Completed Anime
Looking for the Full Moon

“Terminally ill girl aided by shinigami pursues singing dream to reach beloved boy in America.”

Looking for the Full Moon

7.97
809 rank · 118,684 viewers · 1,937 favorites
Comedy Drama Romance Supernatural Music Showbiz Shoujo
52 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Spring 2002 · Studio Deen · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Episodes · 52 52/52 aired
EP 01 ~2 ep / stripe EP 52

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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.

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A Tv Production · Spring 2002

Studio Deen.
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TV Tokyo · Nihon Ad Systems

  • 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

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