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19 February 2014

Tamako Market

Tamako Market (たまこまーけっと Tamako Māketto)
 is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Naoko Yamada. It began airing in Japan on January 10, 2013.


Tamako Kitashirakawa is the eldest daughter of a family which runs a mochi shop in her town's bustling Tama-ya shopping district. One day, Tamako encounters a strange talking bird named Dela Mochimazzi who takes up residence in her home. The series follows the everyday life of Tamako, her friends, family and neighbors, and this peculiar bird.




Main Characters:
Meet Tamako Kitashirakawa
She is the main protagonist in the 2013 anime television series Tamako Market.


Appearance

Tamako is a short, youthful and bright-looking girl. She has black hair that she always keeps in two pony-tails, kept together with white bands at the height of her ears. The ponytails fall over her shoulders. She often has a few strands of hair springing from her head. She has sapphire-blue eyes and is often seen with a gentle smile and a slight blush.She also has a mole on her left side of her neck, the same as her late mother.

Tamako is mostly seen wearing her school's uniform, which is composed out of a dark blue dress and a white shirt. The dress has two wide straps over her shoulders, four buttons on the chest area and a small belt around her taille. The bottom part of the dress looks like a regular skirt, reaching her knees. She wears the white shirt under the dress, which has a wide, flipped down collar and a red ribbon. Her calves are wrapped by white socks and she wears plain black shoes. 

Personality 
A kind and friendly girl who cares a lot for her friends. Tamako is oblivious to love and romantic feelings from others so that is why she's never had a first love. She wants everyone to have a big smile on their face and make them have a mouthful of mochi, like how she feeds Dela. 
History
Tamako is a first-year in high school whose family runs a mochi shop in their town's shopping district called Tama-ya. She enjoys her high school life and the baton club with her friends Kanna and Midori. She helps her family run the shop and invent new kinds of mochi. Tamako is nervous about public speaking, and has problems swimming. Tamako is shown to be rather slow in catching up with things, particularly regarding people's feelings. She is one of the few characters that does not know Mochizō has a crush on her, and she fails to pick up on her sister's crush. Tamako feeds Dera mochi on a regular basis, and she feeds him too much for his size, making him bloated and unable to fly properly.

Relationships
Potential candidate for Prince Mechya Mochimazzi's bride; mainly because of the mole on her neck, a marking that all princesses in the Mochimazzi family have, according to Choi. The prince later reveals that Tamako is not his bride. She is Mochizou's childhood friend, and they are close. However, she is oblivious to his romantic feelings for her.




Meet Midori Tokiwa
She is  Tamako's classmate, childhood friend, and baton club member. Her grandparents, whom she lives with, own and run a toy shop in the town's shopping district.



Appearance

Midori is a bit taller than her friends, Tamako and Kanna, standing at 160 cm, or 5 feet, 3 inches. She has an aura of maturity over her. Midori has blonde hair, cut short so that it's as long as her face. Her bangs in front and at the sides, frame her face. She has olive-green eyes. In the right side of her hair, she wears a dark green hair clip.

Just like Tamako, Midori is often seen wearing her school uniform. Her uniform is a dark blue dress, with wide shoulder straps, four buttons on the chest area, a slim belt around her waist and a knee-long skirt under it. Under the dress, she wears a white plain, long-sleeved shirt. She has green, knee-height socks and black shoes. Her ribbon, tied around her neck, is red. 


Personality 
Midori is fun, energetic, and caring person, yet has a bit of a jealousy streak when it comes to Mochizo trying to express his feelings for Tamako. She might have hidden love feelings for Tamako as well.



Relationships 

Midori is a very good friend of Tamako and Kanna, particulairy Tamako who she was seen helping learn to swim. She is also very protective of her, initially telling Mochizuo not to confess his feelings to Tamako. Whether this is because she has feelings for Tamako, or just because she's an overprotective friend is yet to be confirmed. 
Her relationship with Mochizuo started out tense, but eventually cooled off after their inital arguement, even allowing Mochizuo to confess his feelings to Tamako if he wanted to; an offer which he ultimately declines. 



Meet Mochizō Ōji


is Tamako's childhood friend whose family runs Ōji-ya, a mochi shop located across from Tama-ya. Though their fathers are not on good terms due to business competition, he and Tamako are good friends. He is in love with Tamako.



Appearance

 Mochizō is a young boy in his mid-teens. He is fairly tall, measuring a few inches ahead of Tamako. He has light brown, chin-length hair. One strand of hair hangs in the middle of his face, between his eyes. Mochizō has brown eyes.

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