Ef: A Tale of Memories is a 2007 anime series produced by Shaft based off the visual novel Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. The series ran for twelve episodes between October and December 2007. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime for an English release in 2011.
The music are largely composed by Tenmon who happened to be the music composer of other great shows such as 5 Centimeters per Second, Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, et cetera. Ef – a tale of memories is truly a great romance anime that all romance suckers should not miss.
On the surface, ef - a tale of memories seems to be your average romance anime series, featuring a range of characters forming relationships as they spiral awkwardly towards adulthood.
Ef: A Tale of Memories. A story of love, heartbreak and youth, as the stories of 6 different characters, which seem initially unrelated, begin to intertwine.
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After the End Credits Yuuko Amamiya finally reunites with Yuu Himura in the church at the end of that series. In this way the audience is given a happy ending for every major character, including Yuu and Yuuko.
ef: A Tale Of Memories has its share of very sad moments, in particular anything involving Chihiro Shindou's Ill Girl condition. Especially heart-breaking is the scene where Chihiro rips out the pages of her diary in which she mentions Renji, so she will forget him.
There is romance, twin sister characters, and ef even references Clannad at some point. One can also draw a comparison between Nagisa and Chihiro, which are both amazing characters, responsible for some great moments on their respective shows.
Ef – a tale of memories is truly a great romance anime that all romance suckers should not miss. From unbelievably stunning animation to music to characters to story, there is hardly anything to complain about this show (aside from the lack of “big name” seiyu which some people care about).
The music from the anime itself, was used suitably. The usual high standard of background music, comedy tunes for the funny bits, serious music for the serious bits and sad stuff for the sad bits. Mostly beautiful instrumentals, like piano. Which is dynamic in the mood, it changes as the scene changes.
Brittney Karbowski voices Kei Shindou, also the voice of Yuri in Angel Beats, Yukari Sakuragi in Another, Ryou Fujibayashi in Clannad, Kiko Kayanuma in Darker than Black and Ayu Tsukimiya from Kanon (2006).
Kyousuke Tsutsumi is a friend of Hiro’s, a boy in the same school. At the start he is part of the film club and is dating the film club president. His dream is to shoot a beautiful movie, sparked by his late mother who was an actress, whose acting was so beautiful that he wanted to make something similar.
Shuichi Kuze is voiced by Illich Guardiola, the voice of Katsumi Matsunaga in Another, Yusuke Yoshino in Clannad and Masaru Kato in Gantz. Mizuki Hayama is voiced by Hilary Haag, voice of Yui in Angel Beats, Fuko in Clannad and Merry in Dream Eater Merry.
Like Kei, she enjoys reading girls manga and is a fan of Nagi Shindou, who she is unaware of as being Hiro. She’s a bit jealous of Hiro, since she seems to have feelings for her best friend. She’s very light hearted and cheery, much like Miyako, but without the ‘other’ side.
Mizuki, who they tried to write as a girl in love with Kei, but instead received ten seconds of show time. Chihiro’s caretaker Yuu, who we’re not sure if it’s really her older brother or just some weirdo who decided to take care of her, despite her family living five minutes away.
He has a key to the roof of school, which is his special place where he likes to be alone. Miyako Miyamura is the same age as Hiro Hirono and in the same year Otowa highschool. Yet the two have previously never met since she is also a delinquent, rarely attending school.
On Christmas Eve, Hiro Hirono runs into Miyako Miyamura, a frivolous girl who "borrows" his bicycle in order to chase down a purse thief.
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