Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies

Synopsis

On Christmas Eve, Hiro Hirono meets a girl named Miyako Miyamura as she chases a purse snatcher. Hiro later finds out that Miyako also goes to the same school as he does and they start hanging out together. This makes Hiro's childhood friend, Kei Shindō, feel left out, so she tries to compete with Miyako for Hiro's affection, creating a love triangle. Meanwhile, Renji Asō meets a girl named Chihiro Shindō at an abandoned train station. He soon learns that Chihiro suffers from a type of amnesia where her memory lasts for only 13 hours. He also discovers Chihiro's dream of writing a novel, but she has never been able to fulfill that dream due to her condition. Renji then decides to help her fulfill that dream.

First Air Date: 2007-10-06

Last Air Date: 2008-12-22

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 24

Networks: Chiba TV

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Top Cast

Yumiko Nakajima as Yuko Amamiya (voice)
Koichi Tochika as Yu Himura (voice)
Motoki Takagi as Renji Aso (voice)
Mai Gotou as Mizuki Hayama (voice)
Junko Okada as Kei Shindo (voice)
Natsumi Yanase as Chihiro Shindo (voice)
Kenji Hamada as Shuichi Kuze (voice)
Hiroko Taguchi as Miyako Miyamura (voice)
Hiro Shimono as Hiro Hirono (voice)
Yuuki Tai as Kyousuke Tsutsumi (voice)

Seasons

Specials (2007) - (4 Episodes)

A Tale of Memories (2007) - (12 Episodes)

A Tale of Melodies (2008) - (12 Episodes)

Specials (2007)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Prologue (2007-08-24)

The prologue for ef - a tale of memories, released on a separate DVD two months before the premiere of the TV series.
Ep. 2: Prelude (2008-05-10)

The prologue of ef - a tale of melodies.
Ep. 3: Recollections (2008-09-26)

Asou Renji comes back at the station with Chihiro, after the events of ef - a tale of melodies. They recollect various moments in this 'summary' of the first season of ef, with special new intermissions.
Ep. 4: Reunion (Colour Version) (2008-09-27)

No overview for this episode.