The mysterious girl turns out to be Matsu, a Sekirei who has been hiding at the Inn. Transcription: " Mizu no Sekirei" ( Japanese: 水ノ鶺鴒) When Musubi leaves to gather groceries, she is attacked by a satellite weapon controlled by the mysterious girl who then surprises Minato in the washroom.
Unknown to him, Minato is being secretly watched by a mysterious girl. Minato, Musubi and Kusano are startled by strange events at Izumo Inn. Transcription: " Izumosō Kidan" ( Japanese: 出雲荘奇談) Musubi soon arrives and with her help, Minato rescues Kusano, who later makes Minato her Ashikabi. With Seo's help, Minato infiltrates a nearby botanical garden, drawn by visions of a young Sekirei girl named Kusano, after Seo and his Sekireis eliminate a MBI roadblock in front of the garden. Minato takes a job at a local construction site where he meets another Ashikabi, Kaoru Seo. Transcription: " Midori no Shōjo" ( Japanese: 緑ノ少女) Through a twist of fate, the two encounter a young woman named Miya Asami, who runs a boarding house called the Izumo Inn and are allowed to stay after she hears them out. The two of them had no luck in finding a place to stay due to Minato's non-university student status, which contributed to his problems. When Minato's landlord evicts him from his apartment, he and Musubi must search for a new place to live. Transcription: " Shin'ya no Tobira" ( Japanese: 新屋の扉) However, Minato gets into trouble with the landlord when the student is informed that he violated the rules of staying in his apartment. Minato discovers that she is a "Sekirei" and that he is her "Ashikabi" (ie. Minato Sahashi, a typical ronin student, finds his life suddenly changed after meeting a strange girl named Musubi after finding out that he failed in the university entrance exams in Tokyo. Transcription: " Sekirei" ( Japanese: セキレイ)
Individual episodes of the series are called feathers ( 羽, hane), in reference to birds and the winging process of the Sekireis.Įpisode list Sekirei (2008) No. The tracks are released in the Hakuyoku no Seiyaku ~Pure Engagement~/Onnaji Kimochi CD and the Sekirei Sound Complete CD. The ending theme for episode 10 is "Oboeteiru kara" ( おぼえているから, "Remembering You") by Saori Hayami. The opening theme for Pure Engagement is "Hakuyoku no Seiyaku ~Pure Engagement~" ( 白翼ノ誓約~Pure Engagement~) while the ending theme is "Onnaji Kimochi" ( おんなじきもち), both of them sung by Saori Hayami, Marina Inoue, Kana Hanazawa and Aya Endo, as it was in the first season. The opening and ending themes were released as part of the Sekirei Original Soundtrack, released on July 23, 2008. The ending theme used for episode 11 is "Kimi o Omou Toki" ( きみを想うとき, "When I Think of You") by Saori Hayami. The opening theme in the first season is "Sekirei" and the ending theme is "Dear sweet heart" both songs are performed by Saori Hayami (#88 Musubi), Marina Inoue (#9 Tsukiumi), Kana Hanazawa (#108 Kusano), Aya Endo (#2 Matsu). A DVD box set of first season was released on November 23, 2010. Both anime seasons are licensed by Funimation Entertainment for distribution in North America.
The full 28-minute version of the OVA was released with the first BD/DVD volume of the second season on August 25, 2010.
The limited edition of the Hakuyoku no Seiyaku ~Pure Engagement~/Onnaji Kimochi CD single came bundled with a special three-minute OVA, classified as episode 0, titled "Two Topic Gossip".
Ī second season, titled Sekirei: Pure Engagement, aired in Japan between July 4 and Septemon Tokyo MX with subsequent runs on AT-X, KBS Kyoto, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Sun TV, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting. A Blu-ray box set of the first season was released on Jwith three Blu-ray discs and one additional CD. The sixth DVD volume features an original video animation episode titled "The First Errand", which involves Kusano in a shopping race between Musubi and Tsukiumi. Six uncut DVDs of the first season were released between Octo and March 25, 2009. The anime adapts the first fifty chapters of the series. Sekirei was broadcast in Japan on Tokyo MX from July 2 and September 17, 2008. Produced by Aniplex and Seven Arcs and directed by Keizō Kusakawa, the story revolves around a college student named Minato Sahashi, whose entire life changes when he meets a Sekirei named Musubi, and later gets involved in a deadly survival game between Sekireis and their masters, or Ashikabis, called the Sekirei Plan. Sekirei is an anime series based on the manga of the same title by Sakurako Gokurakuin. The first DVD volume of Sekirei released in Japan by Aniplex on October 22, 2008.Ĭhiba TV, KBS Kyoto, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Hokkaido, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama, AT-X, TVQ