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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: 406 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 33 votes (sub:30, Spa.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 82 votes (sub:77, Spa.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Kor.sub:1, dub:1)
 Very good: 121 votes (sub:112, Spa.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, dub:1, Ita.sub:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 71 votes (sub:63, Spa.sub:3, raw:3, dub:2)
 Decent: 45 votes (sub:43, raw:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 21 votes (sub:18, dub:1, Tag.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:10, raw:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 736 users, rank: #819
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.382 (Good+.38), std. dev.: 1.9079, rank: #1104
Weighted mean: 7.284 (Good+.28), rank: #1095 (seen all: 7.48 / seen some: 7.04 / won't finish: 4.30)
Bayesian estimate: 7.289 (Good+.28), rank: #868
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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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Yukihiro Miyamoto

Director:
Akiyuki Shinbo
Gekidan Inu Curry (ED)
Tatsuya Oishi (OP)

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)

Music: Tatsuya Nishiwaki

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)

Cooperation: Tokyo Animator Institute

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

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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