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[ adapted from K-ON! (manga) ]

Related anime:
    K-ON! Season 2 (TV) (sequel)
      K-ON! (movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
K-ON! 輕音部 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
けいおん！ (Japanese) 
케이온! (Korean) 
Genres: comedy , slice of life 
Themes: moe , music , school 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: It's Yui Hirasawa's first year in high school, and she's eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bassist, are desperately trying to save the school's light music club, which is about to be disbanded due to lack of members. They manage to recruit Tsumugi Kotobuki to play the keyboard, meaning they only need one more member to get the club running again. Yui joins, thinking it will be an easy experience for her to play the castanets, the only instrument she knows. However, the other members think their new addition is actually a guitar prodigy... 
User Ratings: 2702 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 349 votes (sub:287, dub:34, raw:7, edit.dub:2, others:19
6 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 German subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Excellent: 783 votes (sub:675, dub:69, raw:9, ?:2, others:28
13 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Very good: 683 votes (sub:586, dub:54, raw:8, edit.dub:2, Eng:1, ?:1, others:31
17 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 Korean subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 434 votes (sub:367, dub:49, raw:2, ?:2, others:14
6 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Hungarian subtitled
)
 Decent: 239 votes (sub:212, dub:19, raw:4, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 98 votes (sub:88, dub:8, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 24 votes (sub:23, dub:1)
 Weak: 32 votes (sub:25, dub:3, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 20 votes (sub:19, dub:1)
 Awful: 27 votes (sub:26, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4502 users, rank: #154 (of 5563)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.854 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.7687, rank: #696 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 7.808 (Very good−), rank: #646 (of 5554) (seen all: 7.92 / seen some: 7.29 / won't finish: 3.31)
Bayesian estimate: 7.807 (Very good−), rank: #442 (of 4225)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 14 
Episode titles: We have 21
Vintage:
2009-04-02 to 2009-06-25 
2010-03-16 (Animax Asia) 
2013-01-06 to 2013-04-07 (Malaysia, NTV7) 
Release dates: We have 11
Opening Theme:
"Cagayake! GIRLS (5-nin Ver.)" by Aki Toyosaki with Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou, Minako Kotobuki and Ayana Taketatsu (eps 9-13) 
"Cagayake! GIRLS" by Aki Toyosaki with Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki 
Ending Theme:
"Don't say ''lazy''" by Yoko Hikasa with Aki Toyosaki, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki 
Insert song:
"Curry Nochi Rice" by Houkago Tea Time - HTT (ep 8) 
"Fude Pen Bōru Pen" by Houkago Tea Time - HTT (ep 12) 
"Fuwa Fuwa Time" by Houkago Tea Time - HTT (eps 6-12) 
"Maddy Candy (guitar riff)" by Death Devil (ep 4) 
"My Love is a Stapler" by Houkago Tea Time - HTT (ep 8) 
"Pinchi Daisuki" by Hajime Hyakkoku 
"Tsubasa wo Kudasai" by Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki (ep 1) 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 17
Reviews:
K-ON! DVD 1 (Sep 9, 2011)
K-ON! BLURAY 1 (May 1, 2011)
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    K-ON! (DVD 3) 2011-12-05
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Naoko Yamada 
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida 
Screenplay:
Jukki Hanada (eps 4-5, 8, 12) 
Katsuhiko Muramoto (eps 3, 6, 10) 
Reiko Yoshida (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-13 odd, 14
) 
Storyboard:
Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 10) 
Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (eps 3, 8) 
Naoko Yamada (ED; eps 1, 12-13) 
Noriko Takao (eps 5, 11) 
Noriyuki Kitanohara (eps 2, 7, 13) 
Taichi Ishidate (eps 4, 9, 14) 
Tatsuya Ishihara (eps 6, 12/OP) 
Episode Director:
Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 10) 
Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (eps 3, 8) 
Naoko Yamada (ep 1/ED) 
Noriko Takao (eps 5, 11) 
Noriyuki Kitanohara (eps 2, 7) 
Taichi Ishidate (eps 4, 9, 14) 
Tatsuya Ishihara (eps 6, 12/OP) 
Music: Hajime Hyakkoku 
Original creator: kakifly 
Character Design: Yukiko Horiguchi 
Art Director: Seiki Tamura 
Chief Animation Director: Yukiko Horiguchi 
Animation Director:
Chiyoko Ueno (eps 5, 11) 
Futoshi Nishiya (ep 2) 
Hiroyuki Takahashi (ep 10) 
Kazumi Ikeda (eps 6, 12) 
Mariko Takahashi (eps 3, 8) 
Seiichi Akitake (eps 4, 9, 14) 
Yukiko Horiguchi (OP/ED; eps 1, 7, 13-14) 
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka 
Director of Photography: Rin Yamamoto 
Producer:
Naohiro Futono 
Shinichi Nakamura 
Yoko Hatta 
Yoshihisa Nakayama 

Advisor: Tatsuya Ishihara 
Animation Check:
Emi Nakano 
Kenji Murayama 
Mie Kiyohara 
Naoko Fujita 
Animation producer: Eharu Oohashi 
Assistant Animation Director:
Mariko Takahashi (ep 6) 
Miku Kadowaki (ep 12) 
Assistant producer: Maya Fujino 
Background Art:
Harumi Ike 
Hiroyuki Tsubaki 
Joji Unoguchi 
Mikiko Watanabe 
Miyuki Hiratoko 
Mutsuo Shinohara 
Naoki Hosokawa 
Nozomi Ōishi 
Sagako Itakura 
Shingo Kasai  (eps 2-8 even, 9) 
Shūhei Okude 
Tomoki Hiraishi 
Yoshikatsu Matsumoto 
Yukiko Takeuchi 
Color design: Akiyo Takeda 
Editing: Tomoko Saitou (eps 1-12) 
Finish Animation:
Asako Aisawa (eps 1, 5, 9) 
Aya Toyosawa (eps 3, 7, 11) 
Ayumi Yamamori (eps 1, 5, 9) 
Chiyomi Koura (eps 3, 7, 11) 
Emi Ebisu (eps 4, 8, 12) 
Hitomi Imaizumi (eps 1, 5, 9) 
Kana Kitao (eps 1, 5, 9) 
Masumi Ichinose (eps 3, 7, 11) 
Mayumi Nagayasu (eps 4, 8, 12) 
Mayumi Taguchi (eps 2, 6, 10) 
Mihoko Eda (eps 4, 8, 12) 
Nanako Kitaoka (eps 2, 6, 10) 
Rina Itō (eps 2, 6, 10) 
Sachiko Sasaki (ep 10) 
Shizuka Uno (eps 4, 8, 12) 
Shōko Doi (eps 3, 7, 11) 
Tomoko Shima (eps 3, 7, 11) 
Yasumi Kawai (eps 2, 6, 10) 
Yoshiko Kimura (eps 1, 5, 9) 
Youko Shukuya (eps 4, 8, 12) 
Yūka Yoneda (eps 1, 5, 9) 
Yukie Tsuda (eps 2, 6, 10) 
Yuusuke Ishihara (eps 3, 7, 11) 
Finish Check:
Akiyo Takeda 
Ayumi Shimoura 
Kana Miyata 
Rie Takagi 
In-Between Animation:
Aika Aoki (eps 1, 6, 11) 
Akiko Higaki (eps 2, 7, 12) 
Aya Sato (eps 5, 10) 
Ayaka Tada (eps 4, 9) 
Hiroko Kuroda (eps 4, 9) 
Jun'ichi Uda (eps 2, 7, 12) 
Kaori Furukawa (eps 3, 8) 
Kazuhiko Horikawa (eps 3, 8) 
Kenji Murayama (eps 1, 6, 11) 
Kiyoka Negi (eps 2, 7, 12) 
Kumi Kuroda (eps 2, 7, 12) 
Kyōhei Andō (eps 3, 8) 
Maiko Nishioka (eps 2, 7, 12) 
Maiko Tanigami (eps 1, 6, 11) 
Maki Inoue (eps 3, 8) 
Manami Natsumeda (eps 4, 9) 
Mariko Tsutsumi (eps 5, 10) 
Masaki Teranishi (eps 5, 10) 
Mie Kiyohara (ep 4) 
Minako Usugi (eps 1, 6, 11) 
Minoru Ōta (eps 3, 8) 
Miyuki Egami (eps 4, 9) 
Motoki Matsumura (eps 1, 6, 11) 
Nami Iwasaki (eps 5, 10) 
Naoko Fujita (eps 2, 12) 
Noriko Kashihara (eps 4, 9) 
Shinpei Sawa (eps 5, 10) 
Youhei Kawasaki (eps 1, 6, 11) 
Yuichi Watanabe (eps 2, 7, 12) 
Yumi Fujii (eps 3, 8) 
Yumi Oohashi (eps 2, 7, 12) 
Yumi Ookawa (eps 4, 9) 
Yumiko Hashi (eps 5, 10) 
Insert Song Arrangement:
Hajime Hyakkoku (“My love is a stapler”) 
Hiroyuki Maezawa (“Curry nochi rice” ; “Fude pen ~bōru pen~”) 
Shigeo Komori ("Maddy Candy"; ep 4) 
Insert Song Composition:
Hiroyuki Maezawa (“Curry nochi rice” ; “Fude pen ~bōru pen~”) 
Kunihiko Murai ("Tsubasa o Kudasai"; ep 1) 
Miki Fujisue (“My love is a stapler”) 
Shigeo Komori ("Maddy Candy"; ep 4) 
Insert Song Lyrics:
Emi Inaba (“Curry nochi rice” ; “Fude pen ~bōru pen~” ; “My love is a stapler”) 
KANATA ("Maddy Candy"; ep 4) 
Michio Yamagami ("Tsubasa o Kudasai"; ep 1) 
Key Animation:
Akiyoshi Shibafuji (ep 10) 
Atsushi Saito (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11) 
Chise Kamoi (OP+Ep. 10) 
Chiyoko Ueno (ED + Eps. 5, 6, 11) 
Eisaku Kawanami (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12) 
Emiko Nakano (ED + Eps. 4, 9) 
Fumie Okano (ED + Eps. 4, 9) 
Fumio Tada (eps 10, 12) 
Fumiyasu Kodaka (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11) 
Futoshi Nishiya (ep 2) 
Hana Hosoda (OP+Ep. 10) 
Hira Kashiwagi (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12) 
Hiroko Utsumi (OP + Ep. 1, 6) 
Hiroshi Karata (OP; ep 10) 
Hiroyuki Takahashi (OP + Eps. 6, 10) 
Jun Nakagawa (eps 5, 11) 
Kayo Hikiyama (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12) 
Kazumi Ikeda (eps 1, 12) 
Kazuya Sakamoto (ED+Eps. 10, 12) 
Kō Kaneshige (eps 2, 5, 7) 
Kozue Yoshida (ep 5) 
Kunihiro Hane (OP+Ep. 10) 
Mariko Takahashi (eps 1, 3, 8) 
Masato Fukushima (eps 2, 7, 11) 
Masatoshi Tsuji (ED + Eps. 4, 9) 
Masaya Makita (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12) 
Midori Nonoue (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12) 
Miku Kadowaki (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12) 
Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (eps 6, 8, 12) 
Nao Naitō (ED + Eps. 4, 9) 
Naoko Yamada (ED+Ep. 12) 
Natsumi Tada (ED + Eps. 5, 11) 
Nobuaki Maruki (ED + Eps. 4, 9) 
Noriko Takao (ED; ep 11) 
Noriyuki Kitanohara (OP; eps 10-12) 
Rika Ōta (eps 4, 9) 
Ryouhei Muta (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12) 
Saeko Oofuji (ED + Eps. 5, 11) 
Sayaka Ikeda (eps 2, 7, 11) 
Seiichi Akitake (OP) 
Shoko Ikeda (eps 7, 9) 
Taichi Ishidate (ED+Eps. 1, 12) 
Taiichi Ogawa (eps 5, 11) 
Takuya Yamamura (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12) 
Tatsuya Ishihara (ep 12) 
Tatsuya Satou (OP+Eps. 1, 3, 6, 8, 12) 
Teruyoshi Shidou (OP) 
Toshie Sezaki (OP+Eps. 2, 7) 
Yasuhiro Takemoto (ep 10) 
Yoshiaki Urata (ED + Ep. 5) 
Yoshinori Urata (ep 11) 
Yūgo Mizutani (OP+Ep. 10) 
Yuichi Itou (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11) 
Yukako Nakagawa (ED + Eps. 5, 11) 
Yukiko Horiguchi (eps 1, 7) 
Yuugo Oohashi (ep 4) 
Music producer: Shigeo Komori 
Musical Instrument Design: Hiroyuki Takahashi 
Photography:
Hiroki Ueda 
Kazuya Takao 
Kōhei Funamoto 
Natsumi Hamada 
Norihiro Tomiita 
Rin Yamamoto 
Ryuuta Nakagami 
Shin'ya Tomofuji 
Tetsuro Umezu 
Yoshiko Tanaka 
Yuji Shibata 
Production manager:
Ayana Oohashi (eps 2, 7) 
Ikuna Ōhashi (eps 2, 7) 
Keisuke Yokota (eps 3, 6, 8) 
Kunitaka Maeda (eps 1, 5, 11) 
Shin'ichirou Hatta (ep 10) 
Sōta Kawano (eps 4, 9) 
Special Effects: Rina Miura 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Shigeo Komori (ED) 
Tom-H@ck (OP) 
Theme Song Composition:
Hiroyuki Maezawa (ED) 
Tom-H@ck (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Shoko Omori (OP/ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Toyosaki (OP/ED) 
Ayana Taketatsu (OP/ED) 
Minako Kotobuki (OP/ED) 
Satomi Satou (OP/ED) 
Yōko Hikasa (OP/ED) 
Aki Toyosaki as Yui Hirasawa 

Asami Sanada as Sawako Yamanaka 
Ayana Taketatsu as Azusa Nakano 
Chika Fujitō as Nodoka Manabe 
Madoka Yonezawa as Ui Hirasawa 
Minako Kotobuki as Tsumugi Kotobuki 
Satomi Satou as Ritsu Tainaka 
Yōko Hikasa as Mio Akiyama 

Aiko Ōkubo as Teacher (ep 1) 
Aki Kanada as Satoshi's friend (ep 13) 
Asuka Horiguchi as Student (ep 8) 
Asuka Nishi as Student (ep 1) 
Asumi Kodama as Student council president (ep 11) 
Chiaki Kanou as Person in charge (ep 2) 
Chie Nakamura as Kawakami-san (ep 14) 
Chihiro Tagaino as Nodoka's mother (ep 12) 
Daichi Kanbara as First love (ep 5) 
Eiji Maruyama as Butler Saitō (ep 10) 
Eri Nakao as Maki (ep 14) 
Eri Sendai as Aya (ep 14) 
Hisafumi Oda as Clerk (ep 11) 
Kengo Nishioka as Assistant (ep 14) 
Kentarou Tone as Teacher (ep 5) 
Kiyohito Yoshikai as Customer (ep 6) 
Kokoro Kikuchi as Student (ep 8) 
Mai Goto as Student (ep 6) 
Mami Fujita as Student (ep 9) 
Miho Miyagawa as Teacher (ep 3) 
Mika Itou as Satoshi Tainaka (ep 13) 
Riki Kitazawa as Yui's father (ep 7) 
Rio Natsuki as Yui's mother (ep 7) 
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Clerk (ep 11) 
Takashi Mito as Scary person (ep 1) 
Tomoaki Maeno as Clerk (eps 2, 11) 
Tomoko Nakamura as Student (ep 6) 
Yasuaki Takumi as Garbage collection voice (ep 12) 
Yoriko Nagata as
Jun Suzuki (eps 8, 12-14) 
Student (ep 6) 
Yu Shimamura as Student (ep 6) 
Yui Shoji as Clerk (eps 1, 13) 
Yuiko Tatsumi as Student (ep 8) 
Yuka Nishigaki as Eri (ep 14) 
Yukika Teramoto as Student (ep 9) 
Yukiko Monden as Sayaka (ep 14) 
Yūtarō Shimizu as Customer (ep 13) 
Japanese companies
Animation Assistance: Animation DO 
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation 
Backgrounds:
Anime Workshop Basara 
Headworks 
Broadcaster:
BS-i (2009-04-25) 
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd (2009-04-16) 
Disney Channel Japan 
HBC (2009-04-16) 
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2009-04-09) 
RCC Chugoku Broadcasting (2009-04-17) 
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting (2009-04-18) 
SBS (2009-04-22) 
TBC (2009-04-16) 
TBS (2009-04-02) 
Editing: Studio Gong 
Finish Animation: Studio Blue 
In-Between Animation: Studio Blue 
Music Production: Pony Canyon 
Production:
Kyoto Animation 
MOVIC 
Pony Canyon 
TBS 
Production Cooperation:
Kyoto Animation 
MOVIC 
Pony Canyon 
Recording Studio: studio2010: 
Sound Production: Rakuonsha 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Tony Oliver 
Translation: David Fleming 
ADR Script: Tony Oliver 
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi 
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman (Bang Zoom!) 
Kaeko Sakamoto (Bang Zoom!) 
Taku Otsuka 

Assistant producer: Victor Sgroi 
Associate Casting Director: Mami Okada 
Associate producer: Loy Fruel 
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto 
Co-Producer: Mami Okada 
Dialogue Editing:
Marco Bustos (eps 12-14) 
Oscar Garcia (eps 12-14) 
Ricardo Watson 
Engineering Assistant: Austin Shannon 
Insert Song Performance:
Cristina Vee (vol. 3 extra)  (vol. 2 extra) 
Post-Production Assistant: Oscar Garcia 
Production Assistant:
Christine Marie Cabanos 
Luis Lau (Vol. 1) 
Rod Pio Roda (Vol. 1) 
Yugo Nakamura (Vol. 1) 
Production Coordination:
Mio Moroe 
Yugo Nakamura (Vol. 2) 
Yuko Sakurai (Vol. 1) 
Production manager: Emily Nicolas 
Re-Recording Mixing:
Michael Brooks 
Patrick Rodman (eps 12-14) 
Recording engineer:
Marco Bustos 
Oscar Garcia (eps 12-14) 
Ricardo Watson 
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman 
Spotting: Emily Nicolas 
Subtitling: David Fleming 
Lily Truncale as Yui Hirasawa (Animax dub) 
Muriel Hofmann as Ritsu Tainaka (Animax dub) 
Stephanie Sheh as Yui Hirasawa 

Cassandra Lee as Ritsu Tainaka 
Christine Marie Cabanos as Azusa Nakano 
Cristina Vee as Mio Akiyama 
Karen Strassman as Sawako Yamanaka 
Laura Bailey as Nodoka Manabe 
Michelle Ann Dunphy as Jun Suzuki 
Muriel Hofmann as Nodoka Manabe (Animax dub) 
Shelby Lindley as Tsumugi Kotobuki 
Xanthe Huynh as Ui Hirasawa 

Amanda C. Miller as
Boy on TV (ep 12) 
Maki (ep 14) 
Megumi Sokabe (ep 11) 
Satoshi Tainaka (ep 13) 
Student (ep 9) 
Christine Marie Cabanos as Yui's Mother (ep 7) 
Erik Kimerer as Clerk (ep 11) 
Erika Harlacher as
Announcer (ep 12) 
Clerk (ep 13) 
Shiho (ep 14) 
Gueyla Lantto as
Boy on TV (ep 12) 
Kawakami (ep 14) 
Satoshi's friend (ep 12) 
Heather Pennington as
Aya (ep 14) 
Mom on TV (ep 12) 
Trainer (ep 13) 
Tony Oliver as
Assistant (ep 14) 
Customer (ep 13) 
Saito (ep 10) 
Scary man (ep 1) 
Trash Collection Announcement (ep 12) 
Yui's Father (ep 7) 
Victor Sgroi as Store Clerk (ep 11) 
Virginia You as Student (ep 8) 
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment 
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia 
Animax India 
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand) 
Manga Entertainment (UK) 
Viz Media Europe 
Dubbing Studio: Red Angel Media (Animax dub ) 
Internet Streaming: The Anime Network 
Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment 
Subtitles: Bang Zoom! Entertainment 
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Distributor: Ein's M&M Co, Ltd. 
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Jennifer Fauveau as Yui Hirasawa 

Caroline Combes as Ui Hirasawa 
Caroline Mozzone as Ritsu Tainaka 
Frédérique Marlot as Azusa Nakano 
Gwenäelle Julien as Nodoka Manabe 
Jessie Lambotte as Sawako Yamanaka 
Marie Diot as Tsumugi Kotobuki 
Nathalie Bienaime as Jun Suzuki 
Nayeli Forest as Mio Akiyama 

Jean-Pierre Leblan 
Julien Chatelet 
Pascale Chemin 
Pauline de Meurville 
French companies
Distributor: Kaze 
Dubbing: WanTake 
German cast
German staff
Director: Gabi Böhm 
Anita Hopt as Mio 
Jennifer Weiss as Ritsu 
Julia Meynen as Yui 
Kristina Tietz as Azusa 
Marianne Graffam as Tsumugi 

Antje von der Ahe as Sawako 
Shalin Rogall as Nodoka 

Tabea Börner as Ui 
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany 
Dubbing: TV Synchron Berlin 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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