K-ON! (TV)
Alternative title:
K-ON! 輕音部 (Chinese (Taiwan))
けいおん! (Japanese)
轻音少女
케이온! (Korean)
Genres:
comedy,
slice of life
Objectionable content:
Mild
Plot Summary:
It's Yui Hirasawa's first year in high school, and she's eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bassist, are desperately trying to save the school's light music club, which is about to be disbanded due to lack of members. They manage to recruit Tsumugi Kotobuki to play the keyboard, meaning they only need one more member to get the club running again. Yui joins, thinking it will be an easy experience for her to play the castanets, the only instrument she knows. However, the other members think their new addition is actually a guitar prodigy...
User Ratings:
3251 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
14
Episode titles: We have 21
Vintage:
2009-04-02 to 2009-06-25
2010-03-16 (Animax Asia)
2013-01-06 to 2013-04-07 (Malaysia, NTV7)
2016-09-01 (Poland, 2x2 TV)
Release dates: We have 12
Opening Theme:
"Cagayake! GIRLS (5-nin Ver.)" by Aki Toyosaki with Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou, Minako Kotobuki and Ayana Taketatsu (eps 9-13)
"Cagayake! GIRLS" by Aki Toyosaki with Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki
Ending Theme:
"Don't say ''lazy''" by Yoko Hikasa with Aki Toyosaki, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki
Insert song:
"Curry Nochi Rice" by Ho-Kago Tea Time - HTT (ep 8)
"Fude Pen Bōru Pen" by Ho-Kago Tea Time - HTT (ep 12)
"Fuwa Fuwa Time" by Ho-Kago Tea Time - HTT (eps 6-12)
"Maddy Candy (guitar riff)" by Death Devil (ep 4)
"My Love is a Stapler" by Ho-Kago Tea Time - HTT (ep 8)
"Pinchi Daisuki" by Hajime Hyakkoku
"Tsubasa wo Kudasai" by Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki (ep 1)
Official website:
TBSアニメーション・けいおん!公式ホームページ (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 17
Reviews:
News: Show:
Funimation Tweets Update About K-ON! U.K. Blu-ray (Aug 18, 2021)
Funimation Adjusts Home Video Release Schedule in UK (Aug 13, 2021)
Funimation Adds Hunter x Hunter Anime in U.S., Canada (Jul 27, 2020)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 1-7 (Dec 4, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 17-23 (Feb 20, 2019)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 19-25 (Feb 27, 2018)
Viewster Adds 10 Sentai Filmworks Shows Streaming (Aug 28, 2015)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 21-27 (Sep 24, 2014)
Interest: Show:
Real-Life K-ON School Emerges From Major Renovations (Apr 9, 2024)
K-ON! (Nearly) Life-Size Stickers Sold in US$540 Bundle of 5 (May 10, 2013)
KyoAni's K-ON! Comiket 82 Goods Revealed (Aug 2, 2012)
Official K-ON! Ladies' Panties Unveiled (May 23, 2012)
Unofficial K-ON! Android App Secretly Leaked Personal Data (Apr 16, 2012)
K-ON Partly Credited for Historic Electric Guitar Sales (Apr 12, 2012)
Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces December Slate (Sep 18, 2019)
Section23 Films Announces November Slate (Jul 26, 2018)
Section23 Films Announces September Slate (May 20, 2015)
Section23 Films Announces September Slate (May 20, 2014)
K-On! and Haruhi invade J-Pop Summit! (Aug 17, 2011)
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Shelf Life - Making the Band (Dec 5, 2011)
Shelf Life - Chocolate Bund Cake (Jul 18, 2011)
Shelf Life - K-On Flux (May 30, 2011)
The X Button - Shadow Run (Jun 9, 2010)
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Director: Naoko Yamada Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida Screenplay: Jukki Hanada (eps 4-5, 8, 12) Katsuhiko Muramoto (eps 3, 6, 10) Reiko Yoshida (7 episodes eps 1-2, 7-13 odd, 14 )Storyboard: Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 10) Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (eps 3, 8) Naoko Yamada (ED; eps 1, 12-13) Noriko Takao (eps 5, 11) Noriyuki Kitanohara (eps 2, 7) Taichi Ishidate (eps 4, 9, 14) Tatsuya Ishihara (eps 6, 12/OP) Episode Director: Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 10) Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (eps 3, 8) Naoko Yamada (ep 1/ED) Noriko Takao (eps 5, 11) Noriyuki Kitanohara (eps 2, 7, 13) Taichi Ishidate (eps 4, 9, 14) Tatsuya Ishihara (eps 6, 12/OP) Music: Hajime Hyakkoku Original creator: kakifly Character Design: Yukiko Horiguchi Art Director: Seiki Tamura Chief Animation Director: Yukiko Horiguchi Animation Director: Chiyoko Ueno (eps 5, 11) Futoshi Nishiya (ep 2) Hiroyuki Takahashi (ep 10) Kazumi Ikeda (eps 6, 12) Mariko Takahashi (eps 3, 8) Seiichi Akitake (eps 4, 9, 14) Yukiko Horiguchi (OP/ED; eps 1, 7, 13-14) Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka Director of Photography: Rin Yamamoto Advertising: Mizuho Tanaka Advertising Producer: Mikie Nishiguchi Advisor: Tatsuya Ishihara Animation producer: Nagaharu Ohashi Assistant producer: Maya Fujino Background Art: Harumi Ike Hiroyuki Tsubaki Hyun Joo Ji Joji Unoguchi Mikiko Watanabe Miyuki Hiratoko Mutsuo Shinohara Naoki Hosokawa Nozomi Ōishi Sagako Itakura Shingo Kasai (eps 2-8 even, 9) Shūhei Okude Tomoki Hiraishi Yoshikatsu Matsumoto Yukiko Takeuchi Background Manager: Ikuko Tamine Color design: Akiyo Takeda Color Design Assistant: Kana Miyata Editing: Tomoko Satō (eps 1-12) Finish Animation: Asako Aisawa (eps 1, 5, 9) Aya Toyosawa (eps 3, 7, 11) Ayumi Yamamori (eps 1, 5, 9) Chiyomi Koura (eps 3, 7, 11) Emi Ebisu (eps 4, 8, 12) Hitomi Imaizumi (eps 1, 5, 9) Kana Kitao (eps 1, 5, 9) Masumi Ichinose (eps 3, 7, 11) Mayumi Nagayasu (eps 4, 8, 12) Mayumi Taguchi (eps 2, 6, 10) Mihoko Eda (eps 4, 8, 12) Nanako Kitaoka (eps 2, 6, 10) Rina Itō (eps 2, 6, 10) Sachie Tsuda (eps 2, 6, 10) Sachiko Sasaki (ep 10) Shizuka Uno (eps 4, 8, 12) Shōko Doi (eps 3, 7, 11) Tomoko Shima (eps 3, 7, 11) Yasumi Kawai (eps 2, 6, 10) Yōko Shukuya (eps 4, 8, 12) Yoshiko Kimura (eps 1, 5, 9) Yūka Yoneda (eps 1, 5, 9) Yūsuke Ishihara (eps 3, 7, 11) In-Between Animation: Aika Aoki (eps 1, 6, 11) Akiko Higaki (eps 2, 7, 12) Aya Satō (eps 5, 10) Ayaka Tada (eps 4, 9) Hiroko Kuroda (eps 4, 9) Jun'ichi Uda (eps 2, 7, 12) Kaori Furukawa (eps 3, 8) Kazuhiko Horikawa (eps 3, 8) Kenji Murayama (eps 1, 6, 11) Kiyoka Negi (eps 2, 7, 12) Kumi Kuroda (eps 2, 7, 12) Kyōhei Andō (eps 3, 8) Maiko Nishioka (eps 2, 7, 12) Maiko Tanigami (eps 1, 6, 11) Maki Inoue (eps 3, 8) Manami Natsumeda (eps 4, 9) Mariko Tsutsumi (eps 5, 10) Masaki Teranishi (eps 5, 10) Mie Kiyohara (ep 4) Minako Usugi (eps 1, 6, 11) Minoru Ōta (eps 3, 8) Miyuki Egami (eps 4, 9) Motoki Matsumura (eps 1, 6, 11) Nami Iwasaki (eps 5, 10) Naoko Fujita (eps 2, 12) Noriko Kashihara (eps 4, 9) Shinpei Sawa (eps 5, 10) Youhei Kawasaki (eps 1, 6, 11) Yuichi Watanabe (eps 2, 7, 12) Yumi Fujii (eps 3, 8) Yumi Ōhashi (eps 2, 7, 12) Yumi Ōkawa (eps 4, 9) Yumiko Hashi (eps 5, 10) Insert Song Arrangement: Hajime Hyakkoku (“My love is a stapler”) Hiroyuki Maezawa (“Curry nochi rice” ; “Fude pen ~bōru pen~”) Shigeo Komori ("Maddy Candy"; ep 4) Insert Song Composition: Hiroyuki Maezawa (“Curry nochi rice” ; “Fude pen ~bōru pen~”) Kunihiko Murai ("Tsubasa o Kudasai"; ep 1) Miki Fujisue (“My love is a stapler”) Shigeo Komori ("Maddy Candy"; ep 4) Insert Song Lyrics: Emi Inaba (“Curry nochi rice” ; “Fude pen ~bōru pen~” ; “My love is a stapler”) KANATA ("Maddy Candy"; ep 4) Michio Yamagami ("Tsubasa o Kudasai"; ep 1) Key Animation: Atsushi Saitō (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11) Chiyoko Ueno (ED + Eps. 5, 6, 11) Eisaku Kawanami (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12) Emiko Nakano (ED + Eps. 4, 9) Fumie Okano (ED + Eps. 4, 9) Fumio Tada (eps 10, 12) Fumiyasu Kodaka (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11) Futoshi Nishiya (ep 2) Hana Hosoda (OP+Ep. 10) Hira Kashiwagi (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12) Hiroko Utsumi (OP + Ep. 1, 6) Hiroshi Karata (OP; ep 10) Hiroyuki Takahashi (OP + Eps. 6, 10) Jun Nakagawa (eps 5, 11) Jung Ho Kim (eps 2, 5, 7) Kayo Hikiyama (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12) Kazumi Ikeda (eps 1, 12) Kazuya Sakamoto (ED+Eps. 10, 12) Kozue Yoshida (ep 5) Kunihiro Hane (OP+Ep. 10) Mariko Takahashi (eps 1, 3, 8) Masato Fukushima (eps 2, 7, 11) Masatoshi Tsuji (ED + Eps. 4, 9) Masaya Makita (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12) Midori Nonoue (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12) Miku Kadowaki (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12) Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (eps 6, 8, 12) Nao Naitō (ED + Eps. 4, 9) Naoko Yamada (ED+Ep. 12) Natsumi Tada (ED + Eps. 5, 11) Nobuaki Maruki (ED + Eps. 4, 9) Noriko Takao (ED; ep 11) Noriyuki Kitanohara (OP; eps 10-12) Rie Sezaki (OP+Eps. 2, 7) Rika Ōta (eps 4, 9) Ryouhei Muta (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12) Saeko Ōfuji (ED + Eps. 5, 11) Sayaka Ikeda (eps 2, 7, 11) Seiichi Akitake (OP) Shoko Ikeda (eps 7, 9) Taichi Ishidate (ED+Eps. 1, 12) Taichi Ogawa (eps 5, 11) Takuya Yamamura (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12) Tatsuya Ishihara (ep 12) Tatsuya Satou (OP+Eps. 1, 3, 6, 8, 12) Teruyoshi Shidou (OP; ep 10) Tomoe Aratani (ep 7) Tomoyo Kamoi (OP+Ep. 10) Yasuhiro Takemoto (ep 10) Yoshinori Urata (ED + Ep. 5; ep 11) Yūgo Mizutani (OP+Ep. 10) Yūgo Ōhashi (ep 4) Yūichi Itō (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11) Yukako Nakagawa (ED + Eps. 5, 11) Yukiko Horiguchi (eps 1, 7) Music Coordination: Kōsuke Fukai (F.M.F) Music producer: Shigeo Komori Musical Instrument Design: Hiroyuki Takahashi Photography: Hiroki Ueda Kazuya Takao Kōhei Funamoto Natsumi Hamada Norihiro Tomiita Rin Yamamoto Ryūta Nakagami Shin'ya Tomofuji Tetsuro Umezu Yoshiko Tanaka Yūji Shibata Production manager: Ayana Oohashi (eps 2, 7) Ikuna Ōhashi (eps 2, 7) Keisuke Yokota (eps 3, 6, 8) Kunitaka Maeda (eps 1, 5, 11) Shinichirō Hatta (ep 10) Sōta Kawano (eps 4, 9) Recording: Yasushi Nagura Recording Assistant: Mika Kamemoto Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama Special Effects: Rina Miura Theme Song Lyrics: Shoko Omori (OP/ED) Theme Song Performance: Aki Toyosaki (OP/ED) Ayana Taketatsu (OP/ED) Minako Kotobuki (OP/ED) Satomi Satō (OP/ED) Yōko Hikasa (OP/ED) | Aki Toyosaki as Asami Sanada as Ayana Taketatsu as Chika Fujitō as Madoka Yonezawa as Minako Kotobuki as Satomi Satō as Yōko Hikasa as Aiko Ōkubo as Aki Kanada as Asuka Horiguchi as Asuka Nishi as Asumi Kodama as Chiaki Kanou as Chie Nakamura as Chihiro Tagaino as Daichi Kanbara as Eiji Maruyama as Eri Nakao as Eri Sendai as Hisafumi Oda as Kengo Nishioka as Kentarō Tone as Kiyohito Yoshikai as Kokoro Kikuchi as Mai Goto as Mami Fujita as Miho Miyagawa as Mika Itō as Riki Kitazawa as Rio Natsuki as Shinnosuke Tachibana as Takashi Mito as Tomoaki Maeno as Tomoko Nakamura as Yasuaki Takumi as Yu Shimamura as Yui Shoji as Yuiko Tatsumi as Yuka Nishigaki as Yukika Teramoto as Yukiko Monden as Yūtarō Shimizu as | |||
Animation Assistance: Animation DO Animation Production: Kyoto Animation Broadcaster: BS-i (2009-04-25) Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-04-16) Disney Channel Japan Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-04-16) Mainichi Broadcasting System (2009-04-09) RCC Chugoku Broadcasting (2009-04-17) RKB Mainichi Broadcasting (2009-04-18) Shizuoka Broadcasting System (2009-04-22) Tohoku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-04-16) Tokyo Broadcasting System (2009-04-02) Editing: Studio Gong Finish Animation: Studio Blue In-Between Animation: Studio Blue Music Production: Pony Canyon Online Editing: Imagica (eps 1-12) Recording Studio: studio2010: Sound Production: Rakuonsha | ||||
ADR Director: Tony Oliver Translation: David Fleming ADR Script: Tony Oliver Executive producer: Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai Filmworks) John Ledford (Sentai Filmworks) Ken Iyadomi (Bandai Entertainment) Producer: David Del Rio (Sentai Filmworks) Eric P. Sherman (Bang Zoom!) John Ledford (Sentai Filmworks) Kaeko Sakamoto (Bang Zoom!) Taku Otsuka (Bandai Entertainment) Assistant producer: Victor Sgroi Associate Casting Director: Mami Okada Associate producer: Loy Fruel Blu-Ray Authoring: Joel McCray (Sentai Filmworks release) Booklet Editing: Jose DeArmas (Sentai Limited Edition) Luke La Padula (Sentai Limited Edition) Natalie Jones (Sentai Limited Edition) Booklet Layout: Larry Koteff (Sentai Limited Edition) Booklet Translation: Sawa Savage (Sentai Limited Edition) Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto Co-Producer: Mami Okada DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes (Sentai Filmworks release) Engineering Assistant: Austin Shannon Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (Sentai Filmworks release) Menu Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai Filmworks release) Packaging Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai Filmworks release) Post-Production Assistant: Oscar Garcia Production: Janice Williams (Sentai Blu-ray release) Joey Goubeaud (Sentai Blu-ray release) Luke Patterson (Sentai Blu-ray release) Roxanne Terrell (Sentai Blu-ray release) Production Assistant: Annie Nguyen (Sentai Filmworks release) Cameron Hohle (Sentai Blu-ray release) Christine Marie Cabanos E.W. Rector, III (Sentai Blu-ray release) Holly Dorsett (Sentai Filmworks release) Jessica Williams (Sentai Filmworks release) Jose DeArmas (Sentai Blu-ray release) Kjell Doucet (Sentai Blu-ray release) Luis Lau (Vol. 1) Ned Gayle (Sentai Blu-ray release) Rod Pio Roda (Vol. 1) Shannon Reed (Sentai Blu-ray release) Yugo Nakamura (Vol. 1) Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Sentai Blu-ray release) Mio Moroe Yugo Nakamura (Vol. 2) Yuko Sakurai (Vol. 1) Production manager: Emily Nicolas Luke Patterson (Sentai Blu-ray release) Son Phan Le (Sentai Limited Edition) Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman Spotting: Emily Nicolas Subtitle Timing: Kayla King (Sentai Filmworks release) Technical Assistant: E.W. Rector, III (Sentai Filmworks release) Michael Olesch (Sentai Filmworks release) | Lili Troncale as Stephanie Sheh as Candice Moore as Cassandra Lee as Christine Marie Cabanos as Cristina Vee as Karen Strassman as Laura Bailey as Michelle Ann Dunphy as Shelby Lindley as Xanthe Huynh as Amanda C. Miller as Catherine Fu as Christine Marie Cabanos as Erik Scott Kimerer as Jack Murphy as Karrie Shirou as Lili Troncale as Tony Oliver as Victor Sgroi as Virginia You as Muriel Hofmann | |||
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment Disc Production: Seraphim Digital (Sentai Filmworks release) Internet Streaming: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) iView (Australia & New Zealand) AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand) FUNimation Entertainment (UK & Ireland via Manga Entertainment) HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed) The Anime Network Viewster Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment (Expired) Funimation UK (United Kingdom and Ireland) Sentai Filmworks (2014) Production: Sentai Filmworks (Sentai Blu-ray release) Subtitles: Bang Zoom! Entertainment | ||||
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Broadcaster: Animax Korea Distributor: Ein's M&M Co, Ltd. | ||||
Jennifer Fauveau as Caroline Combes as Caroline Mozzone as Frédérique Marlot as Gwenäelle Julien as Jessie Lambotte as Marie Diot as Nathalie Bienaime as Nayeli Forest as | ||||
Anita Hopt as Jennifer Weiß as Julia Meynen as Kristina Tietz as Marianne Graffam as Antje von der Ahe as Shalin Rogall as Anja Rybiczka as Nicole Hise as Tabea Börner as | ||||
Broadcaster: Sixx (from 2 November 2019) Distributor: Kazé Germany Dubbing: TV+Synchron Berlin Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand | ||||
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Broadcaster: TeleAsia Filipino Dubbing: Telesuccess Productions, Inc. | ||||
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