Urahara

For the 1992 Shizuka Kudo song, see Urahara (song).

Urahara is a Japanese anime television series based on the webcomic PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team!, which is written by Patrick Macias and illustrated by Mugi Tanaka. The anime adaptation was co-produced by EMT Squared and Shirogumi and aired from October to December 2017.

Urahara
Urahara key visual
うらはら
Genre	Science fiction, comedy
Created by	Patrick Macias
Anime television series
Directed by	Amika Kubo
Produced by	VAP
Written by	Natsuko Takahashi
Music by	Yasunori Iwasaki
Studio	EMT Squared Shirogumi
Licensed by	Crunchyroll SEA: Medialink[1]
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, AT-X
Original run	October 4, 2017 – December 20, 2017
Episodes	12

PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team!
Author	Patrick Macias
Illustrator	Mugi Tanaka
Publisher	Crunchyroll
Original run	May 2015
URL
PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team!

Synopsis

Three high school girls hailing from Harajuku band together to fight off culture thieving aliens from outer space.

Cast

Character	Japanese[2]	English[3]
Rito Sudo	Luna Haruna	Julie Shields
Mari Shirako	Sumire Uesaka	Alexis Tipton
Kotoko Watatsumugi	Manaka Iwami	Sarah Wiedenheft
Ebifuruya	Yasunori Matsumoto	Anthony Bowling
Misa Maruno	Kokoa Amano	Monica Rial
Ebi	Yasunori Matsumoto	Chris Wehkamp
Sayumin	Riho Iida	Tia Ballard

Anime

Production of the anime adaptation was announced in March 2017.^[4] Amika Kubo directed the series at EMT Squared and Shirogumi. The production staff consists of Masatsugu Arakawa as the chief director, Natsuko Takahashi is in charge of series composition, Mariko Fujita as the animation character designer, and Takahiro Yamada as the mechanical designer. It aired from October 4 to December 20, 2017.^[5] Crunchyroll streamed the series.^[6] Funimation premiered the dub on October 24, 2017.^[3] The opening theme is "Antithesis Escape" by Sumire Uesaka, and the ending theme is "KIRAMEKI☆Lifeline" (KIRAMEKI☆ライフライン, Sparkling Lifeline) by Luna Haruna.^[2]

Episode list

No.	Title[a]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Donut Crisis" "Dōnatsu kuraishisu" (ドーナツクライシス)	Directed by : Takatoshi Suzuki Storyboarded by : Masatsugu Arakawa	Natsuko Takahashi	October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)
2	"Popcorn Panic" "Poppukōn panikku" (ポップコーンパニック)	Directed by : Kiyoshi Murayama Storyboarded by : Kenichi Maejima	Natsuko Takahashi Daisuke Watanabe	October 11, 2017 (2017-10-11)
3	"Crêpe Craving" "Kurēpu kurēbingu" (クレープクレービング)	Shinya Une	Jun Narita Natsuko Takahashi	October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18)
4	"Ice Cream Fever" "Aisukurīmu fībā" (アイスクリームフィーバー)	Directed by : Yoshito Hata Storyboarded by : Hisashi Ishii	Daisuke Watanabe Natsuko Takahashi	October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25)
5	"Gummy Gummy Dummy" "Gumigumidamī" (グミグミダミー)	Atsushi Nigorikawa	Yukie Sugawara	November 1, 2017 (2017-11-01)
6	"Cotton Heart" "Kotton Hāto" (コットンハート)	Directed by : Toshiaki Kamihara Storyboarded by : Kenichi Maejima	Jun Narita Natsuko Takahashi	November 8, 2017 (2017-11-08)
7	"Sakuramochi Blues" "Sakura mochi burū" (サクラモチブルー)	Directed by : Yukio Kuroda Storyboarded by : Hiroyuki Shimazu	Shigeki Okusa Natsuko Takahashi	November 15, 2017 (2017-11-15)
8	"Fabulous Crêpe" "Fabyurasu kurēpu" (ファビュラスクレープ)	Directed by : Kiyoshi Murayama Storyboarded by : Kenichi Maejima	Masahiro Okubo	November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22)
9	"Bitter Candy" "bitākyandī" (ビターキャンディー)	Directed by : Takatoshi Suzuki Storyboarded by : Hisashi Ishii	Jun Narita	November 29, 2017 (2017-11-29)
10	"Swallowing Queen" "Marunomikuīn" (マルノミクィーン)	Directed by : Eiichi Kuboyama Storyboarded by : Kenichi Maejima	Shigeki Okusa	December 6, 2017 (2017-12-06)
11	"Fried Shrimp Runaway" "Ebifurairannawei" (エビフライランナウェイ)	Directed by : Yoshito Hata Storyboarded by : Tomio Yamauchi	Masahiro Okubo Natsuko Takahashi	December 13, 2017 (2017-12-13)
12	"Goodbye Parfait" "Gubbaipafe" (グッバイパフェ)	Directed by : Mihiro Yamaguchi Storyboarded by : Hiroyuki Shimazu	Natsuko Takahashi	December 20, 2017 (2017-12-20)

Notes

1. All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.