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Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love (TV)

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Alternative title:
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi (Japanese)
The World's Greatest First Love
世界一初恋 (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, erotica, romance
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Because Ritsu Onodera hates to rely on family connections he quits a job as a literature editor at his parents' company, Onodera Publishing, and winds up taking a job at Marukawa Books. To his chagrin, he is assigned to the shōjo manga department in spite of having no interest or experience in it. And on top of that, he has an awful first impression of his high-handed editor-in-chief, Masamune Takano. What comes after is a story of first love full of tears and laughter.
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User Ratings: 460 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 59 votes (sub:52, dub:4, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 143 votes (sub:128, dub:10, edit.dub:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 93 votes (sub:90, dub:2, others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Good: 90 votes (sub:85, raw:1, dub:1, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 41 votes (sub:38, dub:2, raw:1)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 941 users, rank: #1301 (of 10148)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.841 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.7994, rank: #992 (of 10319)
Weighted mean: 7.716 (Very good−), rank: #1165 (of 10319) (seen all: 7.83 / seen some: 7.14 / won't finish: 3.21)
Bayesian estimate: 7.710 (Very good−), rank: #890 (of 7759)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2011-04-08
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Sekai de Ichiban Koishiteru" by Shuhei Kita
Ending Theme:
"Ashita, Boku wa Kimi ni Ai ni Yuku" by Wakaba
Official website:
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Official Website (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love Seasons 1 & 2 + OVAs DVD (May 31, 2017)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: The World’s Greatest First Love - Seasons 1 & 2 + OVAs (Sub.DVD) 2017-03-07 (from $40.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Rika Nakase
Script:
Michiko Yokote (eps 5-6, 9)
Rika Nakase (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 10, 12
)
Yoshiko Nakamura (eps 3-4, 8)
Storyboard:
Chiaki Kon (OP/ED)
Go Sakamoto
Hiroshi Kotaki (ep 1)
Episode Director: Hiroaki Nishimura (ep 1)
Unit Director: Chiaki Kon (OP/ED)
Music: Hijiri Anze
Original creator: Shungiku Nakamura
Character Design: Yōko Kikuchi
Art Director:
Junko Shimizu
Yumiko Kondō
Animation Director:
Soon Yeon Kim (ep 1)
Takahiro Yasuda (ep 1)
Yōko Kikuchi (OP/ED)
Sound Director: Hozumi Gōda
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondō
Producer:
Hiroaki Takano
Kazunori Noguchi (Studio Deen)
Takeshi Yasuda (Kadokawa Shoten)
Tetsu Hirata
Tetsuya Tsuchihashi (AT-X)
Tsuneo Takechi (Klockworx Inc.)

2nd Key Animation:
Michiko Noda (ep 9)
Shūko Tomita (ep 1)
Assistant Animation Director:
Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 10)
Takaaki Fukuyo (ep 7)
Background Art:
Akiko Manabe
Izumi Ozawa
Kimiyo Saito
Marie Murata (Studio Easter; eps 7-10)
Yuki Ikeda
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Color Key: Shinji Matsumoto
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Finish Animation:
Chisato Tsumotani
Kozue Arai
Saori Yoshida
In-Between Animation:
Asuna Imahashi
Ayaka Shibamoto
Chie Iwasa
Chiharu Satō
Kōji Nobuhara
Mutsumi Omote (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8-9, 12
)
Young Hee Park (eps 6, 10)
In-Between Check:
Ai Asari
Ryūichi Akahori
Young Hee Park (eps 2, 6, 10)
Key Animation:
Aika Kawasaki (OP/ED; ep 5)
Akio Hirakawa (ep 1)
Akira Hamaguchi (ep 5)
An Katsuragi (eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Asuka Hayashi (ep 7)
Atsushi Kasano (ep 6)
Atsushi Nikaidō (ep 8)
Aya Yamaguchi (ep 10)
Chie Nishio (ep 4)
Etsuko Yokoyama (ep 7)
Fumiko Matsumoto (ep 1)
Haruka Satō (ep 7)
Hideo Amemiya (ep 7)
Hirofumi Onodera (ep 2)
Hiromi Maezawa (ED)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 4)
Ikuko Matsushita (ep 12)
Junko Matsushita (eps 3, 7)
Junko Yoshigai (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8-9, 12
)
Kanako Hiroo (ep 7)
Kanako Ōyabu (ep 5)
Kaori Ikeda (eps 6, 10)
Kaori Yamada (eps 4, 9)
Kazuya Hirata (ep 8)
Kikuko Sadakata (OP)
Kōhei Yamazaki (ep 9)
Kōichi Takai (eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Kozue Horanai (ep 1)
Kumiko Onaga (eps 5, 12)
Kyōhei Ogura (ep 7)
Mai Toda (ep 9)
Masahiro Yoshizaki (eps 6, 10)
Masako Onozawa (ep 7)
Maya Uenishi (ep 10)
Mayu Fujimoto (eps 6, 10)
Megumi Imai (ep 7)
Mie Ōishi (ep 1)
Miki Takihara (eps 1, 5)
Mitsuru Nakata (eps 3, 7)
Miyuki Honda (ep 4)
Moe Miyazaki (ep 1)
Momoko Makiuchi (ep 7)
Motonori Nishibe (ep 3)
Naoko Imaizumi (5 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 9, 12
)
Naoko Tanaka (eps 3, 7)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 10)
Noriko Hatta (ep 7)
Noriko Kitazawa (ep 8)
Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 6)
Osamu Nuita (ep 7)
Satomi Matsuura (ep 1)
Setsuko Unno (ep 7)
Shinobu Ōkōchi (ep 1)
Shoko Muroyama (ep 8)
Takahiro Yasuda (OP)
Takao Ozone (ep 6)
Takumi Nishiwaki (ep 3)
Tatsuya Yoshihara (OP/ED)
Tomochi Kosaka (OP/ED)
Toshinori Watanabe (ep 9)
Tsuguru Fukuda (eps 3, 7)
Tsuyoshi Tanabe (ep 12)
Yasuhiro Ito (ep 10)
Yasuyuki Noda (OP)
Yōichi Takada (OP)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (ep 4)
Yoshiko Takemoto (ep 9)
Yū Katō (ep 6)
Yuichi Akimoto (eps 4-5)
Yūichi Yoshida (ep 3)
Yukiko Ban (ED)
Yūko Danki (ep 1)
Yūko Fujii (ep 7)
Yuko Nakajima (eps 8-9)
Yumi Nakayama (OP)
Yumie Wada (eps 3, 7)
Yumiko Ōmae (ep 5)
Photography:
Hisashi Yonezawa
Takako Unate
Yayoi Mutō
Yōhei Konishi (Studio Twinkle; eps 3, 10)
Production Advancement: Natsumi Nishide (ep 1)
Prop Design: Yukiko Ban
Special Effects: Shōichi Uehara
Katsuyuki Konishi as Masamune Takano
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Chiaki Yoshino
Takashi Kondō as Ritsu Onodera
Yūichi Nakamura as Yoshiyuki Hatori

Hikaru Midorikawa as Kanade Mino
Hiroshi Kamiya as Yū Yanase
Kenyū Horiuchi as Takafumi Yokozawa
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Shōta Kisa
Tomoaki Maeno as Kō Yukina
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Ryūichirō Isaka

Asami Imai as Person in charge of sales department (ep 11)
Azusa Kataoka as Female high school student (ep 8)
Eri Kiyoka as Assistant (ep 2)
Fuyuka Oura as Office lady (ep 9)
Haruka Kudō as Assistant (eps 5-6, 10)
Ikumi Hayama as Female company employee (ep 1)
Itsuki Takizawa as
Announcer (ep 3)
Shop assistant (ep 11)
Kanami Satou as Guest (ep 6)
Kanehira Yamamoto as Guest (ep 6)
Kazutomi Yamamoto as
Company employee (ep 7)
Moving contractor (ep 2)
Kōji Yusa as Man (eps 8-9)
Kōtarō Matsumaru as Shop manager (ep 8)
Mai Nakahara as Saeki (ep 7)
Mina as
Assistant (eps 2, 5-6, 10)
Female company employee (ep 1)
Female high school student (ep 8)
Motoko Kumai as Mangaka (ep 2)
Mutsumi Tamura as Satō (ep 1)
Nobunaga Shimazaki as
Editor (ep 1)
Guest (ep 6)
Ryūsaku Chijiwa as Ryūichi Sumi (eps 11-12)
Saeko Zōgō as
Assistant (ep 2)
Guest (ep 6)
Office lady (ep 9)
Shop assistant (ep 8)
Sayaka Ōhara as Erika Ichinose (ep 7)
Shiho Kawaragi as Yukina Mutō (eps 3-4, 12)
Shinya Takahashi as Sasaki (ep 4)
Shion Hirota as Female high school student (ep 8)
Shō Takano as
Company employee (ep 7)
Editor (ep 1)
Moving contractor (ep 2)
Shōta Yamamoto as Editor (ep 1)
Takeshi Kusao as Hasegawa (eps 11-12)
Takuya Eguchi as Shop assistant (ep 8)
Tomomi Betsui as Assistant (eps 5-6, 10)
Yuka Saitō as Female company employee (ep 9)
Yūki Ono as Guest (ep 6)
Yūko Mori as Female company employee (ep 1)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
AI
Ashi Productions
Big Owl
D-Motion
Gingaya
HEBARAKI
Marvy Jack
Mouse
Picture Magic
Shindō Production
Studio Gimlet
Studio Liberty
Studio Wanpack
Wao World
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Backgrounds: Studio Easter
Broadcaster:
Chiba Television (2011-04-11)
Gifu Broadcasting (2011-04-11)
KBS Kyoto (2011-04-12)
Mie Television Broadcasting (2011-04-12)
Sun TV (2011-04-11)
Television Kanagawa (2011-04-13)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2011-04-08)
Tokyo MX (2011-04-12)
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2011-04-13)
Finish Animation:
Anihouse Sun
Artemis
Big Owl
Dream Force
E-cho
NARA Animation
Toei Animation Philippines
In-Between Animation:
Anihouse Sun
Big Owl
Dream Force
E-cho
NARA Animation
Studio Sign
Toei Animation Philippines
Key Animation:
HEBARAKI (ep 5)
Nakamura Production (ep 3)
Studio Liberty (eps 5, 8-9)
Wish (ep 8)
Music Production: Lantis
Photography: Megumi
Production:
AT-X
Dax Production
Kadokawa Shoten
Studio DEEN
The Klockworx Co., Ltd.
Production Cooperation: A.C.G.T (eps 3, 7)
English staff
English cast
(none)
English companies
Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
French staff
French companies
Translation: Julie Minchin
Executive producer: Anthony Graci
Distributor:
Black Box (DVD & Blu-ray)
Boy's Love IDP
Internet Streaming: KAZÉ
French cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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