Series synopsis
And Yet the Town Moves, also known as それでも町は廻っている is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on TBS on October 8, 2010. It ended on December 24, 2010. It stars Chiaki Omigawa, Rieka Yazawa, Aoi Yuuki and Takahiro Sakurai.
Clumsy Hotori Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. Hotori works as a waitress in an unsuccessful coffee shop when the manager comes up with a plan to increase its fortunes by changing into a maid cafe. Unfortunately, no one knows how to make a successful maid cafe other than dressing everyone in a maid outfit. What follows is a wacky series of incidents involving Hotori’s many friends, mismatched love stories… and ghosts and aliens.
Premise
Clumsy Hotori Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. Hotori works as a waitress in an unsuccessful coffee shop when the manager comes up with a plan to increase its fortunes by changing into a maid cafe. Unfortunately, no one knows how to make a successful maid cafe other than dressing everyone in a maid outfit. What follows is a wacky series of incidents involving Hotori’s many friends, mismatched love stories… and ghosts and aliens.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Chiaki Omigawa as Hotori Arashiyama (voice)
- Rieka Yazawa as Futaba Kon (voice)
- Aoi Yuuki as Toshiko Tatsuno (voice)
- Takahiro Sakurai as Uki Isohata (voice)
- Miyu Matsuki as Josephine / Yukimi Arashiyama (voice)
- Miyu Irino as Hiroyuki Sanada (voice)
- Satsuki Yukino as Kameidou Shizuka
- Tomokazu Sugita as Natsuhiko Moriaki (voice)
Supporting cast
- Ryoko Shiraishi as Harue Haribara (voice)
- Emiri Kato as Eri Isezaki (voice)
- Eri Sendai as Yukiko Arashiyama (voice)
- Hiroshi Naka as Zenji Isohata (voice)
- Mutsumi Tamura as Takeru Arashiyama (voice)
- Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Takanori Kikuchi (voice)
- Shigeru Chiba as Shunsaku Matsuda (voice)
- Takaya Kuroda as Yuji Sanada (voice)
- Toshiharu Sakurai as Kazutoyo Arai (voice)
- Yoji Ueda as Narrator (voice)
- Yuki Ono as Ayumu Arashiyama (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | ||
| Season 1 | 12 | October 8, 2010 | December 24, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Fortune Cafe Hotori's and Toshiko's job at a maid café conflicts with school rules. They must convince their teacher to permit their job, but first the café has a lot of improvement to do… |
October 8, 2010 |
| 2 |
The Sexual Harassment Lawsuit An encounter with the local police officer leads Hotori to threaten sexual harassment suits. Hotori's plans to increase customers backfires. |
October 15, 2010 |
| 3 |
The Cat Boy Moriaki begs Hotori to use her detective skills to discern the mystery surrounding two keepsake paintings. Hotori assists with recovering a pet cat. |
October 22, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 8, 2010 |
| Last aired | December 24, 2010 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 01:55:00 |