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Embracing Love - Cherished Spring (OAV)

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©2004 Youka Nitta•Libre-Publishing / haru wo daiteita Project


[ adapted from Embracing Love (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Embracing Love: A Cicada in Winter (OAV)

Alternative title:
Haru wo Daiteita (Japanese)
В ладонях Он держал Весну (Russian)
春を抱いていた (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: yaoi
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Kyousuke Iwaki and Youji Katou who are both in the film industry, having starred in various adult video films and are trying to climb the ladder of success and become greater actors. Iwaki is accepted to star in a popular movie, having beaten Katou in the auditions. During their time together, Katou believes he is in love with Iwaki-San, who on the contrary refuses to believe that he is in love. It is later on that another gay actor comes back to Japan and co-stars with Katou that problems starting arising. And it is from then on that the two realize where their hearts are set.
User Ratings: 229 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Excellent: 38 votes (sub:35, dub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 52 votes (sub:51, dub:1)
 Good: 52 votes (sub:50, dub:2)
 Decent: 39 votes (sub:37, dub:2)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:2, Rus.sub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, English:1)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 470 users, rank: #1132
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.943 (Good-.05), std. dev.: 1.9959, rank: #1841
Weighted mean: 6.737 (Good-.26), rank: #2015 (seen all: 6.81 / seen some: 6.06 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.769 (Good-.23), rank: #1719
Running time: 28 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 2005-03-31
Releases: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"private truth" by Toshiyuki Morikawa
Ending Theme:
"One Night Cruising" by Shinichiro Miki
Official website:
春を抱いていた (Japanese)
In the news 3 times:
2008-12-29   Ai no Kusabi Boys-Love Novels Get New Anime Remake (Update 2)
2007-07-21   Media Blasters Confirms Anime Expo Licenses at Otakon
2006-02-25   CPM to release Embracing Love
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Related releases:
    Embracing Love - Cherished Spring (DVD) 2008-05-27 (from $17.09)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yoshikata Nitta

Script: Mami Watanabe

Storyboard: Yoshikata Nitta

Episode Director: Naosumi Ishizuki

Music: Sousaku Sasaki

Original Manga: Youka Nitta

Character Design: Hirotaka Marufuji

Art director:
Mitsuharu Miyamae (ep 2)
Noburo Numai (ep 1)

Sound director: Nobuyuki Abe

Executive producer: Masaki Kobayashi

Producer:
Saburou Oomiya
Toshiharu Tanada

Animation Supervisor: Hirotaka Marufuji

Assistant producer: Eiko Torikai

Casting Manager: Kouta Suzuki (81 Produce)

Music Director: Atsushi Yabe

Music producer: Akira Yoshikawa

Theme Song Performance:
Shinichiro Miki (ED)
Toshiyuki Morikawa (OP)

 

Shinichiro Miki as Youji Katou

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kyousuke Iwaki

Chihiro Suzuki as Yukihito Sawa

Kazuhiko Inoue as Nagisa Sawa

Ken Narita as Katsuya Kikuchi

Kentarou Itou as Kazunari Urushizaki

Chihiro Suzuki as Staff B (ep 1)

Haruhi Terada as Female Reporter A (ep 1)

Tomokazu Sugita as Reporter B (ep 2)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Trinet Entertainment

Distributor: Kitty Media

Licensed by: Media Blasters

Music Production: Frontier Works

English staff 
English companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Kitty Media

English cast 
(none)
 
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