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Ef - a tale of melodies. (TV)

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[ sequel of Ef - a tale of memories (TV) ]
Alternative title:
ef - un cuento de melodías. (Spanish)
Эф - история мелодий (Russian)
Genres: drama, psychological, romance
Plot Summary: The anime once again tells two stories. The first story takes place in the past. Himura Yuu meets a girl, Amamiya Yuuko who seems to know him, but he doesn't know her. However, he soon remembers that she was a girl whom he knew from long ago. Yuuko then tells him something which he never knew. He was her first love since then, and her first love has not ended yet. The second story takes place in the present, just after the events of ef - A Tale of Memories. Shuuichi Kuze meets the cousin of Aso Renji, Hayama Mizuki and spends a lot of time with her. Unknown to Mizuki, Kuze had contracted a fatal illness and has little time left to live. Kuze had decided to break all romantic ties, but things go bad when Mizuki tells him that she loves him.
User Ratings: 477 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 192 votes (sub:172, Spa.sub:5, raw:4, dub:3, Por.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Kor.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 138 votes (sub:129, Ger.sub:3, raw:3, Spa.sub:2, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 74 votes (sub:70, Por.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 Good: 40 votes (sub:37, raw:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:2, Rus.sub:1)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 767 users, rank: #795
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.761 (Excellent-.23), std. dev.: 1.5826, rank: #64
Weighted mean: 8.635 (Excellent-.36), rank: #73 (seen all: 8.72 / seen some: 7.80 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.611 (Excellent-.38), rank: #33
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2008-10-06
2008-10-06 to 2008-12-22
Opening Theme:
#1: "ebullient future(English)" by TENMON featuring ELISA (eps 1-5,7-9,11)
#2: "ebullient future(Instrumental)" by TENMON (ep 6)
#3: "ebullient future(English 2nd. Version)" by TENMON featuring ELISA (ep 11)
#4: "euphoric field" by Tenmon feat. ELISA (ep 11)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Egao no Chikara" by Mai Goto (eps 2-5,7)
#1: "Egao no Chikara" by Mai Goto (eps 2-5,7,9,11)
#1: "Egao no Chikara" by Mai Gouto (eps 2-5,7,11) 
#2: "Negai no Kakera" by Yumiko Nakajima (eps 6,8)
#2: "Negai no Kakera" by Yumiko Nakajima (eps 6,8-9)
#3: "ebullient future (English)" by ELISA (ep 10)
#3: "ebullient future" by ELISA (eps 10,12)
#4: "ebullient future (Japanese)" by ELISA (ep 12)
#4: "ever forever" by Mai Goto, Yumiko Nakajima, Hiroko Taguchi, Junko Okada, Natsumi Yanase (ep 12)
#5: "ever forever" by Mai Goto, Yumiko Nakajima, Hiroko Taguchi, Junko Okada, Natsumi Yanase (ep 12)
Official website:
アニメ『ef - a tale of melodies.』 オフィシャルページ (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 9
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Shin Oonuma

Series Composition: Katsuhiko Takayama

Screenplay: Katsuhiko Takayama

Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Shimazu (eps 7-8, 12)
Kouhei Hatano (eps 4, 6)
Masahiro Sonoda (ep 4)
Masayuki Iimura (ED 1-2)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (eps 1, 3, 10)
Shin Oonuma (OP; ep 1)
Shuuji Miyazaki (eps 5, 10-11)
Toshiyuki Itamura (eps 6, 10)
Yoshihiro Mori (eps 2, 9)

Episode Director:
Hidetaka Fujimoto (ep 3)
Jun Fukuda (ep 7)
Ken'ichi Ishikura (ep 9)
Masahiro Sonoda (ep 8)
Masayuki Iimura (ED 1-2)
Shin Oonuma (OP; 4 episodes

eps 1, 6, 10, 12
)
Shuuji Miyazaki (eps 5, 11)
Susumu Kudo (ep 4)
Yoshihiro Mori (ep 2)

Music:
Eiichiro Yanagi
Tenmon

Original Character Design:
2C=Galore (Male characters)
Naru Nanao

Character Design: Nobuhiro Sugiyama

Art director:
Kohji Azuma (eps 3-12)
Toshihiro Kohama 

Chief Animation Director: Nobuhiro Sugiyama

Animation director:
Akihisa Takano (ep 1, ep 10 assist.)
Fumio Matsumoto (eps 4, 8)
Hatsue Nakayama (ep 2)
Hideki Furukawa (ep 9)
Kazuhiro Ota (OP, ep 1, ep 10 coop.)
Kazumi Tahata (ep 3)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (ep 6)
Masato Numazu (ep 3)
Megumi Noda (ep 7)
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (OP, ED 1; ep 12)
Shuuji Miyazaki (eps 5, 11)
Yoshiaki Ito (ep 10)

Preview Illustration:
2C=Galore (ep 1)
Juri Miyabi (ep 4)
Kôji Kumeta (ep 6)
Kusukusu (ep 2)
MATSUDA98 (ep 3)
Zekkyō (ep 5)

Supervision: Akiyuki Shinbo

Theme Song Performance:
Elisa (OP)
Mai Goto (ED1)
Yumiko Nakajima (ED2)

 

Kenji Hamada as Shūichi Kuze

Kouichi Toochika as Yū Himura

Mai Goto as Mizuki Hayama

Shizuka Itou as Nagi Hirono

Tohru Furusawa as Akira Amamiya

Yumiko Nakajima as Yūko Amamiya

Motoki Takagi as Renji Asō

Natsumi Yanase as Chihiro Shindō

Sayaka Aoki as Sumire Asō

Hiro Shimono as Hiro Hirono

Hiroko Taguchi as Miyako Miyamura

Junko Okada as Kei Shindō

Junko Shimeno as Akane Himura

Kaori Nobiki as Emi Izumi

Mai Goto as Miki (ep 10)

Rio Matsumoto as Yū (childhood)

Yuuki Tai as Kyōsuke Tsutsumi

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: SHAFT

Backgrounds:
Studio Bihou (eps 1-2)
Studio Tulip (eps 3-12)

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2008-11-14)
KBS Kyoto (2008-10-07)
Sun TV (2008-10-07)
TV Kanagawa (2008-10-06)

Composition:
DIGITAL@SHAFT (eps 1-12)
Studio El (ep 12)
Trans Arts Co. (ep 3)

DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.

Offline Editing: Q-Tec

Original Creator: minori

Production: ef Production Committe 

Production Cooperation:
A.C.G.T. (eps 4, 8)
SILVER LINK (ep 7)
Studio Pastoral (eps 2, 5, 9, 11)
Trans Arts Co. (ep 3)

Recording Studio: studio2010:

Video Editing: Q-Tec

 
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