Sweet Blue Flowers (TV)
Alternative title:
Aoi Hana (Japanese)
青い花 (Japanese)
青之花 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary:
Fumi Manjoume, an introverted, bookish teenage girl, is beginning her first year of high school at Matsuoka Girls' High School. She enters the school year with her heart broken by a previous relationship. At about the same time, she reconnects with her best friend from ten years ago, Akira Okudaira, who is now attending Fujigatani Girls' Academy as a first-year high school student. As they reconnect, they both deal with their own respective romantic problems, and help each other get through them.
User Ratings:
539 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage:
2009-07-01 to 2009-09-09
Opening Theme:
"Aoi Hana" (青い花) by Kukikodan
Ending Theme:
"Centifolia" (センティフォリア) by Ceui
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 3
Reviews:
Sweet Blue Flowers Sub.DVD (Mar 11, 2013)
Aoihana Episodes 1-11 Streaming (Oct 5, 2009)
News: Show:
Funimation Adds Gravitation, Sweet Blue Flowers, Junjō Romantica, Yakitate!! Japan Anime to Catalog (Sep 24, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 1-7 (Jul 3, 2018)
Japanese Streaming Services Remove Kill Me Baby, Sweet Blue Flowers, Wandering Son Anime (Oct 28, 2015)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, September 2-8 (Sep 10, 2013)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 3-9 (Mar 5, 2013)
Right Stuf Adds Ristorante Paradiso, Hyakko, Aoi Hana (Jun 29, 2012)
Fuji Producer: No 2nd Aoi Hana Season Due to DVD Sales (Oct 31, 2010)
Press Releases:
Other articles: Show:
Romance Anime to Make Your Heart Flutter (Feb 14, 2024)
Shelf Life - Heart of Bored (Mar 11, 2013)
| You can contribute information to this page, but first you must login or register |
| Blu-ray (Region A) |
| Sweet Blue Flowers (Sub.Blu-ray) 2018-07-03 (from $27.95) |
| DVD (Region 1) |
| Sweet Blue Flowers - Complete Series (Sub.DVD) 2013-04-02 (from $29.99) |
|
|
||||
Director: Kenichi Kasai
Series Composition: Fumihiko Takayama
Storyboard:
Kai Uzumaki (eps 5-6, 11) Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 4) Kazu Yokota (ep 9) Kenichi Kasai (eps 1, 3, 11) Kouichi Takada (eps 3, 10) Kunihiko Ikuhara (OP) Saya Aoi (ep 7) Tatsuyuki Nagai (ep 2) Yōhei Suzuki (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 4) Kazu Yokota (ep 9) Kenichi Kasai (ep 1) Kentarō Suzuki (ep 5) Saya Aoi (ep 7) Tatsuyuki Nagai (ep 2) Tomoyuki Kawamura (eps 6, 11) Toshikazu Hashimoto (eps 3, 10) Yōhei Suzuki (ep 8)
Unit Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara (OP)
Music: Takefumi Haketa
Original creator: Takako Shimura
Character Design: Masayuki Onji
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director:
Akiko Kumada (ep 7) Akiko Matsuo (ep 7) Fusako Nomura (eps 5, 10) Hiromitsu Hagiwara (ep 5) Hiroshi Tomioka (eps 3, 8, 11) Hiroshi Yakou (eps 2, 7) Kazunori Iwakura (eps 3, 8) Kazuyuki Ueda (eps 4, 10) Masayuki Onji (OP) Mika Saitō (ep 9) Shigeki Kimoto (eps 1, 6, 11) Yukiyo Komito (ep 9)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Yoshio Ōkouchi
2D Effect:
Ai Miura (ep 1) Atsushi Satō Hatsune Tomidokoro Kyō Ichikawa (ep 1) Minako Tsuneya (ep 1) Minori Kimura Noriko Akutagawa (eps 2-11) Tomokazu Nakanishi Yoshio Ōkawachi
2D Graphics: Yoshihide Mukai
2nd Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada (ep 7) Akiko Matsuo (ep 7) Arisa Matsuo (ep 11) Asuka Shimizu (ep 1) Atsushi Ooniwa (5 episodes eps 1, 4, 7-8, 10 )Ayako Satō (ep 6) Emiko Kobayashi (ep 10) Ena Nishikawa (eps 1, 5, 7, 11) Fusako Nomura (ep 11) Hayato Hashiguchi (ep 1) Hidenori Hasaka (ep 4) Hideo Kawaguchi (ep 9) Hiroko Oohata (eps 1, 8) Hiroshi Tomioka (ep 2) Kaori Yamada (eps 1, 5, 11) Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (eps 2, 8) Keita Nagasaka (ep 5) Kenji Shibata (eps 7-8) Kurea Narumi (eps 3-4) Masami Yamashita (ep 9) Mayumi Ueda (eps 6-8) Miho Sekimoto (ep 8) Mika Hironaka (eps 3, 11) Naoko Koyama (eps 6, 8-9) Nobuhiro Arai (ep 10) Risako Yoshida (ep 9) Ryota Itoh (ep 9) Ryūtarō Minagawa (ep 2) Sachiko Oniwa (ep 7) Satomi Kawashima (ep 9) Sayuri Tanaka (eps 8-9) Shintaro Tsubota (ep 3) Takahito Suzuki (eps 1-2, 8, 11) Takeo Ōhira (ep 2) Tomoko Kameyama (ep 11) Tomoko Kawauchi (ep 6) Toshiyuki Satō (eps 4, 8) Yōko Itō (8 episodes eps 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11 )Yoshihiro Ono (6 episodes eps 1-2, 6-7, 9-10 )Yū Kaneshiro (eps 7-9) Yu Murakami (eps 5, 9, 11) Yūki Kōrai (ep 9)
Animation Check:
Arisa Matsuo (eps 1-2, 5-6) Hiroki Okamoto (eps 1-8, 10-11) Kaori Yamada (eps 1-2, 4, 11) Kaoru Hattori (ep 9) Mayumi Yamamoto (eps 4-7, 11) Nobuko Ogino (eps 1-8, 10-11) Risa Takai (eps 7, 11) Takako Kōno (eps 1-8, 10-11) Tomoko Kameyama (eps 1, 4) Yu Murakami (eps 1-2, 4) Yūki Kōrai (eps 1, 5-6)
Animation producer: Masao Ōhashi
Assistant Animation Director: Shigeki Kimoto (ep 2)
Background Art:
Aoi Shimada (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11) Ayae Kanbe (Kobayashi Production; eps 1, 3-11) Ayumi Kugawa (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11) Ikuyo Kiyota (Kobayashi Production; eps 2-3, 10) Kaori Hagiwara (Moon Flower; eps 4, 7) Kuniko Iwatani (Moon Flower; ep 4) Sachiho Motoda (Moon Flower; eps 4, 7) Sanae Morooka (Kobayashi Production; eps 3-11) Satomi Nagasawa (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11) Taro Goto (Moon Flower; ep 4) Tomotaka Kubo (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11) Yoshio Ito (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11) Yuka Kawai (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-2)
Color design: Miyuki Ishida
Color Key:
Asami Saitō (ep 9) Ayako Suenaga (eps 4, 7) Maya Muranaga (eps 2, 5, 8, 10) Miyuki Ishida (eps 1, 11) Rika Nishio (ep 9) Tomomi Andō (eps 3, 6)
Compliation: Masato Seino (Fuji TV)
Composite:
Ai Miura (ep 1) Atsushi Satō Hatsune Tomidokoro Kyō Ichikawa (ep 1) Minako Tsuneya (ep 1) Minori Kimura Noriko Akutagawa (eps 2-11) Tomokazu Nakanishi Yoshio Ōkawachi
Digital Paint:
Akiko Uchida (eps 2, 6, 11) Asuka Hino (eps 1, 6, 11) Kyōsuke Ishikawa (ep 11) Mami Hirai (eps 1-2, 6, 11) Miho Kimura (eps 2, 6, 11) Mika Funahashi (eps 1, 6) Miyuki Ishida (eps 4, 6-7) Tomomi Andō (eps 1, 7) Yuka Kojima (eps 1, 4, 6)
Editing: Masahiro Gotō
Editing Assistant: Hitomi Sudō
Finish Check:
Asami Saitō (ep 9) Ayako Suenaga (eps 1-2, 6) Maya Muranaga (eps 1, 4, 7, 11) Miyuki Ishida (eps 2-3, 5, 8) Rika Nishio (ep 9) Tomomi Andō (ep 10)
In-Between Animation:
Asami Endō (eps 1, 4-5) Atsumi Sakai (eps 1-2, 4-6) Chisa Shibata (ep 6) Eri Uchiyama (eps 6, 8) Haruka Sano (eps 4-6) Hiromi Takada (ep 6) Konomi Umemura (eps 2, 5-6) Makiko Inoue (eps 2, 6) Masanobu Uchida (eps 2, 6) Masayuki Nonaka (eps 1, 4-6, 10) Mayumi Yamamoto (ep 1) Mitsutaka Koshigo (eps 1-2, 4-5) Nana Mori (eps 2, 6) Risa Takai (eps 4, 6) Ruka Sawano (eps 2, 6, 8) Satomi Nakai (eps 2, 4-6) Takae Yamaguchi (eps 6, 8, 11) Tetsuya Sakamoto (eps 2, 4-6) Yasuna Kobayashi (eps 6, 8) Yū Suzuki (ep 4)
Key Animation:
Akihide Miya (eps 3, 8) Akiko Kumada (ep 1) Akiko Matsuo (ep 5) Akio Kitahara (ep 9) Akiori Kozue (ep 2) Asuka Shinbo (ep 11) Atsushi Nishigori (OP) Atsushi Saitō (ep 11) Aya Kanou (eps 4, 10) Aya Nagumo (eps 5-6) Ayako Satō (ep 2) Ayami Watanabe (ep 11) Chikara Sakurai (ep 11) Daisuke Endō (ep 11) Daisuke Tsumagari (ep 9) Emi Tezuka (eps 2, 6) Eriko Uchiyama (ep 2) Fujio Suzuki (ep 5) Fumiko Kon (eps 1, 7) Fusako Nomura (eps 1, 5, 10) Hayato Hashiguchi (eps 2, 6-7, 10) Hidekazu Yamana (ep 2) Hideo Nakamura (ep 9) Hiroki Harada (ep 1) Hiroko Oohata (eps 6-7) Hiroko Tanaka (ep 9) Hiromi Ariga (ep 9) Hiromi Ogata (ep 5) Hiromitsu Hagiwara (eps 5, 10) Hironori Tanaka (eps 1-8, 10-11) Hiroshi Tomioka (eps 3, 8) Hiroshi Yakou (eps 2, 7) Hirotaka Nii (eps 3, 8) Hitomi Fujii (eps 3, 8) Ikuko Satō (ep 10) Ikuma Fujibe (eps 1, 7, 11) Issei Arakaki (ep 3) Izumi Seguchi (ep 1) Kaori Itō (eps 5, 7, 11) Kaoru Maehara (ep 9) Kazuyuki Ueda (ep 10) Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (eps 4, 10) Kenji Matsuoka (ep 4) Kensuke Matsuoka (ep 3) Kōichi Takai (ep 2) Kōta Michishita (ep 6) Kumiko Ozawa (ep 4) Kurea Narumi (ep 10) Kyōhei Tezuka (ep 7) Mai Matsuura (ep 5) Mai Toda (eps 1, 7, 11) Makoto Sawazaki (eps 2, 6, 11) Mari Asada (ep 9) Mari Tominaga (eps 3, 8) Masaaki Kitahara (eps 1, 7, 11) Masafumi Sato (eps 2, 6) Masahito Onoda (OP; eps 2, 5) Masaya Yasutome (eps 3, 8) Mayumi Ueda (eps 5, 11) Michihiko Ozawa (eps 3, 8) Mika Saitō (ep 2) Mika Takazawa (eps 2, 6) Mineko Ueda (ep 5) Minoru Watanabe (eps 4, 10) Mitsuhiro Okumura (ep 9) Miyuki Goto (ep 5) Nao Higa (ep 10) Naoko Yoshimori (eps 1-2, 6) Naoya Takahashi (eps 4, 10) Nobuhiro Arai (ep 8) Nobuhiro Okazaki (ep 9) Rai Takemi (eps 4, 6) Rika Kanetaka (ep 9) Risako Yoshida (eps 2, 6) Ryō Iwasaki (ep 6) Ryota Itoh (ep 4) Ryou Kodama (eps 1, 7, 11) Satomi Naitou (ep 11) Shigeki Kimoto (eps 1, 6, 11) Shigeru Chiba (eps 3, 7) Shingo Nakamura (eps 2, 6) Shinichi Toda (ep 9) Shōgo Morishita (ep 5) Sono Kato (ep 5) Takahiro Sasaki (eps 2, 6) Takahito Suzuki (ep 7) Takashi Ueno (ep 10) Takeo Ōhira (eps 4, 7, 10) Takeshi Otani (eps 3, 8) Tanehiko Ōta (eps 4, 6) Tenkichi Maekawa (ep 8) Tomoe Sahashi (ep 8) Tomohiro Shinoda (ep 7) Tomohito Taira (ep 6) Tomoyuki Ōshita (ep 9) Toshiya Washida (ep 4) Tsubasa Ito (ep 4) Yasuhisa Kai (ep 3) Yasuhito Murakami (ep 4) Yōko Itō (eps 4, 10) Yoshiisa Kanezaki (ep 3) Yoshio Ameno (eps 3, 8) Yoshiyuki Takayanagi (eps 2, 7) Yōsuke Kobuchi (eps 1, 6, 11) Yousuke Okuda (eps 1, 3) Yousuke Toyama (ep 4) Yu Murakami (eps 3-4, 6, 10) Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 6) Yuki Imoto (ep 5) Yukie Hiyamizu (OP; eps 1, 8, 11) Yukiko Aikei (ep 8) Yukiko Matsumoto (ep 3) Yūko Hineno (ep 9) Yumiko Komiyama (ep 8) Yūto Shindō (eps 4, 6, 10) Yuuko Yoshida (ep 5)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Planning Cooperation: Akira Kamimura (Ohta Publishing Co.)
Production Advancement:
Emi Kashimura (ep 5) Hiromi Chikamatsu (ep 9) Kazuhiro Nishinosono (eps 1, 7, 11) Kōji Okada (chief; eps 2, 6) Masato Sasaki  Naoya Gotō (eps 4, 10) Yū Hashimoto (ep 9) Yūto Sasaki (eps 3, 8)
Production Advancement Chief:
Kaoru Suzuki (ep 7) Kazuhiro Nishinosono (eps 1, 3, 8, 11) Kōji Okada (6 episodes eps 2, 4-6, 9-10 )
Prop Design: Yukie Hiyamizu
Publicity:
Kyoko Tanaka (Fuji TV; eps 3-11) Maiko Suzuki (Fuji TV; eps 1-2) Sachi Kawamoto Saori Takeyama Shinichi Tsuchiya
Publicity Cooperation: Yoshiya Kamimura
Recording Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai
Recording Assistant: Chokujou Takeda
Sound Production Manager: Rie Tanaka
Special Effects: Atsushi Satō
Video Editing: Yōhei Yamamoto (Tokyo Laboratory)
|
Ai Takabe as
Yuko Gibu as
Aki Toyosaki as
Ayumi Fujimura as
Chiemi Ishimatsu as
Fuyuka Oura as
Junko Kitanishi as
Kenji Hamada as
Mai Nakahara as
Mamiko Noto as
Mitsuru Ogata as
Ryōko Ono as
Sayuri Yahagi as
Shinji Kawada as
Shintarō Asanuma as
Tsutomu Densaka as
Yui Horie as
Yuka Iguchi as
Yukari Fukui as
Atsushi Ono as
Fuyuka Oura as
Kana Uetake as
Kanae Oki as
Kiyoko Miyazawa as
Misaki Sekiyama as
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as
Sachiko Kojima as
Shoko Tsuda as
Tomoko Nakamura as
Tsutomu Aoki as
Tsuyoshi Aoki as
Yoriko Nagata as
Yuka Saitō as
|
|||
2nd Key Animation:
AIC Spirits (ep 2) Bee Train (eps 6, 9-10) Ekura Animal (ep 8) Jinbun (ep 9) Last House (ep 3) Studio Liberty (ep 6) TNK (eps 3, 8) TYO Animations (eps 3-4) Wao World (eps 2-3, 9-11)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Digital Paint:
Atelier Rabbit (ep 9) Jinbun (eps 1-11) Niandai Animation (eps 1-3, 7-11) Studio Core (ep 9) Studio Elle (ep 5) Triple A (eps 1-8, 10)
Editing Studio: REAL-T
In-Between Animation:
Atelier Rabbit (ep 9) Jinbun (eps 1-11) Niandai Animation (eps 1-3, 7-11) Studio Core (ep 9) Triple A (eps 1-8, 10)
Planning Cooperation: Ohta Publishing
Production:
Aoi Hana Production Committee Fuji Television Network Hakuhodo DY Media Partners J.C. Staff Media Factory Yomiko Advertising, Inc.
Production Assistance: Artland (ep 9)
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
|
||||
|
|
||||
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Design: Greg Hillsman
Packaging Design: Kris Gero (Blu-ray)
Senior Producer: Kris Gero (Blu-ray)
|
(none) |
|||
|
|
||||
(none) |
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America) |
|||
(none) |
||||
(none) |
Licensed by: Top-Insight International Co., Ltd. |
|||
(none) |
||||
| DISCLAIMER | add information | report an error | lookup sources |
Compare this anime's credits with others
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Anime anthology