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Sasameki Koto (TV)

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Alternative title:
Whispered Words
ささめきこと (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: yuri
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Sumika Murasame is deeply in love with her cheerful classmate and friend Ushio Kazama. Ushio is openly lesbian but... she likes cute girls, and Sumika, top student, class representative, black belt in karate, is all but cute. Even worse, Sumika herself is terrified of endangering her friendship with Ushio and chooses to maintain the status quo, as much as it pains her to hide her feelings...
User Ratings: 571 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 32 votes (sub:30, dub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 102 votes (sub:92, dub:7, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 191 votes (sub:177, dub:9, ?:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 124 votes (sub:118, raw:2, dub:2, others:2
2 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 65 votes (sub:61, dub:2, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:28)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:9, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 885 users, rank: #1369 (of 10085)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.434 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6231, rank: #2156 (of 10245)
Weighted mean: 7.360 (Good+), rank: #2250 (of 10245) (seen all: 7.51 / seen some: 5.65 / won't finish: 4.64)
Bayesian estimate: 7.363 (Good+), rank: #1932 (of 7695)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2009-10-07 to 2009-12-30
Opening Theme:
"Kanashii Hodo Aoku" (悲しいほど青く) by Natsumi Kiyoura
Ending Theme:
"Niji-iro Pocket" (虹色ポケット) by Natsumi Kiyoura
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 7
Review:
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Eiji Suganuma
Script: Hideyuki Kurata
Storyboard:
Akira Tsuchiya (eps 3-4, 9)
Ei Aoki (ep 11)
Eiji Suganuma (OP; eps 1, 3-4, 13)
Makoto Moriwaki (eps 5, 10)
Mashu Itō (ep 2)
Nagisa Miyazaki (ep 7)
Takayuki Inagaki (ep 8)
Takehiro Nakayama (eps 6, 12)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Takashima (eps 1, 6, 13)
Eiji Suganuma (ep 13)
Hiroyuki Kanbe (ep 8)
Kazuo Nogami (eps 4, 9)
Kōdai Iwata (eps 2, 11)
Makoto Moriwaki (eps 5, 10)
Nagisa Miyazaki (ep 7)
Shōgo Arai (eps 3, 12)
Unit Director: Eiji Suganuma (OP)
Music: Shigeomi Hasumi
Original creator: Takashi Ikeda
Character Design: Masami Inomata
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Chief Animation Director: Masami Inomata
Animation Director:
Hatsue Koizumi (eps 5, 10, 13)
Hiroaki Gōda (ep 11)
Ippei Masui (eps 4, 9)
Jouji Sawada (eps 6, 13)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 12)
Masakazu Yamagishi (eps 3, 12)
Masami Inomata (OP; ep 1)
Michio Satō (ep 13)
Mika Saitō (ep 7)
Takuya Tani (eps 8, 13)
Yūko Yamada (ep 2)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Producer:
Shousei Ito
Tomoyoshi Koyama

2nd Key Animation:
Akiko Kawazoe (ep 7)
Arumi Tamichi (GoHands; eps 8, 13)
Asami Gouda (ep 1)
Chie Hashimoto (ep 12)
Chihiro Shimada (GoHands; eps 8, 13)
Chiyō Nishikawa (ep 7)
Hidenobu Takahashi (eps 11, 13)
Hiroyuki Itai (ep 12)
Ikue Yoshima (ep 7)
Jun Yamazaki (ep 7)
Kasumi Kametani (ep 7)
Katsumasa Yokomine (GoHands; ep 8)
Kazuki Shibata (ep 12)
Kimiko Hiraguchi (GoHands; eps 1, 8, 13)
Masako Matsumoto (ep 13)
Masashi Sato (ep 12)
Masayuki Tachibana (GoHands; eps 8, 13)
Mayumi Tomiie (ep 12)
Mina Ōsawa (ep 10)
Misa Matsuoka (ep 12)
Miyuki Mori (GoHands; eps 1, 8, 13)
Natsuo Kawamura (ep 7)
Nozomu Shimazaki (ep 4)
Sachiko Suzuki (ep 1)
Sanae Shimada (ep 4)
Satomi Kurita (ep 11)
Shōta Ueno (ep 7)
Shūhei Yamamoto (ep 11)
Takahiro Ninagawa (ep 12)
Takumi Yokota (ep 13)
Tetsuro Uetake (GoHands; eps 8, 13)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 10)
Wataru Ami (ep 7)
Yū Kaneshiro (ep 12)
Yuki Fujita (GoHands; ep 8)
Yukiko Kawakita (ep 7)
Yumi Sudarehata (ep 1)
Yūsuke Banjōya (GoHands; eps 8, 13)
Animation producer:
Jiyū Ōgi
Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki
Art Setting: Seiji Handa
Assistant Animation Director:
Hiroshi Kajiyama (ep 1)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 12)
Kōsuke Kawamura (ep 6)
Michio Satō (eps 2, 6)
Ryūji Iwata (eps 1-2)
Yumiko Ishii (eps 2, 7)
Assistant producer:
Akihiko Okada
Taizō Ohara
Takeshi Hashimoto
Color design: Aiko Matsuyama
Composite Director:
Tomonori Katō
Tomoyoshi Katō
Editing: Masaki Utsunomiya
Ending Animation:
Eiji Suganuma
Masami Inomata
In-Between Animation:
Chiaki Wakasa (eps 1, 8, 13)
Chiori Haneda (ep 1)
Daiki Miyagawa (eps 1, 8, 11)
Eri Ishii (ep 12)
Eriko Miwa (ep 12)
Ikumi Ōkubo (ep 4)
Kaoru Yanagisawa (Studio Comet; ep 5)
Kazuhiro Nasu (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 11, 13
)
Keisuke Ashikawa (eps 1, 8)
Kōtarō Nakamori (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 11, 13
)
Masaki Suzuki (eps 1, 8, 11)
Masaru Furushima (eps 1, 8)
Maya Hashimoto (ep 4)
Mihoko Ishihara (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 11, 13
)
Mina Ōsawa (Studio Comet; ep 5)
Mitsuhiro Mori (ep 7)
Mizue Ōmoto (Studio Comet; ep 5)
Naoya Hoshino (ep 12)
Narika Nakano (ep 4)
Narumi Shimoji (Studio Comet; ep 5)
Natsumi Kanda (ep 12)
Nozomu Kuwashima (ep 4)
Rina Takenawa (ep 7)
Ruiko Takahashi (eps 1, 8, 11)
Ryosuke Oshima (eps 1, 8, 11)
Ryōsuke Terasako (eps 1, 8, 13)
Saeri Ogawa (Studio Comet; ep 5)
Saori Yoshida (eps 4, 9)
Satoko Shimoji (Studio Comet; ep 5)
Shunji Maki (eps 8, 12)
Yasuhiro Kimura (Studio Comet; ep 5)
Yoshimi Shinada (ep 4)
Yūki Fukuchi (eps 1, 8, 11)
Yūki Tsutsumi (eps 1, 8, 11)
Yuma Sugimoto (eps 1, 8)
Yumiko Ōta (eps 4, 9)
Yūri Ichinose (ep 4)
Yūsuke Miyamoto (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 11, 13
)
In-Between Check:
Ai Tsuruta (eps 5, 10)
Hime Kanenobu (ep 6)
Hiroyuki Saitō (eps 3, 12)
Kaoru Hattori (ep 7)
Mayu Hoshino (ep 6)
Miki Komuro (ep 6)
Shoichi Sunahara (eps 1-2, 8, 13)
Yoshihide Fukushima (eps 4, 9)
Yūki Fukuchi (eps 2, 13)
Yūki Tsutsumi (eps 11, 13)
Key Animation:
Ai Tsuruta (eps 5, 10)
Akiko Ito (eps 7, 12)
Akira Kojima (ep 8)
Asami Endō (ep 7)
Asami Komatsu (eps 3, 12)
Atsuko Yamazaki (ep 9)
Aya Nasuno (ep 9)
Ayu Imoto (ep 6)
Ayumi Nishibata (ep 2)
Chieko Hisha (eps 2, 11)
Chūji Nakajima (ep 6)
Daisuke Saitō (ep 11)
Eikō Aoyagi (ep 7)
Emi Asami (ep 6)
Etsushi Mori (eps 3, 12)
Fumiko Kon (ep 4)
Haruyo Arihara (ep 6)
Hideki Tanaka (ep 4)
Hiroko Tanaka (ep 7)
Hiroshi Kajiyama (ep 1)
Hiroshi Yakou (OP; ep 1)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 6)
Hiroyuki Kamura (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Kanbe (eps 8, 13)
Hisashi Samejima (eps 3, 12)
Hisashi Shimokawa (ep 1)
Jin Yoshida (ep 10)
Jun Yukawa (ep 5)
Kaoru Hattori (ep 7)
Kaoru Maehara (ep 7)
Katsuya Shigehara (ep 4)
Kazuya Saitō (ep 9)
Kazuya Tsukamoto (ep 4)
Keiichi Ishida (ep 8)
Keita Hagio (eps 3, 12)
Ken Mukaigawara (ep 5)
Kimiko Uchimaru (ep 13)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 1)
Kōdai Iwata (ep 11)
Kōhei Yamazaki (ep 7)
Kōichi Hayami (eps 3, 12)
Koichi Morishima (eps 4, 9)
Koichi Nakaya (ep 12)
Koji Maruoka (eps 3, 12)
Kumiko Kakoi (eps 5, 10)
Manabu Shioda (ep 2)
Manami Hattori (ep 2)
Manami Itō (ep 4)
Masahiro Furihata (ep 12)
Masaru Yoshioka (ep 12)
Masatsugu Nishida (ep 6)
Masayuki Fujita (eps 3, 12)
Masayuki Yagi (eps 5, 10)
Megumi Sato (ep 7)
Michiko Uno (ep 5)
Michio Satō (ep 13)
Miho Kawasaki (ep 12)
Mika Saitō (ep 7)
Miki Yokose (ep 9)
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 9)
Mio Inoguchi (ep 6)
Mitsuhiro Okumura (eps 3, 7, 12)
Mitsuki Kosaka (ep 9)
Miyuki Arai (ep 6)
Miyuki Koga (ep 4)
Miyuki Moroishi (ep 1)
Motonori Nishibe (ep 8)
Naoyuki Owada (eps 2, 8, 11)
Nobuaki Shirai (ep 7)
Nobutaka Masuda (OP; eps 1, 11)
Nobuyuki Hata (eps 2, 8, 11)
Noriyasu Murata (ep 2)
Rie Maehara (ep 7)
Rie Nishimura (ep 7)
Rie Nishino (ep 7)
Rika Kanetaka (ep 3)
Riwako Matsui (ep 11)
Ryōichi Nakano (ep 12)
Ryōko Fujikawa (ep 8)
Ryūichi Makino (ep 13)
Ryūji Iwata (eps 1, 13)
Satoshi Harayama (ep 11)
Satoshi Kubo (ep 6)
Satoshi Sakai (ep 4)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 4)
Shinichi Wada (ep 12)
Shinpei Koikawa (ep 4)
Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 6)
Shinya Nogami (ep 9)
Shohei Hosotani (ep 4)
Shūhei Yamamoto (OP; ep 13)
Si-Eun Lee (ep 7)
Sou Katou (ep 5)
Suguru Iijima (ep 12)
Taeko Igo (ep 3)
Taeko Oda (eps 8, 13)
Takahiro Toyomasu (ep 13)
Takao Takegami (eps 3, 12)
Takashi Ikeda (Preview)
Takashi Tsuge (ep 10)
Takayuki Chiba (ep 10)
Takumi Yokota (OP)
Takuya Tani (OP; eps 1-2, 8, 13)
Tatsuki Kanazaki (ep 11)
Tomo Agatsuma (ep 9)
Tomoki Kōda (ep 9)
Tomoko Miyagawa (eps 5, 10)
Tomoko Tanaka (eps 1, 13)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (eps 1, 8, 11)
Toshinori Watanabe (ep 11)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (eps 1-2)
Wataru Sekimoto (eps 2, 11)
Yasuhiko Uetake (eps 4, 9)
Yasuko Miyazaki (eps 3, 12)
Yasuyuki Tada (ep 2)
Yōko Iizuka (ep 2)
Yoko Sano (eps 1, 8, 13)
Yoshie Anzai (ep 9)
Yoshitaka Sato (eps 3, 12)
Yuka Seriguchi (ep 12)
Yukari Watabe (eps 3, 12)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (eps 2, 8)
Yukiko Ibe (ep 10)
Yūko Kiyoshima (eps 5, 10)
Yumi Sudarehata (ep 2)
Yumiko Ishii (eps 1, 13)
Yumiko Tomiki (eps 2, 11)
Yusuke Shimizu (ep 11)
Yūya Geshi (OP; eps 1-2, 8, 13)
Planning:
Atsushi Iwasaki
Osamu Shibata
Shirō Sasaki
Tōru Miura
Production Desk: Masao Yamazaki
Production producer: Akihito Chinen
Setting Assistant:
Hiroshi Ogawa (eps 2-13)
Yūko Yamada (eps 2-3)
Setting Production: Nao Umakawa
Theme Song Performance: Natsumi Kiyoura
Visual Effects: Ryosuke Tsuda
Ayahi Takagaki as Sumika Murasame
Megumi Takamoto as Ushio Kazama

Ayaka Shimizu as Masaki Akemiya
Chiwa Saitō as Miyako Taema
Emiri Katō as Kiyori Torioi
Hitomi Harada as Tomoe Hachisuka
Mayuki Makiguchi as Azusa Aoi
Wataru Hatano as Norio Kazama

Ai Maeda as Noe Hayasumi
Ayana Taketatsu as Manaka Akemiya
Daichi Endō as Uncle (ep 13)
Hideki Nakanishi as
Boy B (ep 1)
Male student (eps 2, 4, 9)
Man (ep 11)
Murasame brothers
Store employee (ep 10)
Hiroki Yoshida as
Boy (ep 7)
Male student (eps 2, 6, 8-9)
Man (ep 11)
Kaori Furukawa as
Child (ep 11)
Female student (ep 9)
Kasuga Wakaba (ep 4)
Waitress (ep 7)
Kayou Nakajima as Aunt (ep 13)
Kento Fujinuma as Oratega (ep 7)
Kiyomi Yazawa as Mother (ep 11)
Kōsuke Itō as
Boy C (ep 1)
Male student (eps 4, 6, 8-9)
Program director (ep 2)
Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as
Azusa's father (ep 9)
Boy A (ep 1)
Chief priest (ep 13)
Chōno (ep 6)
Gaina (ep 7)
Male student (eps 2, 4, 12)
Man (ep 11)
Pupil (ep 3)
Store employee (ep 10)
Reina Ozaki as
Azusa's mother (eps 9-10)
Old lady (ep 13)
Shigeyama (eps 8, 12)
Risa Hayamizu as Hikari Sekidera
Rumi Ōkubo as
Female student (eps 4, 9)
Konomi (ep 13)
Ryū Yamaguchi as Matthew (ep 7)
Saori Hayami as Chizuka Nishikigi
Sayuri Hara as
Female student (ep 6)
Girl (ep 13)
Girl A (ep 1)
Kako Furutaka (ep 4)
Ōkura (eps 2, 8-9, 12)
Waitress (ep 7)
Shizuka Hasegawa as Sayaka (ep 13)
Tomoo Koizumi as Male student (ep 9)
Tōru Ōkawa as Tenkai Murasame
Yuka Asaba as
Female student (ep 4)
Girl (eps 7, 13)
Girl B (ep 1)
Waitress
Yoshitake (eps 2, 8-9, 12)
Japanese companies
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (expired)
English cast
(none)

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