"Deji" Meets Girl
{{short description|Japanese animated television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = "Deji" Meets Girl key visual.jpg
| caption = Key visual
| ja_kanji = でーじミーツガール
| ja_romaji = Dēji Mītsu Gāru
| genre = Fantasy{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=July 29, 2021|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-29/modern-okinawan-fantasy-anime-deji-meets-girl-to-air-in-october/.175674|title=Modern Okinawan Fantasy Anime "'Deji' Meets Girl" to Air in October|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 29, 2021}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Akane Malbeni
| publisher = Flex Comix
| publisher_en =
| demographic = Shōjo
| imprint =
| magazine = Comic Polaris
| first = September 30, 2021
| last = 2022
| volumes = 1
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = Ushio Tazawa
| producer =
| writer = Akane Malbeni
| music = Hiroshi Nakamura
| studio = Liden Films
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA=GKIDS|BI=Anime Limited}}
| first = October 2, 2021
| last = December 18, 2021
| episodes = 12
| episode_list = #Episode list
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|"Deji" Meets Girl|でーじミーツガール|Dēji Mītsu Gāru|lead=yes}} is a Japanese original short anime television series produced by Liden Films. It aired from October to December 2021 on the Super Animeism programming block.
Characters
; {{Nihongo|Maise Higa|比嘉舞星|Higa Maise}}
: {{Voiced by|Kiyono Yasuno}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=August 9, 2021|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-09/deji-meets-girl-anime-2nd-video-reveals-kiyono-yasuno-as-protagonist/.176089|title='Deji' Meets Girl Anime's 2nd Video Reveals Kiyono Yasuno as Protagonist|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 9, 2021}}
: A first-year high school student in Okinawa. She was originally in the handball club but quit after an injury. During summer vacation she works part-time at the front desk of her father's Hotel Higa.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-29 |script-title=ja:オリジナルショートアニメ『でーじミーツガール』2021年10月放送予定！ {{!}} アニメイトタイムズ |trans-title=Original short animation "Deji Meets Girl" scheduled to be broadcast in October 2021! {{!}} Animate Times |url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1627539240 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Animate Times |language=ja}}
; {{Nihongo|Ichirō Suzuki|すずきいちろう|Suzuki Ichirō}}
: {{Voiced by|Tatsuyuki Kobayashi}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=September 1, 2021|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-01/deji-meets-girl-anime-3rd-promo-video-reveals-tatsuyuki-kobayashi-as-ichiro/.176903|title='Deji' Meets Girl Anime's 3rd Promo Video Reveals Tatsuyuki Kobayashi as Ichirō|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 1, 2021}}
: A young tourist from Tokyo staying at Hotel Higa.
; {{Nihongo|Kaisei Higa|比嘉海星|Higa Kaisei}}
: {{Voiced by|Kenta Miyake}}{{cite web|last1=Loo|first1=Egan|title='Deji' Meets Girl Anime's 4th Video Previews Theme Song, Reveals More Cast & Staff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-21/deji-meets-girl-anime-4th-video-previews-theme-song-reveals-more-cast-and-staff/.177652|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 21, 2021|date=September 21, 2021}}
: Maise's father and the owner of Hotel Higa.
; {{Nihongo|Teruko Higa|比嘉テル子|Higa Teruko}}
: {{Voiced by|Ikuko Tani}}
: Maise's grandmother who works as a psychic under the name "Yuta".
Media
= Manga =
A manga adaptation, also written and illustrated by Akane Malbeni, was serialized in Flex Comix's Comic Polaris website from September 30, 2021 to 2022. The series was collected into a single tankōbon volume, published by Flex Comix on May 13, 2022.
== Volume list ==
{{Graphic novel list/header
| Language = Japanese
| OneLanguage = yes
| Width = 72%
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 1
| RelDate = May 13, 2022{{cite web |script-title=ja:アニメ「でーじミーツガール」丸紅茜自らが描くマンガ版が単行本に |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/477550 |website=Natalie |publisher=Natasha |date=May 13, 2022 |access-date=June 30, 2022 |language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-86675-201-3
}}
{{Graphic novel list/footer}}
= Anime =
The original story is credited to Naminoue Seinendan and produced by Japanese studio Liden Films, with direction and character design by Ushio Tazawa and series composition and original character design by Akane Malbeni; Kaori Akatsu and Norifumi Okuno designed the props, with music by Hiroshi Nakamura, sound direction by Ryousuke Naya, sound work credited to Studio Mouse, editing by Satomi Yamada, backgrounds supervised by Miu Miyamoto, colour design by Kunio Tsujita, compositing supervised by Mitsuyoshi Yamamoto and CG directed by Yoshimasa Yamazaki.{{cite web|title=Staff|url=https://dejimeetsgirl.okinawa#Staff|language=Japanese|accessdate=July 29, 2021}} The series aired from October 2 to December 18, 2021, on the Super Animeism block on MBS, TBS and other channels.{{cite web|title=丸紅茜がキャラ原案と脚本担当、ショートアニメ「でーじミーツガール」10月放送|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/438763|access-date=July 29, 2021|language=Japanese}}{{efn|MBS and TBS list the series premiere at 25:50 on October 1, 2021, which is effectively 1:50 a.m. JST on October 2.}} Aoi Kubo performed the series's theme song "Otogibanashi no Yо̄ na Kiseki".{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=September 17, 2021|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-17/aoi-kubo-performs-deji-meets-girl-anime-theme-song/.177481|title=Aoi Kubo Performs 'Deji' Meets Girl Anime's Theme Song|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 17, 2021}}
The series had its international premiere on August 25, 2021, at the 25th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal as a closing-day screening.{{cite web|last=GP|first=Luiz|date=July 29, 2021|title="Deji" Meets Girl: Anime curto de fantasia que se passa em Okinawa tem vídeo e anúncio para estrear em Outubro 2021|work=Anime Xis |url=https://www.animesxis.com.br/2021/07/29/deji-meets-girl-anime-curto-de-fantasia-que-se-passa-em-okinawa-tem-video-e-anuncio-para-estrear-em-outubro-2021/|access-date=July 29, 2021|language=pt}}
In North America, GKIDS will screen the series in theaters in 2022.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=April 28, 2022|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-28/gkids-screens-deiji-meets-girl-anime-in-theaters-in-2022/.185107|title=GKIDS Screens Deiji Meets Girl Anime in Theaters in 2022|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 28, 2022}}
== Episode list ==
{{Episode table
|overall=
|title=
|airdate=
|episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Is This Normal in Okinawa?
| TranslitTitle = Korette Okinawa ja Futsū?
| NativeTitle = これって沖縄じゃ普通？
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|2}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = It's... Not... a Dream
| TranslitTitle = Yume ja... Nai...
| NativeTitle = 夢じゃ...ない...
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|9}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Is It Your Doing Again?
| TranslitTitle = Mata Anta no Sei?
| NativeTitle = またあんたのせい？
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|16}}{{efn|This episode aired at 2:05 a.m. JST, 15 minutes after the original air time.}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = But Okinawa is Amazing
| TranslitTitle = Shikashi Sugē na Okinawa
| NativeTitle = しかしすげーな沖縄
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|23}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Bloody Fool
| TranslitTitle = Shini Furā
| NativeTitle = しにフラー
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|30}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = I'm Glad As It Is
| TranslitTitle = Sono Mama de Yokatta no ni
| NativeTitle = そのままでよかったのに
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|6}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = That Kid is a Little Difficult
| TranslitTitle = Ano Ko wa Chotto Nangi da ne
| NativeTitle = あの子はちょっと難儀だね
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|13}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Summer Vacation is Already Over
| TranslitTitle = Natsuyasumi wa Mō Owari
| NativeTitle = 夏休みはもう終わり
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|20}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = I'll Be Busy Today
| TranslitTitle = Kyō wa Isogashiku Naru sā
| NativeTitle = 今日は忙しくなるさー
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|27}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Let's Hide and Seek Until Morning
| TranslitTitle = Asa Made Kakurenbo Shiyō
| NativeTitle = 朝までかくれんぼしよう
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|4}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = You're, Terribly Amazing
| TranslitTitle = Anta, Dēji Sugoi
| NativeTitle = あんた、でーじすごい
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|11}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Deji Meets Girl
| TranslitTitle = Dēji Mītsu Gāru
| NativeTitle = でーじミーツガール
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|18}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
}}
Release
The animated series has been licensed for North America by GKIDS and for the United Kingdom and Ireland by Anime Limited. It was released in cinemas in North America as part of event screenings of the unrelated feature film Fortune Favours Lady Nikuko and in the United Kingdom and Ireland the same way on August 10, 2022.{{cite web |title=Fortune Favours Lady Nikuko Film Times and Info {{!}} Showcase Cinemas |url=https://www.showcasecinemas.co.uk/film-info/fortune-favours-lady-nikuko |publisher=National Amusements |access-date=26 July 2022 |quote=Screenings of 'Fortune Favours Lady Nikuko' will be preceded by a special preview of an eye-catching short series from Ushio Tazawa (Your Name.), the charming 'Deiji Meets Girl'.}}
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://dejimeetsgirl.okinawa Official website] {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://twitter.com/dejimeetsgirl Official Twitter] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{anime News Network|anime|24574}}
{{Liden Films}}
{{Animeism}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deji Meets Girl}}
Category:2021 anime television series debuts
Category:Anime with original screenplays
Category:Articles with quotation marks in the title