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Cast
Chiaki Omigawa
as Hotori Arashiyama (voice)
Rieka Yazawa
as Futaba Kon (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
as Toshiko Tatsuno (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
as Uki Isohata (voice)
Miyu Matsuki
as Josephine / Yukimi Arashiyama (voice)
Miyu Irino
as Hiroyuki Sanada (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
as Kameidou Shizuka
Tomokazu Sugita
as Natsuhiko Moriaki (voice)
Ryoko Shiraishi
as Harue Haribara (voice)
Emiri Kato
as Eri Isezaki (voice)
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2010
Runtime1 Season
LanguageJapanese
CertificationTV-MA
GenresAnimation, Comedy
Votes14
Director—
Writers—
TypeWeb Series
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsAnd Yet the Town Moves
About And Yet the Town Moves
Clumsy Hotori Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. Hotori works as a waitress in an unsuccessful coffee shop when the manager comes up with a plan to increase its fortunes by changing into a maid cafe. Unfortunately, no one knows how to make a successful maid cafe other than dressing everyone in a maid outfit. What follows is a wacky series of incidents involving Hotori’s many friends, mismatched love stories… and ghosts and aliens.
Directed by —, And Yet the Town Moves leans on a strong ensemble — Chiaki Omigawa, Rieka Yazawa, Aoi Yuuki — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The series landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about animation titles of 2010.
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