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Hakumei and Mikochi (TV)

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Alternative title:
Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods
Minuscule (French)
ハクメイとミコチ (Japanese)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: While Hakumei is cheerful, outgoing and prefers to be outside, Mikochi is more introverted and prefers to stay indoors. These differences will set the tone for their friendship. Riding on insects and birds, creating tools from the forest and living their normal lives, day to day chores can be the biggest adventure in a small world full of wonders.
User Ratings: 81 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 17 votes (sub:14, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 21 votes (sub:20, dub:1)
 Good: 18 votes (sub:16, raw:1, dub:1)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 126 users, rank: #4977 (of 10152)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.654 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.467, rank: #1418 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 7.608 (Very good−), rank: #1412 (of 10321) (seen all: 7.76 / seen some: 7.00 / won't finish: 4.79)
Bayesian estimate: 7.589 (Very good−), rank: #1145 (of 7760)
Running time: 24 minutes
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2018-01-12
Opening Theme:
"urar" by Chima
Ending Theme:
"Harvest Moon Night" by Shino Shimoji & Aoi Yūki
"Minasoko no Rizumu" (水底のリズム; Rhythm of the River Bottom) by Aoi Yūki (ep 9)
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 17-23 (Mar 21, 2019)
Hakumei and Mikochi Anime's English Dub Stars Brittney Karbowski, Amanda Lee (Feb 27, 2019)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, June 25-July 1 (Jul 3, 2018)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, June 25-July 1 (Jul 3, 2018)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, April 23-29 (May 1, 2018)
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Hakumei and Mikochi Blu-ray/DVD Box to Include New OVA (Jan 12, 2018)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Hakumei and Mikochi Anime for HIDIVE Streaming (Dec 27, 2017)
Hakumei to Mikochi Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, Key Visual (Dec 8, 2017)
Chima, Shino Shimoji, Aoi Yūki Perform Hakumei to Mikochi Anime's Theme Songs (Nov 10, 2017)
Hakumei to Mikochi Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, Staff, Cast (Oct 20, 2017)
Hakumei to Mikochi Anime Premieres in January (Oct 13, 2017)
Hakumei to Mikochi Manga About Forest Dwarf Girls Gets TV Anime (Aug 6, 2017)
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Interest:
Enjoy Nature's Small Wonders at the Hakumei & Mikochi Botanical Garden Tour (Apr 26, 2018)
Nature is the Focus at Hakumei & Mikochi Fairy Cafe (Jan 31, 2018)
Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces March Slate (Dec 6, 2018)
Sentai Filmworks Wins Big with the Small Forest Girls of ‘Hakumei and Mikochi’ (Dec 28, 2017)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Hakumei and Mikochi - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2019-03-19 (from $28.90)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masaomi Andō
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Script:
Ichirō Ōkōchi (eps 4, 7)
Mariko Kunisawa (eps 5, 8, 10)
Reiko Yoshida (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 9, 11-13
)
Storyboard:
Akiyo Ohashi (eps 5, 8)
Hidetoshi Namura (eps 6, 9)
Masahiro Mukai (ep 13)
Masaomi Andō (eps 1-2, 4, 12)
Shūichirō Semura (eps 3, 7)
Yoshifumi Sasahara (ep 13)
Yoshihide Yūzumi (ep 11)
Yū Kinome (eps 10, 12)
Episode Director:
Housei Suzuki (eps 4, 10, 13)
Masaomi Andō (ep 1)
Matsuo Asami (ep 7)
Noriyuki Nomata (eps 6, 11)
Takahiro Majima (eps 2, 8)
Yōhei Fukui (eps 3, 9)
Yoshifumi Sasahara (eps 12-13)
Yūsuke Shibata (ep 5)
Music: Evan Call
Original creator: Takuto Kashiki
Character Design: Tomoko Iwasa
Art Director: Daiki Kuribayashi
Chief Animation Director:
Mayuka Itō
Tomoko Iwasa
Animation Director: Masami Abe (ep 10)
Sound Director: Satoki Iida
Director of Photography: Sena Nakagawa
Producer:
Kazufumi Kikushima
Mieko Tsuruta
Mitsuhiro Ogata
Noritomo Isogai
Shinpei Yamashita

Animation producer: Yūji Higa
Art Setting:
Eiko Tsunadō
Nobuhito Sue
Art Supervision: Nobuhito Sue
Background Art:
Atsushi Yokoyama (Kusanagi; eps 3-12)
Ayu Kawamoto (Kusanagi; eps 3, 6, 9-10)
Daiki Kuribayashi (Kusanagi; ep 1)
Hotaka Okamoto (Kusanagi; eps 1-12)
Minami Kasuga (Kusanagi; ep 1)
Shiori Shiwa (Kusanagi; 9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 11-12
)
Yūki Hatakeyama (Kusanagi; eps 1, 3-5)
Background Art Assistance:
Anna Akasaka (eps 5-9)
Anna Ōizumi (eps 11-12)
Chau Bao (Nam Hai Art)
Giang Tra (Nam Hai Art)
Nhi Phuong (Nam Hai Art)
Nhung Thuy (Nam Hai Art; eps 10-12)
Quoc Nguyen (Nam Hai Art; eps 11-12)
Quoc Thanh (Nam Hai Art; ep 8)
Senjin Akahori (eps 5-10, 12)
Thao Nhu (Nam Hai Art)
Thao Thanh (Nam Hai Art)
Toan Van (Nam Hai Art)
Xuan Ngoc (Nam Hai Art)
Background Manager: Hiroaki Hirata
Color Check: Kazuhisa Yamabe (eps 4, 7)
Color design: Yumi Nagi
Color setting: Kazuhisa Yamabe (eps 4, 7)
Editing: Yukie Oikawa (Morita Editing Room)
In-Between Animation: Shiori Ozawa (Lerche; eps 7-13)
Key Animation:
Hideo Amemiya (eps 3-4)
Hiroaki Kawaguchi (ep 4)
Hironori Tanaka (ep 1)
Masami Abe (ep 10)
Shirō Okumura (eps 3, 10)
Music producer: Terushige Yoshie
Paint: Kazuhisa Yamabe (Lerche; 5 episodes
eps 5, 8-9, 11-12
)
Planning:
Asuka Yamazaki
Fumihiko Shinozaki
Masayuki Aoyagi
Mitsuhiro Sakakibara
Takeshi Kikuchi
Yuka Sakurai
Prop Design: Tomoko Iwasa
Recording Adjustment: Yōko Nakano
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Theme Song Performance:
Aoi Yūki (ED)
Chima (OP)
Shino Shimoji (ED)
Risae Matsuda as Hakumei
Shino Shimoji as Mikochi

Aoi Yūki as Konju
Chika Anzai as Sen
Masaya Matsukaze as Iwashi
Megumi Ogata as Kobone's Master

Airi Ōtsu as
Donut Shop Clerk (ep 6)
Subaru (ep 12)
Akeno Watanabe as Sen's Former Master (ep 2)
Arisa Sakuraba as Lizard Shop Owner (ep 11)
Atsumi Tanezaki as Interior Multorica clerk (ep 7)
Daisuke Kishio as Ukai (ep 8)
Eiji Takeuchi as Manager Furugiya (ep 6)
Fukushi Ochiai as Raccoon Dog (ep 12)
Haruki Ishiya as Money Collector Grasshopper (ep 3)
Harumi Sakurai as Keika (ep 12)
Hiromichi Tezuka as Miki (ep 8)
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Katen (ep 5)
Junichi Suwabe as Senkemaru (ep 8)
Junichi Yanagita as
Biryuu (ep 8)
Seller (ep 1)
Shuhiko (eps 6, 9)
Juri Kimura as
Clerk (ep 2)
Conductor (ep 11)
Keisuke Goto as
Extra Grasshopper (ep 1)
Rantetsu (ep 5)
Kenjirō Tsuda as Narai (ep 5)
Kenta Sasa as Fusenmaru (ep 1)
Kyō Yaoya as Old Monkey (ep 12)
Mai Nakahara as Hakuyo (ep 5)
Makoto Kaneko as Mi-chan (ep 11)
Makoto Koichi as Sasanami (ep 8)
Mari Hino as Urara (eps 6, 9)
Masahito Yabe as Sekimenmaru (ep 1)
Mayumi Shintani as Jada (ep 6)
Mikako Komatsu as Raika (eps 4, 8)
Misa Katō as Fox (ep 1)
Motomu Kiyokawa as Hedgehog (ep 11)
Naoko Komatsu as
In-Car Salesperson (ep 11)
Inn Employee (ep 10)
Rie Takahashi as Mimi (ep 7)
Ryōta Takeuchi as Higaki (ep 8)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Frog Station Attendant (ep 11)
Satoshi Inomata as Iwanukikai Member (ep 5)
Shinya Hamazoe as Black Rat (ep 10)
Shinya Takahashi as
Comoc (ep 8)
Presenter Frog (ep 2)
Shiori Izawa as Cat (ep 1)
Shizuka Ishigami as
Developer (ep 7)
Yunaka (ep 8)
Shunichi Maki as Yukiji (ep 8)
Tadanori Date as Iwanukikai Member (ep 5)
Takumi Iida as Leopard (ep 8)
Tatsuya Tokutake as Juice Shop Owner (ep 7)
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Green Tail (ep 12)
Yoshitaka Yamaya as Nobuki (ep 8)
Yui Ogura as Koharu (ep 7)
Yūki Ishikari as Kumbari (ep 12)
Yūya Hirose as Benito (ep 12)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Amanda Lee as Mikochi
Brittney Karbowski as Hakumei

Allison Sumrall as Konji
Kira Vincent-Davis as Sen
Shelley Calene-Black as Kobone
Ty Mahany as Iwashi

Adam Gibbs as Yunaka
Andrew Love as Lizard
Brittany Lauda as Sasanami
Bryson Baugus as Nobuki
Caitlynn French as Koharu
Carl Masterson as Kate
Carli Mosier as Jada (ep 6)
Cat Thomas as Raika
Christina Kelly as
Mimari
Young Kobone
Courtney Lomelo as Ryokubirou
David Wald as Hikagi
Gabriel Regojo as Sekimenmaru
Gareth West as Biryuu
Greg Cote as Vintage Store Clerk
Heidi Hinkel as Ayune
Jack Ivy as Tougetsu
James Belcher as Old Hedgehog
Joanne Bonasso as Hakuyo
John Gremillion as Tsumujimaru
John Swasey as Fusenmaru
Josh Morrison as Narai
Juliet Simmons as Mimi
Kyle Jones as Grasshopper
Mark X Laskowski as Ukai
Nathan Wilson as Leopard
Olivia Swasey as Shinato
Patricia Duran as Furniture Store Clerk (ep 7)
Scott Gibbs as Koyabe
Shelby Blocker as Keika
English companies
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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