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Alternative TitlesEnglish: Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga Synonyms: Scarlet Fragment, Hiiro no Kakera: Tamayori Hime Kitan InformationType:TV Status: Finished Airing Premiered:Spring 2012 Producers:Bandai Visual, Lantis, YTV, DAX Production, Enterbrain Studios:Studio Deen Genres:Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older StatisticsRanked: #4298 22 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Members: 79,205 | Ranked #4298Popularity #1300Members 79,205 Add to List * Your list is public by default.SynopsisGods and ghosts only exist in fairy tales, right? That's the impression that high school girl Tamki Kasuga has before she goes to live with her grandmother in the remote village of Kifumura. After being attacked by strange creatures upon her arrival, she is soon informed that females in her family contain the blood of the Tamayori Princess, who has the responsibility and power of keeping gods and ghosts sealed away so that they can't harm the general public. At first Tamaki has trouble believing this, but having five beautiful young men following her everywhere she goes acting as her guardians goes a long way towards convincing her.
There's more to this job than Tamaki first realizes, however, and the path that lies ahead of her is fraught with peril and danger. Will she be able to successfully take on the heavy role that has been put on her shoulders?BackgroundThe first episode was pre-aired on March 6, 2012 on YTV.
The Japanese voice cast for the main characters remains unchanged from the original PS2 otome game that the anime is based off of. |
Related Anime| Adaptation: | Hiiro no Kakera: Mezame no Toki | | Sequel: | Hiiro no Kakera Dai Ni Shou | | Side story: | Hiiro no Kakera: Totsugeki! Tonari no Ikemenzu |
Characters & Voice Actors| Komura, Yuuichi | Namikawa, Daisuke
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| Oomi, Suguru Main | Hirakawa, Daisuke
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| Inukai, Shinji Main | Shimowada, Hiroki
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| Zwei Supporting | Kawahara, Yoshihisa
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Staff| Hiramitsu, Takuya Sound Director |
| Yoshida, Shunji Episode Director |
| Kato, Toshiyuki Episode Director, Storyboard |
Edit Opening Theme Edit Ending Theme 'Kono Te de Daki Tomeru Kara (この手で抱きとめるから)' by Shuhei Kita
More reviewsReviews 13 of 13 episodes seen Stark700(All reviews)
32 people found this review helpful |
| Overall | 5 | | Story | 5 | | Animation | 8 | | Sound | 7 | | Character | 5 | | Enjoyment | 6 |
Making an anime based off a visual novel is never easy especially one aimed at a specific target audience, or in this case, the female market. There could be mistakes through adaption, the delivering of the characters, or in other cases, not sticking with the story. There is much to be said regarding what can make an extravagent series out of a visual novel these days especially from a series a game that is not too well known compared to some of the more popular series like FSN, Higurashi, etc. Will Hiiro no Kakera carry out the task of getting through the right audience and deliver a series worth to talk about?
Hiiro no Kakera (also known as Scarlet Fragment) details the story of a young girl named Tamaki who had a peaceful life till one day she learns about the true extents of her origin and family. Expect the unexpected, right? But more than that, there are five other gorgeous guys that accompanies her and protects Tamaki as she is the next Tamayorihime, or the princess after her grandmother. The story goes on from there where her original peaceful life gets thrown into turmoil when other malevolent forces are after her and the secrets that lies with her past.
- Story 5/10
I'll be honest here. This story has not impressed me as much as I originally hoped. At first glance, it seems to contain a lot of action packed fighting just based on the OP. However, the story flows a bit slow and replaced with rather heavy dialogue relating to protection, secrets, and artifacts. Speaking of artifacts, it is obvious that others would also want them. With one fragile girl and five handsome looking guys looking out for her, this story may seem compelling to fans who are into bachelors and that sort of genre. Unfortunately for me though, that's not my case. But of course, it's based off an otome game and it's aimed at the female market.
+ Art 8/10
If there is one thing out there about this anime that impressed me so far, it would be the artwork. When it comes to artwork for this series, it is done quite beautifully and probably one of the more stand out points. As much as I despise Studio Deen for some of their previous work, the art is beautiful and more realistic.
+ Sound 7/10
Surprisingly, the sound of this series is fluid and occasionally catchy. The OP song “Nee” performed by Fujita Maiko is relaxing and who doesn't want to listen to some relaxing music when waking up on Sundays?
+ Character 5/10
There seems to be something I'm missing here. The main girl gets off a bus and gets protected by a hot guy. But, what kind of connections do they have? Oh but not only that, there are four (well, one later in the story) guys that just pops out into the story with little background so far. As for our antagonists of the story, they are all represented by German numbers. Now, is that significant? The fact that they are after a certain object seems to put them on the bad side of the 'good guys' so far. With little to no background of what the characters are like so far in the series, my point of characters stand out as a disappointment.
+ Enjoyment 6/10
Overall, this series is nothing special and not something that I consider the hit of this Spring Season. It might even be worth a drop or an on-hold as a matter of fact. The story is slow and dialogue heavy not helping by the fact of the almost obscure character backgrounds. However, if you're the target of the demographic that the series is being aimed at, then the bulls eye might be hit. The various endings of nearly episode (that I found somewhat disturbing after awhile) may be pleasing to the eyes of a female viewer. Additionally, the fact that the series is labeled with “romance” might bring out your “inner fangirl”. Unfortunately, it's not working for me. However, this could be a pleasing gift to give on Christmas or on Valentine to your girlfriend that are into the bachelor sort of background.
13 of 13 episodes seen Shirasho(All reviews)
30 people found this review helpful |
| Overall | 4 | | Story | 3 | | Animation | 8 | | Sound | 7 | | Character | 4 | | Enjoyment | 4 |
Utter waste of time. It’s like someone just wanted to make an anime without caring about plot, character development, or..well…anything. The ending is absolutely disappointing and reveals nothing. What little story there is builds up to what is expected to be a spectacular ending. They throw hints of mystery and character ties that never get answered. The main characters are constantly complaining about their lives. The heroine is annoying. The characters are forgettable. There isn’t a single redeeming factor about this anime. I give it a 4/10, and that is being extremely forgiving. 13 of 13 episodes seen sstarlee(All reviews)
21 people found this review helpful |
| Overall | 10 | | Story | 9 | | Animation | 10 | | Sound | 9 | | Character | 9 | | Enjoyment | 10 |
My very first review so please :P Anyways honestly this entire anime/storyline/plot the whole thing about it, was everything i used to dream of as a child. Being told one day, you're some important princess that must 'save' the world, but in this story she must protect an important seal or this monster will terrorize the world, which is practically the same thing! And it is a reverse harem, which is a bonus. But pretty much this is a really beautiful story, i'm going to be sure to check out the manga here right away. Beautiful opening theme song, it's just really beautiful the whole thing about it. ^_^
13 of 13 episodes seen Yemi_Hikari(All reviews)
16 people found this review helpful |
| Overall | 6 | | Story | 3 | | Animation | 10 | | Sound | 5 | | Character | 4 | | Enjoyment | 6 |
I am reminded of the Anime called “Asura Cryin'”. The first season came out in April of 2009 and the second came out in October of 2009. The first season of the Anime actually shares a lot of the problems that “Hiiro No Kakera” happens to have. One of the problems happens to be the fact there were signs that the series had potential but the whole first season falls flat. However, the second season ended up giving those of us who gave it a chance a pleasant surprise. Similarly “Hiiro No Kakera” has the same potential to possibly wow people with the second season that is supposed to come in October. Of course, it also has the chance of falling flat. Even if the second season turns out to be a pleasant surprise the question of whether or not watching the first season just to watch the second is going to come up.
The unfortunate fact is, while “Hiirro No Kakera” shares a lot of the same problems, the problems are more evident then they were in “Asura Cryin”. First, “Hiirro No Kakera” has only two episodes (the first and the last) that draw the viewer in without the use of bishonen to drool over. The rest of the episodes fall flat in their story telling. There was a lot of material that could have easily been condensed and the story line would have still not had a rushed feeling to it.
Second, in the first episode you are introduced to a heroine who is mistaken for being clumsy but really isn't. She's weak, but that is because she's never had training for her abilities like the five males. One would think there would be great potential but what I was looking for didn't show up until the last episode. Instead, we were treated to episode after episode of her having angst fits about how she can't do anything.
Honestly, don't be surprised to see this heroine compared to Bella Swan even if the second season is well done. Some people may call her out for having a fake fatal flaw of clumsiness because she is called out for being clumsy in the first episode. This is despite the fact she really did simply misstep like many other people would have done. And lets not forget the constant angst we got from this character and the fact she's likely to be paired with the bad boy of the group. Yup... she may be called a Mary Sue even though she may not be one.
I'm honestly holding out until second season before I judge her on this regard... if there is a second season. I'm not saying I don't want a second season here, I don't like it when series are stopped in the middle and big plot holes are left. Thankfully too it seems they have the other episodes done already. However, I'm also not sure how well this Anime is going to go over. They can always change their mind if they don't make a profit off of the first seasons DVD sales to recoup the cost for creating the DVDs.
As for the sound, the music is beautiful. The voice acting... not so much. It also grated on my nerves at times. Even if these voice actors have good roles, this just isn't their best. Far from it. Hands down, for those who have NOT picked up the first season yet, I suggest waiting at least until the second season comes out and reading some of the reviews for that, that of course don't gush about the bishonen. Even then... you may want to consider using a wiki to get the information necessary from the first season to watch the second. This was rather painful to watch, and I say this having enjoyed the first and last episodes.
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