Noragami (Anime)

Noragami (Anime)
Staff
Director	Koutarou Tamura
Series Composition	Deko Akao
Character design	Toshihiro Kawamoto
Animation Director	Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hideki Yamazaki
Information
Studio	BONES
Genre	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Supernatural, Shounen
Air Date	Jan 5, 2014 to Mar 23, 2014 (Season 1) Oct 3, 2015 to Dec 26, 2015 (Season 2)

For other uses, see Noragami (Disambiguation).

Noragami (ノラガミ, Noragami^?, lit. "Stray God") was the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name written by Adachitoka. It was produced by Studio Bones and contains two seasons for a total of 25 episodes, with two additional OVAs for each season.

Plot

In times of need, if you look in the right place, you just may see a strange telephone number scrawled in red. If you call this number, you will hear a young man introduce himself as the Yato God.

Yato is a minor deity and a self-proclaimed "Delivery God," who dreams of having millions of worshippers. Without a single shrine dedicated to his name, however, his goals are far from being realized. He spends his days doing odd jobs for five yen apiece, until his weapon partner becomes fed up with her useless master and deserts him.

Just as things seem to be looking grim for the god, his fortune changes when a middle school girl, Hiyori Iki, supposedly saves Yato from a car accident, taking the hit for him. Remarkably, she survives, but the event has caused her soul to become loose and hence able to leave her body. Hiyori demands that Yato return her to normal, but upon learning that he needs a new partner to do so, reluctantly agrees to help him find one. And with Hiyori's help, Yato's luck may finally be turning around.

Cast

• Japanese cast
• English cast

• Yato – Hiroshi Kamiya
• Hiyori Iki – Maaya Uchida
• Yukine – Yuki Kaji
• Kofuku – Aki Toyosaki
• Daikoku – Daisuke Ono
• Bishamonten – Miyuki Sawashiro
• Kazuma – Jun Fukuyama
• Kuraha – Kazuhiko Inoue
• Kugaha – Takanori Hoshino
• Aiha – Hisako Tōjō
• Ebisu – Ryōtarō Okiayu & Yuiko Tatsumi
• Tenjin – Tōru Ōkawa
• Mayu – Asami Imai
• Mutsumi – Mikako Komatsu
• The Stray – Rie Kugimiya
• Kōto Fujisaki – Kaito Ishikawa

• Yato – Jason Liebrecht
• Hiyori Iki – Bryn Apprill
• Yukine – Micah Solusod
• Kofuku – Alexis Tipton
• Daikoku – Ian Sinclair
• Rabo – Mike McFarland
• Bishamonten – Elizabeth Maxwell
• Kazuma – Eric Vale
• Kugaha – Phil Parsons
• Aiha – Michelle Rojas
• Ebisu – John Burgmeier & Apphia Yu
• Tenjin – Sean Hennigan
• Mayu – Leah Clarke
• Mutsumi – Mikaela Krantz
• Nora – Lauren Landa
• Kōto Fujisaki – Clifford Chapin

Staff

• Director: Kotaro Tamura
• Series Composition: Deko Akao
• Character Design: Toshihiro Kawamoto
• Chief Animation Director: Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hideki Yamazaki
• Demon and Divine Device Design: Masahiro Sato
• Art Director: Kazuo Nagai
• Color Design: Hiroko Umezaki
• Director of Photography: Mayuko Furumoto
• Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
• Sound Director : Minoru Yamada
• Music: Taku Iwasaki
• Sound Production: Ai Addiction
• Music Production: Avex Entertainment
• Animation Production: Bones
• Production: Noragami Production Committee

Seasons and Episodes

Season	Episodes	Chapters Adapted	Original Air Date
Noragami	12	1-11	Jan 5, 2014 to Mar 23, 2014
Noragami Aragoto	13	12-39	Oct 3, 2015 to Dec 26, 2015

Music

Season 1

• Opening theme: Goya no Machiawase (午 (ご) 夜 (や) の待 (ま) ち合 (あ) わせ, Goya no Machiawase^?) by Hello Sleepwalkers
• Ending theme: Heart Realize (ハートリアライズ, Haato Riaraizu^?) by Tia
• Original soundtrack: Noragami Original Soundtrack (野 (の) 良 (ら) 神 (がみ) の音 (おと) , Noragami no Oto^?) by Taku Iwasaki

Season 2

• Opening theme: Kyōran Hey Kids!! (狂 (きょう) 乱 (らん) Hey Kids!!, Kyouran hey kids^?) by THE ORAL CIGARETTES
• Ending theme: Nirvana (ニルバナ, Nirubana^?) by Tia
• Original soundtrack: Noragami Aragoto Original Soundtrack (野 (の) 良 (ら) 神 (がみ) の音 (おと) 2, Noragami no Oto 2^?) by Taku Iwasaki, Kayo Konishi, Yukio Kondou, and ELECTROCUTICA

OVA

Studio Bones released a total of four OAD episodes for Noragami.

• OVA 1 was released bundled with Volume 10.
• OVA 2 was released bundled with Volume 11.
• OVA 3 was released bundled with Volume 15.
• OVA 4 was released bundled with Volume 16.

Gallery

Anime Character Designs

• Season 1
• Season 2

Videos

• Noragami
• Noragami Aragoto

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」ティザーPV

First Promotional Video

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」第2弾PV

Second Promotional Video

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」番宣CM ひよりVer

Hiyori CM

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」番宣CM 夜トVer

Yato CM

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」キャラクターソング・「キャッチボール」雪音（CV：梶 裕貴）試聴映像

Yukine Character Song CM

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」キャラクターソング・「月夜ノ舟」夜ト（CV：神谷浩史）試聴映像

Yato Character CM

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」キャラクターソング・「ミタイ・セカイ」壱岐ひより（CV：内田真礼）試聴映像

Hiyori Character Song CM

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」キャラクターソング「花篝り」試聴映像／毘沙門(CV-沢城みゆき)&兆麻(CV-福山 潤)

Bishamon and Kazuma Character Song CM

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」キャラクターソング「愛は八百万♡」試聴映像／小福(CV-豊崎愛生)&大黒(CV-小野大輔）

Kofuku and Daikoku Character Song CM

TVアニメ「ノラガミ」Blu-rayDVD3巻 SPOT映像

Blu-ray DVD Volume 3 SPOT video

TVアニメ『ノラガミ』 祝2期放送決定！ウルトラティザーコミックスPV

Ultra Teaser Comics PV

Noragami - Official Trailer

Official Dub Trailer

TVアニメ「ノラガミ ARAGOTO」PV

First Promotional Video

TVアニメ『ノラガミ ARAGOTO』第2弾PV

Second Promotional Video

Comments

Comment from Director Kotaro Tamura:

I fell in love with Adachitoka's spirit of service and high aspirations. I hope that this anime will be a bridge that conveys the charm of Yato and his friends to as many people as possible. May you have a chance to meet them...!

Comment from Director Deko Akao:

Comment from series composition Director Deko Akao The more you read, the more you taste. Noragami is full of depth, like the taste of dried squid, and I've done my best to deliver it to you in its original form... or, if possible, as an anime with shichimi mayonnaise. I hope you all enjoy it with a cup of sake (or something similar) in your hand.