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Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love (TV 2)

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Alternative title:
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi (Japanese)
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2 (Japanese)
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Season 2 (Japanese)
The World’s Greatest First Love
世界一初恋2 (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, erotica, romance
Themes: Intense, manga, mangaka, yaoi
Objectionable content: Significant
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: 305 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 45 votes (sub:38, dub:4, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 82 votes (sub:75, dub:3, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 63 votes (sub:61, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 69 votes (sub:65, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:25)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 623 users, rank: #1826 (of 10087)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.905 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.585, rank: #863 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 7.778 (Very good−), rank: #1021 (of 10248) (seen all: 7.77 / seen some: 8.26 / won't finish: 4.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.765 (Very good−), rank: #760 (of 7721)
Running time: 24 minutes
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2011-10-07
Opening Theme:
"Sekai no Hate ni Kimi ga Itemo" (世界の果てに君がいても) by Shuhei Kita
Ending Theme:
"Aikotoba" (アイコトバ) by Sakura Merry-Men
Review:
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love Seasons 1 & 2 + OVAs DVD (May 31, 2017)
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North American Stream List: November 21-27 (Nov 27, 2011)
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North American Stream List: October 31-November 6 (Nov 6, 2011)
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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 Stream Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi 2 Anime (Oct 6, 2011)
North American Stream List: September 25-October 2 (Oct 2, 2011)
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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 $37.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Rika Nakase
Screenplay:
Chiaki Kon (ep 12)
Michiko Yokote (eps 3-4, 6)
Rika Nakase (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 10-11
)
Yoshiko Nakamura (eps 2, 8-9)
Storyboard:
Chiaki Kon (ep 12)
Hiroshi Kotaki (eps 1, 7, 11)
Junji Nishimura (eps 3, 6, 8-9)
Ryōji Fujiwara (eps 2, 5, 10)
Tsutomu Naniwa (ep 4)
Original creator: Shungiku Nakamura
Character Design: Yōko Kikuchi
Art Director: Junko Shimizu
Art design: Takeyuki Takahashi
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondō
Producer:
Ai Matsuki
Eriko Aoki
Jun Fukuda
Junka Kobayashi
Satoshi Fujita

Animation producer: Nobumitsu Urasaki
Background Art: Marie Murata (Studio Easter; eps 1-12)
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
In-Between Animation: Aki Nakagawa (ep 5)
In-Between Check: Aki Nakagawa (eps 6, 9)
Key Animation:
Hyung Sik Shin (ep 2)
Kaori Yamada (5 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 9-10
)
Kikuko Sadakata (OP)
Kōhei Yamazaki (ep 9)
Manami Fukuyo (ep 11)
Miyako Yatsu (OP)
Planning: Takeshi Yasuda
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Theme Song Performance: Shuhei Kita (OP)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Masamune Takano
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Shōta Kisa
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Chiaki Yoshino
Takashi Kondō as Ritsu Onodera
Tomoaki Maeno as Kō Yukina
Yūichi Nakamura as Yoshiyuki Hatori

Hikaru Midorikawa as Kanade Mino
Hiroshi Kamiya as Yū Yanase
Kenyū Horiuchi as Takafumi Yokozawa
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Kaoru Asahina (ep 6)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Ryūichirō Isaka (eps 5-6)

Aiko Ōkubo as Yamada-sensei (ep 9)
Ayaka Shimoyamada as Office lady (ep 11)
Haruka Kudō as Assistant (ep 3)
Hikaru Hanada as Akihiko Usami (ep 6)
Hiroomi Tamaru as Announcer (ep 12)
Junko Minagawa as Ryūichirō Isaka (child; ep 6)
Kanehira Yamamoto as Deliveryman (eps 2-3)
Kenta Miyake as Tanaka (ep 6)
Kōtarō Matsumaru as Shop manager (ep 1)
Makoto Ishii as Henmi (ep 11)
Marie Miyake as Office lady (ep 10)
Masayoshi Sugawara as Man (ep 4)
Mina as
Assistant (ep 3)
Company employee (ep 7)
Female company employee (eps 1, 8)
Female student (ep 12)
Girl (ep 2)
Office lady (ep 11)
Servant (ep 6)
Woman (ep 4)
Mitsuki Saiga as Editor-in-Chief (ep 9)
Naoko Sugiura as Female company employee (ep 1)
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Guest (ep 6)
Nozomi Yoneshima as Guest (ep 6)
Rei Shimoda as Masamune's mother (ep 12)
Rie Takahashi as Old lady (ep 7)
Saeko Zōgō as
Female manga artist (ep 7)
Female student (ep 12)
Saki Ogasawara as Phone recording (ep 7)
Sakura Yoshioka as Girl (ep 6)
Saori Hayami as Female student (ep 12)
Shiho Kawaragi as Yukina Mutō (ep 5)
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Man (ep 5)
Shinya Takahashi as Kisa's friend (ep 8)
Shiori Izawa as
Girl (ep 2)
Shop clerk (cashier at PandaWay; ep 12)
Takuma Terashima as Kusakawa (ep 7)
Tomomi Betsui as Assistant (ep 3)
Wataru Hatano as Ichimura (ep 9)
Yasuhiro Mamiya as Masamune's homeroom teacher (ep 12)
Yōko Matsuoka as Ritsu's mother (ep 7)
Yū Kobayashi as Kaoru Asahina (child; ep 6)
Yukari Tamura as An Kohinata (eps 5, 7)
Yukiyo Fujii as Newscaster (ep 4)
Yūko Gibu as Isaka's mother (ep 6)
Yumi Uchiyama as Announcer (ep 8)
Yutaka Aoyama as Masamune's father (ep 12)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Animation Tool: Animo (9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 9-12
)
Backgrounds: Studio Easter (eps 1-12)
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2011-10-14)
Chiba Television (2011-10-10)
Gifu Broadcasting (2011-10-10)
KBS Kyoto (2011-10-11)
Mie Television Broadcasting (2011-10-11)
Sun TV (2011-10-10)
Television Kanagawa (2011-10-10)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2011-10-07)
Tokyo MX (2011-10-12)
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2011-10-10)
Photography:
Megumi (9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 9-12
)
Raretrick (eps 4, 8)
Studio Twinkle (ep 2)
Production:
AT-X
Kadokawa Shoten
Studio DEEN
The Klockworx Co., Ltd.
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
English staff
English companies
Final Checking: Becky Cottrill (Crunchyroll)
Subtitle Editing: Valerie Borges (Crunchyroll)
Subtitle Styling: Valerie Borges (Crunchyroll)
Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment
Internet Streaming:
Anime on Demand (UK & Eire.)
Crunchyroll
English cast
(none)
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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