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Chihayafuru (TV)

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Alternative title:
Chihaya Full
ちはやふる (Japanese)
花牌情緣 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: card games, karuta
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Chihaya Ayase is a frank and ebullient girl who becomes fascinated by the obscure world of competitive karuta, a card game based on Japanese poetry. Introduced to the aggressive style of the game by a quiet and thoughtful elementary school classmate named Arata Wataya, the two quickly become close friends. They start playing as a group with Taichi Mashima, Chihaya's smart and athletic childhood friend, until they have to part ways during their middle school years due to several circumstances. As their high school life begins, they meet once again.
User Ratings: 1113 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 203 votes (sub:185, dub:11, raw:2, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 422 votes (sub:385, dub:17, raw:3, ?:2, Eng:1, others:14
11 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 286 votes (sub:261, dub:12, raw:1, others:12
4 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 127 votes (sub:116, dub:8, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 36 votes (sub:33, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 20 votes (sub:17, dub:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1811 users, rank: #667 (of 10071)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.421 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.355, rank: #227 (of 10254)
Weighted mean: 8.355 (Very good+), rank: #234 (of 10254) (seen all: 8.46 / seen some: 7.79 / won't finish: 4.17)
Bayesian estimate: 8.345 (Very good+), rank: #129 (of 7740)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage:
2011-10-04 to 2012-03-27
2013 (Animax Asia)
2013-02-13 (Animax Asia)
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"YOUTHFUL" by 99RadioService
Ending Theme:
"Soshite Ima" (そしていま) by Asami Seto
Official website:
Chihayafuru - Crunchyroll
ちはやふる (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
Chihayafuru BD+DVD (Sep 25, 2017)
Chihayafuru episodes 1-25 streaming (Apr 8, 2012)
News: Show:
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 18-24 (Mar 20, 2018)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 10-16 (Sep 12, 2017)
HIDIVE Streams Chihayafuru Anime's English Dub (Aug 25, 2017)
Chihayafuru English Dub Stars Luci Christian, Adam Gibbs, Blake Shepard (Aug 4, 2017)
Chihayafuru Anime Gets English Dub (May 22, 2017)
Live-Action Your Lie in April Film Opens in Philippines on December 7 (Nov 19, 2016)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Chihayafuru Anime (Sep 14, 2016)
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Siren Visual Acquires Chihayafuru (Jan 31, 2013)
Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 16-22 (Jul 26, 2012)
Anime Expo to Host Chihayafuru Director Asaka Morio (Jun 14, 2012)
North American Stream List: February 20-26 (Feb 26, 2012)
North American Stream List: Feb. 13-19 (Feb 19, 2012)
North American Stream List: February 6-12 (Feb 12, 2012)
North American Stream List: Jan. 30-Feb. 5 (Feb 5, 2012)
Sakamichi no Apollon Manga Gets Spinoff Series in March (Jan 30, 2012)
North American Stream List: January 23-29 (Jan 29, 2012)
Funimation Hosts Anime Licensing Survey (Jan 24, 2012)
North American Stream List: October 17-23 (Oct 23, 2011)
North American Stream List: October 10-16 (Oct 16, 2011)
North American Stream List: October 3-9 (Oct 9, 2011)
Crunchyroll to Simulcast Working'!!/Wagnaria!! 2nd Season (Oct 5, 2011)
Crunchyroll to Stream Chihayafuru TV Anime (Oct 4, 2011)
Convention report:
Anime Expo 2012 - Madhouse (Jul 1, 2012)
Interest:
Reddit Anime Awards Crown Chihayafuru 3, Re:Zero Season 2 as Anime of the Year (Feb 22, 2021)
Interview:
Interview: Chihayafuru's Asaka Morio, Kunihiko Hamada, Takuya Tsunoki (Sep 17, 2012)
Press Releases:
HIDIVE Acquires Streaming Rights to Chihayafuru English Dub (Aug 28, 2017)
Section23 Films Announces September Slate (May 23, 2017)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Chihayafuru (Sep 15, 2016)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Chihayafuru - Season 1 Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2017-09-12 (from $96.87)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Chihayafuru - Season 1 Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2017-09-12 (from $139.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Chihayafuru - Season 1 Complete Collection (DVD) 2017-09-12 (from $54.94)
DVD (Region 4)
    Chihayafuru - Part 1 (Sub.DVD) 2013-07-18
    Chihayafuru - Part 2 (Sub.DVD) 2013-09-19
    Chihayafuru - Complete Season 1 (Sub.DVD) 2014-06-18
    Chihayafuru - Season 1 & 2 Collection (Sub.DVD) 2016-10-25

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Morio Asaka
Series Composition: Naoya Takayama
Screenplay:
Akemi Moriyama (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 19
)
Ayako Katō (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 11, 18
)
Naoya Takayama (eps 16, 24-25)
Satoshi Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 23
)
Sumino Kawashima (5 episodes
eps 6, 10, 12, 17, 22
)
Yūko Kakihara (4 episodes
eps 1, 3, 15, 21
)
Storyboard:
Atsuko Ishizuka (eps 2, 16)
Chiaki Kon (ep 23)
Hideki Hosokawa (ep 22)
Jun Shishido (eps 13, 25)
Keiji Gotō (ep 15)
Kotono Watanabe (ep 21)
Morio Asaka (OP; eps 1, 3, 25)
Naoyuki Itō (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 18-19
)
Shigeyasu Yamauchi (ep 20)
Tatsuya Mine (ep 7)
Tomohiko Ito (ep 4)
Tōru Takahashi (ep 6)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (ED; 6 episodes
eps 8-9, 12, 14, 17, 24
)
Yoshiharu Ashino (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Atsuko Ishizuka (ep 20)
Fumihiro Yoshimura (ep 8)
Fumio Maezono (ep 18)
Hideki Hosokawa (4 episodes
eps 6, 14, 22, 25
)
Jun Shishido (ep 13)
Kazuo Nogami (eps 7, 17, 23)
Kotono Watanabe (eps 3, 11, 16)
migmi (ep 24)
Morio Asaka (eps 1, 25)
Naoyuki Itō (eps 5, 10, 19)
Tomoaki Ohta (eps 12, 21)
Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 4)
Yoshitaka Makino (eps 2, 9)
Yūta Takamura (ep 15)
Unit Director:
Morio Asaka (OP)
Yuzuru Tachikawa (ED)
Music: Kōsuke Yamashita
Original creator: Yuki Suetsugu
Character Design: Kunihiko Hamada
Art Director: Tomoyuki Shimizu
Art:
Ayami Aritake (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 20, 24
)
Ayumi Kawai (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 19, 23
)
Hideaki Kita (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 15, 22
)
Hideyuki Ueno (ep 7)
Tomoyuki Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 1, 16, 22, 25
)
Yasuaki Aritō (eps 6, 12, 18)
Yuki Kasahara (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 17, 21
)
Chief Animation Director:
Kunihiko Hamada (eps 2-25)
Yoshinori Kanemori (ep 7)
Animation Director:
Aki Tsunaki (ep 23)
Asami Komatsu (ep 20)
Chang Hee Won (eps 12, 21)
Geum-Soo Kim (4 episodes
eps 3, 11, 20, 25
)
Haruhito Takada (eps 19, 24-25)
Hiroki Saitō (ep 15)
Katsumi Shimazaki (eps 4, 12)
Kōji Ōdate (ep 5)
Kunihiko Hamada (OP, ED; ep 1)
Mami Yamaguchi (4 episodes
eps 6, 14, 22, 25
)
Maria Ichino (ep 15)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 18)
Minefumi Harada (ep 7)
Miyuki Katayama (eps 8, 24)
Rie Aoki (ep 13)
Satoshi Tasaki (eps 19, 24-25)
Shinichi Miyamae (eps 10, 19, 24)
Shou Sugai (eps 2, 9, 18)
Taiki Imamura (ep 16)
Takahiro Gotō (ep 21)
Takashi Nagayoshi (ep 15)
Tomoko Satō (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 17, 23
)
Yukari Takeuchi (eps 7, 23)
Yūko Watabe (ep 2)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Cgi Director: Tsukasa Saitō
Director of Photography: Kenji Fujita
Executive producer: Seiji Okuda
Producer:
Manabu Tamura
Naoki Iwasa
Toshio Nakatani

2nd Key Animation:
Asuka Kurokawa (ep 17)
Ayaka Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Eiji Shirai (ep 18)
Hideyuki Sugiura (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Hijiri Satō (ep 15)
Hiroki Harada (ep 8)
Hisashi Mitsui (ep 12)
Ikumi Oka (ep 1)
Jun Sekiguchi (ep 19)
Kazunori Aoki (ep 8)
Kumiko Onaga (ep 6)
Kurika Yamagata (Mushi Productions; ep 8)
Maki Ando (ep 17)
Makoto Matsui (ep 4)
Mami Takino (eps 22, 24)
Mami Yamaguchi (ep 15)
Masahiro Kitazaki (Mushi Productions; ep 8)
Masaki Kiritani (ep 15)
Masamune Hirata (Studio Liberty; ep 8)
Megumi Tonegawa (eps 10-11)
Miho Katō (eps 3, 6, 14)
Nao Takano (Studio Liberty; ep 8)
Natsumi Ishizaki (eps 10, 25)
Nobuko Sugino (ep 24)
Nobumasa Shinkawa (ep 19)
Noriko Ōnishi (ep 3)
Rie Tamaki (ep 5)
Satoshi Noma (ep 15)
Sayaka Kawai (eps 13, 19, 24)
Setsuko Shibuichi (ep 17)
Shinobu Ookawa (ep 4)
Shōtarō Shimoda (ep 13)
Taiki Imamura (ep 24)
Tomoko Sugidomari (ep 11)
Tomomi Yabuki (ep 25)
Tomoyuki Kawanishi (ep 15)
Tsuyoshi Moride (ep 7)
Yasue Sosogi (ep 10)
Yasuyuki Suzuki (Mushi Productions; ep 8)
Yu Imai (ep 15)
Yūichirō Fujimoto (ep 8)
3D Animation:
Tsukasa Saitō (OP, ED)
Yuki Nagahama (OP, ED)
Accessory Setting: Akiko Konno
Animation producer: Takuya Tsunoki
Art Setting: Shinji Sugiyama
Assistant Animation Director:
Emiko Abe (ep 12)
Geum-Soo Kim (ep 6)
Haruhito Takada (ep 22)
Hirotaka Tokuda (ep 4)
Ippei Masui (ep 17)
Katsumi Shimazaki (ep 21)
Keiko Yamamoto (ep 17)
Ken Obata (eps 15, 24)
Makoto Matsui (ep 12)
Sachiko Muroyama (ep 15)
Satoshi Tasaki (ep 22)
Shinichiro Takagi (ep 21)
Shinobu Ookawa (ep 4)
Assistant Chief Animation Director: Geum-Soo Kim (ep 13)
Assistant Director: Kotono Watanabe (ep 17)
Assistant Key Animation Director:
Akiko Konno (ep 1)
Geum-Soo Kim (ep 14)
Junko Abe (ep 10)
Assistant Key Animation Episode Director: Jun Shishido (ep 10)
Assistant Layout Animation Director:
Kōji Ōdate (ep 1)
Mami Yamaguchi (ep 10)
Background Art:
Hitoshi Nagasaki (Studio Wyeth; 5 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 18, 23
)
Tomoyuki Shimizu (OP, ED)
Yuki Kasahara (OP from ep. 4 onwards, ED from ep. 4 onwards)
Chief Animation Producer: Satoki Toyoda
Color: Satoshi Hashimoto
Color Coordination:
Ami Kutsuna (eps 19, 22)
Aya Senna (eps 7, 17, 23)
Eri Oga (ep 4)
Harue Ono (eps 10, 16)
Kazumi Hasegawa (ep 15)
Megumi Kawazoe (ep 8)
Nemu Nakajima (OP; ep 25)
Satoshi Hashimoto (ED; eps 1, 24-25)
Sayuri Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 20
)
Yuichi Furuichi (ep 13)
Yuki Umeda (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Yuki Yoshioka (eps 12, 21)
Yukie Noguchi (4 episodes
eps 5, 14, 19, 22
)
Yūko Kanemaru (ep 24)
Creative Producer: Masao Maruyama
Editing Assistant: Mariko Tsukatsune
Finish Check:
Ami Kutsuna (eps 10, 19, 22)
Aya Senna (eps 7, 17, 23)
Eri Oga (ep 4)
Harue Ono (ep 16)
Hiromi Imaizumi (ep 2)
Kazumi Hasegawa (eps 15, 18)
Megumi Kawazoe (ep 8)
Nemu Nakajima (eps 10, 25)
Satoshi Hashimoto (eps 1, 24-25)
Sayuri Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 20
)
Yuichi Furuichi (ep 13)
Yuki Umeda (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Yuki Yoshioka (eps 12, 21)
Yukie Noguchi (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 14, 19, 22
)
Yūko Kanemaru (ep 24)
Finish Check Assistant: Ayako Aihara (ep 21)
In-Between Animation: Hatsune Hoshino (Production Reed; 4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
In-Between Check:
Akane Ōguchi (OP, ED; 14 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 10-11, 14, 16, 19-20, 22, 24-25
)
Asuka Kurokawa (ep 23)
Ayaka Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Emi Matsunaga (eps 4, 12, 21)
Eri Iizuka (ep 13)
Eri Tokugawa (ep 17)
Reiko Mano (ep 4)
Takashi Okamura (ep 8)
Key Animation:
Ai Yamazaki (eps 17, 23)
Ai Yukimura (eps 1, 11)
Aimei Sugai (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Aimi Ishida (ep 17)
Akane Imada (ep 15)
Akihide Muraji (ep 8)
Akihiko Ota (ep 23)
Akiko Konno (eps 1, 5, 25)
Akiko Seki (ep 3)
Ako Kagiyama (ep 18)
Ani Katō (ep 9)
Anna Yamaguchi (ep 13)
Asami Komatsu (eps 13-14, 20)
Asuka Tsubuki (ep 5)
Asumi Yoshikura (ep 7)
Atsuko Ishizuka (ep 20)
Atsushi Aono (eps 9, 18)
Atsushi Usui (ep 2)
Aya Nasuno (Magic Bus; ep 8)
Ayako Kanemaru (ep 13)
Ayako Karatani (ep 5)
Azumi Kuniyoshi (eps 2, 4, 12)
Chiaki Abe (Magic Bus; ep 8)
Chie Nishizawa (OP from ep. 4 onwards)
Chieko Miyakawa (ep 6)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 7)
Chūji Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 17, 23
)
Daisuke Yamauchi (ep 5)
Eiichi Endō (eps 6, 14)
Eiji Shirai (ep 24)
Emi Sakamoto (eps 6, 14, 22)
Eri Yamazaki (ep 11)
Eriko Satoh (ep 3)
Erina Oshima (4 episodes
eps 3, 11, 20, 24
)
Fuminori Tsukida (eps 5, 19)
Fumio Fukushima (eps 6, 14)
Fumiyasu Saitō (eps 2, 9, 18)
Geum-Soo Kim (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 20
)
Haruhito Takada (eps 14, 19)
Harumi Kakuda (ep 15)
Hidehiko Sawada (OP from ep. 4 onwards)
Hiroaki Imaki (ep 5)
Hiromi Naganawa (ep 7)
Hiromi Nanbe (eps 11, 20)
Hiromi Niioka (ep 6)
Hironori Sawada (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Hisashi Mitsui (eps 4, 21)
Hisashi Samejima (ep 18)
Hisatoshi Motoki (eps 2, 9)
Ikumi Oka (8 episodes
eps 3, 10-11, 14, 19, 22, 24-25
)
Ippei Ichii (ep 5)
Itaru Saitō (ep 8)
Jae Sun Heo (Union Cho; ep 12)
Jun Hanzawa (ep 18)
Jun Sekiguchi (eps 20, 22)
Kahoru Hirata (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 20, 22, 25
)
Kana Shundo (ep 3)
Kana Tamiya (eps 3, 20)
Katsumi Aoshima (eps 2, 18)
Katsumi Shimazaki (ep 4)
Kayoko Ishikawa (ep 3)
Kazuhiko Abe (ep 21)
Kazuko Shibata (eps 12, 21)
Keiko Imasato (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 19, 25
)
Keiko Yamamoto (eps 7, 17, 23)
Keita Nagasaka (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 19, 25
)
Keita Saitō (ep 8)
Ken Obata (ep 15)
Kenichi Umemoto (eps 11, 20)
Kenji Hattori (ep 2)
Kenji Kanie (ep 23)
Kenji Shibata (ep 24)
Kenji Terao (ep 17)
Kenji Tōma (ep 4)
Kōji Ōdate (OP; ep 1)
Kosuke Iwanaga (ep 13)
Kōsuke Sakuma (ep 4)
Kozue Saitō (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Kumiko Onaga (eps 14, 22)
Kunio Takahide (ep 1)
Kyōhei Ōkazu (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Kyoko Chino (eps 7, 17)
Kyoko Niimura (ep 22)
Maki Fujita (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Makoto Takahoko (ep 23)
Mami Yamaguchi (eps 1, 14, 22)
Mamoru Abiko (ep 12)
Maria Ichino (ep 15)
Mariko Aoki (ep 2)
Mariko Gotou (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 19, 25
)
Mariko Iwazaki (eps 3, 14)
Masahiko Matsuyama (ep 18)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (eps 2, 18, 24)
Masaki Hosoyama (ep 7)
Masaki Inada (eps 4, 12, 21)
Masaki Matsumura (ep 14)
Masako Tomita (ep 4)
Masao Takeda (eps 4, 12, 21)
Masaru Yoshioka (eps 2, 9, 18)
Masumi Hattori (ep 23)
Matsuya Masuda (ep 23)
Mayumi Funakoshi (ep 15)
Megumi Tonegawa (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 13, 19, 22, 24-25
)
Michie Miyagawa (ep 14)
Michiko Takahashi (ep 22)
Michiko Tomoda (ep 15)
Miho Katō (5 episodes
eps 1, 19, 22, 24-25
)
Miho Kawasaki (ep 17)
Mika Nakajima (ep 13)
Mika Sawada (ep 12)
Miki Kato (eps 3, 14, 22)
Miki Takahashi (ep 15)
Mitsuki Kosaka (Magic Bus; eps 7-8, 17)
Miyako Yatsu (OP; ep 10)
Miyuki Katayama (eps 8, 24)
Miyuki Sasagawa (ep 2)
Mizuka Takahashi (eps 6-7, 14)
Momoko Nagakawa (eps 7, 17, 23)
Nahoko Kosugi (ep 22)
Nanako Ninomiya (ep 13)
Naoko Masui (eps 1, 5)
Nobuko Sugino (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 11, 14, 20, 22, 25
)
Nobumasa Shinkawa (eps 20, 22)
Nobunori Wakana (ep 18)
Norifumi Kugai (ep 5)
Noriko Ōnishi (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 19, 25
)
Pil Kang Kim (eps 19-20)
Rie Aoki (ep 13)
Rie Harada (ep 9)
Rie Tamaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 11, 19, 25
)
Ryōko Nakano (ep 11)
Ryōta Azuma (4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 20, 25
)
Sachiko Muroyama (ep 15)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (ep 17)
Saeko Ozawa (eps 3, 11, 20)
Sakura Takagi (ep 15)
Satomi Igarashi (Magic Bus; ep 8)
Satomi Matsuura (ep 5)
Satoru Yamashita (Magic Bus; ep 8)
Satoshi Sakai (eps 17, 23)
Sayaka Kawai (7 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 14, 20, 22, 25
)
Sayo Aoi (ep 1)
Shiho Tanaka (ep 13)
Shinichi Miyamae (eps 1, 6-7)
Shinichi Suzuki (Magic Bus; eps 7-8)
Shinichiro Kajiura (ep 17)
Shinpei Koikawa (ep 7)
Shiori Nakasone (ep 15)
Shiro Izumi (ep 15)
Shōsuke Ishibashi (ep 20)
Shōtarō Shimoda (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10-11, 19
)
Shou Sugai (eps 9, 24)
Shusuke Aizawa (ep 15)
Susumu Mitsunaka (ep 19)
Susumu Nishizawa (ep 4)
Taiki Imamura (OP; 7 episodes
eps 4, 6, 11, 16 all new parts, 20, 22, 25
)
Takaaki Tanabe (ep 17)
Takashi Hirabayashi (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Takashi Nagayoshi (ep 15)
Takayuki Kanouchi (eps 12, 21)
Tatsuya Urano (ep 18)
Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 15)
Tomoaki Sakiyama (ep 8)
Tomoe Nishio (eps 2, 8)
Tomohiro Kamitani (ep 8)
Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 4)
Tomoki Kōda (eps 7, 17, 23)
Tomoko Amano (ep 7)
Tomoko Fukui (ep 7)
Tomoko Fukunaga (eps 11, 20)
Tomoko Koyama (eps 10-11)
Tomoko Kusuki (ep 15)
Tomoko Murakami (eps 5, 10, 19)
Tomoko Nitta (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 19, 25
)
Tomoko Satō (ep 7)
Tomoko Sugidomari (ep 6)
Tomomi Yabuki (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 14, 22
)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (ep 4)
Toshihiro Irie (ep 13)
Toshinori Watanabe (ep 15)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 7)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (eps 4, 12, 21)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (ep 14)
Tsuyoshi Konakawa (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Tsuyoshi Moride (ep 7)
Yasue Sosogi (eps 3, 11, 20)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 20)
Yasuhiro Ueno (eps 4, 12, 21)
Yasunori Matsuki (ep 15)
Yōichirō Katayama (ep 4)
Yōko Nomura (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Yōko Ono (ep 5)
Yoshie Anzai (Magic Bus; ep 8)
Yoshie Sakata (ep 18)
Yoshihiro Maeda (OP, all for ED; 9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 10-11, 14, 19, 22, 25
)
Yoshikatsu Matsuzaki (ep 13)
Yoshiko Takemoto (ep 15)
Yoshinori Kanemori (OP; 5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 13, 25
)
Yuichi Hirano (ep 11)
Yuichiro Masuda (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Yuji Mukoyama (ep 2)
Yuka Koichi (ep 13)
Yuka Koiso (ep 1)
Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 5)
Yukari Kobayashi (eps 7, 17, 23)
Yūki Kinoshita (ep 13)
Yukie Sasaki (ep 13)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (eps 2, 9, 18)
Yukiko Akiyama (OP; ep 6)
Yūko Fujii (ep 4)
Yumi Kobayashi (eps 3, 11)
Yumie Wada (ep 17)
Yumiko Komiyama (ep 17)
Yumiko Nakamura (4 episodes
eps 3, 11, 20, 22
)
Yumiko Ōmae (ep 18)
Yūri Ichinose (eps 7, 17)
Yūsuke Satō (ep 4)
Yuta Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 19, 25
)
Yuuko Kamiyama (ep 20)
Yuya Kishi (ep 7)
Layout Animation Director: Taiki Imamura (ep 10)
Music Production: Shinya Yamada
Orchestra Conductor: Kōsuke Yamashita
Planning:
Mitsuru Ōshima
Naoki Suganuma
Production Advancement:
Akino Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 6, 14, 22, 25
)
Asuka Umehara (ep 2)
Hiroshi Ōsawa (ep 24)
Jiro Nakano (ep 15)
Kentaro Hashimoto (ep 3)
Kōji Yonetsuka (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 17, 23
)
Miho Etō (eps 4, 12, 21)
Moeko Okano (ep 3)
Shinichi Kouda (ep 13)
Takahiko Mutō (ep 8)
Takashi Ikuma (ep 8)
Takuya Ogawa (eps 1, 16)
Yasuhiro Mitsuda (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 19, 25
)
Yō Watanabe (eps 9, 18, 24)
Yūki Kakuhara (ep 8)
Yuki Nishibata (eps 11, 20, 25)
Production Desk: Takuya Ogawa
Recording: Fujio Yamada (Tricycle Studio)
Recording Assistant:
Hiromi Yamaguchi (Tricycle Studio; eps 1-5)
Shu Gong Lin (Aoi Studio)
Tatsuya Satou (Tricycle Studio; eps 6-25)
Setting Production: Shin'ichirō Ushijima
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (Sound Box)
Sound Production: Tomomi Yano (Techno Sound)
Sound Production Desk: Tomoko Nakajima
Special Effects:
Chiyoko Okabe (23 episodes
eps 1, 3-14, 16-25
)
Yuki Umeda (ep 2)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Ko-hey (OP)
Ko-ta (OP)
Yutaka Shinya (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Ko-hey (OP)
Ko-ta (OP)
Yutaka Shinya (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ko-hey (OP)
Ko-ta (OP)
Yutaka Shinya (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
99RadioService (OP)
Asami Seto (ED)
Asami Seto as Chihaya Ayase

Ai Kayano as Kanade Ōe
Ayahi Takagaki as Taichi Mashima (elementary school)
Kazuya Nakai as Hiro Kinashi/Retro-kun
Mamoru Miyano as Taichi Mashima
Mihoko Nakamichi as Shinobu Wakamiya (Queen)
Tōru Nara as Yūsei Nishida
Tsubasa Yonaga as Tsutomu Komano
Unshō Ishizuka as Dr. Harada
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Arata Wataya
Yuka Terasaki as Arata Wataya (elementary school)

Ai Satō as Karuta Reader
Akane Kubota as Female Student (ep 6)
Aki Nakajima as Player (ep 22)
Akiko Kawase as Mother
Aya Endō as Chitose Ayase
Aya Hisakawa as Rieko Ōe (Kanade's mother's voice heard in shop; ep 6)
Chika Anzai as
Archery Club Member (ep 6)
Audience (ep 19)
Daisuke (ep 23)
Dr. Harada's Opponent (ep 20)
Female Elementary Schooler
Female Student
Kenta Murao (ep 25)
Taichi's girlfriend
Tournament Staff (eps 14-15)
Woman at Nagumo Karuta Society (ep 21)
Yū
Yūta Murao (ep 25)
Chisa Horii as Female Student (ep 6)
Daichi Endō as Daijiro Ise (eps 24-25)
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Futoshi Mochida
Hirakazu Shibayama as
Karuta Reader (ep 21)
Male Announcer (eps 24-25)
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Karuta Reader
Hiroki Tōchi as Hisashi Suou
Hiroko Igarashi as Tomihara West High Karuta Club Member (ep 10)
Houko Kuwashima as
Male Elementary Schooler
Mari Wataya (Arata's mother)
Ikue Ōtani as Ririka Tachikawa (ep 21)
Jin Horikawa as Akira Wataya (Arata's father)
Kei Murakami as
Male Elementary Schooler
Male Student
Man at Shiranami Karuta Center
Keiko Serino as Kyōko Yamashiro (Karuta Reader; eps 22-25)
Ken'ichirou Sumi as Male Student
Kenji Hamada as Kenji Ayase
Kenji Takahashi as
Hiroshi Tsuboguchi
Tournament Staff (ep 22)
Kensuke Satō as
Japanese History Teacher (ep 6)
Male Player (ep 14)
Mr. Kitano
Newspaper Man
Round 3 opponent
School Official
Student (eps 13, 17)
Kinryū Arimoto as Hajime Wataya
Kiyohito Yoshikai as Player (ep 22)
Kiyono Yasuno as
Archery Club Member (ep 6)
Female Elementary Schooler
Female Student
Rika Mashima (ep 9)
Kōsuke Takaguchi as Tournament Staff
Mariko Munakata as Homeroom Teacher
Masayuki Shōji as
Male Student (ep 6)
Shouji Kawauchi
Masumi Kageyama as Shiho's Friend (ep 24)
Megumi Han as
Female Elementary Schooler
Woman at Shiranami Karuta Center
Megumi Satō as Female Student
Miho Hino as
Michiru Horikawa
Mother
Yukari Nishida (ep 16)
Mika Kanai as Sakura Kanai (ep 18)
Mitsuru Ogata as Yoshioka (ep 13)
Naoko Sugiura as Female Player (eps 14-15)
Naomi Shindoh as Shiho Wakamiya (ep 24)
Noriko Obata as Ruri Hanamoto (ep 14)
Noriko Shitaya as Salesperson on Train
Noriko Ueda as
Female Student
Tournament receptionist
Rei Shimoda as Tournament Staff (ep 20)
Reina Ozaki as Librarian (ep 20)
Risa Hayamizu as Shinobu's Grandmother (ep 24)
Ryōta Asari as
Male Player (ep 14)
Toda (ep 15)
Satsuki Yukino as Chieko Ayase
Shūji Inaba as Karuta Reader (voice)
Taishi Murata as
Male Player (ep 14)
Student (ep 13)
Takahiro Miyake as Male Player (ep 14)
Takako Honda as Nayuta Amakasu
Takashi Oohara as Akito Sudō
Takuya Satō as
Male Student (ep 6)
Shibata-sensei (ep 15)
Tennis Club Player (ep 8)
Tournament Staff (eps 10-12)
Tetsuo Sakaguchi as Karuta Reader (eps 18-19)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Yasuda
Tomoko Gomi as Karuta Reader
Tomoyuki Higuchi as Ryūgasaki (ep 11)
Toshiko Fujita as Taeko Miyauchi
Tsubasa Sakurai as
Father
Male Student
Vanilla Yamazaki as Karuta Reader (ep 20)
Yoko Nishino as
Archery Club Member (ep 6)
Ballet Teacher (ep 24)
Female Player (eps 14-15)
Female Student
Tomihara West High Karuta Club Member (ep 10)
Tournament Staff (ep 22)
Tsubaki Kanai (Sakura's daughter; ep 18)
Woman at Nagumo Karuta Society (ep 23)
Yoshimasa Kawata as
Male Student (eps 6, 10)
Tennis Club Member
Yū Mizushima as Relay Commentator (ep 17)
Yu Shimamura as Reiko Mashima
Yūji Ueda as Shinichi Murao
Yuka Akanami as Female Elementary Schooler
Yuka Nishigaki as Male Elementary Schooler
Yūko Kaida as Yumi Yamamoto
Yuu Hayashi as Seigo Kinoshita
Yuuka Hirose as
Archery Club Member (ep 6)
Female Assistant (ep 24)
Mother on train (ep 17)
Sano (ep 10)
Yūya Murakami as
Audience (ep 22)
Doctor (ep 13)
Male Player (ep 14)
Male Student (eps 6-7, 10, 17)
Mr. Kuriyama
Takuma (eps 11-12)
Yamakawa
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
ARCTURUS (ep 25)
Asahi Production (ep 2)
BEEP (ep 9)
Big Owl (eps 11, 20, 22)
Brain's Base (ep 3)
CJT (eps 9, 24)
CL Corporation (eps 2, 9)
Dōga Kōbō (eps 23-24)
DR Movie (9 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 10-11, 14, 19-20, 25
)
Fan Out (ep 22)
HEBARAKI (ep 9)
Jumondo (ep 15)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 14)
Magic Bus (ep 23)
Meta Studio (eps 7, 23)
Mouse (4 episodes
eps 11, 19-20, 22
)
Mugenkan (ep 1)
Mushi Production (ep 8)
Nakamura Production (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 13-14, 17, 22-23, 25
)
Pioneer Production (ep 9)
Satelight (ep 13)
Seigasha (eps 2-3, 9, 23)
Seven Arcs (ep 19)
Studio Izena (eps 17, 23)
Studio Liberty (eps 7-8, 17, 24)
Studio Live (ep 18)
Studio Mark (eps 2, 7, 9, 23)
Studio Wombat (eps 1, 14, 22)
union CHO (eps 12, 21)
Wao World (eps 1, 14)
Xuyang Animation (eps 4, 12, 21)
Yuhodo (ep 14)
Animation Production: Madhouse
Backgrounds: Studio Ghibli
Broadcaster:
Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation (2011-10-11)
Nippon Television Network (2011-10-04)
Finish Animation: Jumondo (ep 15)
In-between Check: Jumondo (ep 15)
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 15)
DR Movie (6 episodes
eps 10, 13, 19, 22, 24-25
)
HEBARAKI (ep 13)
Jinbun (ep 4)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 22, 24)
Magic Bus (ep 8)
union CHO (eps 4, 12, 21)
YABES (eps 8, 23)
Photography: MADBOX
Production:
Nippon Television Network
VAP
Production Cooperation:
APPP (ep 15)
Asahi Production (eps 4, 12, 21)
Ashi Productions (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24
)
Magic Bus (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 17, 23
)
Tezuka Productions (eps 8, 24)
Yuhodo (ep 13)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Shannon Reed
Translation: Katrina Leonoudakis
ADR Script:
Javier Lopez
Joel McCray
Kyle Jones
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Assistant Director:
Brittany Deans
Joey Goubeaud
Audio Engineer:
Brent Marshall
Patrick Marrero
Booklet Editing: Jose DeArmas (Limited Edition)
Booklet Layout: Sarah Cain (Limited Edition)
Booklet Translation: Katrina Leonoudakis (Limited Edition)
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Final Checking: Koki Yoshizawa (Crunchyroll)
Menu Design: Sarah Cain
Mixing: Ricardo Contreras
Packaging Design: Sarah Cain
Poem Translation: Altan Couvert
Product Manager: Heather Spiller (Limited Edition)
Production:
Crystal Ruiz
Janice Williams
Joey Goubeaud
Son Phan Le
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford
E.W. Rector, III
Jennifer Challenger
Jose DeArmas
Kjell Doucet
Natalie Jones
Ned Gayle
Paul Mericle
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
Spotting: George Manley
Subtitling: Jordan Hemann
Supervising Translator: Javier Lopez
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Luci Christian as Chihaya Ayase

Adam Gibbs as Taichi Mashima
Blake Shepard as Arata Wataya
Bryson Baugus as Tsutomu Komano
Greg Ayres as Yuusei Nishida/Porky
James Belcher as Dr. Harada
Juliet Simmons as Kanade Ooe
Kira Vincent-Davis as Shinobu Wakamiya
Kyle Jones as Hiro Kinashi

Adam Noble as Shinichi Murao
Allison Sumrall as Reiko Mashima
Andrew Love as Yasuda
Benjamin McLaughlin as Hiroshi Tsuboguchi
Brittney Karbowski as Nayuta Amakasu
Carli Mosier as Chitose Ayase
Chelsea McCurdy as Taichi Mishima (Young)
Chris Gibson as Kenji Ayase
Courtney Lomelo as Yumi Yamamoto
David Wald as
Anchor
Snowmaru
Emily Neves as Ririka Tachikawa (ep 21)
Hilary Haag as Sakura Kanai (ep 11)
Jack Ivy as
Futoshi Mochida
Ise Daijirou (eps 24-25)
Javier Lopez as O. Igarashi
Jay Hickman as Wataya
John Gremillion as
Anchor
Watanabe
Johnny De La Cerda as
Ryugasaki (ep 11)
Yuta Murao (ep 25)
Kaoru Bertrand as Kyoko Yamashiro (eps 22-25)
Katelyn Barr as Mari Wataya
Kyle Jones as Fukasaku
Melissa Molano as Michiru Horikawa
Mike Yager as Akito Sudou
Natalie Rial as Yuu
Ned Gayle as Shibata (ep 15)
Rachel Landon as
Chieko Ayase
Daisuke (ep 23)
E-Chan
Scott Gibbs as
Kenta Murao (ep 25)
Takemura
Takuma (eps 11-12)
Shanae'a Moore as Taichi's Girlfriend
Shannon Emerick as Arata Wataya (Young)
Stephanie Wittels as
Ririka's Mother
Sano (ep 10)
Tsubaki Kanai (ep 18)
Steve Fenley as Mr. Kitano
Tiffany Terrell as Rika Mashima (ep 9)
Ty Mahany as Isamu Kuriyama
Vicki Barosh as Taeko Miyauchi

Aime Rivera
Alexandra Bedford
Annie Mai
Carolyn Medrano
Crystal Ruiz
Margaret McDonald
Mike Boike
Ricardo Contreras
Sarah Cain
Shannon Reed
Tiffany Grant
English companies
Broadcaster: TV Japan (subtitled)
Distributor: Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand; simulcast)
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil and Portugal)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Brazil and Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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