テガミバチ

Letter Bee

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. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Names

Original	テガミバチ (japanese)
Romaji	Tegami Bachi
English	Letter Bee
Chinese	信蜂 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	Tegamibachi

Facts

Format	TV series · 25 ep · 20 min · 8h total
Aired	2009-10-03 → 2010-03-27 (Autumn 2009)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Studio Signpost
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Shounen
Genres	Adventure Fantasy Supernatural
Themes	Guns Male Protagonist Writing Shounen Animals Travel Steampunk
Streaming	Crunchyroll · Hulu

Reception

Community score	7.33 / 10
Bayesian score	7.38 / 10
Composite	53.6
On lists	22,403
Favourited	263 (1.2%)
Completion	74.1%
Drop rate	9.4%
In backlog	47.1%
Score spread σ	1.61

Score distribution

13922237741525435678071,68081,591981510511

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	Studio Signpost	—	9 of 20
Broadcast season	Autumn 2009	B	16 of 75
Year	2009	B	61 of 261
Era	Late 2000s	B	258 of 1,149
Length	Two-cour	C	314 of 699
Genre	Supernatural	C	488 of 1,234
Genre	Adventure	C	514 of 1,534
Season (all years)	Autumn	C	587 of 1,921
Demographic	Shounen	C	596 of 1,219
Genre	Fantasy	C	700 of 2,142
Source material	Manga	C	1,144 of 3,025
Format	TV series	C	1,190 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	C	2,084 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Akira Iwanaga, Maho Takahashi, Atsuho Matsumoto, Katsunori Shimizu
Series composition	Tetsuya Oishi
Character design	Minako Shiba
Original creator	Hiroyuki Asada