Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary

Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary
月は東に日は西に (The Moon in the East, The Sun in the West - Operation Sanctuary)
Genre	Romance,Comedy,Science Fiction
Game
Developer	August
Platform	Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
TV anime
Directed by	Mitsuhiro Tōgō, Shousei Jinno
Music by	Akifumi Tada
Studio	Radix
Network	AT-X etc.
Original run	June 30, 2004 – September 22, 2004
Episodes	13
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Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary (月は東に日は西に -Operation Sanctuary-, The Moon in the East, The Sun in the West -Operation Sanctuary-^?) is a Japanese eroge by August released in 2003 for Windows. It is known in short as Hanihani (はにはに^?). The Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions were released by Alchemist in 2004. An anime adaptation was shown in Japan during summer 2004. The title references a haiku by Yosa Buson: "Nanohana ya tsuki wa higashi ni hi wa nishi ni."

The PC version of the game was created using the NScripter visual novel engine.

Characters

• Naoki Kuzumi–Protagonist of this title. He lost his parents and memory 5 years ago due to a certain accident.
• Mikoto Amagasaki–A girl who has fallen from the sky. Naoki thinks its a day dream. Mikoto is from the future, 100 years later.
• Honami Fujieda–Naoki's childhood friend. She has been taking care of him before he lost his parents and memory.
• Matsuri Shibugaki–Naoki's cousin. She and her parents have been living with him for 5 years. She is quite close to Chihiro.
• Chihiro Tachibana–Matsuri's best friend and her classmate. She becomes a member of the garden club alone.
• Yui Nonohara–Naoki's homeroom teacher. Because her height is very low, students love her. Yui, like Mikoto, is from the future, 100 years later.
• Kyouko Nishina–Young female nurse of school. She is Yui's best friend. Like Mikoto and Yui, she is also from the future, 100 years later.
• Fumio Akiyama–Naoki's class representative. And she is also a superintendent of the student dormitory.
• Yusuke Amagasaki–Mikoto's brother who became separation and looked much like Naoki.
• Koji Hirose–Naoki's best friend. He is aiming at rebuilding an astronomical club that Naoki belongs to.
• Yuka Hirose–Additional character of consumer version. Koji's younger sister.
• Genzou Shibugaki–Matsuri's father. He works at a certain trading company and he is very busy. Naoki calls him "Oyaji(Dad)".
• Eri Shibugaki–Matsuri's mother. She works at the company that Genzou works at and she is also very busy. Naoki calls her "Eri-san".
• Jun'ichi Fukano–Mathematics teacher. He teaches students strictly, but in fact, he loves them.
• Rei Usami–Chief director of the school. She rarely shows up in front of students. She is also from the future, 100 years later

Adaptations

Anime

An anime adaptation was produced by RADIX, and directed by Mitsuhiro Tōgō and Shousei Jinno. The anime was based on Honami scenario of PC version, and contained twelve episodes and a special episode which mainly aired on Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations between June and September in 2004. Four DVDs were released between october 22 and and December 12 in 2004 and additional four episodes based on Mikoto scenario were contained in volume four.

Episodes

#	Title	Original air date
01	"Girl who Came down from the Sky" "Sora kara Maiorita Shojo" (空から舞い降りた少女)	June 30, 2004
02	"Hunch of Pleasant School Life" "Tanoshii Gakuen Seikatsu no Yokan" (楽しい学園生活の予感)	July 7, 2004
03	"Physical Examination with a Pounding Heart" "Dokidoki Shintai Kensa" (ドキドキ身体検査)	July 14, 2004
04	"Run, Marupin!" "Hashire, Marupin!" (走れ、まるぴん!)	July 21, 2004
05	"Happy Birthday" "Happī Bāsudē" (ハッピーバースデー)	July 25, 2004
06	"Bicycle of Love" "Koi no Baishikuru" (恋のバイシクル)	August 4, 2004
07	"Brother & Sister" "Burazā & Shistā" (ブラザー＆シスター)	August 11, 2004
08	"The Night of Each Other" "Sorezore no Yoru" (それぞれの夜)	August 18, 2004
09	"A Summer Festival" "Natsumatsuri" (夏祭り)	August 25, 2004
10	"Another Myself" "Mou Hitori no Jibun" (もう一人の自分)	September 1, 2004
11	"Go beyond Time and Space" "Jikū wo Koete" (時空を超えて)	September 8, 2004
12	"The Moon in the East, The Sun in the West" "Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni" (月は東に日は西に)	September 15, 2004
13	"School Life Running around Everywhere (Special Episode)" "Tōhonseisō Sukūru Raifu (Tokubetsu hen)" (東奔西走スクールライフ(特別編))	September 22, 2004
09' (OVA)	"Lonliness" "Ronrinesu" (ロンリネス)	December 12, 2004
10' (OVA)	"Dream and Fact" "Yume to Genjitsu" (夢と現実)	December 12, 2004
11' (OVA)	"Memories" "Kioku" (記憶)	December 12, 2004
12' (OVA)	"Operation Sanctuary" "Operēshon Sankuchuarī" (Operation Sanctuary)	December 12, 2004

Staff

Game

• Character design: Bekkanko
• Scenario: Taku Sakakibara, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideaki Anzai
• Music: LOOPCUBE
  • Opening: divergent flow
  •  :Lyrics: H/de.
  •  :Music: Hiroki
  •  :Vocal: Mayu
  • Ending: Asu no Omoide (Memories of Tomorrow)
  •  :Lyrics: H/de.
  •  :Music: Hiroki
  •  :Vocal: Mayu

Anime

• General director: Mitsuhiro Tōgō
• Director: Shousei Jinno
• Character design: Norikatsu Nakano
• General key animation director: Norikatsu Nakano
• Art director: Shinji Katahira
• Scenario: Kazuharu Satō, Tsutomu Kaneko
• Music: Akufumi Tada
  • Opening: amulet
  •  :Lyrics: a.k.a.dRESS
  •  :Music: a.k.a.dRESS
  •  :Vocal: Mayumi Iizuka
• Animation production: RADIX

External links

• Visual novel website at August (Japanese)
• Visual novel website at Alchemist (Japanese)
• Anime official website (Japanese)
• Hani Hani: Operation Sanctuary (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia