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ゆめだまや奇談

Yumedamaya Kidan

Naho, an eleven-year-old girl, lives with her father and her two-year-old brother Jun. Her mother died after giving birth to Jun, so Naho has to take care of young Jun at home. Understandingly, this situation is frustrating to little Naho. A girl of her age would be dying to go out and play with friends, but because of Jun, she has to give priority to her duties. One day, a bizarre man, wearing a long coat and with a big suitcase in his hand, turns up in front of Naho. He introduces himself as "Kotaro the Dreamball Dealer" and tells Naho he can take her to a dreamland away from her everyday life. But after this encounter, strange phenomena begin to happen to Naho. Now Naho is having fun with her friends, and several different worlds come and go before her eyes. Then she finds herself with his father and mother, only the three of them again... But as she starts feeling anxious, the next moment she finds herself wandering into Jun's dream! Naho is confused. What would she ask to Kotaro? What does she really desire from the deep of her heart? (Source: Production I.G.)

Names

Originalゆめだまや奇談 (japanese)
RomajiYumedamaya Kidan
English
Chinese梦玉屋奇谈 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known asYume da Maya Kidan · Yumedamaya: The Strange Tale of the Dreamball Dealer

Facts

FormatSpecial · 1 ep · 24 min · 0h total
Aired2007-11-25 (Autumn 2007)
StatusFINISHED
StudioProduction I.G
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresDramaFantasy
ThemesFemale Protagonist

Reception

Community score6.26 / 10
Bayesian score7.29 / 10
Composite47.3
On lists1,183
Favourited4 (0.3%)
Completion92.0%
Drop rate3.6%
In backlog43.8%
Score spread σ1.70

Score distribution

15293843158261137106866971022

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonAutumn 2007D40 of 69
Year2007D135 of 234
StudioProduction I.GD179 of 250
FormatSpecialC402 of 872
EraLate 2000sD665 of 1,149
LengthOVA / SpecialD758 of 1,260
Source materialOriginal workD972 of 1,732
Season (all years)AutumnD1,173 of 1,921
GenreFantasyD1,332 of 2,142
GenreDramaD1,397 of 1,917
OriginJapanD4,215 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorItsurou Kawasaki, Hiroshi Oono
Character designYousuke Takahashi, Shouko Nakamura
Original creatorYousuke Takahashi

AniList id 3003 · MAL id 3003 · Bangumi 20923 · record updated 2026-08-23