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To Love-Ru (TV)

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[ adapted from To Love-Ru -Trouble- (manga) ]

Related anime:
    To Love-Ru (OAV) (side story)
      Motto To Love Ru (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
To LOVEru -Toraburu- (Japanese) 
To LOVEる -とらぶる- (Japanese) 
Любовные неприятности (Russian) 
出包王女 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
투러브루 (Korean) 
Genres: action , comedy , romance 
Themes: alien , ecchi , fanservice , harem , school , Unrequited Love 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: The story is about Yuuki Rito, a high-school boy who cannot confess to the girl of his dreams, Sairenji Haruna. One day when coming home and sulking in the bath-tub a mysterious, nude girl, appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala and she comes from the planet Deviluke, where she is the heir to the throne. Her father wants her to return to her home planet so she can marry one of the husband candidates, but she decides that she wants to marry Rito in order to stay on Earth. 
User Ratings: 1314 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 88 votes (sub:74, dub:5, edit.dub:1, ?:1, raw:1, others:6
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Excellent: 198 votes (sub:177, dub:10, raw:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 297 votes (sub:263, dub:16, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:14
7 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 332 votes (sub:301, dub:11, raw:5, others:15
11 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 209 votes (sub:197, dub:8, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 82 votes (sub:73, dub:6, ?:1, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 46 votes (sub:43, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 30 votes (sub:27, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Bad: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Awful: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 2532 users, rank: #364 (of 5563)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.110 (Good), std. dev.: 1.8172, rank: #1927 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 6.885 (Good), rank: #2340 (of 5554) (seen all: 7.10 / seen some: 6.35 / won't finish: 4.02)
Bayesian estimate: 6.891 (Good), rank: #2089 (of 4226)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 26 
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2008-04-03 
Opening Theme:
"forever we can make it!" by THYME 
Ending Theme:
"Lucky Tune (ラッキーチューン)" by SANTOS ANNA 
#2: "kissの行方" by Anna (eps 14-) 
Official website:
TBS's To Love-Ru Website (Japanese) 
To Love-Ru.com (Japanese) 
XEBEC - To LOVEる －とらぶる－ (Japanese) 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 17
Reviews:
To Love-Ru DVD Collection 2 (Feb 25, 2010)
To Love Ru DVD part 1 (Jan 11, 2010)
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DVD (Region 1)
    To Love Ru - Collection 1 (DVD) 2009-12-15 (from $22.99)
    To Love-Ru - Collection 2 (DVD) 2010-02-16 (from $22.99)
    To Love-Ru - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2011-09-06 (from $40.75)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Takao Kato 
Yuichi Ouka (OP, ED) 
Series Composition: Akatsuki Yamatoya 
Script:
Akatsuki Yamatoya (1, 2, 3, 7, 13, 14, 22, 25, 26) 
Katsuhiko Chiba (4, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 24) 
Kento Shimoyama (5, 8, 12) 
Takehito Shimoyama (16) 
Yoshio Urasawa (6, 10, 17, 18, 20, 23) 
Storyboard:
Akihiro Enomoto (3, 9, 16, 23) 
Akira Nishimori (2, 15, 22) 
Doujag-a-Gen (5, 8, 11, 13, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25) 
Harume Kosaka (7) 
Masahiko Ohta (19) 
Shinsuke Terasawa (6) 
Shuya Takahashi (17) 
Takao Kato (1) 
Tetsuro Amino (12) 
Tsuyoshi Nagasawa (4, 10, 26) 
Episode Director:
Akihiro Enomoto (3, 9, 16, 23) 
Atsushi Ootsuki (26) 
Douta Shiraishi (12) 
Kyosuke Mikuriya (19) 
Masayuki Matsumoto (7) 
Naoyoshi Ishikawa (25) 
Naoyoshi Kusaka (8, 13, 18, 21) 
Shigeru Ueda (22) 
Shuya Takahashi (6, 17) 
Takemoto Ishikawa (1, 14) 
Tsuyoshi Nagasawa (4, 10) 
Yukio Kuroda (2, 5, 11, 15, 20, 24) 
Music: Takeshi Watanabe 
Original creator:
Kentaro Yabuki (art) 
Saki Hasemi (story) 
Character Design: Yuichi Ouka 
Art Director: Keito Watanabe 
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima 
Director of Photography: Yuki Kudo 

2D-CG: Tsuyoshi Nakano (14) 
Animation:
Asuka Sudo (14) 
Hisashi Tojima (14) 
Keisuke Kobayashi (14) 
Natsumi Doi (14) 
Tomoaki Takase (14) 
Tomomi Nakamura (14) 
Yasushi Nishitani (14) 
Yuta Yamazaki (14) 
Animation Check: Chieko Shimada (14) 
Background Designs:
Hikari Machino (14) 
Hiroyuki Tsubaki (14) 
Ippo Oike (14) 
Mariko Akiyama (14) 
Miyuki Onodera (14) 
Ryuu Koiso (14) 
So Shirai (14) 
Yoshito Watanabe (14) 
Yuta Yoshizaki (14) 
Color design: Natsuyo Ban 
Compositing:
Akiko Nakazato (14) 
Kazuaki Funakura (14) 
Sadatatsu Kure (14) 
Takahsi Aoki (14) 
Takuma Morooka (14) 
Tatsuya Miyazaki (14) 
Tomoyuki Nakata (14) 
Yoko Kumatani (14) 
Yuho Ando (14) 
Graphic Design:
Hideyuki Motohashi (3, 7) 
Kōsuke Kawamura (12) 
Masato Takiyama (8, 11 assist, 13) 
Meiju Maeda (1, 9) 
Ruriko Watanabe (10) 
Taeko Hori (4) 
Takuya Matsumara (4, 10) 
Tatsuya Abe (6) 
Yasuo Shimizu (2, 5, 8, 11, 13) 
Yoko Sano (7) 
Yuichi Ouka (4) 
Key Animation:
Asami Watanabe (ep 4) 
Asuka Shinbo (ep 4) 
Daisuke Endo (ep 4) 
Kumiko Katou (ep 4) 
Mariko Sugimoto (ep 4) 
Mutsumi Sasaki (ep 4) 
Sunao Chikaoka (ED 1) 
Yuichi Mari (ep 4) 
Original Drawing:
Akiko Oobori (OP) 
Akio Uchino (OP) 
Akira Shinoda (14) 
Arihiro Goto (14) 
Daisuke Hiramaki (OP) 
Hideo Amamiya (14) 
Hiroshige Noda (14, ED) 
Hisako Tsurukubo (OP, ED) 
Jun Takagi (OP, ED) 
Katsuhiko Kitada (OP) 
Kazumi Ono (OP) 
Kōsuke Kawamura (ED) 
Masahiro Suwa (ED) 
Masanobu Fujioka (14) 
Michio Satô (14) 
Miho Aoki (ED) 
Mitsuki Yamaguchi (OP) 
Shingo Adachi (OP) 
Shinsuke Kasahara (14) 
Shoko Takimoto (14) 
Shu Hirayama (14) 
Takemoto Ishikawa (14)  (OP) 
Takuya Matsumara (OP, ED) 
Takuya Nakano (OP) 
Tatsuya Oka (OP) 
Teruo Takahashi (14) 
Toshiyuki Nanto (14) 
Yōko Kutsuzawa (OP) 
Yoshihito Narimatsu (14) 
Planning Assistant:
Shigeyuki Sato 
Taiki Uchida 
Yoshimi Nakajima 
Promotion:
Hideki Nakanishi 
Masami Takeuchi 
Mizuho Tanaka 
Natsuko Ooi 
Promotion Producer:
Teruhiko Satō 
Yasufumi Kubota 
Prop Design: Takuya Matsumura 
Recording: Tonio Yamada (TRICYCLE STUDIO) 
Recording Assistant: Shigeru Fujibayashi (Studio Aoi) 
Secondary Setting Assistance:
Akiko Oobori 
Chizuru Kobayashi 
Hiroshige Noda 
Sunao Chikaoka 
Yōko Kutsuzawa 
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (SOUNDBOX) 
Sound Production:
Kyōko Tsutamura (TECHNO SOUND) 
Yuri Ichimura (TECHNO SOUND) 
Special Effects: Hideaki Sakurai (14) 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Teppei Shimizu (OP) 
Yugo Sasakura (ED1) 
Yuta Nakano (ED2) 
Theme Song Composition:
Teppei Shimizu (OP) 
Yugo Sasakura (ED1) 
Yuta Nakano (ED2) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Masae Itoh (ED1) 
Rei Sakamoto (ED2) 
THYME (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
ANNA (ED) 
THYME (OP) 
Akeno Watanabe as Rito Yūki 
Haruka Tomatsu as Lala Satalin Deviluke 

Fuyuka Oura as Ren Elsie Jewelria 
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Gid Lucione Deviluke 
Kana Hanazawa as Mikan Yūki 
Mamiko Noto as Oshizu 
Mikako Takahashi as Akio Sairenji 
Misato Fukuen as Golden Darkness 
Satomi Arai as Peke 
Sayuri Yahagi as Haruna Sairenji 
Takehito Koyasu as Zastin 

Akiko Kawase as Pikary's mother (ep 9) 
Aya Hisakawa as Space monster (ep 18) 
Ayako Kawasumi as Saki Tenjōin 
Chie Satou as Gi Buri's wife (ep 6) 
Chiemi Chiba as
Magical Kyouko (Kyouko Kirisaki) (eps 10, 20) 
Mio Sawada 
Chikara Oosaka as
Long hair Rocker (ep 20) 
Student (ep 2) 
Daisuke Matsuo as
Alien C (ep 17) 
Bridegroom (ep 8) 
Buwartz 
Couple man (ep 3) 
Ginga Kong (ep 15) 
Junior B (ep 12) 
Male student (eps 4, 24) 
Man (ep 7) 
Reporter A (ep 19) 
Shopkeeper (ep 16) 
Student (ep 22) 
Taiyaki store's old man (ep 11) 
Daisuke Namikawa as Hikari Motemizu (ep 12) 
Gô Shinomiya as
Old man (ep 20) 
Pikary's brother (ep 9) 
Hinako Sasaki as
Child (ep 20) 
Couple woman (ep 3) 
Student (eps 1, 22) 
Hiroki Touchi as Carter (ep 15) 
Hiroyuki Yoshino as
Maron (ep 14) 
Saruyama 
Jouji Nakata as Guinguld (ep 19) 
Jun Konno as
Alien A (ep 17) 
Arts teacher (ep 3) 
Delinquent (ep 8) 
Ikemen-senpai (ep 20) 
Irogama (ep 11) 
Junior A (ep 12) 
Male student (eps 4, 24) 
Man (ep 16) 
Math teacher (ep 18) 
Mauru 
Pilot (ep 25) 
Reporter B (ep 19) 
Soccer player (ep 14) 
Student (ep 22) 
Subordinate (ep 7) 
Junko Shimeno as
Bus announcer (ep 20) 
Reporter (ep 19) 
Kanako Omura as
Female student (ep 12) 
Old woman (ep 8) 
Kaori Mizuhashi as Aya Fujisaki 
Kaori Nazuka as Yui Kotegawa 
Kappei Yamaguchi as Lacospo (ep 11) 
Keiichi Sonobe as Tooyama (ep 17) 
Kenichi Ogata as
Headmaster 
High-school principal 
Police chief (ep 20) 
Kenji Takahashi as Companion B (ep 16) 
Kenta Miyake as Mojack (ep 20) 
Kiyoshi Katsunuma as
Ako alien (ep 21) 
Giant (ep 13) 
Kiyotaka Furushima as
24 hour TV announcer (ep 7) 
Office worker (ep 10) 
Mai Hashimoto as
Female student (ep 4) 
Rin Kujō 
Masako Joh as Mikado-sensei 
Masami Azuma as Passer by (ep 20) 
Masataka Azuma as
Catcher (ep 3) 
Companion A (ep 16) 
Male student (ep 24) 
Student (eps 5, 22) 
Megumi Toyoguchi as Daughter (ep 9) 
Miho Hino as
Big beautiful sister (ep 21) 
Silone (ep 20) 
Mitsuaki Madono as Gi Buri (ep 6) 
Nachi Nozawa as Father (ep 20) 
Naoya Nakanishi as
Home delivery man (ep 18) 
Ikemen's older brother (ep 20) 
Pilot (ep 25) 
Student (ep 22) 
Naoya Uchida as Shikura (ep 21) 
Natsuki Mori as Auntie (ep 10) 
Noriko Uemura as Mother (ep 20) 
Rikako Aikawa as Stella (ep 10) 
Risa Hayamizu as Woman (ep 13) 
Ryoka Yuzuki as
Announcer (ep 25) 
Lisa Momioka 
Shinichiro Miki as Pikary (ep 9) 
Shoko Tsuda as Amazon Queen (ep 15) 
Takahiko Sakaguma as
Announcer (ep 7) 
Student (ep 1) 
Tetsu Inada as
Fish breeding staff (ep 3) 
Pikary's father (ep 9) 
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Kimio (ep 21) 
Tomo Adachi as Reporter (ep 20) 
Tomohisa Asou as
Alien B (ep 17) 
Clerk (ep 22) 
Honekawa-sensei (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 14
) 
Tsutomu Densaka as Umpire (ep 3) 
Yoko Nishino as
Female student (eps 4, 6, 8) 
Student (eps 1-2, 22) 
Woman (ep 7) 
Yoshinori Sonobe as Sushi restaurant owner (ep 20) 
Youhei Nishina as
Bow Bow Doggy-kun (ep 5) 
Giant (ep 13) 
Male student (ep 4) 
Student (ep 2) 
Yuka Nishigaki as Big beautiful sister (ep 21) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Triple A (14) 
Xebec 
Broadcaster:
BS-i (2008-04-24) 
CBC 
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2008-04-19) 
TBS (2008-04-03) 
Finish Animation:
iseriA (14) 
Studio Elle (14) 
Studio Road (14) 
Triple A (14) 
Key Animation: Bee Train 
Production:
TBS 
Toloveru Project 
Production Assistance:
avex entertainment 
Shueisha 
Recording Studio: Studio Aoi 
Sound Production: Techno Sound 
English staff
English cast
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi 
John Ledford 

Media Coordinator: Janice Williams 
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff 
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films 
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital 
Internet Streaming: The Anime Network 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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