Maki Fujita (eps 1, 9)
Makiko Hayase (ep 8)
Mami Nakazawa (ep 11)
Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 8)
Manami Itō (ep 6)
Mariko Iguchi (ep 9)
Masaaki Takiyama (OP)
Masahiro Yoshida (eps 2, 4, 10)
Masakazu Yamazaki (ep 1)
Masaki Hosoyama (ep 9)
Masaki Kōsaka (ep 9)
Masashi Karino (ep 8)
Masato Anno (ep 11)
Masayuki Hiraoka (eps 5, 7, 9)
Mayumi Takeuchi (ep 6)
Megumi Nagayama (eps 2, 4, 10)
Michitaka Yamamoto (ep 11)
Miho Ayabe (ED; eps 5, 9)
Miho Hanada (eps 7, 12)
Miho Tanaka (ep 1)
Miki Konno (ep 11)
Miki Koshida (ep 8)
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 6)
Miori Suzuki (ep 1)
Misako Izumi (eps 2, 7, 12)
Mitsuo Shindo (ep 6)
Mitsuru Ishihara (OP)
Mitsutaka Koshigo (OP)
Miyuki Koga (ep 5)
Moeka Hosoda (ep 2)
Motoaki Satou (ep 3)
Motohiko Kurihara (OP)
Motohiro Taniguchi (ep 7)
Motonori Nishibe (ep 9)
Nagisa Takahashi (eps 4, 10)
Naoki Yamauchi (ep 4)
Naoko Masui (ep 12)
Naoto Yoshida (ep 4)
Naoyuki Asano (OP)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (ep 2)
Natsumi Okada (ep 8)
Noboru Jitsuhara (eps 2, 4, 10)
Nobuto Miki (ep 12)
Nozomu Abe (OP)
Rei Ikagawa (ep 8)
Reina Tsuchiya (eps 5, 7, 9)
Renko-san (ep 11)
Rie Kawai (ep 8)
Rieko Akasaka (ep 6)
Rika Kanetaka (ep 7)
Rutarō (OP)
Ryo Imamura (eps 1-2, 7)
Ryōsuke Funatsu (ep 4)
Saori Yoshida (ep 6)
Satomi Kurita (eps 1, 7-8)
Satoru Yamashita (eps 3, 7)
Satoshi Kawashima (ep 3)
Sawako Shigematsu (eps 1, 7, 12)
Seiji Hagiwara (eps 1, 8)
Seika Saruwatari (ep 2)
Seong Jong See (ep 3)
Shigeki Sato (ep 6)
Shigeki Sunada (eps 1, 7, 9, 12)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 8)
Shinichi Suzuki (ep 3)
Shinpei Koikawa (ep 3)
Shinya Nogami (ep 6)
Shinya Takahashi (OP)
Shuuji Takahara (ep 11)
Sinomin (ED)
Sōichi Honda (eps 2, 4, 10)
Sōya Hara (ep 11)
Takahiro Ninagawa (ep 8)
Takahiro Tanaka (OP)
Takashi Kojima (ED)
Takayuki Murakami (ep 11)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 8)
Takeo Yoshioka (eps 2, 4)
Takeshi Miyamoto (ep 9)
Takeshi Okada (eps 4, 10)
Takumi Nishiwaki (ep 8)
Tamako Miyanishi (eps 5, 12)
Tatsuyuki Maeda (eps 4, 10)
Tetsuo Hirakawa (ED; ep 12)
Tetsurō Yamada (eps 1-2, 7)
Tomohito Hira (ep 11)
Tomohito Matsuhiro (ep 8)
Tomoki Kōda (ep 3)
Tomoko Satō (eps 3, 6)
Tomoyuki Itamura (ep 7)
Toshifumi Akai (OP)
Toshiharu Kudō (eps 1, 5)
Toshiharu Matsuno (ep 9)
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (OP)
Toshio Kawaguchi (OP)
Toshiyuki Nanto (ep 7)
Toshiyuki Satō (ED; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 8-9, 12
)

Toshiyuki Yoshioka (ep 8)
Tsukasa Sorimachi (ep 1)
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP)
Yasutoshi Iwasaki (ED; eps 2, 7-9, 12)
Yōko Asanuma (ep 2)
Yōko Iizuka (ep 8)
Yoshiaki Itō (ED; ep 2)
Yoshiaki Matsuda (ep 6)
Yoshie Anzai (ep 6)
Yoshimi Imagawa (ep 6)
Yoshinobu Aohachi (ep 11)
Yoshito Narimatsu (eps 7, 12)
Yoshitsugu Hatano (ep 2)
Yoshiyuki Funatsu (eps 2, 10)
Yousuke Okuda (OP)
Yui Ushinohama (ep 1)
Yūichi Nakazawa (ep 1)
Yūichirō Yamada (eps 2, 4, 9-10)
Yūji Shibata (ep 7)
Yukari Kobayashi (ep 3)
Yūki Hara (ep 12)
Yūki Itō (OP)
Yuki Komatsu (ep 1)
Yūki Morishita (ep 11)
Yuki Naoi (ep 8)
Yukihiro Kitano (eps 1, 9)
Yukiyoshi Shikiji (ep 2)
Yūko Yahiro (eps 1-2)
Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 10)
Yumiko Nakamura (ep 11)
Yūri Ichinose (eps 3, 6)
Yūya Kumagai (ep 11)
Zen Nagata (eps 5, 7-8, 12)
Literature Production: Maho Nishibe
Photography:
Haruna Yoshioka (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Junko Sakai (Studio Elle)
Kōji Tsuchiya (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Kōzō Tajima (Studio Elle)
Makoto Takada (Studio Elle)
Naoki Etō (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Rei Egami (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Ryouichi Furukawa (Studio Elle)
Shinichiro Eto (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Shouhei Uchimura (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Takayuki Aizu (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Yoshihiro Yamashita (Studio Elle)
Yuusaku Murakami (Studio Elle)
Planning Assistant:
Masahiro Ōno (Shonen Gahosha)
Yoshimi Nakajima
Yoshitaka Nonoguchi (Shonen Gahosha)
Yusuke Mimori
Production Advancement:
Akira Ogawa (ep 8)
Kazunori Watanabe (ep 10)
Kazuteru Sōmiya (eps 1, 8)
Kōsuke Matsunaga (ep 5)
Nao Sugawara (ep 9)
Shōhei Fujita (eps 2, 7, 12)
Shōta Umehara (ep 8)
Takuya Hirata (ep 11)
Yasuyo Saitō (ep 5)
Yoshinori Tanisawa (ep 3)
Yūki Kakuhara (ep 6)
Yuki Uemichi (eps 4, 10)
Production Desk: Kimihito Tagami
Recording: Yuki Ikeda
Recording Assistant: Daiki Satō
Setting Production: Ken'ichirō Yano
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakano
Special Effects:
Jin Hibino
Rieko Ishii
Yasuko Watanabe (eps 3, 12)
Subtitle Design: Tatsuya Oishi
Theme Song Arrangement: Takayuki Hattori (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Tatsuro Yamashita (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Ginji Ito (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Aoi Yūki (ED)
Chiaki Omigawa (ED)
Maaya Sakamoto (OP)
Rieka Yazawa (ED)
Ryoko Shiraishi (ED)
Website Design: Akiko Noguchi
Chiaki Omigawa as Hotori Arashiyama

Aoi Yūki as Toshiko Tatsuno
Emiri Katō as Eri Isezaki
Eri Sendai as Yukiko Arashiyama
Hiroshi Naka as Zenji Isohata
Miyu Irino as Hiroyuki Sanada
Miyu Matsuki as
Josephine
Yukimi Arashiyama
Mutsumi Tamura as Takeru Arashiyama
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Takanori Kikuchi
Rieka Yazawa as Futaba Kon
Ryoko Shiraishi as Harue Haribara
Satsuki Yukino as Shizuka Kameidō
Shigeru Chiba as Shunsaku Matsuda
Takahiro Sakurai as Uki Isohata
Takaya Kuroda as Yūji Sanada
Tomokazu Sugita as Natsuhiko Moriaki
Toshiharu Sakurai as Kazutoyo Arai
Yōji Ueda as Narrator
Yūki Ono as Ayumu Arashiyama

Akimitsu Takase as Hanzo Shimozawa (ep 7)
Eiichirō Tokumoto as
Kousuke Asai (eps 5-6, 12)
Satoru Joshima (ep 8)
Haruka Kimura as
Beach House Woman (ep 11)
Makita (ep 5)
Rhythmic Gymnastics Member (ep 8)
Haruka Tomatsu as Nishi-sensei (eps 4, 8-9)
Hiroko Maruyama as Mamo (ep 5)
Hironori Kondō as
Black Alien (ep 10)
Miyazaki-sensei (ep 5)
Truck Passenger (ep 12)
Junpei Asashina as Clerk (ep 12)
Juri Takita as TV voice (ep 7)
Kazuya Ichijō as Information Desk Clerk (ep 12)
Kensuke Matsui as
Middle School Student A (ep 2)
Suzuki (ep 6)
Watanabe (ep 8)
Kiyohito Yoshikai as Shikai (ep 8)
Masaki Aizawa as Time Traveler (ep 9)
Matsuri Mizuguchi as Wajima (eps 7, 9)
Megumi Ōhara as
Natsuhiko Moriaki (Young)
Reporter (ep 10)
Naomi Kusumi as Kameda-sensei (eps 4-5, 8)
Rurika Yamamoto as Yoshinaga (ep 5)
Satsuki Yukino as Nurse (ep 12)
Sukekiyo Kameyama as Shizuka's Grandfather (ep 9)
Tōko Aoyama as Tagame Landlady (ep 9)
Tomomi Betsui as Kabashima (ep 5)
Tomoyuki Higuchi as
Middle School Student B (ep 2)
Teacher (ep 6)
Yasunobu Iwata as Hideki Yasune (ep 10)
Yūki Ono as
Guitar Student (ep 8)
Shoue Karube (ep 7)
White Alien (ep 10)
Yūko Maruyama as Old woman (ep 11)
Yuu Maruyama as Takabe (ep 5)
Yuuki as
Boy
Togawa (ep 5)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: SHAFT
Background Assistance:
Kusanagi (eps 4-9, 12)
Backgrounds: Ryūbidō
Broadcaster:
BS-i (2010-11-06)
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2010-10-21)
Kumamoto Broadcasting (2010-10-24)
Sun TV (2010-10-14)
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2010-10-07)
Production Assistance:
diomedéa (ep 11)
Doga Kobo (ep 8)
Magic Bus (eps 3, 6)
Studio Pastoral (eps 4, 10)
Recording Studio: Omnibus Japan
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Grooove
Video Editing: Sony PCL
English staff
English cast
Project Translator: Aimi Tokutake
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford (Blu-ray)

Blu-Ray Authoring: Joel McCray
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Larry Koteff
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production:
Janice Williams (Blu-ray)
Joey Goubeaud (Blu-ray)
Luke Patterson (Blu-ray)
Son Phan Le (Blu-ray)
Production Assistant:
Annie Nguyen (Blu-ray)
Crystal Ruiz (Blu-ray)
Dwayne Jones
E.W. Rector, III (Blu-ray)
Jose DeArmas (Blu-ray)
Kayla King
Kjell Doucet (Blu-ray)
Ned Gayle (Blu-ray)
Shannon Reed (Blu-ray)
Yesenia Torres (Blu-ray)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Blu-ray)
Production manager:
Joey Goubeaud
Luke Patterson (Blu-ray)
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones
Subtitling: Nathan Lopez (Blu-ray)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Post Production: Seraphim Digital
Production: Sentai Studios (Blu-ray)

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