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Suzuka (TV)

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Alternative title:
Судзука (Russian)
Сузука (Russian)
涼風 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: sports, Track
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Yamato Akitsuki travels to Tokyo alone to study in one of the high schools located within the area. He lives in with his aunt who operates a public bath solely for the ladies in the local district and begins his normal high-school life. One day, he chances upon a girl in school and is immediately mesmerised by her beauty. He is shocked when he realise later that the girl, Suzuka, is actually living next door to him. From then on, Yamato's ordinary life begins to change little by little.
User Ratings: 1874 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 156 votes (sub:117, dub:34, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 343 votes (sub:257, dub:71, raw:3, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 503 votes (sub:364, dub:120, ?:3, edit.dub:2, others:14
8 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 467 votes (sub:341, dub:105, raw:3, edit.dub:2, others:16
5 French subtitled
3 Tagalog dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Decent: 203 votes (sub:138, dub:59, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 82 votes (sub:64, dub:17, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 36 votes (sub:25, dub:11)
 Weak: 34 votes (sub:25, dub:8, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 23 votes (sub:15, dub:7, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:6)
 Worst ever: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 3280 users, rank: #317 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.403 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8046, rank: #2164 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.260 (Good+), rank: #2510 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.37 / seen some: 6.89 / won't finish: 4.19)
Bayesian estimate: 7.262 (Good+), rank: #2266 (of 7243)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2005-07-06 to 2005-12-28
2006-12-03 (HERO TV Philippines)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
#1: "Start Line" by COACH☆
Ending Theme:
#1: "Aoi FIELD" by COACH☆ (eps 1-14)
#2: "Kimi no Koto" (君のこと) by COACH☆ (eps 15-26)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 4
Reviews:
Suzuka DVD 5 (Dec 5, 2007)
Suzuka DVD 4 (Nov 28, 2007)
Suzuka DVD 1 (Jun 22, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Suzuka (DVD 1) 2007-06-12 (from $4.85)
    Suzuka - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-06-12 (from $34.50)
    Suzuka (DVD 2) 2007-07-24 (from $13.98)
    Suzuka (DVD 3) 2007-09-04 (from $8.50)
    Suzuka (DVD 4) 2007-10-16 (from $4.98)
    Suzuka (DVD 5) 2007-11-27 (from $6.36)
    Suzuka (DVD 6) 2008-01-08 (from $11.00)
    Suzuka - The Complete Series (DVD 1-4) 2008-10-07 (from $20.68)
    Suzuka - The Complete Collection [Viridian Collection] (DVD 1-4) 2009-07-21 (from $15.99)
    Suzuka - The Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.] (DVD 1-4) 2010-06-22 (from $20.67)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi
Series Composition: Hiroko Tokita
ADR Director: Yūji Mitsuya
Script:
Hiroko Tokita (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 17, 19-20, 25-26
)

Michiko Itou (7 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 14, 18, 22-23
)

Yuka Yamada (8 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 21, 24
)

Storyboard:
Hiromichi Matano (eps 6, 13, 20)
Hiroshi Fukutomi (OP/ED+ep 1,4,15,22,26)
Hiroshi Ishiodori (6 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17-18, 21, 25
)

Kazumi Fukushima (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 10, 19, 24
)

Kumiko Habara (eps 5, 12)
Shigeru Kimiya (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 23
)

Yuichiro Miyake (ep 14)
Episode Director:
Ayumi Ishihara (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 17, 24
)

Hiromichi Matano (4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 20, 26
)

Hiroshi Fukutomi (ep 1)
Hiroshi Ishiodori (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 18, 25
)

Kahoru Igusa (eps 14, 21)
Ken Katō (eps 5, 12, 19)
Minoru Yamaoka (eps 8, 15, 22)
Shigeru Kimiya (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 23
)

Yuichiro Miyake (ep 7)
Original creator: Kouji Seo
Character Design: Tadashi Shida
Art Director: Yasutoshi Kawai
Animation Director:
Akio Hirakawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 18, 25
)

Ichizō Kobayashi (ep 23)
Ippei Ichii (ep 22)
Kazuya Morimae (ep 21)
Keiichi Ishida (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 14, 21
)

Masami Abe (ep 22)
Mitsunori Yamaguchi (eps 8, 15)
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 20, 26
)

Shigeru Uchihara (eps 2, 9, 16)
Tadashi Shida (OP/END)
Tomohiro Koyama (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 17, 24
)

Yūji Yanase (eps 5, 12, 19)
Sound Director: Kazuzou Hamano
Director of Photography: Kouji Aoki
Animation producer: Koji Beppu
Casting Cooperation: Yumiko Kikuchi
Color Coordination: Terumi Hamahata
Music Performance: Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Production Desk: Shūji Matsushita
Recording: Takayuki Yamaguchi
Setting Production: Tadashi Shiobara
Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mitsui
Theme Song Arrangement:
can goo (ED1)
Kouichirou Tokinori (ED1)
Masanori Takumi (OP, ED2)
Theme Song Composition:
Masanori Takumi (OP)
POM (ED)
Daisuke Nakamura as Yamato Akitsuki
Kanako Mitsuhashi as Suzuka Asahina
Yumiko Hosono as Honoka Sakurai

Hatsumi Miura as Megumi Matsumoto (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 18-19, 25-26
)
Mamoru Miyano as Kazuki Tsuda (former track&field club senpai; eps 10, 25)
Masami Suzuki as Yuuka Saotome (11 episodes
eps 1-6, 8, 16, 18, 25-26
)
Michie Kitaura as Nana Shirokawa (4 episodes
eps 17, 19-20, 23
)
Miina Tominaga as Suzune Asahina (Suzuka's older sister; eps 10, 12, 25)
Ryō Naitō as Kenji Kobayakawa (4,8-9,11-12,17,19-20,26)
Satomi Akesaka as Miho Fujikawa (18 episodes
eps 1-7, 9-10, 18-26
)
Seika Hosokawa as Miki Hashiba (17 episodes
eps 8-18, 20-24, 26
)
Takahiro Hirano as Arima Emerson (4 episodes
eps 11, 13, 22, 24
)
Takanori Ohyama as Yasunobu Hattori (eps 2-14, 16-26)
Takeshi Maeda as Souichi Miyamoto (16 episodes
eps 5, 7-11, 13-14, 17, 20-26
)
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Tetsuto Kinugasa (track&field team captain; 14 episodes
eps 8-15, 17, 20, 22-24, 26
)
Yuki Kaida as Ayano Fujikawa (17 episodes
eps 1-7, 9, 16, 18-20, 22-26
)

Asako Yoshida as
follower (ep 11)
student (ep 7)
town people (ep 18)
track&field club member (eps 8, 13)
white cat (ep 5)
Hatsumi Miura as follower (ep 11)
Hideo Nishimoto as track&field club member (ep 8)
Hiroshi Shimozaki as
comedians duo (ep 6)
follower (ep 11)
student (ep 22)
track&field club member (4 episodes
eps 13, 20, 23, 25
)
Hiroyuki Sawada as Follower (ep 11)
Iori Hayashi as
classroom teacher (ep 1)
Student (eps 3-4)
track&field club member (eps 9, 20, 25)
Ken Ikeuchi as Kazuyuki Sasaki (track&field club member; eps 21-22)
Kenji Iwama as classroom teacher (ep 1)
Kouichi Yokota as
follower (ep 11)
official (ep 24)
student (eps 3-4, 7)
timekeeper (ep 22)
town people (ep 18)
track&field club member (9 episodes
eps 8-10, 13-14, 16, 19-20, 23
)
Kouji Seo as Track & field club member (ep 8)
MANA as Akizuki Rie (Yamato's younger sister; ep 15) 
Mana Hayashi as Rie Akizuki (ep 15)
Mariko Nagahama as
announcer (eps 6, 11)
shop assistant (ep 17)
stadium announcer (ep 24)
Student (eps 1, 3-4)
young woman (ep 2)
Mayu Hayakawa as follower (ep 11)
Mika Ishibashi as
Goro-chan (Ayano's cat; 14 episodes
eps 3-6, 8-10, 16, 19, 21-22, 24-26
)

Hatsuko Akizuki (Yamato's grandma; ep 15)
Student (ep 4)
young woman (ep 2)
younger student (ep 1)
Naofumi Abe as
bus official (ep 14)
subordinate (ep 15)
Nina Nakamura as Hirakazu Akitsuki (Yamato's youngest brother; ep 15)
Rie Nakagawa as newspaper saleswoman (eps 6, 12, 18)
Ryō Naitō as
classroom teacher (ep 5)
comedians duo (ep 6)
Shinobu Matsumoto as
classroom teacher (ep 1)
TV announcer (ep 24)
umpire (ep 10)
Shizuka Okohira as Akizuki Kotono (Yamato's mother; ep 15)
Suzune Okabe as track&field club member (ep 10)
Takahiro Hirano as track&field club member (eps 8-9)
Takashi Matsuyama as Akizuki Yoshio (Yamato's father; ep 15)
Yasuhiro Suzaki as drunk man (ep 15)
Yayoi Nara as
follower (ep 11)
student (eps 5, 7)
town people (ep 18)
track&field club member (eps 8, 13)
Yosuke Shogawa as
Follower (ep 11)
Okajima (ep 24)
student (eps 7, 22)
town people (ep 18)
track&field club member (7 episodes
eps 8-10, 13, 16, 20, 23
)
Japanese companies
Animation: Mook Animation
Animation Production: Studio Comet
Animation Production Cooperation: Frontline
Background Art:
Art Max
Studio Aqua
Studio Jack (15 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-9, 11-25 odd
)

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Casting Assistance: Nelke Planning
Digital Photography: Studio Twinkle
Music Assistance: TV Tokyo Music
Publisher: Kodansha
Recording Studio: Jinnan Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production Cooperation: Jinnan Studio
Theme Song Lyrics: TAPIKO (ED)
Video Processing: Tokyo Laboratory
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Caitlin Glass
ADR Script:
Eric Vale
Leah Clark (eps 13-26)
Matt Chaney
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer:
Gino Palencia (eps 15-26)
Justin Houston
Scott Sager
Asst. ADR Script: Chris Cason
Commentary:
Brina Palencia (ep 19)
Caitlin Glass (ep 19)
Leah Clark (ep 6)
Robert McCollum (ep 19)
Todd Haberkorn (ep 6)
DVD Authoring:
Dylan Rogers (Vol. 1-4)
Matthew O'Hara (Vol. 5-6, Complete Collection)
Russ Coffman (Complete Collection)
Trace Furniss (Complete Collection)
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan (Complete Collection)
Jacob Martin (Complete Collection)
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Nathan Madsen
DVD Menu Design: Cate Arnold
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
DVD Production Assistant:
Alese Johnson
Chiye Green
Jacob Martin (Vol. 5-6)
Susie Nixon (Complete Collection)
DVD Quality Control:
Anthony Benavides
Caesar Lopez (Complete Collection)
Christine Bertolino (Complete Collection)
DJ Fonner (Vol. 1-6, Complete Collection)
Jason Gee (Complete Collection)
Rob Schindlbeck
Head Writer: Eric Vale
Line Producer: Mike McFarland
Logo Animation: Chas Naylor
Rotoscoping: Jeffrey Miller
Subtitling:
Ben Phillips (Complete Collection)
Chiye Green (Complete Collection)
Shojin Bateman (Complete Collection)
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ann Chenoweth (OP, ED)
Mike McFarland (OP, ED)
Theme Song Performance: Kristine Sa (OP,ED)
Brina Palencia as Honoka Sakurai
Leah Clark as Suzuka Asahina
Todd Haberkorn as Yamato Akitsuki

Carrie Savage as Megumi Matsumoto
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Yuka Saotome
David Trosko as Kenji Kobayakawa
Gwendolyn Lau as Ayano Fujikawa
Jamie Marchi as Miki Hashiba
Kate Bristol as Miho Fujikawa
Kevin M. Connolly as Soichi Miyamoto
Kristine Sa as Nana Shirakawa
Robert McCollum as Yasunobu Hattori
Vic Mignogna as Tetsuto Kinugasa

Anthony Bowling as
Student (ep 22)
Track Boy A (ep 15)
Brina Palencia as Brother (ep 15)
Caitlin Glass as Sales Lady (ep 12)
Cherami Leigh as Player (ep 22)
Chris Burnett as
Inoue
Student (ep 22)
Track Boy B (ep 16)
Chris Cason as
Goro
Okajima (ep 24)
Chuck Huber as
Dad (ep 15)
Television Reporter
Greg Ayres as Arima Emerson
Jeff Johnson as
Man (ep 15)
Student (ep 22)
Jerry Jewell as Sasaki
Laura Bailey as Suzune Asahina
Maeghan Albach as
Announcer (ep 11)
Mom (ep 15)
Mike McFarland as Drunk (ep 15)
Monica Rial as Stray Cat (ep 5)
Orion Pitts as Kazuki Tsuda (ep 10)
Pam Dougherty as Grandmother (ep 15)
Patrick Seitz as TV Announcer (ep 24)
Sonny Strait as Teacher (ep 4)
Trina Nishimura as Sister (ep 15)
Troy Baker as Coach (ep 4)

English companies
Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel
Digital Download: Direct2Drive
Distributor: Revelation Films (UK)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
FUNimation Entertainment
Translation: JN Productions
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Black Box
French cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: John Maylas
Jenny Bituin as Suzuka Asahina
Jerald Narciso as Yamato Akitsuki
Rowena Benavidez as Honoka Sakurai

Abby Masilongan as Suzune Asahina
Alexx Agcaoili as
Arima Emerson
Storeowner
Allan Ortega as Souichi Miyamoto
Arnold Abad as Tetsuhiko Kinugasu
John Maylas as Kazuki Tsuda
Khristel Mallorca as Miki Hashiba
Leslie Paraboles as Yasunobu Hattori
Rona Aguilar as
Miho Fujikawa
Nana Shirakawa
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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