Usagi Drop
うさぎドロップ
Synopsis
Daikichi Kawachi is a 30-year-old bachelor working a respectable job but otherwise wandering aimlessly through life. When his grandfather suddenly passes away, he returns to the family home to pay his respects. Upon arriving at the house, he meets a mysterious young girl named Rin who, to Daikichi’s astonishment, is his grandfather's illegitimate daughter! The shy and unapproachable girl is deemed an embarrassment to the family, and finds herself ostracized by her father's relatives, all of them refusing to take care of her in the wake of his death. Daikichi, angered by their coldness toward Rin, announces that he will take her in—despite the fact that he is a young, single man with no prior childcare experience. Usagi Drop is the story of Daikichi's journey through fatherhood as he raises Rin with his gentle and affectionate nature, as well as an exploration of the warmth and interdependence that are at the heart of a happy, close-knit family. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Staff
Konaka, Daisuke
Producer
Matsushita, Keiko
Producer
Nakatake, Tetsuya
Producer
Ozaki, Noriko
Producer
Kamei, Kanta
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation
Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro
Sound Director
Mitsunaka, Susumu
Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation
Sakaguchi, Ryuutarou
Episode Director
Ui, Yoshikazu
Episode Director, Storyboard
Kishimoto, Taku
Script, Series Composition
Inoue, Ei
Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director
Kaneko, Shuuichi
Storyboard
Morita, Hiroyuki
Storyboard
Tsuruoka, Koujirou
Storyboard
Kasarinchu
Theme Song Performance
PUFFY
Theme Song Performance
Airol, Cecilia
ADR Director
Andou, Masashi
Key Animation
Anzai, Toshiyuki
Key Animation
Aoyama, Hiroyuki
Key Animation
Araki, Ryou
Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation
Bizen, Katsuhiko
Key Animation
Chiba, Takahiro
Key Animation
Chibayama, Natsue
Key Animation
Chikaoka, Sunao
Key Animation
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- "Sweet Drops" by Puffy
Endings
- "High High High" by Kasarinchu
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