Tamako Market
| Tamako Market | |
|---|---|
Japanese logo | |
| たまこまーけっと Tamako Māketto | |
| Genre | Comedy, slice of life |
| Created by | Kyoto Animation |
| Developed by | Yukiko Horiguchi Reiko Yoshida |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida Jukki Hanada |
| Directed by | Naoko Yamada |
| Voices of | |
| Music by | Tomoko Kataoka |
| Opening theme | "Dramatic Market Ride" by Aya Suzaki |
| Ending theme | "Neguse" by Aya Suzaki |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Hideaki Hatta |
| Producers | Riri Senami Shinichi Nakamura |
| Cinematography | Rin Yamamoto |
| Editor | Kengo Shigemura |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Kyoto Animation Pony Canyon TBS Usagiyama Shopping District |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | January 10 – March 28, 2013 |
Tamako Market is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Naoko Yamada, and written by Reiko Yoshida. Tamako Market centers of a young girl named Tamako Kitashirakawa, the daughter of a mochi shop owner located inside a shopping district in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward as her life becomes complicated with friendships, rivalries and the arrival of a peculiar bird, named Dera Mochimazzi, from a nearby tropical island.
The series aired in Japan between January 10 and March 28, 2013. The anime has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and adapted into English. A film sequel, Tamako Love Story, premiered in Japan on April 26, 2014, paired with a short film titled Dera-chan of the Southern Islands. In 2023, Kyoto Animation announced a new project to celebrate the anime's 10th anniversary. The Tamako Market series and the Tamako Love Story movie were later screened in theaters in June 2023.