'AnimeFanGirl93's production presents'
Off-screen people: Aaah, oooh
'Hotarella'
Off-screen woman: Oh, Hotaru
You're as lovely as your name
Oh, Hotaru
With the voice talents of:
Aya Hirano as Hotaru Kisaragi
Kishou Taniyama as Natsuki Shinomiya
Rob Paulsen as Jaq
Corey Burton as Gus
Yuuichi Nakamura as Ringo Tsukimiya
Miyuki Sawashiro as Haruka Nanami
Yuka Imai as Tomochika Shibuya
June Foray as Lucifer
Verna Felton as Fairy Godmother
Norio Wakamoto as Shining Saotome
And Kouji Yusa as Ryuuya Hyuuga
You're a sunset in a frame
Special Processes: JJAPrice15
Sound Director and Sound Recording: rukia23
Film Editor: Artemis615
Music Editor: Musical Ninja
Though you're dressed in rags
You wear a viral queenly grace
Original Musical Director: Bleedingrose13 and Xemnas1992
Original Songs by Micky-Moo, Natalya, and Wolfcharm
Original Orchestration by Karnia
Everyone can see a throne would be your proper place
Story by lilypop8, evilRevan, Wolfcharm, and Lunatic ShojoRomantica
Layout by rukia23 and Xemnas1992
Oh, Hotaru
If you give your heart a chance
He will lead you
Color and Styling by Karnia and Musical Ninja
Backgrounds by Bleedingrose13 and Artemis615
To a kingdom of romance
There you see your dreams come true
Directing Animators: JJAPrice15, lilkorea, and KiaraxxRaven
Oh, Hotaru
Oh, Hotaru
There's the sweetest story ever told
Written and Directed by AnimeFanGirl93
We see a book entitled 'Hotarella,' in the top of a bunch of books, three of them entitled Istvanladdin, A Battle They Could Never Win, and You're The Reason Why I'm Here. Then, the Hotarella book opens by itself as someone off-screen tells a story, "Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there was a tiny kingdom, that was peaceful, prosperous, and rich in romance and tradition. Here in a stunning château, lived a widow man and his beautiful little daughter Hotaru."
The next page revealed a man with black hair, brown eyes, and a 5-year-old girl name Hotaru, who is petting mustang as a red-brown bloodhound watches from a fountain.
"Although he was a kind, and devoted father, and gave his beloved child every luxury and comfort, he still thought his daughter needed a mother's care."
Three figures staring through the windows are Ringo, Tomochika, and Haruka. Petted by Ringo is a cat with black, tan, and dark brown fur.
"So, he married again. This time with a woman named RingoTsukimiya, and that had two adopted daughters just at Hotaru's age. They were named Tomochika and Haruka."
In a rainy night, we see Hotaru, crying on the bed as her father passed away. Ringo and her daughters saw her passing, until Ringo smirked evilly at Hotaru.
"However, it was upon his death that Ringo's true nature was revealed. Cold, cruel, and bitterly jealous of Hotaru's charm and beauty, she was truly decided to follow the interest of her daughters."
"Thus, as time goes by, the château offered to disrepair, for the family fortunes were spoiled by the vain and selfish step-sisters, while Hotaru was abused, humiliated, and forced to become a servant at her own house. However, Hotaru remained ever gentle and kind, for each dawn she believes that one day her dreams of happiness will come true."
In a small mansion, two blue birds enter inside a bedroom to face a small bed.
They tweeted to the person sleeping on the bed, trying to wake the person up. The person, Hotaru, simply turned away from the birds. They tried again, but Hotaru just yawned and turned away. One of the birds asked the bird what they do now. The other bird suggested one of them to go inside the pillow. The bird went in Hotaru's pillow, only for Hotaru to sneak her hand out, scaring the bird. The other bird tried to wake her up but was cut off when Hotaru's hand approached the bird. Hotaru giggled and sat on the bed. She was a girl with long blonde hair in two braids and beautiful brown eyes, wearing a white nightgown and now she's 16.
"Well, serves you right for spoiling people's best dreams." Hotaru said. The birds flew to the window, telling her about the morning.
"Yes, I know it's a lovely morning, but," Hotaru replied, and then sighed dreamily as she lay down and unbraided her left braid, "It was a lovely dream too." The birds flew up to Hotaru and asked her a question.
"What kind of dream?" Hotaru said. They tweeted 'yes'.
"Mmm-mmm. Can't tell." Hotaru replied. The bird wondered why.
"Because if you tell a wish, it won't come true and after all..." Hotaru explained, and then she began to sing while unbraiding the other braid.
Hotaru: A dream is a wish
Your heart makes
As Hotaru sang, a mess of other birds came flying into Hotaru's room.
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep
A red bird tried to sing along, but a brown shut her up. The red bird then flew up to Hotaru and tweeted a small music
Have faith in your dreams
And someday
The red bird flew back to the brown bird, who glared at her. The red bird explained everything and the brown bird shrugged. Behind them, a brown mouse, named Jaq, with a red shirt and brown/ dark red shoes on while dragging his orange jacket and red hat came out and felt attracted to the song, and watched Hotaru brush her hair.
Inside the mouse's room, another mouse already woke up and yawned. He then saw that his tail was messed up badly. He tried to untangle it. Back with Hotaru and the others, Jaq was watching Hotaru sing as he sat on the drawer.
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dreams that you wish will come true
Then- Dong! The tower clock banged. Hotaru glared at it.
"Oh, that clock." she said, "Killjoy. I'm hearing. Come on, get up, you say, time to start another day!"
She then turned to a girl mouse, two little mice, and Jaq and said, "Even he orders me around. Well, there's one thing. They can't order me to stop dreaming. And perhaps someday..." And with that she began to sing again.
Hotaru: The dreams that I wish will come true
And with that, Hotaru began to sing a bunch of "La-la-la"s. Four red birds adjusted her pillow. Hotaru was already behind the partition. Meanwhile, a girl mouse was shooing the other boy mice to outside the room.
"Come on, guys! You and you and..." she said. "Shoo, shoo."
Meanwhile, two blue birds bathed the sponge until it was fully wet. The two plus some other birds took the sponge to Hotaru, who was already naked (but luckily hidden by the partition). They squeezed the sponge, letting the water fall on Hotaru.
Meanwhile, a bunch of girl mice began cleaning some clothes and getting stuff ready.
Girl Mouse 1: (getting an dark blue ribbon out of the drawer) La-la-lyum-la-la-dee-la-la-la-la-la
Girl Mouse 2 and 3: (organizing the ribbon) La-la-ra-la-ra-la-la-ra-la-ra-la
Meanwhile, other girl mice were cleaning up her clothes.
Girl Mouse 4: La-di-ri-di-ri-li-li-li-li-li-li-li-li-li
Girl Mouse 5, 6, and 7: La-la-la-dee-la-la-la-la-la-le-raa-la-da-da-di-da
La-ri-la-la-la-la-ra-ooh
They finished polishing a pair of shoes, which Hotaru put on. The blonde-haired girl now wore a dark and dark brown outfit, and black shoes, along with a white apron. She sat on a chair in front of a mirror and tied her hair back with a dark blue ribbon as she sang.
Hotaru: No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dreams that you wish will come true
After Hotaru ended the song, Jaq, and two mice entered the room euphorically and they came up to Hotaru.
"Wait a minute, guys! Calm down!" Hotaru said, trying to calm down Jaq and the others. When they finally calmed down, she asked, "Now, Jaq, what's all this fuzz about?"
"New mouse in the house!" Jaq replied, "Brand new! Never saw before! A visitor! A visitor!"
"Oh, a visitor." Hotaru said, then she picked up from the drawer a pink baby doll dress, and said, "Well, she'll need a dress and..."
Jaq chuckled and said, "No, no, it's a boy! He! He!"
"Oh, that does make difference." said Hotaru as she put the dress back on the drawer and picked up a bluish-green hat, yellow shirt, brown shoes and she said, "She'll need a jacket, shoes, and..."
"We gotta take him out of the trap!" Jaq exclaimed.
"Yeah, he's in a trap!" The two mice agreed.
"Where? In a trap?" asked Hotaru, then she stood up and walked out of the room, Jaq and the others following her, as she said, "Why you did you say so?"
(The author's names you saw up there, besides mine, were names from my favorite author list. Just thought you should know.)