TV series
Mitsuboshi Colors
Overview
Residing within Tokyo’s district of Ueno are the Colors, three individuals who protect their city by performing good deeds and aiding their community. Or, at the very least, they pretend to be the city’s defenders. In reality, the Colors are just three young girls who spend their time playing make-believe and exploring the city. The Colors’ activities are facilitated by the grandfatherly Daigorou "Pops" Kujiraoka, who uses his store’s inventory of knick-knacks to entertain the rambunctious trio. Not everyone is a fan of the Colors though. The local policeman Saitou just wants to deal with his regular duties, but he often finds himself the target of the Colors’ attention, having been made the villain in most of their fantasies. But despite his personal feelings, Saitou always finds the time to go along with the three girls’ games. Even though the Colors do not actually defend Ueno, they definitely help brighten everyone’s day.
Details
- First air date
- 2018-01-07
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy
- Network
- AT-X
- Production
- SILVER LINK., ASCII Media Works, AT-X, Frontier Works, KADOKAWA, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Yuuki Takada as Yui Akamatsu (voice)
- Marika Kouno as Saki 'Satchan' Kise (voice)
- Natsumi Hioka as Kotoha Aoyama (voice)
- Atsushi Tamaru as Saito (voice)
- Tessyo Genda as Daigoro 'Pops' Kujiraoka (voice)
- Ayaka Asai as Nonoka Sasaki (voice)
- Kaori Nazuka as Saori Kise (voice)
- Hisako Tojo as Momoka Sasaki (voice)
- Kenta Matsumoto as Man (voice)
- Manami Numakura as Subaru (voice)
- Tomie Kataoka as Old Lady (voice)
- Rina Sato as Zoo Guide Lady (voice)
Creators and crew
- Makoto Nakamura - Executive Producer
- Mitsuhiro Nanbara - Producer
- Mitsuhiro Ogata - Producer
- Isao Ishikawa - Producer
- Shinpei Yamashita - Producer
- Fuminori Yamazaki - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Colors
The colors track down a cat burglar and help the local shopkeeper solve a mystery to rescue a treasure from a locked safe.
Episode 2: Hide and Seek
The colors practice to raise their levels, take on the case of the mysteriously closed streets, and save humanity from an eco-terrorist plot.
Episode 3: Do the Chu-cabu
The colors rescue Sat-chan's mom from a dire fate. Monsters attack the police station. The colors solve another mystery to disarm a dangerous bomb.
Episode 4: Summer Festival
Nonoka tries to protect her family's bakery from her older sister Momoka, who wants to turn into an onigiri shop when she inherits it, but fails to make an argument with her quality of bread. Later, Yui participates in a street parade before joining the others in going to a summer festival at her school.
Episode 5: Zoo
Kotoha discovers a powerful new weapon hidden in a box of toys. Later, when Sat-chan learns about a decades-old scandal involving the elephants at Ueno Zoo, the colors investigate and find themselves fighting a man-eating tiger.
Episode 6: Weakness Identification Meeting
The colors ready themselves for the apocalypse and come face to face with their greatest weaknesses. Later, the team works to live up to the most noble traditions of an honored samurai.
Episode 7: Trick or Treat
Yui and Kotoha have an awkward conversation while waiting for Sat-chan to arrive, after which the girls go around collecting trash. Later, the girls investigate a peculiar smell and wind up collecting stinky gingko nuts. With the arrival of Halloween, the Colors decide to play a Zombie Game in which Yui must prevent Kotoha and Sat-chan from filling the park with zombies.
Episode 8: Museum
Following up on the zoo mystery, the colors investigate ties to potential corruption at the local museum, where they struggle against the dogs of the state. Rumor has it that a potential new team member may be there, who could fill a vitally needed role for the group. Later, the gang returns to the mall, where they learn of a lucrative opportunity to get ahead, and engage in some quick and dirty business tactics to earn their well deserved reward.
Episode 9: One-Coin Sat-chan
The Colors acquire money but they don't know what to spend it on. They later go on a mission to find the perfect place for their time capsule.
Episode 10: Snowing Too Far
As an unexpected snowfall hits the town, the Colors enjoy their snow day by going on a mission to find out who stole a lucky cat statue.
Episode 11: Hyper Hide and Seek
The Colors have a training day with an intense game of hide-and-seek! Sat-chan, as usual, takes it up a notch...
Episode 12: Colors, the Town, and the People
The colors introduce their town and try their hand at being salesgirls.
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