“Terminally ill girl aided by shinigami pursues singing dream to reach beloved boy in America.”
Looking for the Full Moon
満月をさがして
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Synopsis
Terminally ill girl aided by shinigami pursues singing dream to reach beloved boy in America.
Two years ago, Mitsuki Kouyama's friend, Eichi Sakurai, moved to America before she could confess her feelings to him. Though she cannot contact him, they made a promise to fulfill their respective dreams: Mitsuki wants to become a professional singer, and Eichi an astronomer. She hopes that one day her music will reach him across the world with a brilliance like that of the full moon. There is just one catch: Mitsuki suffers from throat cancer, which makes her voice quiet and singing strenuous. Her grandmother, who has a hatred of music, insists that Mitsuki undergo surgery to remove the cancer, but she refuses due to the risk of losing her voice. One day, two shinigami—Meroko Yui and Takuto Kira—appear to tell her that she only has one year left to live. This sudden revelation spurs Mitsuki into action, and she decides that with Meroko and Takuto's help, she will become a professional singer in the time she has left. Full Moon wo Sagashite follows the emotional story of Mitsuki and her shinigami friends as they discover what it means to sing—and ultimately, what it means to live.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 54 sampled reviews
What 54 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.35 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.06
Running avg · Apr 2007 → Apr 2026
- 10 “This anime will surely make you smile and cry! It's very touching, and I, as a very tough person who isn't mushy & emotional (I'm called the Tough Cookie), I literally cried here. For me this is...”
- 10 “One of my most favourite shoujo anime of all time, Full Moon shows us the importance of wanting to hang on to what we hold dear in life, to regain what has been lost and hold on to it no matter the...”
- 9 “I began watching Full Moon wo Sagashite from lack of other anime to watch at the time. But from the first episode on, it had me. with the dramatical happenings , the amazing music and great...”
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- Format 52 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 20h 48m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2002 – Mar 2003 Spring 2002
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0102 catalog
Produced by
- TV Tokyo Producer
- Nihon Ad Systems Producer