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Kämpfer für die Liebe (special)

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Alternative title:
けんぷファー für die Liebe (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Natsuru Senō wakes up one morning to find he has been chosen to become a Kämpfer, a magical warrior. There's only one problem: Kämpfers are only allowed to be females.
User Ratings: 361 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 17 votes (sub:16, dub:1)
 Excellent: 27 votes (sub:26, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 74 votes (sub:67, dub:3, raw:2, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 76 votes (sub:65, dub:4, raw:2, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Decent: 70 votes (sub:68, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 49 votes (sub:45, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:15, ?:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:11, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:11, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 658 users, rank: #1754 (of 10148)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.463 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9984, rank: #6223 (of 10319)
Weighted mean: 6.275 (Decent+), rank: #6782 (of 10319) (seen all: 6.37 / seen some: 9.00 / won't finish: 2.69)
Bayesian estimate: 6.316 (Decent+), rank: #6141 (of 7759)
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage:
2011-03-06 (Special screening @ Tokyo's Odaiba Cinema Mediage Theater)
2011-03-31 (TBS broadcast)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Choose my love!" by Minami Kuribayashi
Ending Theme:
"Mōsō Shōjo A" (妄想少女A) by Yui Horie and Yukari Tamura
Trivia: We have 4
News: Show:
Tokyo ESP, Noein, No Game No Life Released Monday (Mar 27, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 12-18 (May 14, 2013)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Kämpfer für die Liebe Anime (Jan 23, 2013)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, May 23-29 (Part 2) (Jun 1, 2011)
1 of 2 Kämpfer für die Liebe Episodes Will Not Air (Feb 14, 2011)
Kämpfer für die Liebe Promo Video Streamed (Dec 30, 2010)
Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces September Slate (May 20, 2014)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Kӓmpfer ~ Für die Liebe (Jan 23, 2013)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Kämpfer - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2019-05-28 (from $27.95)
    Kämpfer - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2014-09-23 (from $61.62)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Kämpfer - Complete Collection [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-03-28 (from $32.39)
DVD (Region 1)
    Kämpfer für die Liebe - OVA Collection (Sub.DVD) 2013-05-14 (from $59.99)
DVD (Region 2)
    Kämpfer - Complete Collection [UK] (Sub.DVD) 2016-03-28

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yasuhiro Kuroda
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Script: Hiroko Fukuda (ep 2)
Music: Tatsuya Katō
Original creator: Toshihiko Tsukiji
Character Design: Mariko Fujita
Art Director: Yoshinori Hirose
Chief Animation Director: Makoto Koga
Animation Director:
Kenji Ōta (ep 1)
Takashi Uchida (ep 2)
Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 1)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina

Color design: Hiroko Umezaki
Composite:
Fujiko Tabata (Studio Cosmos)
Kazuhiko Udagawa (Studio Cosmos)
Kazuhiro Udagawa (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-2)
Kōichi Gonda (Studio Cosmos)
Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-2)
Tōru Sugawara (Studio Cosmos)
Yūji Shirai (Studio Cosmos)
Yūko Orikasa (Studio Cosmos)
Yumiko Morimoto (Studio Cosmos)
Key Animation:
Akio Kitahara (ep 1)
Atsuko Sugawara (ep 1)
Aya Maeda (ep 2)
Aya Nagumo (ep 2)
Daisuke Agata (ep 2)
Etsushi Mori (ep 1)
Kaori Higuchi (ep 1)
Kazuki Ito (ep 1)
Kazuko Shibata (ep 2)
Ken Mutou (ep 1)
Kenji Ōta (ep 1)
Noriko Sato (ep 2)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (ep 1)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 1-2)
Shinichi Shigematsu (ep 2)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 1)
Takeshi Okada (ep 2)
Yūki Nakajima (ep 1)
Theme Song Performance:
Minami Kuribayashi (OP)
Yui Horie (ED)
Yukari Tamura (ED)
Kana Asumi as Mikoto Kondō
Kaori Nazuka as Shizuku Sangō
Marina Inoue as Natsuru Senō
Megumi Nakajima as Kaede Sakura
Yui Horie as Akane Mishima

Eri Nakao as Sayaka Nakao
Junko Minagawa as Hitomi Minagawa
Kana Ueda as Rika Ueda
Kazusa Aranami as Treasurer
Kenji Utsumi as Hiaburi Lion
Kotomi Yamakawa as Ryōka Yamakawa
Mamiko Noto as Norainu Chissoku
Michiko Nomura as Tora Harakiri
Nana Mizuki as Kanden Yamaneko
Rie Kugimiya as Bakuhatsu Penguin
Shiori Mikami as Masumi Nishino
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Mikihito Higashida
Yukari Tamura as Seppuku Kuro Usagi
Yūki Kobayashi as Committee Chairman
Yūko Gotō as Assistant Committee Chairperson

Naoko Sugiura as Female Student
Noriko Obata as Female Student
Yoriko Nagata as Teacher
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Nomad
Backgrounds:
E-cho
J.C. Staff Art Dept.
Broadcaster:
BS-i (2011-04)
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2011-03)
Composite: Studio Cosmos
Finish Animation:
Big Owl (ep 2)
Jumondo
Studio Elle
In-Between Animation:
Asahi Production (ep 1)
Big Owl (ep 2)
Ekura Animal
Jumondo
Key Animation: Jumondo
Music Production: Lantis
Production:
Bowel Familiars
Dax Production
King Records
Lantis
McRAY
Media Factory
Nomad
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Sound Production: Dax Production
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Shannon Reed
Translation: Neil Nadelman
ADR Script: Marta Bechtol
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Toru Iwakami (2019 release)
Producer:
David Del Rio (2014 release)
Griffin Vance (2019 release)
John Ledford (2014, 2019 releases)

Assistant ADR Director:
David Wald
John Swasey
Audio Engineer:
Anel Garcia
Bryan Leach
Patrick Marrero
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Packaging Design:
Andrea Rodriguez (2014 release)
Larry Koteff
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (2019 release)
Janice Williams (2019 release)
Joey Goubeaud (2019 release)
Son Phan Le (2019 release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (2019 release)
E.W. Rector, III (Original release, 2019 release)
Jessica Williams
Kayla King
Luke La Padula (2019 release)
Mariana Valverde (2019 release)
Natalie Jones (2019 release)
Ned Gayle (2019 release)
Paul Mericle (2019 release)
Ryan Anthony (2019 release)
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Subtitle Formatting: Dwayne Jones
Subtitle Script: Neil Nadelman
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones
Subtitling: Neal Barnes (2019 release)
Supervising Translator: Ian Fagen (2019 release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled) 
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
MVM (UK & Ireland)
Sentai Filmworks
Post Production: Seraphim Digital
Production: Sentai Studios (2019 release)
German cast
German staff
(none)
Anita Hopt as Kaede Sakura
Anna Grisebach as Natsuru Senō (female)
Katrin Zimmermann as Shizuku Sangō
Kaya Möller as Akane Mishima
Manja Doering as Mikoto Kondō
René Dawn-Claude as Natsuru Senō (male)

Anja Rybiczka as Kanden Yamaneko
Antje von der Ahe as Hitomi Minagawa
Daniela Reidies as Seppuku Kuro Usagi
Gundi Eberhard as Masumi Nishino
Katie Pfleghar as Rika Ueda
Maxi Häcke as Sayaka Nakao
Nicole Hannak as Ryouka Yamakawa
Oliver Bender as Mikihito Higashida
Santiago Ziesmer as Tora Harakiri

Axel Lutter as Hiaburi Lion
Josefin Hagen as Vice-Class Representative
Lisa Mitsching as Class Treasurer
Tanja Schmitz as Class Representative
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand

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