H2O: Footprints in the Sand: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hirose Takuma is a blind young male high school student, though the cause for his blindness is undetermined. After his mother died an unexpected death, it left a deep emotional scar on him, which caused him to become very lonely and reserved. Due to this, Takuma moves from the city out into a rural area to live with his uncle, and enrolled into a the village high school. At his new school, he meets several new girls, though three of whom he gets to know the most out of anyone else. They are Kohinata Hayami, a girl dislike by all her class, who pushes Takuma's attempts at friendship away, the excessively obliging Kagura Hinata, who seems to have a hidden agenda, and the cheerful and mysterious Otoha, who wears a school uniform, but never seems to attend. As Takuma interacts with these girls, his medical condition gradually begins to heal.

Series details

• Title: H2O: Footprints in the Sand
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2008-01-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-03-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10305
• IMDb ID: tt1161657
• TVDB ID: 81732

Cast and credited roles

• Ami Koshimizu — Takuma Hirose
• Harumi Sakurai — Hayami Kohinata
• Mia Naruse — Otoha
• Mio Yasuda — Yui Tabata
• Rui Takagi — Rin Misakura
• Yui Sakakibara — Hamaji Yakumo
• Ryōko Tanaka — Hinata Kagura

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-01-04; final listed air date 2008-03-21; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

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