And Yet the Town Moves

7.0/10201025mEnded1 Season · 12 Episodes

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Clumsy Hotori Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. Hotori works as a waitress in an unsuccessful coffee shop when the manager comes up with a plan to increase its fortunes by changing into a maid cafe. Unfortunately, no one knows how to make a successful maid cafe other than dressing everyone in a maid outfit. What follows is a wacky series of incidents involving Hotori’s many friends, mismatched love stories… and ghosts and aliens.

Released: Oct 8, 2010

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Seasons

Season 1

12 episodes

Top Cast

Chiaki Omigawa

Hotori Arashiyama (voice)

Rieka Yazawa

Futaba Kon (voice)

Aoi Yuuki

Toshiko Tatsuno (voice)

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