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Azumanga Daioh (TV)

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© KIYOHIKO AZUMA • MEDIAWORKS • AZUMANGADAIOH Committee


Alternative title:
Azumanga Daioh: The Animation
Азуманга Дайо (Russian)
あずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION (Japanese)
笑園漫畫大王 (Chinese (Taiwan))
아즈망가 대왕 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Azumanga Daioh is about high school life through the eyes of six girls with unusual personalities: Chiyo (the 10-year-old genius), Osaka (the resident airhead), Sakaki (the shy one prone to cat bites), Tomo (the loose cannon), Yomi (the short-tempered one) and Kagura (the resident jock).
User Ratings: 5606 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1263 votes (sub:946, dub:273, raw:11, ?:5, edit.dub:1, others:27
17 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Excellent: 1985 votes (sub:1413, dub:500, raw:14, edit.dub:7, ?:6, Eng:2, others:43
13 Spanish subtitled
8 Portuguese subtitled
7 Russian subtitled
6 German dubbed
3 French subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Very good: 1173 votes (sub:841, dub:290, raw:8, ?:5, others:29
11 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
4 French subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Indonesia subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Good: 644 votes (sub:464, dub:153, raw:5, ?:4, edit.dub:3, others:15
9 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Decent: 234 votes (sub:153, dub:68, ?:3, raw:2, others:8
6 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 148 votes (sub:106, dub:35, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 44 votes (sub:34, dub:9, others:1
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Weak: 66 votes (sub:42, dub:20, edit.dub:1, others:3
2 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 21 votes (sub:17, dub:2, others:2
2 German dubbed
)
 Awful: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 16 votes (sub:11, dub:4, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 11021 users, rank: #29 (of 9535)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.377 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.5733, rank: #251 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 8.292 (Very good+), rank: #274 (of 9642) (seen all: 8.52 / seen some: 7.36 / won't finish: 4.48)
Bayesian estimate: 8.290 (Very good+), rank: #152 (of 7243)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2002-04-08 to 2002-09-30
2007-12-27 to 2008-06-19 (Singapore, Arts Central)
2008-12-16 to 2009-01-20 (Philippines, Primetime Anime on TV5)
Release dates: We have 30
Opening Theme:
"Soramimi Cake" (空耳ケーキ; Cake of Mishearing) by Oranges & Lemons
Ending Theme:
"Raspberry Heaven" by Oranges & Lemons
Links: We have 10
Trivia: We have 18
Reviews:
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DVD (Region 1)
    Azumanga Daioh - Entrance! (DVD 1) 2004-04-27 (from $3.77)
    Azumanga Daioh - Entrance! + Artbox + Pins (DVD 1) 2004-04-27
    Azumanga Daioh - Festivals! (DVD 2) 2004-06-08 (from $10.18)
    Azumanga Daioh - Rivals! (DVD 3) 2004-07-20 (from $29.98)
    Azumanga Daioh - Friends! (DVD 4) 2004-08-31 (from $5.98)
    Azumanga Daioh - Seniors! (DVD 5) 2004-10-12 (from $59.30)
    Azumanga Daioh - Graduation! (DVD 6) 2004-11-23 (from $8.77)
    Azumanga Daioh - Class Album [Thinpak] (DVD 1-5) 2005-09-20 (from $119.99)
    Azumanga Daioh - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-5) 2008-10-14 (from $158.11)
    Azumanga Daioh - Complete Collection [Sentai Selects] (DVD 1-5) 2016-05-03
    Azumanga Daioh - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2009-05-26
    Azumanga Daioh - Miss Yukari [AniMini] (Dub.DVD 1) 2004-06-15 (from $18.80)
    Azumanga Daioh - Osaka's Day [AniMini] (Dub.DVD 2) 2004-08-03
Soundtrack
    Azumanga Daioh - CD Soundtrack (OST) 2005-03-08 (from $17.79)
    Azumanga Daioh - Vocal Collection (OST) 2005-07-05 (from $157.78)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Series Composition: Ichiro Okouchi
Screenplay:
Aya Yoshinaga (eps 7, 10, 24)
Hajime Satsuki (ep 19)
Ichiro Okouchi (11 episodes
eps 1-4, 8, 12-13, 15, 20, 24, 26
)

Tomoyasu Okubo (9 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23
)

Tsuyoshi Tamai (4 episodes
eps 14, 17, 22, 25
)

Storyboard:
Hideki Tachibana (ep 9)
Higashi Suehiro (ep 6)
Hiroaki Sakurai (eps 16, 24)
Hiroshi Nishikiori (ED; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 9, 17, 23, 26
)

Jun Fukuda (ep 11)
Kakeru Watanabe (ep 19)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (ep 13)
Kiyotaka Ohata (OP; 4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 22, 26
)

Koji Masunari (ep 4)
Kouichi Takada (ep 15)
Makoto Bessho (eps 14, 20, 25)
Makoto Nagao (ep 3)
Ranta Ushio (ep 13)
Tatsuo Satō (ep 21)
Tōru Takahashi (eps 8-9, 23)
Yayoi Minazuki (ep 9)
Yoshinobu Yamakawa (eps 12, 18)
Episode Director:
Higashi Suehiro (ep 6)
Hiroshi Matsuda (ep 3)
Hiroshi Nishikiori (ED; ep 1)
Isao Takayama (ep 13)
Jun Takahashi (eps 11, 17)
Kenichirō Watanabe (eps 12, 18, 24)
Kiyotaka Ohata (OP; eps 5, 10, 22)
Koji Masunari (ep 4)
Kouichi Takada (eps 15, 21)
Makiko Date (ep 14)
Makoto Nagao (eps 3, 8)
Setsugorou Tobari (ep 20)
Tadashi Iino (ep 25)
Tōru Takahashi (eps 23, 26)
Yayoi Minazuki (eps 9, 19)
Yuki Miyoshi (eps 2, 7, 16)
Original Manga: Kiyohiko Azuma
Character Design: Yasuhisa Katō
Art Director: Chikako Shibata
Chief Animation Director: Takashi Wada
Animation Director:
Emiko Abe (ep 20)
Hideki Hashimoto (eps 12, 24)
Hideki Tachibana (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 21, 26
)

Hidetoshi Sano (ep 23)
Hiroko Oguri (eps 5, 10, 18)
Hitoshi Suzuki (eps 15, 20)
Keiko Ijima (ep 24)
Kouji Akitaka (ep 22)
Makoto Furuta (4 episodes
eps 8, 15, 20, 25
)

Masaaki Sakurai (eps 6, 13, 19)
Masashi Ishihama (ep 4)
Minoru Ueda (eps 11, 17)
Satoko Miyachi (eps 7, 10 asst)
Seiji Kishimoto (ep 12)
Takashi Wada (eps 1, 3)
Yasuhisa Katō (OP/ED; eps 1, 14)
Yasuhito Murakami (ep 6)
2D Work: Akiko Nakayama (13 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13-15, 17-25 odd
)

Assistant Director of Photography:
Jun Shiota (eps 14, 16, 20)
Kazushige Nishida (8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 18, 22, 24, 26
)

Michimi Mishima (ep 22)
Assistant recording Engineer: Sōshi Shiihara
Background Art:
Ayami Iwamoto (Studio MAO; eps 6, 18)
Chieko Nakamura (ep 9)
Chigusa Orishiba (Studio Canon; 13 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8-11, 13-14, 19, 21, 25-26
)

Etsuro Watanabe (Studio MAO; eps 6, 18)
Hiromichi Itō (Studio Fuga; eps 5, 21)
Hiroshi Itō (Studio Forest; 5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Hiroshi Washizaki (Studio MAO; eps 6, 18)
Kaori Fujiwara (Studio Forest; 5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Kikuyo Yano (Studio Ghibli; ep 11)
Kinichi Okubo (Studio Canon; 17 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 8-11, 13-15, 17, 19, 22-23, 25-26
)

Kyoko Nakazawa (Studio Canon; eps 14-15, 19)
Masaki Mayuzumi (Studio Canon; 15 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8-10, 13-15, 17-25 odd, 26
)

Masako Iwamuro (Studio MAO; eps 6, 18)
Masako Nagata (Studio Ghibli; ep 11)
Mayumi Okawa (Studio Canon; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 13-14, 19, 21, 23, 26
)

Michiyo Matsuda (Studio MAO; eps 6, 18)
Miwa Yoshida (Studio MAO; ep 18)
Osamu Ii (Studio Fuga; eps 5, 21)
Osamu Masuyama (Studio Ghibli; ep 11)
Ryoko Ina (Studio Ghibli; ep 11)
Sakiko Hayashi (Studio Forest; ep 3)
Saori Endo (Studio Canon; 15 episodes
eps 4-5, 8-11, 13-15, 17, 19, 21-23, 25
)

Satomi Furukawa (Studio Canon; 7 episodes
eps 17, 19, 21-23, 25-26
)

Sayaka Hirahara (Studio Ghibli; ep 11)
Shunsuke Suzuki (Studio Fuga; ep 5)
Takao Watanabe (Studio Fuga; eps 5, 21)
Takashi Omori (Studio Ghibli; ep 11)
Takayuki Suzuki (Studio Forest; eps 3, 12)
Tomoko Yokota (Studio Forest; ep 3)
Yasuhiro Okumura (Studio Canon; 4 episodes
eps 9-10, 19, 26
)

Yohei Takamatsu (Studio Ghibli; ep 11)
Yōko Yamada (Studio Forest; eps 16, 20, 24)
Yoshikazu Fukutome (Studio Ghibli; ep 11)
Yuka Nakamura (Studio Forest; ep 20)
Yuka Saitō (Studio Forest; eps 3, 12, 16)
Yukiko Iijima (Studio MAO; ep 6)
Yukiko Kitamura (Studio Forest; 4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 20, 24
)

Yuriko Mori (Studio Forest; 4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 20, 24
)

Cinematography: Masaru Takase
Co-executive producer: Atsushi Umezawa
Color Check: Miwako Suzuki (13 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7-8, 10-26 even
)

Color Key: Mayumi Tanahashi
Color setting:
Eiko Matsushima (eps 13, 19, 25)
Izumi Hirose (Production I.G; 5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 17, 23
)

Kazu Doi (Production I.G; 5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14-15, 21
)

Mayumi Tanahashi (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 18, 24, 26
)

Tomomi Andō (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 16, 22
)

Yukiko Itou (eps 3, 8, 20)
Digital Photography/SFX:
Hajime Omura (12 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-18 even, 22, 26
)

Hiroyuki Hata (ep 1)
Jun Shiota (13 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-14 even, 18-26 even
)

Kazushige Nishida (eps 8-16 even)
Mako Kogawa (Production I.G; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 19, 23, 25
)

Masaki Nogami (13 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-24 even
)

Masatoshi Sugawara (13 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-18 even, 22, 24, 26
)

Michimi Mishima (10 episodes
eps 7-8, 10-20 even, 24, 26
)

Miki Sakuma (Production I.G; 12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

Misaki Touma (Production I.G; 12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

Finish Animation:
Akiko Uchida (14 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-26 even
)

Asuka Hino (14 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-26 even
)

Ayako Suenaga (14 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-26 even
)

Daisuke Iso (Production I.G; ep 2)
Eiko Matsushima (Production I.G; 8 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 17, 21, 23
)

Emiko Ueno (Production I.G; 12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

Izumi Hirose (Production I.G; 7 episodes
eps 4, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, 25
)

Junko Mizuno (Production I.G; 12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

Kan Onoshima (ep 1)
Katsue Inoue (Production I.G; eps 23, 25)
Kazu Doi (Production I.G; 8 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25
)

Kyōsuke Ishikawa (13 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-18 even, 22, 24, 26
)

Mariko Shimokawa (Production I.G; 11 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-23 odd
)

Maya Muranaga (14 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-26 even
)

Mayumi Tanahashi (eps 5, 20)
Mieko Maruyama (eps 1, 3, 5, 26)
Mika Funahashi (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12, 18, 24, 26
)

Mika Sugawara (Production I.G; 12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

Mitsuhito Tsuji (Production I.G; eps 4, 6, 9)
Miwako Suzuki (ep 3)
Miyuki Ishida (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 20, 26
)

Nagisa Abe (Production I.G; eps 6, 9-25 odd)
Sayaka Tsuda (Production I.G; 12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

Shōko Mori (13 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-8, 10-26 even
)

Takayoshi Ishikawa (Production I.G; 10 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-19 odd, 25
)

Tamaka Sato (Production I.G; eps 2, 4, 6)
Tomomi Andō (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 20, 24, 26
)

Tomomi Sasaki (Production I.G; eps 19-25 odd)
Youko Watanabe (Production I.G; ep 23)
Yukiko Itou (8 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12, 18, 22, 24, 26
)

Yūko Fujita (Production I.G; 12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

Yuri Okada (Production I.G; 12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

In-Between Animation:
Daiki Ohno (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Eri Baba (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Hiromasa Naito (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Kaoru Ohki (17 episodes
eps 4-8, 10, 12-16, 18-19, 21-23, 26
)

Keiichi Honda (20 episodes
eps 4-8, 10, 12-16, 18-26
)

Kotoe Saitō (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Kyoko Taketani (Production I.G; ep 11)
Masahiro Sakato (20 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10, 12-15, 18-26
)

Mika Kinoshita (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Mizuka Takahashi (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Mizuki Maedomari (19 episodes
eps 4-8, 10, 12-16, 18-21, 23-26
)

Narihito Sekikawa (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Ryozo Sugiyama (ep 13)
Saki Sadamori (18 episodes
eps 4-5, 7-8, 10, 12-16, 18, 20-26
)

Satoshi Tezuka (17 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 13, 15-16, 19-22, 24-26
)

Shigeki Kimoto (17 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10, 12-13, 15, 18, 20, 23-26
)

Shin'ichi Yokota (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Takayuki Abe (eps 2, 5-8)
Takehiko Kageyama (20 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10, 12-13, 15-16, 18-24, 26
)

Tomoko Naikai (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Tomoko Sugata (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Tomoyo Nakayama (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Yoichi Hagiwara (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Yūichirō Yamada (11 episodes
eps 1-3, 13-15, 21-23, 25-26
)

Yuki Imoto (17 episodes
eps 4-8, 10, 12-16, 18, 20-21, 23-24, 26
)

Yukie Hiyamizu (17 episodes
eps 5-8, 10, 12-16, 18-21, 23-24, 26
)

Yuko Urata (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Yusuke Furuya (19 episodes
eps 4-8, 10, 12-16, 18-24, 26
)

In-Between Check:
Hiroki Okamoto (24 episodes
eps 1-10, 12-16, 18-26
)

Naoyoshi Shiotani (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Nobuko Ogino (24 episodes
eps 1-10, 12-16, 18-26
)

Takako Kōno (24 episodes
eps 1-10, 12-16, 18-26
)

Key Animation:
Aiko Kinbe (ep 10)
Akihiro Kurosaki (ep 6)
Akio Katagiri (eps 2, 24)
Akira Watabe (ep 15)
An Katsuragi (eps 2, 7, 10)
Arihiro Gotō (ep 4)
Asami Endo (ep 3)
Atsushi Okita (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 15, 20
)

Chiaki Takano (ep 6)
Chikara Sakurai (eps 9, 16, 26)
Chikashi Kadekaru (ep 19)
Daiki Shibuya (ep 4)
Daizen Komatsuda (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Eiichi Endō (ep 16)
Eiji Suganuma (ep 4)
Emiko Abe (ep 3)
Fumi Morita (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Gou Suzuki (eps 6, 13, 19)
Hajime Yoshida (5 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 13, 21
)

Haruka Arisugawa (eps 5, 12)
Haruo Ōgawara (ep 4)
Hatsue Kato (eps 9, 18, 23)
Hideaki Isa (eps 4-5)
Hideki Hashimoto (OP; ep 10)
Hideki Tachibana (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 9, 16, 21, 26
)

Hidenori Fukuoka (ED; eps 4, 26)
Hidenori Hasaka (ep 23)
Hideto Komori (ep 22)
Hidetoshi Sano (eps 5, 12, 18)
Hiroaki Karasu (eps 6, 13)
Hirofumi Suzuki (eps 4, 9)
Hiroko Oguri (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 22, 24, 26
)

Hiromi Kato (OP)
Hironori Hisashima (ep 23)
Hiroshi Kosuga (4 episodes
eps 8, 14-15, 25
)

Hiroshi Matsuda (ep 8)
Hiroshi Mimata (ep 22)
Hiroya Iijima (eps 1, 7, 21)
Hiroyo Izumi (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Hiroyuki Hashimoto (4 episodes
eps 7, 10, 20, 24
)

Hiroyuki Shimizu (eps 8, 16, 24)
Hiroyuki Uchida (ep 6)
Hisashi Saito (OP)
Hisashi Sato (OP)
Iku Ozawa (eps 4, 15)
Jun Arai (ep 5)
Jun Shibata (ep 13)
Jun Yamamoto (eps 6, 13, 19)
Junichi Hayakawa (ep 13)
Junko Matsushita (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 10, 20, 24
)

Kana Ishida (ep 25)
Kaoru Miura (eps 6, 13)
Katsushi Suzuki (ep 23)
Kazuhide Kondo (eps 15, 20)
Kazuhiko Abe (ep 21)
Kazuhiko Yokota (ep 19)
Kazuhiro Fujitani (eps 3, 8)
Kazuhiro Ohmame (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Orimichi (OP; eps 12, 23, 26)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (ep 5)
Kazuki Toi (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 25
)

Kazuko Matsumura (eps 2, 4, 7)
Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 3)
Kei Ajiki (eps 13, 19)
Kei Oikawa (ep 6)
Keiichi Ishida (eps 15, 26)
Keiichi Kondō (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Keiko Ijima (eps 1, 14, 22)
Kenichi Umemoto (ep 3)
Kenji Kajiwara (ep 22)
Kiyotoshi Aoi (ep 3)
Koichi Yagami (eps 2, 7)
Kōji Komurakata (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Kōji Ogawa (9 episodes
eps 7, 9, 14-20 even, 21, 24, 26
)

Kuniaki Masuda (ep 7)
Kunihiro Abe (ED; ep 4)
Kyoko Taketani (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Kyota Washikita (ep 19)
Mamoru Abiko (eps 4, 9)
Mari Nakatani (ep 25)
Masafumi Tamura (4 episodes
eps 8, 15, 20, 25
)

Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 3)
Masahiro Shigemoto (ep 6)
Masakazu Saitō (ep 6)
Masaki Tanigawa (eps 4, 22)
Masami Nagata (ep 23)
Masanori Aoyama (ep 9)
Masanori Hashimoto (ep 23)
Masanori Watanabe (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 20, 25
)

Masashi Ishihama (eps 2, 26)
Masato Kato (ep 6)
Masayo Ogura (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Masumi Mizumura (ep 6)
Masumi Morishita (eps 1, 4, 21)
Mayumi Furuse (eps 7, 19)
Michio Fukuda (ED)
Minoru Ueda (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Minoru Watanabe (ep 26)
Misao Abe (6 episodes
eps 4-5, 9, 12, 16, 22
)

Mitsuharu Kajitani (ep 4)
Mitsunobu Nakamura (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Mitsuru Sōma (ep 18)
Miyuki Nakamura (ep 12)
Motoi Nakamura (eps 14, 20, 24)
Motoki Tanaka (eps 4, 7)
Motonori Nishibe (eps 6, 19)
Naoki Aisaka (eps 5, 14, 23)
Naoki Kusumoto (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 18, 23, 26
)

Naoki Souma (ep 18)
Naoto Hosoda (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 21, 26
)

Noboru Sanohara (OP)
Nobuaki Hata (eps 13, 19)
Nobuyuki Furukawa (ep 8)
Nobuyuki Tokinaga (ep 18)
Reiko Kudo (eps 6, 13, 19)
Rie Kitahara (ep 13)
Ryō Watanabe (ep 16)
Ryoichi Oki (eps 2, 7, 10)
Ryōsuke Kuwahara (ep 13)
Ryota Niino (Production I.G; ep 11)
Ryōtarō Akao (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 18, 23
)

Ryozo Sugiyama (eps 23, 26)
Ryūichi Baba (eps 6, 13, 19)
Satoko Miyachi (eps 4-5, 16)
Satomi Kitahara (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 21, 26
)

Satoshi Kubo (ep 14)
Sayuri Sugitou (ep 21)
Seiji Masuda (eps 18, 23)
Seiko Asai (eps 3, 8)
Seizo Toma (4 episodes
eps 1, 14, 20, 24
)

Shigeki Tanaka (ep 2)
Shigemi Aoyagi (eps 15, 25)
Shigenobu Ootsuki (ep 13)
Shigeru Ishii (ep 23)
Shigeru Kimishima (ep 26)
Shiho Tamai (ep 25)
Shinichi Nozaki (ep 12)
Shinichi Tatsuta (eps 1, 7, 21)
Shinsuke Hamaura (Production I.G; eps 11, 17)
Shinsuke Terasawa (eps 15, 25)
Shinsuke Yanagi (4 episodes
eps 12, 18, 23, 26
)

Shintaro Muraki (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 22, 25
)

Shinya Hasegawa (ED; eps 21, 26)
Shinya Uchida (eps 10, 18)
Shiro Shibata (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 10, 20-21, 24
)

Shoji Yoshida (ep 3)
Shūji Sakamoto (OP; ep 14)
Shujirou Kiyokawa (ep 6)
Shuu Watanabe (ep 23)
Soichi Higuchi (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 20
)

Tadashi Shida (OP)
Taeko Oda (eps 1, 4)
Taka Sato (ep 13)
Takaaki Chiba (ep 26)
Takaaki Nagano (ep 13)
Takafumi Hori (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 14, 20, 24
)

Takahiko Yoshida (eps 12, 22)
Takahiro Chiba (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 9, 16, 21, 26
)

Takahiro Kishida (ep 4)
Takao Takegami (eps 2, 10)
Takashi Iwao (eps 10, 26)
Takashi Kida (ep 3)
Takashi Wada (eps 4, 10)
Takayuki Gorai (eps 1, 4)
Takayuki Gotan (ep 23)
Takumi Koyama (ep 15)
Takushi Satou (ep 23)
Tetsuya Imai (eps 1-2, 7, 14)
Tomohiro Shibayama (eps 6, 19)
Tomohisa Shimoyama (eps 13, 19)
Tomoko Kaneda (ep 22)
Tsunenori Omura (eps 6, 13, 19)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 16, 21, 24, 26
)

Tsuyoshi Kimura (ep 14)
Tsuyoshi Konakawa (ep 22)
Yasuhito Murakami (ep 13)
Yasunari Nitta (OP)
Yasushi Shingō (eps 6, 13)
Yasutake Ōkawara (ep 9)
Yoko Kadokami (ep 23)
Yoshiaki Mizuno (ep 6)
Yoshie Sakata (eps 7, 10)
Yoshihiro Ujiie (ep 23)
Yoshikatsu Inoue (eps 3, 8, 25)
Yoshiki Yamakawa (ED; ep 26)
Yoshito Aoki (ep 12)
Yū Yamashita (ep 14)
Yūichi Takahashi (8 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 16, 18, 21, 26
)

Yukako Tsuzuki (eps 24, 26)
Yukio Okano (ep 25)
Yuriko Ikehara (ep 26)
Yūsuke Hata (ep 9)
Marketing Producer:
Fukashi Azuma (TV Tokyo)
Photography / SFX: Miki Sakuma
Planning Cooperation: Kazuya Watanabe
Production Assistant: Seiji Suzuki
Production Cooperation:
Hideki Satomi
Shugorou Sasaki
Production Coordination:
Hiroyuki Hasegawa (ep 6)
Masami Ohashi (eps 6, 11, 22)
Masao Ōhashi (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 15, 26
)

Mitsuhito Tsuji (eps 11, 17)
Shinitirou Kashiwada (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 14, 20, 24
)

Takuro Mizobe (ep 10)
Takuro Watabe (4 episodes
eps 5, 12, 18, 23
)

Yasushi Shimizu (eps 13, 19)
Yoshiro Idehara (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 10, 16, 21, 25
)

Prop Design: Hiroko Oguri (eps 1, 5)
Publicity:
Tatsuya Yamaga (TV Tokyo)
Recording engineer: Haru Yamada
Setting Production: Mamoru Igarashi
Sound: Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Production Supervisor: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Effects:
Shigenobu Kaihoko (6 episodes
eps 2, 9, 11, 19, 21, 23
)

Teru Saitou (ep 4)
Story Editor: Ichiro Okouchi
Storyboard Director:
Hiroshi Nishikiori (ED)
Kiyotaka Ohata (OP)
Systems Manager: Mikio Nakade (14 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-26 even
)

Theme Song Arrangement:
Masumi Itou (ED) 
Yōko Ueno (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Masumi Itou (OP)
Yōko Ueno (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Aki Hata (OP/ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Masumi Itou (Oranges & Lemons)
Tomoko Kaneda ("Chiyo-chan no Tsukurimasho")
Yōko Ueno (Oranges & Lemons)
Video Editing: Yōhei Yamamoto (Jindaiji Soba)
Chieko Higuchi as Tomo Takino
Houko Kuwashima as Kagura
Rie Tanaka as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara
Tomoko Kaneda as Chiyo Mihama
Yuki Matsuoka as Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga
Yuu Asakawa as Sakaki

Akiko Hiramatsu as Yukari Tanizaki
Aya Hisakawa as Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa
Kōji Ishii as Kimura
Norio Wakamoto as Chiyochichi (Chiyo's dad)
Sakura Nogawa as Kaorin

Ai Shimizu as Basketball Girl (ep 10)
Akane Omae as
Chihiro
Female Student B (ep 19)
Miruchi (ep 12)
Tennis Girl (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Takigawa as Student (ep 17)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as
Baseball Boy (ep 10)
Blue Three (ep 13)
Male Student (ep 23)
Male Student B (ep 12)
Ohyama
Starter (ep 6)
Kiyotaka Furushima as Male Student (ep 15)
Makoto Yasumura as Male Student B
Masaki Kawanabe as Male Student (ep 20)
Mizuki Saitō as Old Man Selling Sweet Chestnuts (ep 5)
Naoki Makishima as Foreigner (ep 3)
Naoki Yanagi as
Male Student A
Man (ep 9)
Starter (ep 23)
Track Boy (ep 10)
Ryoko Nagata as
Announcer (ep 6)
Female Bank Clerk (ep 8)
Female Student A
Kendo Girl (ep 10)
Nurse (ep 24)
Store Clerk (ep 9)
Sakura Nogawa as Yuka (eps 12, 20)
Sayaka Ōhara as Kimura's Wife
Tadahisa Saizen as Turtle Scooping Shopkeeper (ep 14)
Takahiro Yoshimizu as Nakku (ep 19)
Takeo Irie as Male Student (ep 15)
Yonehiko Kitagawa as Dr. Ishihara (ep 24)
Yuka Koyama as Eiko (ep 19)
Yuko Fukushima as Shooting Gallery Lady (ep 14)
Yuko Nagashima as Mitchy (ep 19)
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Principal (ep 26)
Japanese companies
Animation: J.C. Staff
Backgrounds:
Studio Forest (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Studio Fuga (eps 5, 21)
Studio Ghibli (ep 11)
Studio Kanon (17 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 8-11, 13-15, 17, 19, 21-23, 26
)

Studio MAO (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 15, 18
)

Digital Photography/SFX: Production I.G (12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

Distributor: King Records
Finish Animation:
E-cho (eps 1, 3, 14)
Noside (ep 3)
Production I.G (16 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 11-15, 17-25 odd, 26
)

Tatsunoko Color Center (ep 3)
Finish Animation Cooperation: Production I.G (ep 7)
In-Between Animation:
Actas (4 episodes
eps 9, 12, 18, 23
)

AZETA PICTURES (eps 4, 9)
E-cho (eps 6-9)
I-Move (eps 10, 22)
Nakamura Production (14 episodes
eps 2-6, 9-10, 12-13, 15, 18-19, 23, 25
)

Niandai Animation (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 19-20, 22
)

Production I.G (eps 11, 17)
Studio Live (ep 9)
Studio Wombat (ep 23)
Tokyo Animation Center (eps 7-8)
Trans Arts Co. (ep 20)
Internet Streaming: Videx
Key Animation:
Nakamura Production (8 episodes
eps 3-4, 7, 9-10, 12, 14-15
)

Production I.G (eps 9, 11, 17)
Music Performance: Kuri-Coder Pop Orchestra
Music Production:
Lantis
TV Tokyo Music
Photography Cooperation: Production I.G (ep 8)
Production Assistance:
Cosmic Ray (4 episodes
eps 8, 15, 20, 25
)

Production I.G (eps 11, 17)
Studio Fantasia (eps 6, 13, 19)
Production Cooperation:
Animo
IMAGICA Dejikkusu
Yotsuba Studio
Recording Studio: Studio Gong
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Don Rush
Sandra Krasa
Translation: Shoko Oono
ADR Script: Mike Yantosca
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai release)
Joey Goubeaud (2008, 2009 releases)
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer:
Don Rush
John Ledford (Sentai release)

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray (Sentai release)
DVD Coordination: Mariela Ortiz
DVD Menu Design: Kris Saltiel (Sentai release)
DVD Menus & Graphics:
Fumiko Chino
Patrick Givens
DVD Producer: Andrew Kent
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design:
Fumiko Chino (Vol. 1-6, 2005 Thinpak)
Kris Saltiel (Sentai release)
Larry Koteff (2009 release)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production:
Brittany Deans (Sentai release)
Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai release)
Luke Patterson (Sentai release)
Son Phan Le (Sentai release)
Production Assistant:
Annie Nguyen (Sentai release)
Bobby Gordon
Carole Pavlik
Crystal Ruiz (Sentai release)
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai release)
Jose DeArmas (Sentai release)
Kjell Doucet (Sentai release)
Maki Nagano
Marta Bechtol
Miyuki Kamiya
Ned Gayle (Sentai release)
Paul Mericle
Robert Marchand
Sara Muir
Shannon Reed (Sentai release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Production manager: Luke Patterson (Sentai release)
Sound Design: Cesar Inserny
Subtitle Script & Timing: Sean Broestl
Subtitling: Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai release)
Allison Sumrall as Kagura
Christine Auten as Sakaki
Jessica Boone as Chiyo Mihama
Kira Vincent-Davis as Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga
Mandy Clark as Tomo Takino
Nancy Novotny as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara

Andy McAvin as Kimura
Jason Douglas as Chiyo-Dad
Luci Christian as Yukari Tanizaki
Monica Rial as Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa
Tiffany Grant as Kaorin

Allison Sumrall as Announcer (ep 6)
Chris Patton as
Male Student 1 (ep 1)
Starter (ep 6)
Cynthia Ann Feaster as Kaorin's Mother (ep 8)
donaldo as
Blue Three (ep 13)
Suitcase Man (ep 11)
Greg Ayres as Male Student 2 (ep 1)
Hilary Haag as Chihiro
John Gremillion as
Foreigner (ep 3)
Old Man Vendor (ep 5)
John Swasey as
Dr. Ishihara (ep 24)
Principal (ep 26)
Kaytha Coker as
Kimura's Wife
Minamo's Mom (ep 19)
Mitchy (ep 19)
Mariela Ortiz as Yuka (ep 12)
Nomed Kaerf as Nakku (ep 19)
Sasha Paysinger as Miruchi (ep 12)
Shelley Calene-Black as
Announcer (ep 15)
Eiko (ep 19)
Nurse (ep 24)
Yomi's Mom (ep 18)

English companies
ADR Production: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Okto (Singapore - as Arts Central)
The Anime Network
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand)
Section23 Films
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand)
FUNimation Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Hulu 
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (soundtrack)
Sentai Filmworks (2016)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai release)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Chae-Eon Han as Park Jaegyeong (Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara)
Gyeong-Hye Park as Na Seungri (Kagura)
Jeong-Hwa Yang as Maeng "Busandaek" Sunjeong (Osaka-san)
Min-Jeong Yeo as Yun Nara (Chiyo Mihama)
Myeong-Seon Lee as Lee Taehi (Sakaki)
Sun Young Park as Yang Soran (Tomo Takino)

Hyeon-Jin Lee as Jo Jina (Yukari Tanizaki)
Ju-Chang Lee as Byeon Taesik (Kimura)
Myeong-Jun Jeong as Nara's Father (Chiyo's Father)
Sin-Jeong Han as Bong Juyeong (Kaorin)
Su-Jeong Ham as Ju Semi (Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa)

Hye-Su Jeon as Kim Hyeeun (Chihiro)
Sun Hee Kim as Byeon's Wife (Kimura's Wife)
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Tooniverse
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: KAZÉ
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Distributor: Xtysus
Spanish cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
(none)
Esther Barth as Kagura
Jennifer Weiß as Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga
Julia Ziffer as Tomo Takino
Rubina Kuraoka as Chiyo Mihama
Samia Little Elk as Sakaki
Susanne Herrmann as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara

Claudia Galdy as Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa
Julia Kaufmann as Yukari Tanizaki
Kathrin Neusser as Kaorin
Lutz Schnell as Chiyos Vater
Thomas Petruo as Kimura

Carmen Katt as Kimura's Wife
Susanne Kaps as Chihiro

German companies
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.
Dutch cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Celeste Dela Cruz as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara
Daisy Mae Cariño as Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga
Mitchiko Azarcon-Tiongson as
Sakaki
Tomo Takino
Rona Aguilar as
Chiyo Mihama
Kagura

Celeste Dela Cruz as Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa
Daisy May Carino as Yukari Tanizaki
Gino Alcoba as Kimura

Celeste Dela Cruz as
Chihiro
Miruchi
Nurse (ep 24)
sports festival announcer (ep 23)
Daisy Mae Cariño as Nyamo's Mother
Gino Alcoba as
Dr. Ishihara (ep 24)
Nakku
Principal
Nica Rojo as
Kimura's Wife
Mitchy
Rona Aguilar as
Eiko
Kaorin's mother
sports festival announcer
Yomi's Mother
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: TV5
Dubbing: Lapat-Tinig
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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