''Urahara'' is an

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television series based on the webcomic ''PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team!'', which is written by

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and illustrated by Mugi Tanaka. The anime adaptation was co-produced by EMT Squared and

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and aired from October to December 2017.

Synopsis

Three high school girls hailing from

Harajuku is a district in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Harajuku is the common name given to a geographic area spreading from Harajuku Station to Omotesando, corresponding on official maps of Shibuya ward as Jingūmae 1 chōme to 4 chōme. In popular refer ...

band together to fight off culture thieving aliens from outer space.

Cast

Anime

Production of the anime adaptation was announced in March 2017. Amika Kubo directed the series at EMT Squared and

. The production staff consists of Masatsugu Arakawa as the chief director,

Natsuko Takahashi is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After learning about the profession of screenwriting in middle school, in university she entered a contest. Although her entry did not fit the theme of the contest, the examiners liked it so much that they gave ...

is in charge of series composition, Mariko Fujita as the animation character designer, and Takahiro Yamada as the mechanical designer. It aired from October 4 to December 20, 2017.

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streamed the series. Funimation premiered the dub on October 24, 2017. The opening theme is "Antithesis Escape" by

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, and the ending theme is by

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Episode list

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* * {{Shirogumi 2017 anime television series debuts American webcomics Anime and manga inspired webcomics Crunchyroll anime EMT Squared Funimation Original English-language manga Science fiction anime and manga Shirogumi