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Chobits (TV)

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[ adapted from Chobits (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Chibits (special) (spinoff)
    Chobits (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Чобиты (Russian)
ちょびっツ (Japanese)
Themes: love, robot girl
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: In the future, personal computers have developped into "Persocons", mobile computers that look like human beings. Hideki Motosuwa, a prep school student, desperately wants to buy a Persocon but cannot afford to. One day he finds a Persocon that has been thrown away and decides to keep it. When he turns on the Persocon, all she can say is "Chii" so he decides to name her that. After a while it starts to become apparent that Chii is more than an average Persocon. Having much better performance, it seems that Chii might be a "Chobit", a type of advanced Persocon rumoured to have independent thought.
User Ratings: 4729 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 527 votes (sub:351, dub:156, raw:6, Spa.sub:6, Ger.dub:3, ?:3, Ger.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 1175 votes (sub:826, dub:310, Spa.sub:14, ?:7, Por.sub:4, edit.dub:4, raw:4, Fre.sub:3, Ger.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 1259 votes (sub:886, dub:309, Spa.sub:14, ?:12, Fre.sub:7, edit.dub:6, Por.sub:5, Pol.sub:4, Ger.dub:4, raw:4, Ger.sub:2, Ita.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, Spa.dub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Good: 934 votes (sub:679, dub:216, Spa.sub:17, raw:6, edit.dub:4, ?:2, Ita.sub:2, Por.sub:2, Pol.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Dut.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Kor.sub:1)
 Decent: 412 votes (sub:323, dub:74, Spa.sub:4, ?:3, Fre.sub:2, edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, raw:1, Fre.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 So-so: 180 votes (sub:133, dub:38, edit.dub:2, raw:2, Pol.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 91 votes (sub:73, dub:13, ?:3, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Weak: 90 votes (sub:64, dub:21, raw:1, edit.dub:1, Kor.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Bad: 29 votes (sub:21, dub:7, ?:1)
 Awful: 17 votes (sub:13, dub:3, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 9219 users, rank: #12
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.726 (Very good-.27), std. dev.: 1.7004, rank: #678
Weighted mean: 7.598 (Very good-.40), rank: #709 (seen all: 7.78 / seen some: 6.74 / won't finish: 4.20)
Bayesian estimate: 7.598 (Very good-.40), rank: #514
Running time: 26 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2002-04-02 to 2002-09-24
2008-04-16 (Portugal - Animax)
2008-04-16 (Spain - Animax)
Releases: We have 14
Opening Theme:
"Let Me Be With You" by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino
Ending Theme:
#1: "Raison d'Être" by Rie Tanaka (eps 1-12)
#2: "Ningyohime" by Rie Tanaka (eps 13-25)
#3: "Katakoto no Koi (duet ver.)" by Rie Tanaka and Tomokazu Sugita (ep 26)
Links: We have 6
Trivia: We have 9
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Related reviews:
    Chobits DVD 6
    Chobits DVD 2
    Chobits DVD 1

Related releases:
    Chobits - Persocom (DVD 1) 2003-03-11 (from $5.00)
    Chobits - Persocom + Artbox (DVD 1) 2003-03-11
    Chobits - Persocom DVD + Artbox + Limited Edition Extra (DVD 1) 2003-03-11
    Chobits - The Empty City (DVD 2) 2003-05-13 (from $5.00)
    Chobits - Darkness Descends (DVD 3) 2003-07-08 (from $5.00)
    Chobits - Love Defined (DVD 4) 2003-09-09 (from $5.00)
    Chobits - Disappearance (DVD 5) 2003-11-11
    Chobits - My Only Person (DVD 6) 2004-01-13 (from $5.00)
    Chobits - Chat Room (DVD 7) 2004-03-09 (from $17.99)
    Chobits - 3-pack (DVD 1-3) 2004-07-06 (from $12.00)
    Chobits - Box Set (ThinPak) (DVD 1-7) 2005-11-08
    Chobits - DVD Box 1 (DVD 1-3) 2005-01-11 (from $19.99)
    Chobits - DVD Box 2 (DVD 4-6) 2005-01-11
    Chobits: Character Song Collection (DVD)
    Chobits (OST 1) 2003-07-01

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Morio Asaka

Script:
Akiko Horii
Genjiro Kaneko
Jukki Hanada
Nanase Ohkawa
Sumio Uetake
Tomoyasu Okubo
Tsuyoshi Tamai

Storyboard:
Hideki Inoue (ep 25)
Hiroshi Aoyama (ep 10)
Hiroshi Hara (eps 6, 20)
Hiroyuki Tanaka (eps 9, 18)
Hon Shimazu (4 episodes

eps 11, 14, 17, 21
)
Jun'ichi Sakata (4 episodes
eps 4, 13, 22, 24
)

Kenichi Yatagai (ep 3)
Kiyoko Sayama (eps 7, 12, 23)
Makoto Fuchigami (ep 19)
Masayuki Kojima (ep 2)
Morio Asaka (eps 1, 26)
Nanako Shimazaki (eps 5, 16)
Sunao Katabuchi (ep 8)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (ep 15)

Episode Director:
Fumiharu Kamanaka (ep 3)
Hideki Inoue (ep 8)
Hiroshi Kimura (ep 17)
Hiroyuki Tanaka (eps 9, 18)
Kaoru Suzuki (eps 4, 12)
Kazuhiro Ozawa (ep 23)
Makoto Fuchigami (eps 10, 19)
Masahiko Ohta (eps 15, 22)
Mitsuo Hashimoto (eps 11, 23)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ep 21)
Morio Asaka (eps 1, 26)
Nanako Shimazaki (eps 5, 16, 24)
Osamu Sekita (ep 14)
Ryo Miyata (4 episodes

eps 6, 13, 20, 25
)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (ep 2)
Tomoki Kobayashi (ep 7)

Music:
Dan Miyakawa (Strings Arrangement)
Katsutoshi Kitagawa (lyrics)
Keitaro Takanami

Original Manga: CLAMP

Character Design: Hisashi Abe

Art director: Chikako Shibata

Chief Animation Director: Hisashi Abe

Animation director:
Hiroyuki Yanase (ep 3)
Hisashi Abe (4 episodes

eps 1, 9, 18, 26
)
Junko Abe (ep 2)
Kunihiko Hamada (ep 3)
Kunihiko Sakurai (eps 8, 16, 22)
Mariko Fujita (ep 12)
Masakazu Saito (ep 23)
Masaru Kitao (eps 15, 21)
Masayoshi Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 20, 25
)

Motoichi Murakami (ep 10)
Satoshi Tazaki (eps 19, 24)
Shigeru Fujita (ep 5)
Shinichiro Minami (ep 11)
Takashi Uchida (ep 4)
Yuichi Tanaka (eps 7, 17)
Yuki Iwai (ep 14)

Sound director: Masafumi Mima

Director of Photography:
Katsuyoshi Kishi
Takeshi Katsurayama
Tsuyoshi Kazumoto

Producer:
Tatsuya Ono
Tetsuo Gensho
Yuichi Sekido

Color Key: Yuriko Kadamoto

Editing: Satoshi Terauchi

Inserted Song Arrangement: F.T.C.C. (ep 26 - I hear you everywhere)

Inserted Song Composition: Caoli Cano (ep 26 - I hear you everywhere)

Inserted Song Lyrics: Caoli Cano (ep 26 - I hear you everywhere)

Inserted Song Performance: Rie Tanaka (ep 26 - I hear you everywhere)

Planning:
Junji Seki
Masao Maruyama

Publicity:
Mizuho Tanaka
Takashi Iida

Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (Soundbox)

Theme Song Arrangement: Keitaro Takanami (ED 3)

Theme Song Composition:
Akino Arai (ED 2)
Keitaro Takanami (ED 3)
Rui Nagai (ED 1)

Theme Song Lyrics: Keitaro Takanami (ED 3)

Theme Song Performance:
Nino (OP)
Rie Tanaka (ED1/ED2)
Round Table (OP)
Tomokazu Sugita (ED 3)

 

Rie Tanaka as Chii

Tomokazu Sugita as Hideki Motosuwa

Fumiko Orikasa as Yuzuki

Houko Kuwashima as Minoru Kokubunji

Isshin Chiba as Jima

Junichi Suwabe as Yoshiyuki Kojima

Kikuko Inoue as Chitose Hibiya

Megumi Toyoguchi as Yumi Omura

Motoko Kumai as Sumomo

Ryoka Yuzuki as Takako Shimizu

Tomokazu Seki as Hiromu Shinbo

Yuji Ueda as Hiroyasu Ueda

Yuka Tokumitsu as Dita

Yukana Nogami as Kotoko

Hiroko Ōnaka as High School Girl B (ep 4)

Jun Shikano as
Maid (ep 16)
Maid A (ep 2)

Junichi Suwabe as Player (ep 13)

Kanji Suzumori as
Bamboo Pole Seller (ep 15)
Salaryman (ep 1)

Kaori Takeda as Clerk B (ep 4)

Katsuya Fujiwara as Student (ep 15)

Kentaro Honda as
Couple (Man) (ep 11)
Passer-by (ep 1)

Koichi Sakaguchi as Police Officer (ep 8)

Kouichi Toochika as Glasses Man (ep 8)

Kumiko Izumi as Reporter (ep 24)

Masaki Aizawa as Tetsuya Omura

Masaya Oshima as
Man (ep 4)
Shopkeeper (ep 3)

Masumi Kageyama as
Convenience store persocom (ep 1)
Couple (Woman) (ep 11)

Naomi Shindoh as Ueda's persocom (ep 21)

Natsuki Yoshihara as Woman Customer (ep 24)

Rika Wakusawa as Clerk A (ep 4)

Ryou Hirohashi as
Bath Woman (ep 10)
Convenience store persocom (ep 12)
Maid B (ep 2)
Maid persocom
Persocom (ep 1)

Shou Wada as Student (ep 3)

Suguru Ōnuma as Student (ep 15)

Takeshi Sasaki as
Employee (ep 3)
Employee (ep 7)
Florist Shopkeeper (ep 21)
Passer-by (ep 8)

Yoshinori Sonobe as
Book Store Clerk (eps 5, 20)
Man (ep 10)
Snack Mama (ep 3)

Yugo Takahashi as
Persocom owner (ep 25)
Student (ep 16)

Yuka Tokumitsu as Persocom of "My Pleasure"

Yumiko Daikoku as High School Girl A (ep 4)

Japanese companies 

Animation: Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster:
BS-i
TBS

Co-Production: Madhouse Studios

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Original story: CLAMP

Production:
Chobits Production Committee
PIONEER LDC
TBS

Recording Studio: Studio Aoi

Sound Production: Techno Sound

Video Editing: Q Tech

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Eric P. Sherman

Translation: Rika Takahashi

ADR Script:
Fred Kennamer
Michael McConnohie (eps 5-8)

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Kaeko Sakamoto
Kevin Chu

Assistant producer: Mami Okada

Dialogue Editing: Patrick Rodman

DVD Executive Producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

DVD Producer: Kevin Chu

DVD Supervising Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto

Post-Production Assistant: Deb Munini

Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Rozett

Recording engineer: Patrick Rodman

Spotting:
Stephanie Sheh
Tetsuya Fujita
Yuka Juta

Subtitling: Clark Cheng

Supervising Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto

Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman

 

Crispin Freeman as Hideki Motosuwa

Michelle Ruff as Chii

David Lucas as Hiroyasu Ueda

Ellen Wilkinson as Chitose Hibiya

Julie Maddalena as Yumi Ohmura

Karen Strassman as Yuzuki

Kay Jensen as Kotoko

Midge Mayes as Dita

Mona Marshall as Minoru Kokobunji

Ron Allen as Jima

Sandy Fox as Sumomo

Terrence Stone as Yoshiyuki Kojima

Tony Oliver as Hiromu Shinbo

Wendee Lee as Takako Shimizu

Dave Lelyveld as Peep Show Manager

Doug Stone as Tetsuya Ohmura

Ellen Wilkinson as Clerk #2 (ep 4)

Julie Maddalena as Minoru's Persocom

Karen Strassman as Clerk #1 (ep 4)

Michelle Ruff as
Atashi
Freya
Minoru's Persocom
Student #2 (ep 4)

Ron Allen as
Driver (ep 4)
Pess' Owner
Police Officer (ep 4)
Pub Employee

Terrence Stone as RPG Player

Wendee Lee as
Intercom Voice (ep 2)
Persocom (ep 1)
Student #1 (ep 4)

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
The Anime Network

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
MVM (UK)

Dubbing: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Subtitles: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Korean staff 
Korean companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Anione

Korean cast 
(none)
French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Jean-Pascal Quilichini

Adaptation:
Carsten Toti
Émilie Lonchampt
Ludovic Torreton
Tim Stevens

ADR Coordinators:
Jean-Yves Rigaud
Sandrine Ringuière

Collection Director: Cedric Littardi

Editing: Nathalie Térisse-Martinez

Production manager: Pierre Xavier

Recording & Mixing Engineer: Benjamin Cabaj

Supervision:
Cedric Littardi
Lionel Marty

 

Benoit Dupac as Hiroshi

Laurence Bréheret as Takako

Susan Sindberg as Minoru

Adeline Moreau

Benjamin Pascal

Benoit Du Pac

Francoise Escobar

Frederic Popovic

Laurence Bréheret

Marjolaine Poulain

Martial Le Minoux

Martial Leminoux

Patrick Bethune

Stéphane Ronchewski

Stéphanie Ronchewski

Suzanne Sindberg

Véronique Uzureau

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Europe 2 TV
Virgin 17

Distributor: Kaze

Dubbing: Midisync


Spanish cast 
Spanish staff 

Recording Ingeneer: Marc Arambudo

Theme Song Performance: Marta Mateo (OP)

Núria Trifol as Chii (European Spanish dub)

Pablo Sevilla as Hideki Motosuwa (Spain dub)

Albert Trifol Jr. as Hiromu Shinbo (European Spanish dub) 

Albert Trifol Segarra as Hiromu Shinbo (Spain dub)

Elisabet Bargalló as Sumomo (Spain dub)

José Antonio Torrabadella as Minoru Kokubonji (Spain dub)

Marta Barbará as Yuzuki (Spain dub)

Nuria Doménech as Chitose Hibiya (Spain dub)

Roser Vilches as Yumi Omura (Spain dub)

Claudio Domingo as Hiroyasu Ueda (Spain dub)

Gemma Ibáñez as Tatako Shimizu (Spain dub)

Oriol Rafel as
Jefe Omura (Spain dub)
Zimma (Spain dub)

Alberto Trifol (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax España
Buzz Channel (Spain)

Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever (Barcelona, Spain)

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Anna-Maria Kuricova as Yumi Omura

Barbara Seifert as Chi

Christine Schlembach as Sumomo

Dinis Loures as Minoru Kokubunji

Karin Schubert as Chitose Hibiya

Marco Steeger as Yoshiyuki Kojima

Melanie Wiegmann as Yuzuki

Nina Marschke as Takako Shimizu

Olaf Michael Ostertag as Tetsuya Omura

Patrick Schmitz as Shinbo Hiromu

Sascha Kaufmann as Hideki Motosuwa

German companies 

Distributor:
ADV Films (DT) (germany)
Universum-Films


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.

Subtitles: TVS - Titra Film

Dutch cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: MC Entertainment

Russian cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Hyper

Polish cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Animax Portugal

Portuguese cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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