S.A (TV)
Alternative title:
Special A
S・A～スペシャル・エー～ (Japanese)
S．A 特優生 (Chinese (Taiwan))
スペシャル・エー (Japanese)
Objectionable content:
Mild
Copyright notice:
©2008 Maki Minami • Hakusensha / Council of Hakusenkan Gakuen
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:
1328 ratings have been given [details]
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)
Release dates: 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-)
Insert song:
"Hoshi no Nagareru Yoru ni (星の流れる夜に; On a Night the Stars Flow By)" by Ayahi Takagaki (ep 19)
Official website:
GONZO 作品一覧 -Ｓ・Ａ～スペシャル・エー～- (Japanese)
Ｓ・Ａ～スペシャル・エー～公式サイト (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
S.A Sub.DVD Collection 2 (Feb 15, 2010)
S.A Sub.DVD (Nov 23, 2009)
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| Special A - Complete Collection (DVD) 2013-07-16 (from $39.99) |
| S.A - Collection 1 (Sub.DVD) 2009-11-10 (from $14.99) |
| S.A - Collection 2 (Sub.DVD) 2010-01-26 (from $35.98) |
| Special A - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2011-04-05 (from $35.87) |
Director: Yoshikazu Miyao Series Composition: Jukki Hanada 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) Naokatsu Tsuda (ep 10) Yoshihiko Iwata (ep 9) Yoshikazu Miyao (OP,ED; ep 1) 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: Fuminori Yamazaki (Showgate) Hitoshi Kawamura Takashi Watanabe (Pony Canyon) Toshihisa Yoshii Yoko Kawahara 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 (eps 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 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) Insert Song Performance: Ayahi Takagaki (ep 19) 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 Abiko (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) Tomokazu Sugimura (ep 10) 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) Yoshimichi Kameda (4 episodes eps 5, 10, 14, 17 )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 Sound Editor: Ryota Miyabayashi Sound Mixing: Yuriko Kiyomoto Theme Song Arrangement: Rie Mitsunaga (OP,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 Yuko Goto as Ami Koshimizu as Ayahi Takagaki as Hiro Shimono as Hitomi Nabatame as Kazuma Horie as Kishô Taniyama as Koji Yusa as Natsuko Kuwatani as Tsubasa Yonaga as Ami Koshimizu as Atsuko Tanaka as Atsushi Imaruoka as Daisuke Matsuo as Hatsumi Takada as Hiroki Shimowada as Hiroshi Ohtake as Hitomi Nabatame as Kazuya Ichijou as Kei Shindou as Keisuke Fujii as Megumi Ogata as Ryou Sugisaki as Sachie Abe as Yuudai Satou as Yuuichi Ishigami as Yuuyu Nakajima as | |||
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) Editing Studio: Sanyo VTC In-Between Animation: AIC PLUS AIC Spirits Anime Aru Anime Spot Ark Tools cube A motion Daume Dex Entertainment FAI International MSJ Pastel SHAFT Studio Cockpit Studio Gimlet Music Production: Pony Canyon Recording Studio: Studio Mausu Sound Production: Dax Production | ||||
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams Packaging Design: Larry Koteff | Distributor: Section23 Films DVD Production: Seraphim Digital Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks Subtitles: MX Media LLC | |||
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(none) | Justine Hostekint as Pascal Gimenez as Dany Beneditto as Laurent Pasquier as Marc Wihlem as | |||
Gea Riva as Massimo Di Benedetto as Simone Lupinacci as Tania de Domenico as Anna Talamona as Barbara Sirotti as Davide Fumagalli as Marco Benedetti as Omar Maestroni as Aldo Stella as Diego Pitruzzella as Marina Thovez as Maurizio Merluzzo as | ||||
Broadcaster: Rai 4 (from 22 May 2011) Distributor: Yamato Video Dubbing: Raflesia srl Script: AB Libitum | ||||
(none) | Grace Cornel as Jefferson Utanes as Liza Dela Fuente as Raymond Narag as Louie Paraboles as | |||
Broadcaster: TV5 | ||||
(none) | Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd. | |||
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