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Akikan! (TV)

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    Akikan! (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
アキカン！ (Japanese)
空罐少女！ (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, magic, romance
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Daichi Kakeru is a sixteen-year-old high school student who has never had a girlfriend. Little did he know that everything was about to change when he bought a melon soda on his way home from school. His first sip became his first kiss, as the can came to life in the form of a beautiful girl, whom he calls "Melon". The can is part of a government project called "Akikan", where certain empty cans turn into beautiful girls.
User Ratings: 708 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 27 votes (sub:22, dub:3, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 51 votes (sub:49, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 110 votes (sub:104, dub:2, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 218 votes (sub:200, dub:9, raw:2, ?:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Mandarin subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 122 votes (sub:116, dub:4, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 72 votes (sub:63, dub:2, raw:1, ?:1, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 23 votes (sub:20, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 38 votes (sub:34, raw:3, dub:1)
 Bad: 28 votes (sub:26, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:9, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 8 votes (sub:8)
Seen in part or in whole by 1451 users, rank: #683 (of 5564)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.356 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.0503, rank: #3510 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 6.164 (Decent), rank: #3821 (of 5554) (seen all: 6.49 / seen some: 4.83 / won't finish: 3.09)
Bayesian estimate: 6.185 (Decent+), rank: #3424 (of 4226)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2008-12-22 (Advanced Broadcast)
2009-01-03
Opening Theme:
#1: "Miracle Plan ga Dekichatta!" (ミラクル♡プランができちゃった!) by CHARMY♡QUEEN (eps 1-6)
#2: "Juicy Extacy" by Little Non (eps 7-12)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Melon Soda" (恋空リサイクリング featuring メロンソーダ) by Nomiko (ep 1)
#2: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Tsubuiri Grape Juice" (恋空リサイクリング featuring 粒入りグレープジュース) by Nomiko (ep 2)
#3: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Ginger Ale (Dry)" (恋空リサイクリング featuring ジンジャーエール[ドライ]) by Nomiko (ep 3)
#4: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Oolong Cha [Tokkyū]" (恋空リサイクリング featuring 烏龍茶[特級]; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Oolong Tea [High Grade]") by Nomiko (ep 4)
#5: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Nippon Cha [Ryokucha]" (恋空リサイクリング featuring 日本茶[煎茶]; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Japanese Tea [Green Tea]") by Nomiko (ep 5)
#6: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Cola" (恋空リサイクリング featuring コーラ) by Nomiko with k. moriya (ep 6)
#7: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Energy Drink" (恋空リサイクリング featuring エナジードリンク) by Nomiko with Little Non [special ep.—making of?]
#8: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Oden Kan" (恋空リサイクリング featuring おでん缶; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Canned Oden") by Nomiko (ep 7)
#9: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Peach Nectar" (恋空リサイクリング featuring ピーチネクター) by Nomiko with CHARMY♡QUEEN (ep 8)
#10: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Afternoon Kōcha" (恋空リサイクリング featuring Afternoon紅茶; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Afternoon Black Tea") by Nomiko (ep 9)
#11: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Coffee [Black, Mutō]" (恋空リサイクリング featuring コーヒー[ブラック、無糖]; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Black, Sugarless Coffee") by Nomiko (ep 10)
#12: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Oshiruko" (恋空リサイクリング featuring お汁粉; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Sweet Red-bean Soup") by Nomiko (ep 11)
#13: "Koisora Recycling featuring Mikkuchu Jūchu" (恋空リサイクリング featuring みっくちゅじゅーちゅ) by Nomiko featuring Miku Hatsune (ep 12)
Official website:
アキカン！ (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
North American Stream List: Aug. 27- Sept. 2 (Sep 4, 2012)
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Manga Gets New Anime DVD (Aug 9, 2012)
North American Stream List: May 28 - June 3 (Jun 3, 2012)
North American Stream List: March 19-25 (Mar 25, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 8-14 (Jan 10, 2012)
Shueisha to Launch Super Dash & Go! Light Novel/Manga Mag (Oct 19, 2011)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Towa no Quon, The World God Only Knows (Sep 30, 2011)
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, April 14-20 (Apr 21, 2009)
Akikan! OVA Green-Lit for Production (Mar 28, 2009)
Akikan Anime TV Ad Streamed for January 3 Premiere (Nov 18, 2008)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Akikan! - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2012-01-10 (from $29.74)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yuji Himaki
Series Composition: Hideaki Koyasu
Script:
Hideaki Koyasu (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11-12
)
Kenji Sugihara (eps 3, 8, 10)
Osamu Segawa (eps 5, 10)
Sawako Hirabayashi (eps 4, 9-10)
Storyboard:
Hisayasu Shiba (ep 10)
Nanako Sasaki (eps 4, 12)
Norihiko Nagahama (eps 2, 5)
Royden B (ep 8)
Takashi Yamamoto (eps 7, 11)
Takeyuki Yanase (ep 3)
Yuji Himaki (eps 1, 6, 9)
Episode Director:
Matsuo Asami (ep 7)
Nanako Sasaki (eps 4, 12)
Norio Kashima (ep 10)
Seiki Sugawara (eps 6, 11)
Takahiro Kimura (eps 2, 8)
Takeyuki Yanase (ep 3)
Yuji Himaki (ep 1)
Yuji Kai (eps 5, 9)
Music: Nijine
Original creator: Riku Ranjo
Original Character Design: Hiro Suzuhira
Character Design: Ryo Tanaka
Art Director: Katsufumi Hariu
Chief Animation Director: Ryo Tanaka
Animation Director:
Akira Takeuchi (ep 3)
Hitoshi Morikawa (ep 10)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 9)
Keiya Nakano (ep 7)
Kentarou Matsumoto (ep 11)
Kinomi Sakurai (ep 10)
Michiyuki Nōjō (eps 5, 9)
Ryo Tanaka (eps 1, 6, 12)
Sadahiko Sakamaki (eps 2, 8)
Tsutomu Ono (ep 10)
Wataru Abe (ep 4)
Yūki Morimoto (ep 4)
Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
Director of Photography: Yoshiaki Ōkuma
Executive producer:
Kazuhiko Torishima
Yoko Furukawa
Producer:
Makoto Ooyoshi
Masashi Takatori
Masaya Shinozaki

2nd Key Animation:
Ai Kuwabara (eps 2, 8)
Atsuko Matsushita (ep 10)
Chikae Kuwahara (ep 11)
Hiroyuki Oshima (eps 2, 8)
Hiroyuki Uehara (ep 11)
Kanako Hiroo (ep 11)
Kaoru Suzaki (ep 10)
Kazuhide Kondo (eps 4, 6, 11)
Keisuke Ogura (ep 7)
Ken Itakura (ep 9)
Ken'ichi Hirata (ep 7)
Kenta Mizusaki (ep 11)
Kentarou Matsumoto (eps 6, 8)
Kōji Furuya (ep 7)
Maki Nishi (eps 2, 8)
Mamiko Matsumoto (ep 11)
Manami Ito (ep 11)
Marie Yukiko Miyano (ep 4)
Masanao Bessho (ep 6)
Miyuki Kobayashi (ep 12)
Motohiro Taniguchi (eps 2, 8)
Naoko Takahashi (ep 7)
Rumi Abe (eps 11-12)
Saiji Kawanishi (ep 7)
Takashi Kojima (eps 4, 11-12)
Takayoshi Hayashi (ep 7)
Tomohito Taira (ep 11)
Yeo So Yun (ep 11)
Yukichi Igeta (ep 11)
Yūsuke Nakamura (ep 4)
Yusuke Suzuki (ep 9)
Art Assistant: Yasuyuki Yuzawa
Background Art:
Emi Kitahara (eps 1-12)
Junko Shimada (eps 1-12)
Kiyoshi Samejima (eps 1-7, 10-12)
Mina Nakayama (eps 1-12)
Taiichi Toki (eps 1-12)
Yoichi Matsuyama (eps 6-12)
Yoshio Harisaki (eps 6-12)
Yuho Akagami (eps 8-12)
Can Design: Kosuke Endo
CG: Ako Kadota (ep 5)
Color Check:
Akihiro Nakagawa (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Mori (5 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11
)
Kazuya Otani (eps 5, 9)
Shuichi Satou (ep 7)
Takashi Hasegawa (ep 3)
Yukiko Harada (eps 1, 12)
Color design: Yukiko Harada
Color setting:
Akihiro Nakagawa (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Mori (5 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11
)
Kazuya Otani (eps 5, 9)
Shuichi Satou (ep 7)
Takashi Hasegawa (ep 3)
Yukiko Harada (eps 1, 12)
Digital Manager: Masaaki Nanbe
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Editing Assistant: Yasutaka Ikeda
Finish Animation:
Akihiro Nakagawa (ep 10)
Keita Hara (ep 10)
Kenji Hasegawa (ep 10)
Mariko Kawai (Brains Base; ep 4)
Satoko Suzuki (ep 10)
Takeshi Matsuo (ep 10)
Yuuko Fukuda (Brains Base; ep 4)
In-Between Animation:
Ayumu Takano (ep 10)
Kaoru Suzaki (ep 10)
Ken Itakura (eps 5, 9)
Takuya Tokuda (eps 5, 9)
Yoshie Takahashi (eps 5, 9)
Yuzumi Enosawa (ep 7)
In-Between Check:
Hiroki Tsuji (eps 5, 9)
Kaoru Suzaki (ep 10)
Masato Inomata (ep 10)
Yoshihiro Tanaka (eps 5, 9)
Yuji Kikuta (eps 5, 9)
Yusuke Suzuki (eps 5, 9)
Key Animation:
Ai Hiromi (OP, ED; eps 4, 7, 11)
Ai Sugano (ep 10)
Akiko Konno (eps 1, 11)
Akiko Nakano (eps 5, 9)
Akira Kikuchi (eps 1, 6)
Asami Imamura (eps 5, 9)
Asami Moromasa (Studio Bambino; eps 5, 9)
Atsushi Komatsu (Anime R; eps 5, 9)
Atsushi Usui (ep 10)
Beom-Seko Hong (Arcturus; ep 4)
Chizuru Kiuchi (Studio Bambino; eps 5, 9)
Eiji Kaneda (ep 11)
Fuyumi Toriyama (ep 10)
Gap Min Lee (ep 12)
Haruyo Sakai (ep 10)
Hiromasa Ōmichi (OP, ED)
Hiromasa Satō (OP, ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-7, 11
)
Hiroshi Matsumura (AI; ep 4)
Hiroshi Tabe (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Itai (ep 4)
Hiroyuki Oshima (OP, ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-7, 11-12
)
Hisayasu Shiba (OP, ED)
Hitomi Kaiho (AI; ep 4)
Hitoshi Ishikawa (ep 4)
Junichi Hashimoto (eps 5, 9)
Junichi Kigawa (ep 10)
Kaoru Suzaki (ep 10)
Katsuji Matsumoto (eps 4, 7, 12)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (ep 7)
Kazuhiro Kumura (AI; ep 4)
Kazushi Matsumoto (ep 9)
Keiji Gotoh (ep 11)
Keiya Nakano (OP, ED; eps 7, 11)
Kentarou Matsumoto (OP, ED; ep 4)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 10)
Kiyoshi Nohji (Anime R; ep 9)
Mami Shimizu (ep 10)
Masanobu Aoyama (ep 12)
Masanori Kato (AI; ep 4)
Masanori Shibata (ep 12)
Masao Ohashi (ep 9)
Masao Takeda (ep 10)
Mayumi Hidaka (eps 7, 12)
Megumi Itoi (ep 3)
Michio Satô (ep 5)
Michiyuki Nōjō (ep 9)
Minoru Yamazawa (eps 5, 9)
Miwako Asahi (ep 10)
Motohiro Taniguchi (OP, ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-7, 11-12
)
Naoto Nakamura (ep 12)
Nobuyoshi Souzaki (ep 1)
Ryo Tanaka (ep 11)
Ryousuke Tanigawa (ep 6)
Sachiko Oniwa (ep 7)
Sadahiko Sakamaki (Delta Peak Production; eps 2, 8)
Sai Yamane (eps 4, 6, 12)
Saiji Kawanishi (eps 1, 6, 12)
Satomi Higuchi (eps 1, 11)
Sawa Fukami (AI; ep 4)
Setsuko Umino (ep 3)
Shigeru Uchihara (ep 7)
Shingo Kurakari (ep 11)
Shingo Nishiyama (AI; ep 4)
Shinkirō Hattori (ep 10)
Shinya Kokaji (ep 10)
Shōsuke Ishibashi (ep 12)
Shou Sugai (ep 1)
Taeko Ōgi (Studio Bambino; eps 5, 9)
Takaaki Izumo (ep 12)
Takashi Hirabayashi (ep 10)
Takashi Nishikawa (ep 7)
Takeshi Okada (eps 4, 11)
Tatsuki Takemoto (Arcturus; ep 4)
Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 1)
Tetsuya Sato (ep 3)
Tomomi Kawamura (ep 5)
Tomomi Murayama (ep 10)
Toshiaki Sato (OP, ED; ep 10)
Toshiharu Kumaoka (ep 7)
Toshiyuki Tomaru (ep 10)
Tsuguo Sakamoto (ep 6)
Tsuyoshi Kandō (Arcturus; ep 4)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; eps 5, 9)
Yoshinobu Aohachi (ep 10)
Yoshinori Deno (ep 3)
Yosuke Imakubo (ep 7)
Youko Nomura (ep 10)
Yousuke Nakajima (Anime R; eps 5, 9)
Yuji Araki (Studio Bambino; eps 5, 9)
Yuki Kawamura (ep 7)
Yūki Morimoto (eps 1, 12)
Yukie Hiyamizu (ep 12)
Yukinori Kawamura (ep 7)
Line Producer: Tatsuyo Kobayashi
Music producer: Yuka Sakurai
Photography:
Jin Tokumaru (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12)
Mayumi Kurimoto (Brains Base Digital; eps 6-12)
Miki Tachibana (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12)
Seigo Egami (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12)
Shinichiro Tate (Brains Base Digital; eps 6-12)
Yorinobu Oda (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12)
Yūya Sakuma (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12)
Planning:
Kazuyoshi Fukuba
Naoki Watanabe
Planning Cooperation:
Hiroyasu Miura (Shueisha Super Dash Bunko)
Yukiharu Marutomi (Shueisha Super Dash Bunko)
Production Advancement:
Kenta Sasaki (ep 12)
Ryoji Tanaka (eps 4, 7, 11)
Satoshi Ohkawa (eps 2, 6)
Shigehisa Iida (eps 1, 8, 12)
Takanari Sakai (ep 3)
Yuki Fujita (eps 5, 9)
Production Cooperation:
Kazuo Shiota
Yasushi Sasaki (ep 10)
Production manager: Tsuyoshi Hirano
Prop Design:
Hiroshi Ogawa
Matsuri Okuda
Publicity: Teppei Nojima
Sound Editor: Masahito Miyamoto
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Sound Mixing: Nobuhira Hirano
Sound Producer: Toru Nakano
Sound Production Manager: Yuusuke Watanabe
Subtitle Design: Kosuke Endo
Theme Song Arrangement:
Little Non (OP2)
Masaki Suzuki (OP2)
Masaya Koike (OP1)
TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Little Non (OP2)
Masaya Koike (OP1)
TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hata (OP1)
Little Non (OP2)
TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Charmmy Queen (OP1/ED9)
Little Non (OP2/ED7)
Nomiko (ED)
Title Design: Yuuko Mukadeya (musicago graphics)
Written Characters: Reina Fujie (AKB48; ep 10)
Jun Fukuyama as Kakeru Daichi
Sayaka Narita as Melon

Aiko Ōkubo as Yurika Kochikaze
Aki Toyosaki as Najimi Tenkūji
Aoi Yūki as Budoko
Mamiko Noto as Yell
Megumi Nakajima as Miku
Megumi Toyoguchi as Airin Kizaki
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Gorō Amaji
Ryotaro Okiayu as Hidehiko Otoyo
Ryou Hirohashi as Misaki Miyashita

Daigo Nakayama as
Criminal (ep 2)
Home Delivery Driver (ep 9)
Male Student (eps 1, 5, 7)
News Voice (ep 4)
Hideki Nakanishi as Male Student (ep 7)
Mika Teratani as Female Student (ep 2)
Mitsuaki Madono as Bunny Nankai (eps 9, 11)
Natsuki Kousaka as Female Student (ep 7)
Takuya Eguchi as Male Student (ep 2)
Yuka Harui as Female Student (ep 7)
Yuuki Taniguchi as Male Student (ep 1)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
AI (ep 10)
APPP (ep 4)
Big Bang (eps 10-12)
Buyu (ep 10)
Dogakobo (ep 10)
Garan (ep 10)
Mouse (eps 10-11)
Nakamura Production (ep 12)
Noside (ep 7)
Orange (eps 7, 11)
Production Reed (ep 10)
Seigasha (ep 10)
Tokyo Animation Center (eps 7, 12)
Wai-Wai Company (ep 4)
Whisker's (ep 6)
Yuhodo (ep 12)
Animation Production: Brains Base
Background Art: Studio Fuga
Broadcaster:
BS11 Digital (2009-01-03)
KIDS STATION (2009-04-02)
Cooperation: Nippon Sangaria Beverage Company
Finish Animation:
Brains Base (eps 4, 11)
Fanout (ep 1)
Front Line (ep 3)
Hayashi (ep 3)
I&S Factory (ep 10)
Katori Animation (eps 5, 9)
Mizo Planning (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 11-12
)
RIC (eps 2, 10-12)
Studio Elle (eps 1-2, 7-8)
Studio Road (ep 2)
Studio T&B (ep 3)
Tamazawa Animation House (ep 1)
Triple A (eps 7-8, 12)
VENET (eps 4, 7)
In-Between Animation:
APPP (ep 4)
asread (ep 4)
Big Bang (ep 8)
Brains Base (ep 2)
Delta Peak Production (ep 6)
Front Line (ep 3)
Hal Film Maker (ep 2)
Hayashi (ep 3)
I&S Factory (eps 1, 8, 10)
Katori Animation (eps 5, 9)
Mizo Planning (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 11-12
)
Nakamura Production (eps 1, 7)
Noside (eps 1, 7)
RIC (eps 2, 10-12)
Studio Izena (ep 8)
Studio T&B (ep 3)
Triple A (eps 7-8, 12)
Xebec (ep 8)
Key Animation:
AI (ep 4)
Anime R (eps 3, 5, 9)
ARCTURUS (ep 4)
Def.c (ep 3)
Delta Peak Production (eps 2, 8)
Front Line (ep 3)
Hayashi (ep 3)
Seigasha (ep 3)
Studio Bambino (eps 5, 9)
Studio Create (ep 10)
Studio Onepack (ep 3)
Music Production: Lantis
Offline Editing: Brains Base Digital
Offline Editing Cooperation: Seki Editing Studio
Online Editing: Good Job Tokyo
Photography:
Brains Base Digital
Cyan (eps 10-11)
Falcon Inc. (6 episodes
eps 4, 7-9, 11-12
)
Ryūsei (ep 9)
Sazan Cross (eps 4, 9, 11-12)
Studio Easter (ep 11)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 9)
Trans Arts Co. (eps 11-12)
Planning Cooperation: Shueisha Super Dash Bunko
Production:
A-Kiseki
Pony Canyon
Shueisha
Production Cooperation:
I&S Factory (ep 10)
Marvy Jack (ep 3)
Studio Izena (eps 5, 9)
Recording Studio: Half H.P Studio
Sound Production: Half H.P Studio
special effects: Studio Easter (eps 1-2, 4-12)
Title Design: musicago graphics
English companies
English staff
(none)
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
English cast
(none)
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