Castle Town Dandelion

Castle Town Dandelion, is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Ayumu Kasuga. It made its first appearance in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine with the June 2012 issue. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation animated by Production IMS aired in Japan between July 2 and September 17, 2015.

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Plot

The Sakurada family live a normal life in a typical Japanese suburban household. At least that is what their father, who is the king, wants for them. As members of a royal family, each sibling possesses a unique superpower and over 2,000 security cameras have been placed around town to ensure that no harm befalls the siblings. In addition to that, each of the nine Sakurada siblings have been designated as a potential successor to become king or queen, and the only way to do that is through an election.
However, for the timid, soft-spoken and shy Akane Sakurada, who wields the power to control and manipulate gravity, all of this attention is nothing short of a nightmare. With all of the cameras constantly monitoring their activities and even broadcasting them on a television channel specially dedicated to the Sakurada family, she knows that if she becomes queen, then all of the cameras must disappear.

Characters

Sakurada family

;Akane Sakurada
;Aoi Sakurada
;Shū Sakurada
;Kanade Sakurada
;Misaki Sakurada
;Haruka Sakurada
;Hikari Sakurada
;Teru Sakurada
;Shiori Sakurada
;Borscht
;Sōichirō Sakurada
;Satsuki Sakurada

Others

;Hana Satō
;Karen Ayugase
;Hajime Fukushina
;An Shirogane
;Sachiko Yonezawa
;Uzuki

Media

Manga

Castle Town Dandelion is a four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Ayumu Kasuga. It made its first appearance in the June 2012 issue of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine, and began serialization in the magazine with the August 2012 issue. Houbunsha published the first tankōbon volume on March 27, 2013, and seven volumes have been released as of November 27, 2023. A manga anthology illustrated by various artists titled Castle Town Dandelion Anthology Comic was released on August 27, 2015.

Anime

The series was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series, directed by Noriaki Akitaya and animated at Production IMS. The series was written by Reiko Yoshida, and Shinpei Kobayashi served as character designer and animation director. The opening theme is "Ring Ring Rainbow!!" by YuiKaori, and the ending theme is "Honey♥Come!!" by Yui Ogura. The series premiered in Japan on July 2, 2015, on TBS and CBC, on Sun TV on July 3, and on BS-TBS on July 11. The series is licensed by Funimation in North America and is simulcast in its streaming service and in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Anime Limited and Viewster.