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Kujibiki Unbalance (OAV)

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[ related to Genshiken (TV) ]

Related anime:
    Kujibiki Unbalance (manga) (alternate retelling)
      Kujibiki Unbalance (TV) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
Kujian 
くじびきアンバランス (Japanese) 
不平衡抽籤 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: comedy , romance , tournament 
Themes: school 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: Chihiro Enomoto is a freshman that just got to a new school called Rikkyoin High School. He lost his parents in a traffic accidents when he was 10. Since then, he has been living only with his elder sister Shinobu. He is good at cooking and cleaning, and does all the housekeeping jobs. He fell in love with Tokino (orange hair) at the first sight when he met her in the school library on the first day of school. Another girl named Ritsuko (the big yellow helmet), childhood friend of Chihiro and the chair of student council, falls in the love with the boy instantly after this long-awaited reunion. But she is not the only one who is in love with him. This is the story about a one-year campaign among the candidates for the next students government leaders, who are also chosen by the lot (kujibiki), in order to gain the position. 
User Ratings: 445 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:5)
 Excellent: 34 votes (sub:26, dub:7, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 70 votes (sub:53, dub:16, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
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 Good: 131 votes (sub:89, dub:35, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
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 Decent: 86 votes (sub:68, dub:14, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 45 votes (sub:30, dub:6, ?:2, raw:2, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 30 votes (sub:22, dub:7, raw:1)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:2)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 864 users, rank: #1092 (of 5563)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.445 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8687, rank: #3327 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 6.396 (Decent+), rank: #3384 (of 5553) (seen all: 6.48 / seen some: 5.80 / won't finish: 4.47)
Bayesian estimate: 6.423 (Decent+), rank: #3013 (of 4226)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 3 
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage: 2004-12-22 
Opening Theme:
"Kujibiki Unbalance" by UNDER17 
Ending Theme:
"Kagayaki Cyalume (かがやきサイリューム)" by UNDER17 
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
Kujibiki Unbalance is a popular anime in Genshiken universe -- a story within a story. 
Review:
Genshiken DVD 1 (Aug 9, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Genshiken - The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture (DVD 1) 2005-07-26 (from $3.84)
    Genshiken - Volume 1 + Box (DVD 1) 2005-07-26 (from $17.30)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Screenplay: Michiko Yokote 
Storyboard: Tsutomu Mizushima (OP) 
Original creator: Shimoku Kio 
Original Character Design: Kengou Yagumo 
Art Director: Shin Okui 
Animation Director:
Haruo Ogawara 
Toshi Kubo (OP) 

Animation Check: Hiroshi Shirakawa 
Background Art:
Hiroshi Izumi 
Shin Okui 
Casting Management: Oki Matsuoka 
Color Check: Taro Kitagawa 
Color setting: Taro Kitagawa 
Dramatization:
Hijiri Sanpei (ED) 
Tomio Yamauchi 
Editing Assistant:
Ayako Nakagawa 
Munetomo Shii 
Key Animation: Tetsuya Takeuchi (ep 3) 
Music producer: Kenichiro Tsutsumi 
Production Assistant: Keigo Yusa 
Production Desk: Masahiro Kametani 
Production manager: Takuro Hatakeyama 
Production Recognition: Jun Hirata 
Recording Assistant: Yukako Taguchi 
Recording Technician: Wataru Anzai 
Sound Effects: Masahiro Nakano 
Sound Production: Rika Ishibashi 
Theme Song Performance:
Halko Momoi (UNDER17) 
Masaya Koike (UNDER17) 
Akemi Kanda as Tokino Akiyama 
Yuka Imai as Chihiro Enomoto 
Yukari Tamura as Komaki Asagiri 
Yuko Kaida as Izumi Tachibana 

Saeko Chiba as Ritsuko Kübel Kettenkrad 

Ayako Kawasumi as Kasumi Kisaragi 
Halko Momoi as Shinobu Enomoto 
Ikue Ohtani as Renko Kamishakujii 
Kana Ueda as Risa Humvee 
Kazuhiko Inoue as Yuya Kaburaki 
Keiichirou Satomi as Yoshida (ep 1) 
Kenichi Suzumura as Mugio Rokuhara 
Nanae Katou as Kenji Suzuki 1 (short) 
Takayuki Kondou as Watanabe (ep 1) 
Tarô Yamaguchi as Kenji Suzuki 2 (tall) 
Yuko Goto as Kaoruko Yamada 
Japanese companies
Animation: Anime R 
Assistant Editor: Actas 
Backgrounds: Studio Easter 
Broadcaster: KIDS STATION 
Final Line: Sung San Animation 
Music Production: Lantis 
Painting: VENET 
Photography: Asahi Production 
Recording Studio: Procen Studio 
Sound Production: Magic Capsule 
Video Editor: Data Art 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Bill Timoney 
Art Director: John Siers 
Translation: Duane Johnson 
Executive producer: John Sirabella 

Adaptation: Bill Timoney 
DVD Authoring:
Justin Kim 
Mike Schaubach 
Editing: Naneen Paglieri 
Editing Assistant: Rok Rodriguez 
Mixing: Joe Digiorgi 
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux 
Translation Manager: Anna Yamamoto 
Mandy Bonhomme as Komaki Asagiri 
Meg Francis as Izumi Tachibana 
Rich McNanna as Chihiro Enomoto 
Veronica Taylor as Tokino Akiyama 

Amanda Veautour as Treasurer 
Angora Deb as Kamishakujii Renko 
B. Simpson as Koyuki Asagiri 
Georgette Reilly as Maori 
Jayce Reeves as Ishida 
Lisa Ortiz as
Chihiro (Young) 
Yamada Kaoruko 
Liz Johnson as Shinobu Enomoto 
Rachael Lillis as Vice President 
Tim Breese as Kaburaki 
Todd Garbeil as Mugio Rokuhara 
Zoe Fries as President 

English companies
ADR Production: Headline Sound Studios 
Licensed by: Media Blasters 
German staff
German cast
(none)
Peggy Sander as Izumi Tachibana 
Raul Richter as Chihiro Enomoto 
Yvonne Greitzke as Tokino Akiyama 

Susanne Herrmann as Ritsuko Kübel Kettenrad 

Anja Stadlober as Kasumi Kisaragi 
Diana Borgwardt as Renko Kamishakujii 
Jill Böttcher as Kaoruko Yamada 
Kalpna Joshi as Lisa Humvee 
Konrad Bösherz as Mugio Rokuhara 
Maria Koschny as Shinobu Enomoto 
Marie Schramm as Asagiri Komaki 
German companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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