Dear Brother (TV)
Alternative title:
Brother, Dear Brother
Caro Fratello (Italian)
Escuela de cenicientas (Spanish)
Oniisama E... (Japanese)
Querido Hermano (Spanish)
To My Brother...
Très cher frère (French)
أخي العزيز (Arabic)
おにいさまへ… (Japanese)
青蘭圓舞曲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes:
Crossdressing,
Disease,
Family,
Friendship,
School,
School Life,
Shoujo-Ai,
Suicide,
Tragedy,
Yuri
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
Before leaving her cram school, Nanako Misonô asks one of the teachers if they can become pen-pals. The teacher, Takehiko Henmi, is reluctant at first, but eventually accepts the offer. The story is narrated through the letters sent from Nanako as she enters Seiran, a renowned private high school for girls only. There she encounters many difficulties as an ordinary middle-class girl invited to the prestigious Sorority, the most traditional and sophisticated club on campus.
User Ratings:
214 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
26 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
39
Episode titles: We have 39
Vintage:
1991-07-14 to 1992-05-31 (Japan)
1993-04-23 (France)
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"黄金の器 銀の器 (Kin no Utsuwa, Gin no Utsuwa)" by Satomi Takada
Ending Theme:
"気まぐれな妖精 (Kimagure na Yousei)" by Takako Noda
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 5
Comment:
In addition to the numbered episodes, there are also three pairs of unnumbered "soushuuhen" (abridged) episodes that recapitulate the story to date. The titles and air dates are:
(1991-10-13) Abridgment Chapter, Part 1: Spring Storm
JP: 総集編・前編 春の嵐 [Soushuuhen Zenpen Haru no Arashi]
(1991-10-20) Abridgment Chapter, Part 2: The Curse of the Scar
JP: 総集編・後編 傷の呪縛 [Soushuuhen Kouhen Kizu no Jubaku]
(1992-02-09) Abridgment Chapter, Part 1: The Tangled Thread
JP: 総集編・前編 もつれた糸 [Soushuuhen Zenpen Motsureta Ito]
(1992-02-16) Abridgment Chapter, Part 2: The Truth About Love and Hatred
JP: 総集編・後編 愛と憎しみの真実 [Soushuuhen Kouhen Ai to Nikushimi no Shinjitsu]
(1992-05-04) Abridgment Chapter, Part 1
JP: 総集編・前編 [Soushuuhen Zenpen]
(1992-05-31) Abridgment Chapter, Part 2
JP: 総集編・後編 [Soushuuhen Kouhen]
Review:
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| Blu-ray (Region A) |
| Dear Brother (Sub.Blu-ray) 2021-06-29 (from $72.53) |
| DVD (Region 1) |
| Dear Brother - Box 1 (Sub.DVD) 2014-07-29 |
| Dear Brother - Box 2 (Sub.DVD) 2015-04-07 (from $33.98) |
| Dear Brother - Box 3 (Sub.DVD) 2015-04-07 |
Director: Osamu Dezaki Script: Chifude Asakura (7 episodes eps 4, 7-8, 10, 14, 18, 20 )Hideo Takayashiki (13 episodes eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 22-24, 28, 30, 33-34, 38-39 )Katsuhiko Koide (eps 27, 30, 37) Masami Mori (7 episodes eps 3, 12, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36 )Tomoko Konparu (11 episodes eps 2, 6, 11, 15, 19, 25, 29, 31, 35-37 )Storyboard: Fumihiro Yoshimura (eps 31, 35) Osamu Dezaki (33 episodes eps 1-7, 11-13, 15-30, 32-34, 36-39 )Saburō Hashimoto (eps 10, 14) Takuo Suzuki (eps 8, 17) Episode Director: Atsushi Takada (ep 32) Fumihiro Yoshimura (9 episodes eps 6, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39 )Hideki Hiroshima (7 episodes eps 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 33, 37 )Kazuo Nogami (4 episodes eps 3, 9, 26, 36 )Kazuya Miyazaki (eps 4, 7) Shinichi Matsumi (4 episodes eps 14, 18, 22, 26 )Tadayuki Uda (eps 5, 9) Takuo Suzuki (6 episodes eps 2, 8, 13, 17, 21, 30 )Toshiya Shinohara (ep 10) Yūsaku Saotome (ep 1) Yutaka Satō (4 episodes eps 25, 29, 34, 38 )Music: Kentarō Haneda Original creator: Riyoko Ikeda Character Design: Akio Sugino Animation Director: Akio Sugino (35 episodes eps 1-17, 19-21, 23-31, 33-36, 38-39 )Hiroshi Uchida (ep 37) Kenichi Tsuchiya (ep 32) Masahiro Andō (eps 27, 32) Shinji Seya (eps 18, 22) Art design: Kazuo Okada (eps 2-39) Animation producer: Kuniaki Nagayama Animation Supervisor: Akio Sugino Background Art: Izumi Wada (7 episodes eps 21-22, 25, 28, 32, 36, 39 )Masato Shibata (30 episodes eps 1-17, 19-20, 23-24, 26, 29-31, 33-35, 37-38 )Masazumi Matsumiya (eps 2-3, 6) Masuo Nakayama (6 episodes eps 8, 11, 15, 20, 30, 34 )Seiji Miyamoto (8 episodes eps 1, 4-5, 9, 12, 16, 37-38 )Tatsuo Imamura (5 episodes eps 16, 18, 27, 37-38 )Yūko Saitō (7 episodes eps 21-22, 25, 28, 32, 36, 39 )Camera Director: Hirokata Takahashi Chief Production Administrator: Takehito Hobara Color Coordination: Chinami Fujikawa (eps 1-4) Kumiko Sakuma (17 episodes eps 15, 20, 25-39 )Shinichiro Kuze (5 episodes eps 14, 21, 26, 32, 36 )Shōgo Nishimura (6 episodes eps 13, 16, 24, 29, 34, 37 )Tadaaki Goto (5 episodes eps 19, 23, 28, 33, 38 )Tsuyoshi Okano (7 episodes eps 5-6, 11, 17, 22, 27, 31 )Editing: Seiji Morita In-Between Animation: Ken Masuda (eps 15-17, 19-39) Miyuki Aoki (ep 3) Naoko Kitamura (ep 18) Nobuko Sugihara (eps 1-2, 11) Noriko Numa (ep 3) Tomoko Kawaguchi (6 episodes eps 4, 7, 12, 18, 22-23 )Toshio Kazamaki (eps 1-2, 25) Tsunenori Saitō (eps 1-2, 25) Yoshihiro Takeda (eps 1-39) Key Animation: Akira Kano (ep 10) Atsushi Wakabayashi (6 episodes eps 3, 6, 11, 14, 27, 32 )Atsuya Miura (eps 18, 22) Eiji Uemura (ep 10) Hideaki Shimada (14 episodes eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 14, 19, 23, 27, 30-31, 34, 37-39 )Hirohide Shikishima (4 episodes eps 8, 11, 15, 20 )Hiroshi Oikawa (eps 3, 21) Hiroshi Tashima (ep 10) Hiroshi Uchida (37 episodes eps 1-17, 19-21, 23-39 )Hisatoshi Motoki (7 episodes eps 8, 10, 29, 33-39 odd )Junichi Kigawa (9 episodes eps 2, 23, 27, 30-31, 34, 37-39 )Junji Kobayashi (5 episodes eps 3, 18, 22, 24, 28 )Kenichi Tsuchiya (37 episodes eps 1-17, 19-21, 23-39 )Kiyoshi Matsumoto (4 episodes eps 19, 23, 27, 32 )Kyūma Ōshita (12 episodes eps 11, 14, 19, 23, 28, 30, 33, 35-39 )Mariko Aoki (4 episodes eps 23, 27, 32, 36 )Masahiro Andō (37 episodes eps 1-17, 19-21, 23-39 )Masaki Yoshimura (eps 18, 22) Masako Hirao (eps 36, 39) Masayoshi Nishida (eps 18, 22) Michiko Noda (9 episodes eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 24, 28, 32 )Minoru Yamazawa (ep 14) Mitsuo Tano (eps 11, 15, 20) Motoki Yagi (11 episodes eps 3, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 39 )Reiko Kurihara (eps 2, 21, 24) Shigemi Aoyagi (6 episodes eps 3, 8, 14, 20, 27, 32 )Shinji Seya (eps 18, 22) Teruo Handa (eps 18, 22) Toshio Kawaguchi (eps 18, 22) Yōko Kikuchi (ep 10) Yoshimi Imagawa (ep 2) Yoshiyuki Itō (eps 18, 22) Literature Manager: Katsuhiko Koide Mixing: Hisanori Ōshiro Music Arrangement: Shinji Harada (OP, ED) Music Director: Seiji Suzuki Photography: Hajime Noguchi (eps 1-39 odd) Harutoshi Miyagawa (eps 2-38 even) Hironobu Horikoshi (eps 2-38 even) Jun Satō (eps 2-38 even) Junko Nagai (eps 1-39 odd) Kentarō Takahashi (eps 1-39 odd) Takeshi Ogawa (eps 2-38 even) Toshiyuki Fukushima (eps 1-39 odd) Yukiko Maruhashi (eps 2-38 even) Production Advancement: Mitsuaki Ōishi (10 episodes eps 1-2, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 24, 28, 37 )Satoshi Kuwabara (eps 18, 22) Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto (12 episodes eps 1, 3-5, 7, 14, 19, 23, 27, 32, 36, 39 )Yukio Noda (11 episodes eps 9, 12-13, 16-17, 21, 26, 29, 31, 35, 38 )Recording Director: Etsuji Yamada Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji Theme Song Lyrics: Kei Ogura | Hiroko Kasahara as Keiko Toda as Kenyū Horiuchi as Mami Koyama as Masako Katsuki as Sakiko Tamagawa as Sumi Shimamoto as Tesshō Genda as Waka Kanda as Ai Orikasa as Ai Satō as Akiko Hiramatsu as Akiko Suzuki as Aruno Tahara as Chie Sasaki as Daisaku Shinohara as Eizō Tsuda as Emi Shinohara as Hidetoshi Nakamura as Hideyuki Umezu as Hinako Kanamaru as Hiroshi Ito as Hisako Kyōda as Iwao Takamine as Junko Shimakata as Kae Araki as Kayoko Kawahara as Kenichi Ono as Kikuko Inoue as Kinryū Arimoto as Kōji Tsujitani as Konami Yoshida as Kyōko Minami as Mami Horikoshi as Masaharu Satō as Masako Ikeda as Masami Sekigawa as Mayumi Seto as Midori Nakazawa as Miki Itō as Minoru Inaba as Miwa Okabe as Miyako Endō as Miyuki Ichijō as Mizuka Arima as Naoko Nakamura as Narumi Aoki as Narumi Hidaka as Noriko Asano as Rihoko Yoshida as Satoko Kitō as Satomi Koorogi as Shinobu Adachi as Shinya Ōtaki as Shōko Kanoki as Takehito Koyasu as Takeshi Kuwabara as Tomoko Maruo as Tomomi Suro as Toshihiko Kojima as Wakana Yamazaki as Yoshiko Asai as Yoshiko Kamei as Yōsuke Akimoto as Yukari Honma as Yukari Takayama as Yukiko Terashita as Yukitoshi Hori as Yumi Takada as Yuuko Ohsuga as | |||
Animation: Tezuka Productions Backgrounds: Amisong Pro (eps 26, 31, 35) Bisei Dōga (5 episodes eps 5, 9, 13-14, 23 )Lee Production (4 episodes eps 4, 7, 12, 17 )Mini Art (7 episodes eps 21-22, 25, 28, 32, 36, 39 )Studio Loft (10 episodes eps 1-3, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 30, 34 )Broadcaster: NHK Copyright: NHK Finish Animation: Amisong Pro (5 episodes eps 30-31, 33, 35, 38 )Bisei Dōga (eps 6, 20) DR Movie (ep 29) Global Japan (ep 10) Hyoin Animation (6 episodes eps 13, 16, 23-24, 34, 37 )Joong Ang Movie (6 episodes eps 14-15, 18-19, 21-22 )KAC (eps 5, 9) Lee Production (8 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 7, 15, 17, 20, 27 )Young Woo Production (4 episodes eps 26, 30, 36, 38 )In-Between Animation: Amisong Pro (5 episodes eps 30-31, 33, 35, 38 )Bisei Dōga (6 episodes eps 6, 8, 11, 19-21 )DR Movie (ep 29) Global Japan (ep 10) Hyoin Animation (8 episodes eps 13, 16, 24, 28, 33-34, 37, 39 )Joong Ang Movie (4 episodes eps 14-15, 19, 21 )KAC (5 episodes eps 5, 8-9, 13-14 )Lee Production (9 episodes eps 4, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 27, 39 )Tiger Production (eps 1-2) Young Woo Production (5 episodes eps 26, 30-31, 36, 38 )Key Animation: Amisong Pro (6 episodes eps 25, 30-31, 33, 35, 38 )DR Movie (4 episodes eps 24, 29, 34, 37 )Global Japan (eps 10, 15) Hyoin Animation (eps 13, 16) KAC (8 episodes eps 5, 8-9, 13-15, 19, 21 )LAC (ep 24) Lee Production (5 episodes eps 4, 7, 12, 17, 20 )Sunshine Corporation (ep 24) Young Woo Production (4 episodes eps 26, 30, 36, 38 )Photography: Takahashi Production Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation | ||||
Check: Emily Sorensen DVD Authoring: Sam Pinansky Editing: Emily Sorensen Translation Check: Sean McCann | DVD Menu Design: Tezuka Productions Packaging Design: Tezuka Productions | |||
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(none) | Jeong Miyeon as Jeong-Ah Son as Jong-Hyeok Lee as Jun Kim as Lee Gyuhwa as Lee Hyeonseon as Lee Mija as Lee Seonho as Myeong-Hwa Cha as Park Yeonghwa as Seon-Ju Lee as Seong Yujin as Young Hee Park as | |||
Broadcaster: Tooniverse (from 1998) | ||||
Theme Song Performance: Francine Chantereau | Anne Rondeleux as Carole Serrat as Isabelle Maudet as Joëlle Fossier as Lionel Melet as | |||
(none) | Estívaliz Lizárraga as Alberto Escobal García as Antón Palomar as Estívaliz Lizárraga as Fátima Casado as Ana Begoña Eguileor as Eba Ojanguren as Estívaliz Lizárraga as Fátima Casado as Víctor Prieto as | |||
Distributor: Arait Multimedia (Spain) Internet Streaming: Viki (Spain) Licensed by: Arait Multimedia (Spain) | ||||
Dubbing Director: Massimo Còrizza Dialogues: Massimo Còrizza Theme Song Lyrics: Riccardo Zara Theme Song Performance: Cavalieri del Re | Beatrice Margiotti as Alessandra Cassioli as Guido Cavalleri as Ilaria Latini as Laura Latini as Monica Ward as Rosalinda Galli as Stefania Patruno as Barbara De Bortoli as Laura Lenghi as Luciano Marchitiello as Rita Baldini as Vittorio Guerrieri as | |||
Distributor: Yamato Video Dubbing: Promovision | ||||
General Supervision: Hamza Al-Momani Mixage & Montage: Muhammad Al-Kharoof Sound Engineer: Ibrahim Orsan Supervision: Omar Hamed Theme Song Composed & Arranged: Amer Madi Theme Song Performance: Aida Amricani | Eman Hail as Fatima Jamil as Muhammad Helmy as Omar Hamed as | |||
Dubbing: Al-Anoud Studios (Jordan) | ||||
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