True Tears (anime) - Production

Production

The animated television series True Tears is directed by Junji Nishimura and produced by P.A. Works, Lantis, and Bandai Visual, with the animation and music produced by P.A. Works and Lantis respectively. The anime shares its title with the visual novel True Tears by La'cryma, but uses an entirely different story with different characters, and a different art style. The series aired between January 6, 2008 and March 30, 2008 on TV Kanagawa in Japan, although a special preview of the first episode was shown on January 4, 2008 on BS11 Digital. The anime also aired at later dates on Chiba TV, Kansai TV, Kids Station, Tōkai TV, TV Saitama, and BS11 Digital. Thirteen episodes aired on the aforementioned networks. A DVD compilation, containing the first episode of the anime, was released on March 25, 2008 in Japan.

The anime was licensed by Bandai Visual for English language localization, but the release was delayed. After Bandai Visual USA folded into Bandai Entertainment, the True Tears anime was released in a thirteen-episode subtitle-only box set. A Blu-ray Disc box set released in Japan contains an extra three-minute epilogue to the series unveiling the future of the main characters after the anime's conclusion.

Three pieces of theme music are used for the anime; one opening theme, one ending theme, and one insert song. The opening theme is "Reflectier" (リフレクティア, Rifurekutia?) by Eufonius, the ending theme is Aira Yūki's "Sekai no Namida" (セカイノナミダ?, lit. "Tears of the World"), and the insert song, used in episode ten, is "Sono Mama no Boku de" (そのままの僕で?) by Eufonius. A single for "Reflectier" was released on January 23, 2008, and a single for "Sekai no Namida" was released on February 6, 2008. The anime's original soundtrack was released on February 27, 2008 and an image song album entitled Tears...for truth containing the insert song was released on April 16, 2008.