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Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee

Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee
★ 7.4/10•2009•21m•TV-14•Animation•Action & Adventure•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Gauche Suede is on his last delivery before a big promotion. In the outskirts of Yodaka, the darkest area of Amberground, Gauche is surprised to find that the package is a young boy named Lag Seeing. Lag had been traumatized by his mother's abduction and is due to be delivered to his aunt. In this remote area rife with Gaichuu, Lag and Gauche face a dangerous journey that inspires Lag to become a Letter Bee.

StatusEnded
Runtime21m
LanguageJA
First Air DateOct 3, 2009

Episodes

Episode 1 - Letter and Letter BeeE121m

Letter and Letter Bee

One day Lag Seeing finds himself shipped. His mother abducted by someone, he's now just a package sent by her to be delivered to a friend's house. Gauche Suede is a Letter Bee, a member of the Amberground national postal service, who is tasked with delivering this "letter," together with his partner Roda. The still young Lag rebels at Gauche's seemingly emotionless focus on his work, his heart still reeling from being torn from his mother, but as they head into a valley they are attacked by a ferocious creature known as a Gaichuu.

Oct 3, 2009

Episode 2 - My FriendE221m

My Friend

Lag, having glimpsed into Gauche's heart, comes to know about his dream to be chosen for the highest title the Bee's that work in the capital can obtain, Head Bee, and that he will soon be transferred there, a first step toward that dream. Nearing the end of their journey, one day before reaching their destination Lag and Gauche get in a fight after Lag asks Gauche to take him with him to the capital so he can search for his mother. Angry, Lag takes off with Gauche's shindanjuu and hurries along by himself, but wanders into Gaichuu territory without realizing it and falls into a trap.

Oct 10, 2009

Episode 3 - Crybaby Boy, Letter GirlE321m

Crybaby Boy, Letter Girl

Some years after he met Gauche, Lag heads to the main post office in Yuusari to take the interview to become a Letter Bee after passing the preliminary examination. After saying all his goodbyes to the people he loves, he heads to the train station with a Letter Bee named Connor that came to pick him up. But when he arrives, he discovers a small girl hiding herself in a small crevice. And what's more, she's a letter, just like Lag was!

Oct 17, 2009

Episode 4 - Lag's DingoE421m

Lag's Dingo

Lag gave the name "Niche" to a girl that was a letter whose delivery slip was incomplete and couldn't be delivered, and started taking her to her destination. Lag is enchanted with her hair while he escorts her, and on his way after dropping her off, he learns from some passersby that her destination was actually a freak-show, advertising a new attraction: A child who received the blood of the legendary creature "Maka."

Oct 24, 2009

Episode 5 - Dead-End TownE521m

Dead-End Town

Lag, as well as Niche and Steak, a strange animal that tags along with Niche, reaches the town of Kyrie where the bridge Bifrost connects to Yuusari. There they meet Nelli, who guides them to an inn to stay the night, and volunteers to take Lag's bag up to his room, but then suddenly disappears. Nelli's aim is actually to get Lag's crossing pass into Yuusari.

Oct 31, 2009

Episode 6 - The Letter to Jiggy PepperE621m

The Letter to Jiggy Pepper

Lag and Niche run after Nelli to get their crossing pass back, however Nelli is found out as an impostor and is going to be punished! Lag and Niche come up to save Nelli, but just then the letter Nelli's late brother Nello wrote to Jiggy Pepper flies away. Lag stretches out his arm with all his might trying to save the letter, and suddenly a shindan flies out from his hand!

Nov 7, 2009

Episode 7 - Yuusari Central Nocturne Hood #13 Head Post Office Bee-HiveE721m

Yuusari Central Nocturne Hood #13 Head Post Office Bee-Hive

Lag decides to make Niche his dingo officially, and reaches the Yuusari Head Post Office, known as the Bee-Hive. He and another boy named Macky Gee begin the Bee suitability interview examination, which consists of delivering one real letter safely to its destination. Knowing he is delivering a real letter, Lag's determination is strengthened yet again.

Nov 14, 2009

Episode 8 - Seeing Sylvette SuedeE821m

Seeing Sylvette Suede

Gauche is no longer a Bee. When Lag heard this from the Bee examination proctor Zazie, he's shocked and depressed. Lag, Nice, and Steak go to see Sylvette, Gauche's sister, but are mistaken for debt collectors and met by a stern, wheelchair bound girl who points a gun at them.

Nov 21, 2009

Episode 9 - The Crybaby Boy's VowE921m

The Crybaby Boy's Vow

Lag goes once again to see Sylvette, alone in her house, and his heart is struck when he sees her crying on the veranda. Lag shoots a shindan from his own body into the shindanjuu Gauche left behind, the Nocturne Op. 20 Shindan Custom, and he, along with Sylvette, learn what was in Gauche's heart. The memories in Gauche's shindanjuu are...

Nov 28, 2009

Episode 10 - Under the LightE1021m

Under the Light

On the morning of the first day of work for new Letter Bee, Lag Seeing, and his dingo Niche, the sub-master of the Bee-Hive, Aria Link, stops by Sylvette's house where Lag is now living. She shows him to a place known as the Hill of Prayer, where everything with Gauche had its beginnings.

Dec 5, 2009

Episode 11 - Letter of LiesE1121m

Letter of Lies

Lag begins his daily life as a Letter Bee, and one day goes to pick up a letter from a young man named Vincent Alcott. He has been unsuccessful in fulfilling his dream of becoming an author and in order not to worry his mother back in his hometown, he writes letters filled with lies about his success. When Lag finds out about this, he worries whether such a "letter of lies" really holds any heart.

Dec 12, 2009

Episode 12 - Red and Green RibbonE1221m

Red and Green Ribbon

It's the "Holy Night" season, a festival from the northern area of Amberground. They say that two old men go around on the Holy Night delivering presents to children. In order to continue that tradition, Lag, along with Zazie, deliver presents to children that have been collected by charitable organizations. They meet a girl, Sonja Malmola, and granting her wish, they stay for dinner with her. Zazie helps with the shopping, but the way the villagers treat the girl is suspicious. Her parents were killed by gaichuu, and she lives all by herself.

Dec 19, 2009

Episode 13 - The Promised LandE1321m

The Promised Land

One day a man named Promessa Prometas came to the Bee-Hive asking for a letter he sent back. But the letter had already been sent out on delivery, with the new Letter Bee Lag Seeing. When Promessa hears this he chases off after Lag. On the other hand, Lag is worried that his journey is going too smoothly, because the letter has a fixed delivery-date. At this rate he'll end up arriving at the destination early. Just then,Lag runs into a man named Galador...

Dec 26, 2009

Episode 14 - The Corpse DoctorE1421m

The Corpse Doctor

Lag's friends Zazie and Connor recommend he go for a checkup with the medical team, after he arrives at work one day exhausted from his busy days as a Letter Bee. The head of the medical team is Dr. Thunderland Jr., a man with an odd taste for dissection, leading him to be called "The Corpse Doctor" by many out of fear. He takes an interest in Steak and captures him, because Steak is a species known as a Kapellmeister which was thought to be extinct. Lag and Niche hurry after the doctor to rescue their friend...

Jan 9, 2010

Episode 15 - The ElopementE1521m

The Elopement

Lag and Niche are riding a carriage on the way back from a delivery, and the two other passengers are a passionate couple named Bonny and Moss. They've promised to marry each other, but Frank and his gang, who's proposal was rejected, are chasing after them. Niche, after hearing that eloping means getting to be together with the one you love, drives away Frank so Bonny and Moss can be happy together, but the real reason Frank was chasing them turns out to be something else...

Jan 16, 2010

Episode 16 - Fan Letter to a MusicianE1621m

Fan Letter to a Musician

Lag delivers a fan letter to the popular pianist Mathilda Rein from a passionate fan of hers named Joey, and learns that she always enjoys reading his letters. But by accident he finds out that those letters are actually written by a different person...

Jan 23, 2010

Episode 17 - Letter Bee and DingoE1721m

Letter Bee and Dingo

Lag and Niche are to deliver a small package to a town in Yodaka named Silencio, sent by the Bee-Hive master Largo Lloyd himself. The recipient is a woman who once worked as a Letter Bee, Elena Bran. However unlike a usual delivery, this time Lag is assigned with him a guide named Darwin...

Jan 30, 2010

Episode 18 - Letter PigeonE1821m

Letter Pigeon

One day, a trio calling themselves the "Letter Pigeons" barge into the Bee-Hive and challenge the Bees to a race, in order to make a name for themselves and start a letter delivery service besides the Letter Bees. Master Largo thinks it sounds like fun so Lag, Zazie, and Connor take on the Letter Pigeons in a fierce delivery battle!

Feb 6, 2010

Episode 19 - A Sick Letter Bee and the GirlsE1921m

A Sick Letter Bee and the Girls

Lag gets a fever. Sylvette and Niche are worried and try nursing him back to health, but Niche isn't used to it and makes mistake after mistake. And whether it's on an errand or shopping she keeps getting distracted as well. Sylvette takes care of them one after another, but Niche dislikes how Sylvette is always nagging her.

Feb 13, 2010

Episode 20 - Lost LettersE2021m

Lost Letters

Zazie comes back after having lost important letters, and he's injured, too. As the rumor goes around that Zazie threw away the letters in order to escape from the gaichuu, another Letter Bee is to be dispatched from the Bee-Hive to recover the letters and finish the delivery. Lag jumps in to volunteer, but it seems that Zazie braved a dangerous route spotted with gaichuu territories.

Feb 20, 2010

Episode 21 - Potpourri of MemoriesE2121m

Potpourri of Memories

A therapy relaxation room planned out by Thunderland Jr. has opened up in the Bee-Hive. Lag and Connor are curious and drag along Zazie to go check it out right away. The caretaker for the rest and relaxation room, Mana Jones, lost her sight in an accident, but she has an amazing sense of smell and is a plant specialist. Mana heard about Lag from Gauche in the past, and begins to tell him about what happened during the accident and why Gauche and Dr. Thunderland Jr. are the ones who enabled her to continue her work.

Feb 27, 2010

Episode 22 - Dream Link NotebookE2221m

Dream Link Notebook

Gauche hurries to deliver a letter from Dr. Thunderland Jr. to Dr. Whitman, the foremost authority on vegetation and herbal research, asking him for a recommendation in order to prove the value of Mana Jones's research to the council. However Dr. Whitman lives far away, and there is not enough time to make it there and back within the given deadline. Even so, Gauche takes on the nearly impossible task...

Mar 6, 2010

Episode 23 - Honey WatersE2321m

Honey Waters

Lag, Connor, and Niche encounter a married couple of Hunt and Sarah calling themselves "ones who were unable to become Spirit" in the town of Honey Waters after accepting a delivery of a letter there by Thunderland Jr, and Sarah seems to possess a black spirit amber like the one Gauche Suede had. The two of them have taken up the mantel of the anti-government organization "Reverse" and attack Lag and the others. Niche and Connor are captured, while Lag manages to barely escape, when a mysterious girl appears before him.

Mar 13, 2010

Episode 24 - Heart's Recollections, ThreeE2421m

Heart's Recollections, Three

The larger number of letters that Ann Grado, the girl Lag met, brought out, drew a gaichuu to the town. Lag and Connor worked together to defeat it, but the people in the town got in their way and things were looking bad! Just then, Zazie shows up on his way back from a delivery. The three of them team up and corner the gaichuu, but...

Mar 20, 2010

Episode 25 - One Unable to Become SpiritE2521m

One Unable to Become Spirit

Ann and Hunt are grabbed by the gaichuu. While Zazie and Connor struggle desperately to attack it, Lag lets loose a shindan that finally catches the gaichuu. His strength exhausted, Hunt falls toward the ground. Hunt, hit with Lag's shindan, projects an image of Sarah and Hunt's cruel past as Gauche and Roda fight to protect the two from a gaichuu.

Mar 27, 2010

Actors

Ayumi Fujimura

Ayumi Fujimura

Niche (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Miyuki Sawashiro

Lag Seeing (voice)

Ami Koshimizu

Ami Koshimizu

Aria Link (voice)

Daisuke Kishio

Daisuke Kishio

Zazie (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Connor (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Moc Sullivan (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Gauche Suede (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi

Katsuyuki Konishi

Largo Lloyd (voice)

Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai

Jiggy Pepper (voice)

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue

Mana Jones (voice)

Nana Mizuki

Nana Mizuki

Silvette (voice)

Naomi Nagasawa

Naomi Nagasawa

Steak (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Anne Seeing (voice)

Hideo Ishikawa

Hideo Ishikawa

Dr. Thunderland Jr. (voice)

Hitomi Nabatame

Hitomi Nabatame

Nelli (voice)

Kazuhiro Oguro

Kazuhiro Oguro

Signal (voice)

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