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Maria Holic (TV)

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[ adapted from Maria Holic (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Maria†Holic
まりあ†ほりっく (Japanese)
瑪莉亞狂熱 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, romance
Plot Summary: The story centers on a sophomore named Kanako who enrolls in all-girls school because she has a phobia of men and wants to find her destined yuri partner. She meets a captivating freshman named Mariya who fits her criteria — except her seemingly ideal mate happens to be a cross-dressing sadistic boy.
User Ratings: 446 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 31 votes (sub:29, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Excellent: 91 votes (sub:84, dub:2, Spa.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Kor.sub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 130 votes (sub:120, Spa.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, Por.sub:1, raw:1, Rus.sub:1, dub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Good: 82 votes (sub:74, Spa.sub:3, raw:3, dub:2)
 Decent: 53 votes (sub:51, raw:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 21 votes (sub:18, Tag.dub:1, Por.sub:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:11, raw:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 807 users, rank: #782
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.330 (Good+.32), std. dev.: 1.905, rank: #1218
Weighted mean: 7.248 (Good+.24), rank: #1186 (seen all: 7.45 / seen some: 6.99 / won't finish: 3.97)
Bayesian estimate: 7.254 (Good+.25), rank: #954
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2008-12-30 (Advanced Broadcast)
2009-01-04 to 2009-03-22
Releases: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"HANAJI" by Yu Kobayashi
Ending Theme:
"Kimi ni, Mune Kyun (君に、胸キュン)" by Yu Kobayashi, Asami Sanada and Marina Inoue
Official website:
Trivia: We have 11
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DVD
    Maria Holic - Complete Collection (DVD) 2010-02-23 (from $27.99)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Series Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani
Script:
Masahiro Yokotani (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Miku Ooshima (eps 5, 7-8, 11)
Storyboard:
Kenichi Ikuhara (ep 5)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 8, 10, 12
)

Nobuyuki Takeuchi (ep 1)
Toshiyuki Itamura (eps 4, 7, 9)
Yasuhiro Mori (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Ken'ichi Ishikura (ep 9)
Kenichi Ikuhara (ep 5)
Masayuki Iimura (ep 6)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (eps 3, 10)
Toshiyuki Itamura (ep 4)
Yasuhiro Mori (eps 2, 7, 11)
Yukihiro Miyamoto (eps 1, 8, 12)
Original creator: Minari Endo
Character Design: Hideyuki Morioka
Art Director: Toshiharu Iijima
Chief Animation Director:
Hideyuki Morioka
Hiroki Yamamura
Animation Director:
Hideki Furukawa (eps 2, 7, 11)
Hideyuki Morioka (ep 1) 
Hiroki Yamamura (ep 1) 
Ippei Masui (ep 8)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (ep 1 coop., eps 4, 6)
Nozomi Ushijima (eps 5, 9 assist.)
Rondo Mizukami (ep 6)
Shuuji Miyazaki (eps 5, 9)
Yasutoshi Iwasaki (eps 3, 10, 12)
Yoshiaki Ito (eps 3, 6)
Yuka Kudo (ep 12)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography: Rei Egami

Assistant Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Color design: Izumi Takizawa
Editing: Rie Matsuhara
Theme Song Performance:
Asami Sanada (ED)
Marina Inoue (ED)
Yu Kobayashi (OP/ED)
 
Asami Sanada as Kanako Miyamae
Marina Inoue as Matsurika Shinouji
Yu Kobayashi as Mariya Shidō

Akemi Kanda as Nanami Kiri
Aya Hirano as Shizu Shidō
Hatsumi Takada as Honoka Tsutsui
Megumi Toyoguchi as Fumi Kumagai
Miyu Matsuki as
Ayari Shiki
Yonakuni-san
Miyuki Sawashiro as Dorm Leader-sensei
Ryoko Shintani as Sachi Momoi
Saori Goto as Yudzuru Inamori
Youji Ueda as Narration
Yuko Kaida as Ryuuken Ishima

Akeno Watanabe as Jaiano Enjouji (ep 12)
Erino Hazuki as Natsuru Maki
Tomokazu Sugita as Touichirou Kanae
Japanese companies 
Animation Production: SHAFT
Backgrounds:
FAI (ep 3)
Ryūbidō (eps 1-12)
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2009-01-08)
Chiba TV (2009-01-04)
Sun TV (2009-01-07)
Tokyo MX TV (2009-01-06)
TV Aichi (2009-01-08)
TV Kanagawa (2009-01-04)
TV Saitama (2009-01-09)
Composition:
DIGITAL@SHAFT
Studio El (ep 6)
Music Production: Media Factory
Production: GENCO
Production Cooperation:
Magic Bus (ep 8)
Studio Pastoral (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 9, 11
)

Recording Studio: OP Requiem Studio
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
Video Editing: P's Studio
English staff 
English companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: Section23 Films
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
English cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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