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Tamako Love Story

Original title: Tamako rabu sutôrî
  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.4K
YOUR RATING
Tamako Love Story (2014)
AnimeHand-Drawn AnimationSlice of LifeAnimationComedyDramaRomance

Tamako's life changes when her best friend, Mochizou, suddenly confesses his love for her.Tamako's life changes when her best friend, Mochizou, suddenly confesses his love for her.Tamako's life changes when her best friend, Mochizou, suddenly confesses his love for her.

  • Director
    • Naoko Yamada
  • Writers
    • Reiko Yoshida
    • Naoko Yamada
  • Stars
    • Aya Suzaki
    • Atsushi Tamaru
    • Yûki Kaneko
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    3.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Naoko Yamada
    • Writers
      • Reiko Yoshida
      • Naoko Yamada
    • Stars
      • Aya Suzaki
      • Atsushi Tamaru
      • Yûki Kaneko
    • 14User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Aya Suzaki
    • Tamako Kitashirakawa
    • (voice)
    Atsushi Tamaru
    • Mochizo Oji
    • (voice)
    Yûki Kaneko
    • Midori Tokiwa
    • (voice)
    Juri Nagatsuma
    • Kanna Makino
    • (voice)
    Yurie Yamashita
    • Shiori Asagiri
    • (voice)
    Rina Hidaka
    • Anko Kitashirakawa
    • (voice)
    Keiji Fujiwara
    Keiji Fujiwara
    • Mamedai Kitashirakawa
    • (voice)
    Yôko Hikasa
    • Hinako Kitashirakawa
    • (voice)
    Tomomichi Nishimura
    • Fuku Kitashirakawa
    • (voice)
    Fumihiko Tachiki
    Fumihiko Tachiki
    • Gohei Oji
    • (voice)
    Satsuki Yukino
    • Michiko Oji
    • (voice)
    Leraldo Anzaldua
    Leraldo Anzaldua
    • Kaoru Hanase
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Greg Ayres
    Greg Ayres
    • Mecha Mochimazzi
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    James Belcher
    • Tokiwa
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Alexandria Benford
    Alexandria Benford
    • Female students
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Clint Bickham
    • Mochizo Oji
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Sarah Cain
    • Female students
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Francis Caorrots
    • Shiori Asagiri
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Naoko Yamada
    • Writers
      • Reiko Yoshida
      • Naoko Yamada
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews14

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    8angepavl

    Change can be scary

    Change can be something very scary sometimes. It can shake you to your very core and leave you wandering. Everyone worries about their future, especially when they don't know how to move on in life or they feel a bit lost.

    This anime manages to capture all those feelings while also introducing us to a teen romance which grows to life since childhood. Teenage love can be akward sometimes as you learn how to express your feelings in words and interactions.

    Life goes by pretty fast and the meaning of it is captured into the fragility of our existence! Live with no regrets!
    Farbod255

    Well.. Not Really Nice..

    I Don't Know.. Maybe I Didn't Got The Whole Story.. Bug Whatever It What.. I Didn't Really Enjoyed It..
    8prasadpawar-61704

    A good movie experience

    This movie was a good followup to Tamako Market. The animation was amazing, the music was amazing. The emotions of teenage romance were beautifully portrayed by Naoko Yamada.
    10Frank_Strk

    See how romance flourishes between two friends of infancy, is incredible.

    It's inevitable that a boy falls deeply in love with his best friend, especially if you know her since you learned to say your first words, a very frustrating love, because you don't know if it will be returned, by that person who thinks of you as a friend. This is what "Tamako Love Story" brings, during the anime we could see how the relationship between Mochizou and Tamako was, now it will be up to Mochi to confess his feelings, to that friend who has accompanied him since childhood, during the course of the film we will see how Tamako is discovering little by little her true feelings towards him. An incredible work by Japanese animation, which shows the flowering of an innocent love between two childhood friends.
    7VolganHamishan

    Tamako Market as a show is a bit of an aimless and fun series...

    That forgets it has an overarching plot until the final episode where it crams it all in thus making it an inessential viewing experience to enjoy the Tamako Love Story movie.

    While the show is still enjoyable, the movie really shines both as a finale to the show and as a standalone film because it tells the tale of two teens nearing the end of their high school days and having to figure out what they want to do with their lives. Everyone has their own goals and dreams for what they want to do in the future, but feelings often can get in the way of it, and learning how to deal with said feelings is an important part of life that everyone has to learn. Some act on those feelings and try to initiate change, while others are willing to keep things the same and stable. In Tamako Love Story, Mochizou makes the first move and it throws Tamako's life balance all out of whack and she must learn how to deal with it.

    It's a really cute movie that is beautifully animated like most of Kyo-Ani's works. I particularly love how detailed the hair strands are on Tamko's closest friends Midori and Kanna, Midori has an incredible character design and is super pretty to look at. But Kanna steals the show in every scene she is in and brings a lot of laughs in this fun and really likable film. Naoko Yamada knows how to make stories that just feel so human and she's a wonderful director.

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    • Connections
      Features Dera-chan of the Southern Island (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Koi no Uta
      Music by Suguru Yamaguchi

      Arranged by Naohisa Taniguchi

      Lyrics by Naoko Yamada

      Performed by Keiji Fujiwara

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    • Release date
      • April 26, 2014 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chuyện Tình Tamako
    • Production companies
      • Tamako Live Letter Production Committee
      • Animation DO
      • Kyoto Animation
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,226,623
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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