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S.A (TV)

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©2008 Maki Minami • Hakusensha / Council of Hakusenkan Gakuen


[ adapted from S.A (manga) ]

Alternative title:
A المميز (Arabic)
Special A
S.A 特優生 (Chinese (Taiwan))
スペシャル・エー (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: school
Plot Summary: Hikari Hanazono, the main character, has always been second to Kei Takishima. While Hikari considers Kei a rival and somewhat of a friend, Kei loves Hikari. Everyone knows this, but she is too dense to notice. Their wrestling loving fathers first introduced them to one another when they were 6 years old. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him. Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, a sporting event - anything. To do this she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money. Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position.
User Ratings: 655 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 83 votes (sub:78, dub:3, raw:2)
 Excellent: 142 votes (sub:135, dub:3, ?:1, raw:1, Fre.sub:1, Tag.dub:1)
 Very good: 205 votes (sub:191, Spa.sub:5, dub:5, English:1, Tag.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 116 votes (sub:109, dub:3, Spa.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 64 votes (sub:61, raw:1, Rus.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:13, ?:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:10, raw:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1256 users, rank: #491
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.792 (Very good-.20), std. dev.: 1.6484, rank: #633
Weighted mean: 7.606 (Very good-.39), rank: #697 (seen all: 7.89 / seen some: 6.38 / won't finish: 4.58)
Bayesian estimate: 7.604 (Very good-.39), rank: #510
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2008-04-06 to 2008-09-14
2009-02-26 to 2009-03-31 (Philippines, Primetime Anime on TV5)
Releases: We have 8
Opening Theme:
"Special Days" by Yuko Goto
#2: "Gorgeous 4U" by Jun Fukuyama, Hiro Shimono, Tsubasa Yonaga, Kazuma Horie (eps 13-)
Ending Theme:
"Hidamari no Gate (陽だまりのゲート)" by Jun Fukuyama, Hiro Shimono, Tsubasa Yonaga & Kazuma Horie
#2: "Special☆Gyutto Good luck! 「スペシャル☆ギュッとGood luck!」" by Yuko Goto, Hitomi Nabatame, Ayahi Takagaki (eps 13-)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
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Related releases:
    S.A - Collection 1 (Sub.DVD) 2009-11-10 (from $29.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yoshikazu Miyao

Series Composition: Jukki Hanada

Screenplay:
Jukki Hanada
Kenji Sugihara
Michiko Itou
Natsue Yoguchi
Yuuko Kakihara

Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Ochi (ep 2)
Michio Fukuda (eps 3, 8)
Ryuichi Kimura (ep 7)
Shigenori Kageyama (ep 6)
Shougo Kawamoto (ep 9)
Takashi Iida (ep 10)
Yoshikazu Miyao (OP,ED; ep 1)

Episode Director:
Hirokazu Yamada (eps 2, 8)
Hirotaka Endo (ep 4)
Yoshihiko Iwata (ep 9)
Yoshikazu Miyao (OP,ED; ep 1)

Music:
Rie Mitsunaga
Shōgo Kaida

Original creator: Maki Minami

Character Design: Kiyotaka Nakahara

Art director: Ayumi Sugimoto

Animation director:
Harumi Takagi (ep 7)
Kenji Fukazawa (eps 3-4, 9)
Kiyotaka Nakahara (OP; ep 1)
Michio Satô (ep 10)
Nobuyuki Kitashima (ep 7)
Sawako Yamamoto (ep 6)
Yuka Takemori (eps 3-4, 9)
Yusuke Shimizu (ep 2)

Sound director: Satoki Iida

Producer:
Hitoshi Kawamura
Takeshi Watanabe
Toshihisa Yoshii
Yoko Kawahara

Assistant producer: Chie Ikeda

Background Art:
Atsuko Sakakura
Ayako Yamanashi
Juri Sakai
Kazuo Miyakawa
Naho Yoshioka
Takayuki Mitsue

Clean-Up Animation:
Aiko Matsuyama (eps 1, 6-7)
Megumi Koishikawa (eps 4, 9)
Mika Onoda (eps 1-2, 6-7)
Mitsuko Kanemori (eps 4, 9)
Natsumi Watanabe (ep 2,6.7)
Sachiko Katayama (ep 6)
Sachiko Shitsudo (eps 6-7)
Sayuri Yanagi (eps 1-2, 6-7)
Yasuko Katayama (eps 1, 7)
Yuki Yoshioka (eps 1-2, 6-7)
Yukie Iwazaki (eps 2, 6-7)
Yuu Iuchi (eps 2, 6)

Color design: Aiko Matsuyama

Color Inspection:
Aiko Matsuyama (ep 2)
Yusuke Sato (ep 4)

Color setting:
Aiko Matsuyama (ep 2)
Yusuke Sato (ep 4)

In-Between Animation:
Atsushi Tabe (eps 6-7, 10)
Chie Hashimoto (eps 1, 3, 6)
Hidenori Takahashi (eps 7-8)
Hiromi Imanaka (eps 1, 3)
Isamu Suzuki (eps 1, 6-8)
Kasumi Akihara (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Nasu (eps 7-8)
Kazumi Ishii (eps 1-2, 7, 10)
Kimiko Uchimaru (eps 7-8, 10)
Masaru Furushima (eps 7-8, 10)
Miho Nagai (eps 1, 3, 6)
Mihoko Ishihara (eps 7, 10)
Miki Okahane (ep 6)
Misa Matsuoka (eps 1, 6)
Namie Akiba (7 episodes

eps 1-3, 6-8, 10
)
Rie Takaoka (eps 1, 3, 6)
Ryosuke Oshima (eps 7-8)
Shinya Endo (ep 1)
Shousuke Miyashita (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 10
)

Takeshi Ishikawa (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-8, 10
)

Takuya Maekawa (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 10
)

Takuya Yokota (ep 7)
Tetsuro Uetake (ep 6)
Tomomi Kumata (eps 4, 9)
Yoko Sonoda (eps 1-2, 6-8)
Yu Suzuki (ep 2)
Yukihiko Miwa (eps 2, 6, 8)
Yusuke Miyamoto (ep 7)
Yuta Shiraishi (eps 4, 9)

In-Between Check:
Hiromi Imanaka (ep 6)
Kazumi Ishii (ep 2)
Yukihiko Miwa (eps 1, 7)
Yusuke Sato (eps 4, 9)

Key Animation:
Akiko Matsuo (OP)
Atsuko Sugawara (ep 7)
Atsushi Tabe (ep 10)
Ayumu Hasegawa (ep 7)
Chizuko Kusakabe (OP)
Daisuke Ogata (eps 3, 8)
Eiji Yasuhiko (OP)
Eriko Uchiyama (ep 8)
Harumi Takagi (ep 1)
Hayato Hashiguchi (ep 1)
Hideyasu Okamoto (eps 3, 6)
Hiroshi Kajiyama (eps 1, 10)
Hisashi Samejima (ep 6)
Kazuki Shibata (ep 1)
Kazuya Matsushita (ep 6)
Kenji Fukazawa (eps 4, 9)
Kenta Taniguchi (ep 6)
Kiyotaka Nakahara (ED)
Koichi Hayami (eps 6, 8)
Koichi Takai (eps 3, 6, 8)
Kyouhei Tezuka (ep 10)
Machi Ichihara (5 episodes

eps 1, 3, 6-7, 10
)
Mami Masuda (ep 6)
Manabu Shioda (eps 1, 3, 6, 8)
Mariko Kubo (ep 2)
Masaaki Yamano (eps 1, 7)
Masahiro Ogure (OP)
Mayumi Takeuchi (ep 2)
Mayumi Yamamoto (ep 10)
Megumi Tokuda (eps 2, 10)
Mitsuhiro Okumura (ep 6)
Nobuhiro Arai (ep 9)
Noriko Takahashi (ep 6)
Reiko Fujita (eps 3, 8)
Rika Kato (eps 1, 3, 8)
Rika Sugano (eps 4, 9)
Ryoko Nakamura (ep 7)
Satomi Kawashima (ep 10)
Seiko Sakai (ep 3)
Shigeyuki Ono (eps 2, 10)
Shinobu Ookawa (ep 9)
Shinya Kameyama (ep 2)
Sho Yamamoto (ep 1)
Takayuki Chiba (eps 2, 7)
Takuji Yoshimoto (ep 6)
Takuya Tani (ep 3)
Tetsuya Sato (ep 9)
Tomoko Hamanaka (ep 6)
Tomomi Kumata (eps 4, 9)
Toru Yoshida (OP)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (ep 1)
Tsuyoshi Tabe (ep 3)
Wataru Sekimoto (ep 3)
Yasuko Chiba (eps 4, 9)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (ep 6)
Yoshihiro Yoshioka (eps 3, 7)
Yu Kobayashi (ep 10)
Yuichi Akimoto (eps 2, 7)
Yuichiro Yamada (eps 1, 7)
Yuka Takemori (eps 4, 9)
Yukihiko Miwa (eps 9-10)
Yusuke Adachi (ep 3)
Yusuke Shimizu (ep 1)
Yuta Shiraishi (ep 4)
Yutaka Matsuhara (ep 1)

Music producer: Mariko Okamoto

Online Editor:
Masami Suzuki
Takeshi Watanabe

Photography:
Aimi Kanetani
Asami Kawai
Chiaki Tokuda
Kosuke Tanaka
Ryosuke Tsuda
Yasuko Takai

Planning:
Ejiro Hiraoka (Hakuensha)
Hideyuki Takada (Hakuensha)

Production:
Kenichi Komori
Nobuaki Hayashi
Yoko Furukawa

Publicity:
Akira Matsuo
Tomoko Hasegawa

Sound Editor: Ryota Miyabayashi

Sound Mixing: Yuriko Kiyomoto

Theme Song Arrangement: Rie Mitsunaga (OP,ED)

Theme Song Composition:
Kenji Nishi (OP)
Terie Itsu (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Ayahi Takagaki (OP/ED2)
Hiro Shimono (ED)
Jun Fukuyama (ED)
Kazuma Horie (ED)
Tsubasa Yonaga (ED)
Yuko Goto (OP)

 

Jun Fukuyama as Kei Takishima

Yuko Goto as Hikari Hanazono

Ami Koshimizu as Chitose Saiga

Ayahi Takagaki as Megumi Yamamoto

Hiro Shimono as Tadashi Karino

Hitomi Nabatame as Akira Tōdō

Kazuma Horie as Ryū Tsuji

Kishô Taniyama as Yahiro Saiga

Koji Yusa as Aoi Ogata

Natsuko Kuwatani as Sakura Ushikubo

Tsubasa Yonaga as Jun Yamamoto

Ami Koshimizu as Yahiro (boy period) (ep 13)

Ami Nanase as
Girl (ep 20)
Kokusen female student B (ep 18)

Atsuko Tanaka as Sumire Karino (Tadashi's mother)

Atsushi Imaruoka as Hikari's father (eps 1, 4-5)

Ayahi Takagaki as
Takashima household Maid C (ep 12)
Yuki-pon (ep 11)

Daisuke Matsuo as
Boutique Shopkeeper (ep 6)
Father Takashima's subordinate (ep 15)
Maa-kun (ep 11)
Mamoru Nagai (ep 18)
Matsumoto (eps 3, 5)
Shopping District Occhan (ep 20)
Yoshikawa (eps 13, 23)

Hatsumi Takada as Class 1 Girl C (eps 13-14)

Hiroki Shimowada as Prince-like guy (ep 17)

Hiroshi Ohtake as Sakura's father

Hitomi Nabatame as Takashima household Maid B (ep 12)

Kaori Shimizu as
Kei (childhood) (eps 1, 5, 22)
Sui Takishima

Kazuya Ichijou as President (ep 20)

Kei Shindou as Class 1 Girl A (eps 13-14)

Keisuke Fujii as Nakamura (eps 1, 10)

Kentarou Hirao as
Man in the movie (ep 12)
Taxi driver (ep 21)

Makiko Nabei as
Female student (4 episodes

eps 2, 5, 10, 23
)
Hikari's mother (eps 1, 3)

Megumi Ogata as Father Takashima

Mitsuhiro Ichiki as
Atsushi Hanazono
Oogawara (eps 1-2)

Noriko Shitaya as
Sayo (ep 14)
Yui Oikawa (eps 13-14)

Ryou Sugisaki as Butler (ep 24)

Sachie Abe as Yui's mother (ep 14)

Yoko Nishino as
Girl in dress (ep 17)
Kokusen female student A (ep 18)

Yoshinori Fujita as
Hajime Takei (eps 2-3, 10)
Student president Hajime Kakei

Yuudai Satou as Takahashi (eps 1-2)

Yuuichi Ishigami as Male student (ep 23)

Yuuyu Nakajima as Woman in the movie (ep 12)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production:
AIC
Gonzo

Background Art:
AIC
HAL-ART

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2008-04-14)
Chiba TV (2008-04-06)
TV Aichi (2008-04-11)
TV Kanagawa (2008-04-07)
TV Osaka (2008-04-11)
TV Saitama (2008-04-09)

Clean-Up Animation:
cube A motion
FAI International
Frontline
MSJ
Studio Gimlet

Editing Studio: Sanyo VTC

In-Between Animation:
AIC PLUS
AIC Spirits
Anime Aru
Anime Spot
Ark Tools
cube A motion
Dex Entertainment
Doumu
FAI International
MSJ
Pastel
SHAFT
Studio Cockpit
Studio Gimlet

Music Production: Pony Canyon

Recording Studio: Studio Mouse

Sound Production: Darks Production

English staff 
English companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Section23 Films

Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks

Subtitles: MX Media LLC

English cast 
(none)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Grace Cornel as Hikari Hanazono

Jefferson Utanes as Kei Takishima

Hazel Hernan as
Chitose Saiga
Jun Yamamoto
Megumi Yamamoto
Sakura Ushikubo

Liza Dela Fuente as Akira Tōdō

Louie Paraboles as
Aoi Ogata
Tadashi Karino
Yahiro Saiga

Raymond Narag as Ryū Tsuji

Grace Cornel as Yuki-pon (ep 11)

Hazel Hernan as
Kei Takishima (child)
Sayo
Sui Takishima
Sumire Karino
Yui Oikawa

Jefferson Utanes as
Maa-kun (ep 11)
Mamoru Nagai (ep 18)
Sakura's Father

Louie Paraboles as Nakamura

Raymond Narag as
Hajime Takei
Hikari's Father
Kei's Father

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: TV5

Dubbing:
Lapat-Tinig
Telesuccess Productions, Inc.


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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