Yumeria

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Yumeria
ゆめりあ (Yumeria)
Genre	Romance/Comedy/Action/Adventure
Game
Developer	Namco
Genre
Platform	PlayStation 2
Released
TV anime
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Studio	Studio Deen
Network	TBS's BS-i satellite broadcasting network Anime Network
Original run	8 January 2004 – 25 March 2004
No. of episodes	12

Yumeria (ゆめりあ) is a Namco video game released for the PlayStation 2 and an anime series produced by Studio Deen.

Tomokazu Mikuri, the main character in the game and anime, turns 16 years old and has led a dull life without girls. On the night of his birthday, he dreams of a strange world in which he sees a young girl in a blue outfit fighting against an unknown enemy. Tomokazu has a strange, unknown power which seems to "power up" this girl, who has fallen into his arms. She uses this "power" to repel enemies.

Waking up, Tomokazu is amazed at his dream's realism, thinking of his strange power and the mysterious girl who fought off her enemies. Rolling over, he sees the girl from his dream in bed next to him. Soon Mikuri Tomokazu, his classmate Mizuki Agatsuma, Mone, Nanase, and her sister Kuyou enter the dream world and fight together to save the planet.

[edit] Characters

Tomokazu Mikuri (三栗智和, Mikuri Tomokazu^?): A helpless pervert and average teenager. He has many friends. He holds the key to the dream world. Seiyū: Wataru Hatano (羽多野渉)

Mone (モネ, Mone^?): A small purple-haired girl who lives in the dream world (called Moera). She can only say, "Mone!" or "Monene." She seems to be attached to Tomokazu. Seiyū: Moyu Arishima (有島モユ)

Mizuki Agatsuma (吾妻みづき, Agatsuma Mizuki^?): Tomokazu's childhood friend. She is kind and thoughtful. She secretly loves Tomakazu. She is always there for her friends. She has long pink hair, and her fighting uniform is pink. Seiyū:' Masumi Asano (浅野真澄)

Nanase Senjou (千条七瀬, Senjō Nanase^?): A kind person and a graduate student. She is Tomokazu's cousin, and has been his guardian for a long time. Ever since Tomokazu's parents died, they have been together as a family. Seiyū: Kikuko Inoue (井上喜久子)

Kuyou Senjou (千条九葉, Senjō Kuyō^?): Nanase's younger sister. She has known Tomokazu since she was little, but she emigrated to America. Seiyū: Sara Nakayama (中山さら)

Neneko (ねねこ, Neneko^?): A cat lover. Calls Tomokazu "Darling", and herself, "Darling's wife." Seiyū: Tamaki Nakanishi (仲西環)

Neito (ネイト, Neito^?): Lives in Neneko's body, but has no body of her own. She tells Tomokazu she is from the future. Seiyū: Mariko Suzuki (鈴木麻里子)

Koneko (コネコ, Koneko^?): Neneko's cat, who only appears in the anime. She seems to understand humans. She only says "nono". Seiyū: Misato Fukuen (福圓美里)

Megumi Saitou (斎藤メグミ, Saitō Megumi^?): A friend of Tomokazu and Mizuki. She is one of Tomokazu's childhood friends. Seiyū: Kaori Tanaka (田中かほり)

Ishikari-Sensei (石狩先生, Ishikari-Sensei^?): Teacher of first grade. He is kind to all his students, except Tomokazu, whom he has a grudge against. He has a lolita fetish, which he openly admits to. Seiyū: Tetsu Inada (稲田徹)

[edit] Anime culture

In Episode 1 of the anime, when Mikuri encounters Mone for the first time, one of his lines is subtitled as "What is this light? Some kind of new Hilbert Effect!?". This is an obvious reference to the Hilbert Effect in the Xenosaga series.
Neneko's hat is an unlockable item for the Character Creation mode in Soul Calibur III.
All five girls were released as gashapon figures in Yujin's "Namco Girls" collection.