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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)
쵸비츠 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
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: 6254 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 670 votes (sub:437, dub:202, raw:6, edit.dub:4, ?:4, others:17
10 Spanish subtitled
3 German dubbed
2 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 1477 votes (sub:991, dub:440, raw:6, ?:6, edit.dub:5, others:29
16 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 1659 votes (sub:1109, dub:475, ?:12, edit.dub:8, raw:5, others:50
20 Spanish subtitled
7 French subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
4 Polish subtitled
4 German dubbed
3 German subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Thai language dubbed
)
 Good: 1278 votes (sub:868, dub:358, raw:7, edit.dub:4, ?:2, others:39
20 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Korean subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Decent: 593 votes (sub:430, dub:145, ?:5, raw:2, others:11
4 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 253 votes (sub:172, dub:68, raw:3, ?:3, edit.dub:3, others:4
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 124 votes (sub:95, dub:22, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 123 votes (sub:82, dub:36, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Bad: 40 votes (sub:29, dub:9, ?:1, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Awful: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:5, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 16 votes (sub:11, dub:5)
Seen in part or in whole by 12460 users, rank: #14 (of 5579)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.675 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6954, rank: #892 (of 5568)
Weighted mean: 7.549 (Very good−), rank: #948 (of 5568) (seen all: 7.72 / seen some: 6.71 / won't finish: 4.24)
Bayesian estimate: 7.549 (Very good−), rank: #729 (of 4248)
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)
Release dates: 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 3
Trivia: We have 12
Reviews:
Chobits DVD 6 (Feb 20, 2004)
Chobits DVD 2 (Jun 9, 2003)
Chobits DVD 1 (Mar 5, 2003)
News: Show:
Madman Panel (Apr 5, 2011)
Day 2 (Jun 8, 2010)
Anime Boston - Day 2 (Apr 5, 2010)
Otakon 2007 - Tokyopop (Jul 21, 2007)
Anime Expo Awards (Jul 19, 2004)
Pioneer Entertainment (Sep 1, 2003)
Chobits on TV? (Jul 30, 2003)
New Release Dates (Apr 24, 2003)
Top Anime Listing (Jul 25, 2002)
AX 2002: Pioneer Panel (Jul 11, 2002)
Top Anime in Japan (Jun 11, 2002)
Weekly Releases (Mar 26, 2002)
Other articles: Show:
Shelf Life - K-On Flux (May 30, 2011)
Hey, Answerman! (Oct 24, 2008)
Hey, Answerman! (Oct 10, 2008)
Hey, Answerman! (Aug 22, 2008)
Hey, Answerman! (Jun 13, 2008)
Hey, Answerman! (Jul 13, 2006)
KUROSUFAIYAH! (Feb 11, 2003)
Shelf Life (Dec 23, 2002)
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Blu-Ray
    Chobits - Complete Box Set [Classic] (Blu-Ray) 2011-05-10 (from $25.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Chobits - Complete Box Set [Classic] (DVD) 2011-05-10 (from $27.36)
    Chobits - Persocom (DVD 1) 2003-03-11 (from $7.53)
    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 $3.16)
    Chobits - Darkness Descends (DVD 3) 2003-07-08 (from $3.99)
    Chobits - Love Defined (DVD 4) 2003-09-09 (from $8.19)
    Chobits - Disappearance (DVD 5) 2003-11-11 (from $14.05)
    Chobits - My Only Person (DVD 6) 2004-01-13 (from $19.38)
    Chobits - Chat Room (DVD 7) 2004-03-09
    Chobits - 3-pack (DVD 1-3) 2004-07-06 (from $9.99)
    Chobits - Box Set (ThinPak) (DVD 1-7) 2005-11-08
    Chobits - DVD Box 1 (DVD 1-3) 2005-01-11
    Chobits - DVD Box 2 (DVD 4-6) 2005-01-11
Soundtrack
    Chobits (OST) 2003-10-07
    Chobits (OST 1) 2003-07-01 (from $22.11)
    Chobits: Character Song Collection (OST) 2004-02-17

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Morio Asaka
Script:
Akiko Horii
Genjiro Kaneko (eps 1-2, 4-14)
Jukki Hanada
Nanase Ohkawa (ep 9)
Sumio Uetake
Tomoyasu Okubo (eps 3, 9, 18)
Tsuyoshi Tamai (eps 9, 15-26)
Storyboard:
Hideki Inoue (ep 25)
Hiroshi Aoyama (ep 10)
Hiroshi Hara (eps 6, 20)
Hiroyuki Kitakubo (OP; see trivia)
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 Tasaki (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
Assistant Animation Director: Satoshi Tasaki (ep 26)
Color Key: Yuriko Kadomoto
Digital Composite:
Hiroshi Yoshida (Digital Cosmos; 18 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10-17, 19-26
)

Hisayuki Sadamatsu (Digital Cosmos; 18 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10-17, 19-26
)

Koichi Gonda (Digital Cosmos; 18 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10-17, 19-26
)

Tohru Sugawara (Digital Cosmos; 18 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10-17, 19-26
)

Yuko Orikasa (Digital Cosmos; 18 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10-17, 19-26
)

Yumiko Morimoto (Digital Cosmos; 18 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10-17, 19-26
)

In-Between Check: Masayoshi Tanaka (ep 13)
Insert Song Arrangement: F.T.C.C. (I hear you everywhere; ep 26)
Insert Song Lyrics: Caoli Cano (I hear you everywhere; ep 26)
Insert Song Performance: Rie Tanaka (I hear you everywhere; ep 26)
Inserted Song Composition: Caoli Cano (I hear you everywhere; ep 26)
Key Animation:
Kumi Ishii (eps 8, 21, 26)
Masayoshi Tanaka (eps 13, 20, 25)
Satoshi Tasaki (ep 16)
Offline Editing: Kashiko Kimura (Madhouse Henshushitsu)
Production Advancement: Seimei Shirodokoro (5 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 16, 26
)

Production Desk: Reiko Fujikawa
Production Supervision: Hidenobu Watanabe (Art Land; 4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 20, 25
)

Recording Adjustment: Makoto Uchida (Omnibus Promotion)
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (Soundbox)
Sound Production:
Keiichiro Okamura (Techno Sound)
Masamitu Onodera (Techno Sound)
Tomoko Nakajima (Techno Sound)
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)
Nanase Ohkawa (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Nino (OP)
Rie Tanaka (ED1/ED2)
Round Table (OP)
Tomokazu Sugita (ED 3)
Web Designer: Kaoru Nishimaki
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
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
Backgrounds:
Atelier Booka (11 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 8, 11-12, 14, 20, 22, 24-25
)

Image Room Jiro (eps 5, 7, 10)
Studio Canon (17 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21, 23, 25-26
)

Broadcaster:
BS-i
TBS
Co-Production: Madhouse Studios
Digital Composite:
Asahi Production (eps 2-8 even)
Cubic Lab (ep 1)
Digital Cosmos (21 episodes
eps 3-9 odd, 10-26
)

Digital Paint:
Dr. Movie (16 episodes
eps 1-5, 8, 12-13, 15-18, 21-22, 24, 26
)

Studio Elle (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 19, 26
)

Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Original Titles: Maki Pro
Production Cooperation:
Artland (5 episodes
eps 9, 13, 18, 20, 25
)

Daume (ep 23)
Mook Animation (eps 10, 18-19)
MOVIC
Office Take Off (eps 3, 9)
PIONEER LDC
Studio Fantasia (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 12, 18
)

Studio Flag (5 episodes
eps 7, 9, 14, 17-18
)

Recording Studio: Studio Aoi
Sound Production: Techno Sound
Video Editing: Q Tech
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Eric P. Sherman
Translation: Rika Takahashi
ADR Script:
Fred Kennamer
Michael McConnohie (eps 5-8)
Executive producer:
Gen Fukunaga (Anime Classics)
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer:
Carly Hunter (Anime Classics)
Eric P. Sherman
Justin Cook (Anime Classics)
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
Lead Video Engineer: Sarah Mueller (Anime Classics)
Post-Production Assistant:
Aya Spann (Anime Classics)
Deb Munini
Jason Weems (Anime Classics)
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Rozett
Recording engineer: Patrick Rodman
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla (Anime Classics)
Jeremy Jimenez (Anime Classics)
Subtitling: Clark Cheng
Supervising Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
Video Editing:
Ashley Rosse (Anime Classics)
Christopher Bryan (Anime Classics)
Jessie Mancilla (Anime Classics)
Josh Tyler (Anime Classics)
Robert Bell (Anime Classics)
Video Engineer:
Brittany Smith (Anime Classics)
Casey Barteau (Anime Classics)
Michael Rivas (Anime Classics)
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler (Anime Classics)
Crispin Freeman as Hideki Motosuwa

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
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Mi-Na Yun as Chii
Won-Hyeong Choi as Lee Hisu (Hideki Motosuwa)

Dong-Gyun Yu as Yeongjae (Hiroyasu Ueda)
Eui-Jin Chae as Dana (Chitose Hibiya)
Eun-Suk Jang as Gang Yumi (Yumi Omura)
Gyeong-Hui Jang as Sumomo
Jeong-Min Bae as
Dita
Dokgo Jeongmin (Minoru Kokubunji)
Koko (Kotoko)
Jong-Pil Byeon as Do Yeongman (Yoshiyuki Kojima)
Ju-Yeong Bae as Roji (Yuzuki)
Myeong-Hwa Cha as Cha Myeonghwa (Takako Shimizu)
Sang-Hyeon Eom as Hiromu Shinbo
Yong-Uk An as Jima

Ju-Yeong Bae as Freya
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Anione
French staff
French cast
French companies
Distributor: Kaze
Dubbing: Midisync
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Recording engineer: Marc Arambudo
Theme Song Performance: Marta Mateo (OP)
Núria Trifol as Chii (European Spanish dub)
Pablo Sevilla as Hideki Motosuwa (Spain 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)
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever (Barcelona, Spain)
Translation: TRADUCCIONES IMPOSIBLES (Spain dub)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Anna-Maria Kuricova as Yumi Omura
Dinis Loures as Minoru Kokubunji
Karin Schubert as Chitose Hibiya
Marco Steeger as Yoshiyuki Kojima
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)
Kazé Germany (Re-Release)
Universum-Films
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.
Subtitles: TVS - Titra Film
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: GMA Network (coming soon) 
Tagalog cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
Translation: Monika Szpetulska
(none)
Polish companies
Broadcaster: Hyper
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Portugal
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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