In the land of Heavens, people live from the power of Akuto. Heavenly people has no physical body, yet they have the ability to create anything using Akuto energy.

Thinking that the power of Akuto will last forever, Heavenly people uses its power as they like, to create anything they want. It was until the day they realized that the power of Akuto is running out, Heavenly people started to worry about the end of their land. And so the great king of Magical Kingdom -at the cost of his own life- "creates" a son named Munto to be the future opener to save Heavenly people.

In the Lower Land world (the Earth that we know), there is an ordinary girl named Hidaka Yumemi who has one special ability: she can see a floating island in the sky - the floating island of the Heavenly people.

Since no one else would believe her, Yumemi only shares about her ability to her two best friends, Ichiko and Suzume. Life goes on normally until one day Munto, the king of Magical Kingdom, sees Yumemi in his vision that Yumemi is the girl who can save both worlds (the Heavens and Lower Land) by bringing back the Akuto.

I have a confession. I already downloaded this anime for few weeks before I finally decided to watch it. The picture quality is not as detail as their other works (let's say we compare it with CLANNAD or Haruhi), and the music is nothing extraordinary. Maybe that's why this anime missed my attention for quite some time.

Most anime lovers would probably agree that Kyoto Animation is an excellent anime production studio. While most of their other works are adapted from manga or visual novels, Munto is their original creation. That fact alone already makes this series worth watching.

Anyway, once I started watching this anime, I soon became very attached to the point that I finished watching the whole episodes in one day ! Now I can surely recommend you this anime with beautiful storytelling and wonderful imaginary world. Recommended for all ages.

My rating : ★★★★☆

Hikari to Yami to Toki no Hate
Ending Theme, vocal : Ceui

kono sora no kanata he to
hitori omoi haseru
dokoka ni wa kimi to mita
keshiki ga aru kara

kanashimi mo tsubasa ni shite
yume wa habataku...

kimi ga sazukete kureta mono wa
shinjiru to iu chikara
nagai yami ni ite mo
asu he mayowazu ni arukidaseru
mata deaeru sono toki he

tomadoi wo kanadeteru
awai kioku no naka
kizutsuku no ga kowakute
hitomi wo tojiteta

furimukeba toki no hazama
yurameku hikari...

haruka tooku de yobitsuzukeru
kimi no koe ga kikoeru
todokanai negai nante
nee nai yo ne tada inoru
kagayaki he to michibiite

kaze no ato de maiorite kita
chiisana mirai no kakera
te no hira ni dakitometara
ima mukau yo kiseki he to

kimi ga sazukete kureta mono wa
shinjiru to iu chikara
nagai yami ni ite mo
asu he mayowazu ni arukidaseru
mata deaeru sono toki he

Seiyuu

Ono Daisuke	Munto
Aizawa Mai	Hidaka Yumemi
Uchida Aya	Hidaka Chikara
Horikawa Chika	Ono Ichiko
Konno Hiromi	Imamura Suzume
Wakamoto Norio	Gntarl
Tanaka Ryouko	Ryueli
Inada Tetsu	Gass