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Chihayafuru 2 (TV)

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Alternative title:
Chihayafuru Season 2
ちはやふる2 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: After an exciting year for the Mizusawa High School karuta club, a new semester begins as two new members join the group. More passionate than ever for the old card game, Chihaya sets ambitious goals for herself and for her friends. They compete in two extremely arduous high school championships.
User Ratings: 793 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 107 votes (sub:97, dub:4, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 244 votes (sub:223, dub:11, ?:1, others:9
7 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 211 votes (sub:196, dub:6, raw:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 149 votes (sub:145, dub:3, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 39 votes (sub:38, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:24)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1174 users, rank: #1046 (of 10152)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.081 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.4645, rank: #516 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 8.042 (Very good), rank: #519 (of 10321) (seen all: 8.05 / seen some: 8.28 / won't finish: 3.19)
Bayesian estimate: 8.033 (Very good), rank: #355 (of 7760)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2013-01-11 to 2013-06-28
Opening Theme:
"STAR" by 99RadioService
Ending Theme:
"Akanezora" by Asami Seto
Official website:
ちはやふる2｜日本テレビ (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Chihayafuru - Season 2 Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2018-03-20 (from $18.08)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Chihayafuru - Season 2 Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2018-03-20 (from $59.91)
DVD (Region 1)
    Chihayafuru - Season 2 (DVD) 2018-03-20 (from $15.80)
DVD (Region 4)
    Chihayafuru - Season 1 & 2 Collection (Sub.DVD) 2016-10-25
    Chihayafuru 2 - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2014-11-19

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Morio Asaka
Series Composition:
Ayako Katō
Yūko Kakihara
Script:
Akemi Moriyama (5 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 19, 22
)
Atsuo Ishino (eps 11, 15, 23)
Ayako Katō (7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 12, 17, 20, 24
)
Sumino Kawashima (5 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 21, 25
)
Yūko Kakihara (eps 1, 3, 7, 9)
Storyboard:
Hideki Hosokawa (eps 13, 23)
Hiroshi Aoyama (ep 7)
Jun Shishido (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 21, 24
)
Kotono Watanabe (eps 20, 25)
Morio Asaka (OP, ED; eps 1, 16, 25)
Naoyuki Itō (eps 6, 18)
Tomomi Muraoka (ep 3)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (8 episodes
eps 2, 8, 10-12, 14, 17, 22
)
Yoshiharu Ashino (eps 5, 19)
Episode Director:
Eiichi Kuboyama (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Hideki Hosokawa (eps 13, 23)
Hitomi Ezoe (eps 7, 17)
Jun Shishido (eps 4, 16)
Kazuo Nogami (eps 3, 9)
Kotono Watanabe (eps 10, 20, 25)
Masaharu Tomoda (ep 2)
Masahiro Takada (ep 12)
Morio Asaka (ep 25)
Takeyuki Sadohara (ep 22)
Takuma Suzuki (ep 15)
Tatsuma Minamikawa (ep 6)
Tomomi Muraoka (ep 1)
Toshikatsu Tokoro (eps 8, 21)
Yukihiko Asaki (ep 14)
Yūsuke Onoda (ep 19)
Unit Director: Morio Asaka (OP, ED)
Music: Kōsuke Yamashita
Original creator: Yuki Suetsugu
Character Design: Kunihiko Hamada
Art Director: Tomoyuki Shimizu
Art:
Aoi Shimada (eps 14, 21)
Aya Kadoguchi (eps 17, 23)
Hideaki Kita (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 18, 21-22
)
Kazuyuki Hashimoto (ep 19)
Tomoyuki Shimizu (eps 1, 16, 25)
Yūji Ikeda (ep 24)
Yuka Okamoto (eps 2-12 even)
Yuki Kasahara (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 20
)
Chief Animation Director: Kunihiko Hamada (eps 1-15, 17-25)
Animation Director:
Ai Yamazaki (ep 22)
Ai Yukimura (ep 4)
Akiko Kumada (ep 8)
Ayako Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)
Chiaki Abe (eps 9, 15)
Eri Osada (ep 2)
Geum-Soo Kim (ep 25)
Hideaki Shimada (ep 22)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 2)
Ichirō Hattori (eps 14, 21)
Jung Yi Han (eps 13, 20, 25)
Junko Abe (ep 7)
Kōji Ōdate (eps 1, 13)
Kunihiko Hamada (OP)
Mariko Gotou (ep 22)
Masahiro Sunaga (ep 2)
Masakazu Okada (ep 2)
Masaki Hinata (eps 10, 17, 23)
Mika Takazawa (eps 15, 22)
Miwa Ōshima (ep 2)
Miyuki Katayama (ep 6)
Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 8)
Sachiko Muroyama (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (ep 15)
Sayuri Ōsato (ep 21)
Shinichi Miyamae (ep 4)
Shōsuke Shimizu (ep 24)
Shusuke Aizawa (ep 24)
Taiki Imamura (4 episodes
eps 7, 16, 20, 25
)
Takashi Nagayoshi (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Takeshi Kusaka (ep 14)
Tomoe Nishio (ep 21)
Tomoko Kusuki (eps 18, 24)
Tomoko Satō (ep 3)
Yoshiko Takemoto (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Yusuke Kamata (ep 2)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Kenji Fujita
Executive producer: Seiji Okuda
Producer:
Atsushi Kirimoto
Toshio Nakatani
Yuka Ooshima

2nd Key Animation:
Ai Mochida (eps 8, 21)
Ai Yukimura (ep 7)
Akane Ōguchi (OP)
Atsuko Hikimoto (Studio A.P.P.P.; ep 5)
Boya Liang (eps 7, 13)
Chie Ōtsuki (ep 8)
Chie Tanaka (ep 25)
Chinami Shibata (ep 11)
Eiko Mishima (ep 7)
Emiko Kataoka (eps 9, 18)
Eun Suk Won (ep 12)
Fusae Sato (ep 22)
Harumi Kakuda (ep 5)
Hideki Hosokawa (ep 25)
Hiroko Kaneda (ep 8)
Hyun Ae Kwon (White Line; ep 8)
Izumi Kawada (ep 13)
Koji Hirauma (ep 14)
Kumiko Matsushita (ep 8)
Kyung Nam Ko (ep 4)
Maiko Ono (Studio A.P.P.P.; ep 5)
Maki Ando (ep 3)
Maria Ichino (ep 18)
Masahiko Sasaki (ep 25)
Masaki Kiritani (eps 11, 18)
Miho Katō (ep 25)
Miho Sekimoto (ep 25)
Misa Kubota (ep 11)
Mitsuka Sekimoto (ep 22)
Mizue Ogawa (eps 13, 23)
Mua Tsukino (Production Reed; ep 8)
Naoko Minai (ep 7)
Nobuko Sugino (ep 25)
Rika Satō (ep 22)
Ryōta Azuma (ep 1)
Sakurako Sagano (ep 15)
Sayaka Kawai (ep 20)
Sayo Endo (ep 22)
Sayuri Ōsato (eps 8, 21)
Shiori Kobayashi (ep 9)
Sul Ah Kang (White Line; ep 8)
Takuya Nishimichi
Tomoyuki Kawanishi (eps 11, 18)
Yoshitake Nakakōji (Studio A.P.P.P.; eps 5, 11)
Young-Ung Lee (ep 22)
Yuka Koiso (ep 23)
Yukari Saka (Studio A.P.P.P.; ep 5)
Yukie Ōji (ep 8)
Yūri Ichinose (ep 9)
Yuri Kajiwara (ep 11)
3D CG: Ryoichi Ishigami (OP)
Accessory Setting:
Akiko Konno (eps 7-25)
Kōji Ōdate
Animation producer: Takuya Tsunoki
Art Setting: Shinji Sugiyama
Assistant Animation Director:
Ai Yamazaki (ep 9)
Chiaki Abe (ep 3)
Hirohide Shikishima (ep 9)
Ippei Masui (eps 3, 9, 22)
Keiko Yamamoto (eps 3, 9, 15)
Keizō Shimizu (ep 3)
Makoto Takahoko (ep 3)
Maria Ichino (eps 18, 24)
Mayumi Funakoshi (ep 5)
Ryōsuke Senbo (eps 3, 9, 15)
Tomoki Kōda (eps 3, 15, 22)
Tomoko Kusuki (eps 5, 11)
Tomoko Satō (ep 9)
Yoshie Anzai (ep 9)
Yukari Kobayashi (eps 9, 22)
Yukari Takeuchi (eps 3, 9)
Assistant Chief Animation Director:
Geum-Soo Kim (eps 14, 21)
Kōji Ōdate (10 episodes
eps 2, 13-15, 18-19, 21-24
)
Taiki Imamura (ep 21)
Assistant Key Animation Director:
Keita Saitō (ep 6)
Maria Ichino (ep 5)
Momoko Yamada (ep 6)
Nana Miura (ep 6)
Yūichirō Yano (ep 6)
Background Art:
Harumi Suwa (OP)
Hideaki Kita (OP)
Hitoshi Nagasaki (Studio Wyeth; 4 episodes
eps 7, 20, 24-25
)
Kazuyuki Hashimoto (OP, all for ED)
Rieko Ohiwa (Studio Wyeth; ep 7)
Tomoyuki Shimizu (OP)
Chief Animation Producer: Satoki Toyoda
Color Coordination:
Ami Kutsuna (eps 1, 4, 7, 10)
Asako Ohashi (eps 12, 19)
Chikako Kamata (OP, ED; eps 16, 25)
Eiko Nishi (eps 9, 15, 22)
Harue Ono (eps 7, 10)
Hironori Nochi (ep 5)
Kazumi Hasegawa (eps 11, 18)
Naomi Sakurazawa (ep 6)
Nemu Nakajima (ep 4)
Noriko Abe (eps 17, 20, 23)
Sayuri Yoshida (ep 13)
Takaharu Hirano (ep 24)
Yūko Satō (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)
Color design:
Chikako Kamata
Satoshi Hashimoto
Creative Producer: Masao Maruyama
Digital Art: Ryoichi Ishigami
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
Editing Assistant: Mariko Tsukatsune
Finish Animation: Mayu Yoshida (Studio Elle; ep 16)
Finish Check:
Ami Kutsuna (eps 1, 4, 7, 10)
Asako Ohashi (eps 12, 19)
Chikako Kamata (eps 16, 25)
Eiko Nishi (eps 9, 15, 22)
Harue Ono (eps 7, 10)
Hironori Nochi (ep 5)
Kazumi Hasegawa (eps 11, 18)
Kimiko Kitazawa (ep 2)
Masayuki Sōka (ep 14)
Naomi Sakurazawa (ep 6)
Nemu Nakajima (ep 4)
Noriko Abe (eps 17, 20, 23)
Satoshi Tsuchiya (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)
Sayuri Yoshida (ep 13)
Takaharu Hirano (ep 24)
Yūko Satō (eps 2, 14, 21)
In-Between Check:
Akane Ōguchi (OP, ED; 10 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23, 25
)
Asuka Kurokawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)
Chie Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)
Yukari Saka (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Key Animation:
Ai Mochida (ep 14)
Ai Yamazaki (eps 3, 15, 22)
Ai Yukimura (OP; ep 1)
Akane Kanemaru (ep 3)
Akane Ōguchi (eps 10, 17, 23)
Akihiko Ota (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Akiko Fujii (ep 4)
Ako Kagiyama (ep 6)
Ami Kadokura (ep 3)
Asami Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 10, 17, 23, 25
)
Asuka Kurokawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)
Asumi Yoshikura (eps 4, 15)
Atsuko Hikimoto (Studio A.P.P.P.; eps 11, 18, 24)
Atsuko Yamazaki (eps 13, 15, 22)
Atsushi Usui (Studio Create; eps 5, 18, 24)
Aya Maeda (ep 22)
Ayako Kakiuchi (Studio Gimlet; ep 24)
Ayako Karatani (ep 20)
Ayataka Tanemura (ep 3)
Boya Liang (eps 20, 25)
Chiaki Abe (ep 15)
Chihiro Niimi
Chihiro Tanaka (Studio Wanpack; eps 18, 24)
Chiho Fujiwara (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)
Chinami Shibata (ep 24)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 3)
Chūji Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)
Eiichi Kuboyama (ep 24)
Emi Honda (ep 7)
Emi Kojima (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Emi Sakamoto (6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 13, 20, 23, 25
)
Emiko Kataoka (eps 5, 24)
Eri Tokugawa (ep 9)
Erina Oshima (eps 1, 13)
Fumiaki Usui (eps 3, 9)
Fumio Fukushima (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)
Geum-Soo Kim (OP; eps 20, 23, 25)
Haruna Katsu (ep 2)
Hideo Amemiya (eps 10, 17, 23)
Hijiri Satō (Studio A.P.P.P.; ep 5)
Hirofumi Onodera (ep 3)
Hiroki Saitō (Studio Wanpack; 5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 15, 18, 22
)
Hiroko Kaneda (ep 2)
Hiroko Yoshida (ep 15)
Hiromi Funatsu (ep 6)
Hiromi Nanbe (eps 4, 13)
Hiromi Niioka (ep 25)
Hironori Sawada (eps 2, 8)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 2)
Hisae Ikezu (ep 6)
Hisako Tsurukubo (eps 18, 24)
Ikuma Fujibe (ep 1)
Ikumi Oka (eps 13, 25)
In Su Kim (ep 12)
Ippei Masui (ep 15)
Izumi Kawada (eps 1, 7)
Izumi Murakami (ep 23)
Jae Young Jang (ep 10)
Jun Sekiguchi (eps 17, 20)
Junji Uesugi (ep 15)
Junko Matsushita (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Kahoru Hirata (eps 1, 7)
Kana Tamiya (eps 1, 4)
Kanako Baba (Studio Wanpack; 4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Kaoru Yokota (eps 13, 20, 25)
Kayo Nomichi (eps 5, 11)
Kazuya Miyoshi (eps 10, 20)
Keiichi Sugiura (Studio Wanpack; ep 14)
Keiko Imasato (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 23
)
Keiko Yamamoto (ep 3)
Keisuke Mikami (ep 15)
Ken Mukaigawara (ep 22)
Koji Hirauma (eps 8, 21)
Kōji Kataoka (eps 5, 11, 24)
Kōji Ōdate (OP; eps 1, 7)
Kōki Sugawara (eps 8, 21)
Konomi Sakurai (eps 8, 21)
Kumiko Kasuga (ep 22)
Kumiko Matsushita (ep 21)
Kunihiko Hamada (all for ED)
Kyōhei Ōkazu (ep 11)
Kyoko Chino (eps 9, 22)
Maiko Ono (Studio A.P.P.P.; eps 11, 18, 24)
Maki Ando (ep 22)
Makiko Hayase (Studio Wanpack; eps 11, 18)
Makito Uehara (eps 2, 8)
Makoto Takahoko (ep 9)
Mami Takino (eps 1, 4, 10)
Mami Taniguchi (ep 6)
Mamiko Nakanishi (eps 4, 6)
Maria Ichino (Studio A.P.P.P.; ep 5)
Mariko Aoki (eps 2, 4)
Mariko Iwazaki (4 episodes
eps 17, 20, 23, 25
)
Marina Maki (ep 6)
Masahiko Sasaki (5 episodes
eps 10, 13, 17, 20, 23
)
Masahiro Sasaki (ep 6)
Masakazu Okada (ep 8)
Masaki Hinata (OP; eps 7, 17, 23)
Masaki Kiritani (Studio A.P.P.P.; eps 5, 24)
Masao Takeda (ep 15)
Masaru Yoshioka (ep 2)
Masashi Nishikawa (Rising Force; eps 5, 18)
Masashi Yamada (Studio Wanpack; ep 24)
Masato Nishikawa (eps 2, 8, 14)
Masaya Sekizaki (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 18, 24)
Masayuki Mizutani (eps 1, 4)
Mayumi Funakoshi (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 11, 18)
Megumi Okazaki (ep 6)
Michio Satō (4 episodes
eps 10, 13, 17, 23
)
Michiyo Hirabayashi (Studio Create; eps 8, 24)
Miho Katō (eps 1, 7)
Miho Kawasaki (eps 9, 15, 22)
Mika Takazawa (ep 22)
Miki Ogino (ep 6)
Miki Takahashi (Studio Wanpack; eps 18, 24)
Misa Kubota (Studio Wanpack; eps 18, 24)
Mitsuki Kosaka (eps 9, 22)
Miyako Yatsu (ep 4)
Miyuki Katayama (ep 25)
Mizue Ogawa (eps 20, 25)
Momoko Nagakawa (ep 9)
Moon Soo Kim (eps 10, 17)
Myoung Jun Cha (White Line; ep 8)
Nanae Yonemoto (ep 6)
Naoko Masui (ep 1)
Natsuo Kawamura (ep 22)
Nobuko Sugino (eps 1, 7, 13)
Noriko Ōnishi (eps 4, 10, 17)
Pil Kang Kim (ep 7)
Rie Tamaki (eps 1, 4)
Ryōko Nakano (ep 7)
Ryōta Azuma (ep 7)
Sachiko Muroyama (Studio Wanpack; 5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 22, 24
)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (ep 3)
Sae Kawasaki (Studio Wanpack; eps 18, 24)
Saeko Ozawa (ep 4)
Sahori Uchida (ep 6)
Saki Hisamatsu (Studio Gimlet; ep 18)
Sakura Takagi (eps 5, 11)
Sato Tominaga (ep 6)
Satomi Matsuura (ep 4)
Satoru Yamashita (ep 22)
Satoshi Kurihara (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Satoshi Mutsuda (ep 11)
Sayaka Kawai (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 13, 25
)
Sayaka Takase (ep 14)
Sayoko Kitano (ep 6)
Sayuri Ōsato (eps 14, 21)
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 2, 8, 21)
Shigeru Chiba (ep 6)
Shingo Nishiyama (ep 10)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 13)
Shinichi Shigematsu (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Shiori Kobayashi (ep 22)
Shōgo Nishi (ep 3)
Shōji Yamada (Studio Wanpack; eps 14, 18, 24)
Shōtarō Shimoda (eps 1, 13, 23)
Shunryō Yamamura (eps 8, 21)
Shuntarō Yamada (Studio Wanpack; ep 14)
Shusuke Aizawa (Studio A.P.P.P.; eps 5, 11, 18)
Shuta Osabe (eps 10, 25)
Taiki Imamura (3 episodes
eps 16 all new parts, 20, 25
)
Takao Ozone (Studio Cockpit; ep 5)
Takashi Hirabayashi (Studio Create; eps 5, 8, 24)
Takashi Igari (ep 2)
Takashi Nagayoshi (Studio A.P.P.P.; eps 5, 11, 18)
Takayuki Nakao (eps 14, 21)
Tomoaki Mimiura (eps 13, 20)
Tomoe Nishio (ep 6)
Tomoka Nukano (Studio Wanpack; eps 11, 18, 24)
Tomoki Kōda (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)
Tomoko Kusuki (Studio Wanpack; 4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Tomoko Satō (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)
Tomomi Yabuki (eps 1, 4)
Tomoya Kosakai (eps 9, 15, 22)
Tomoyuki Kawanishi (Studio A.P.P.P.; eps 5, 24)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (Studio Gimlet; eps 11, 14)
Toshimitsu Sakamoto (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 11)
Wataru Abe (ep 9)
Wataru Hasegawa (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Wataru Sekimoto (ep 3)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 5)
Yasunori Aoki (eps 1, 7)
Yasunori Matsuki (Studio Wanpack; eps 14, 24)
Yōko Fukushima (Studio Wanpack; eps 11, 18, 24)
Yoshie Anzai (ep 22)
Yoshie Kimoto (ep 13)
Yoshihiro Maeda (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 13, 17, 20, 23, 25
)
Yoshihiro Nagata (eps 9, 22)
Yoshiki Masui (ep 6)
Yoshiko Minamihara (Studio Wanpack; eps 18, 24)
Yoshiko Takemoto (Studio Wanpack; 6 episodes
eps 5, 11, 15, 18, 22, 24
)
Yoshinori Kanemori (eps 13, 25-26)
Yoshitake Nakakōji (Studio A.P.P.P.; eps 18, 24)
Young-Rae Cho (Kyung Kang ANIA; 6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 10, 20, 23, 25
)
Yū Komatsu (Studio Wanpack; ep 11)
Yuichi Hirano (eps 4, 20)
Yuka Koiso (eps 1, 7, 13)
Yukari Kizaki (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 11, 18)
Yukari Kobayashi (eps 3, 9)
Yukari Nakata (ep 3)
Yukari Saka (Studio A.P.P.P.; eps 11, 18, 24)
Yukari Takeuchi (ep 9)
Yuki Fukuda (eps 10, 23, 25)
Yūki Nakajima (eps 1, 7)
Yukie Kawakami (ep 22)
Yukitaka Kimura (ep 8)
Yumi Kobayashi (ep 4)
Yumiko Kinoshita (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Yumiko Nakamura (eps 4, 10)
Yūri Ichinose (ep 22)
Yuri Kajiwara (Studio Wanpack; eps 18, 24)
Yuri Takayoshi (Studio Wanpack; eps 18, 24)
Yūsa Masuda (ep 14)
Music Production: Shinya Yamada
Orchestra Conductor: Kōsuke Yamashita
Photography: Kenji Fujita (ED)
Photography Production: Daisuke Nakayama
Planning:
Masashi Funakoshi (eps 22-25)
Mitsuru Ōshima
Suzuko Fujimoto
Production Advancement:
Asae Sakurai (eps 17, 23)
Hiroki Kuge (ep 6)
Hiroshi Yamazaki (ep 14)
Kazue Hayashi (eps 1, 7)
Kentaro Hashimoto (OP, ED)
Kōji Yonetsuka (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)
Kunio Wakabayashi (ep 4)
Midori Osonoi (ep 10)
Misaki Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
Natsuki Mori (ep 16)
Sayaka Kobayashi (eps 13, 20, 25)
Yūhei Sekigami (eps 2, 8, 21)
Production Desk: Takuya Ogawa
Recording: Fujio Yamada (Tricycle Studio)
Recording Assistant:
Shu Gong Lin (Aoi Studio)
Tatsuya Satou (Tricycle Studio)
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (Sound Box)
Sound Production: Tomomi Yano (Techno Sound)
Sound Production Desk: Tomoko Nakajima
Special Effects:
Akane Fushihara (ep 14)
Chiyoko Okabe (eps 1-13, 15-25)
Theme Song Arrangement:
99RadioService (OP)
Osamu Takeuchi (OP)
Yutaka Shinya (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Ko-hey (OP)
Ko-ta (OP)
Yutaka Shinya (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
coffa (ED)
Ko-hey (OP)
Ko-ta (OP)
Osamu Takeuchi (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
99RadioService (OP)
Asami Seto (ED)
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Megumi Han as Sumire Hanano
Mihoko Nakamichi as Shinobu Wakamiya
Miyu Irino as Akihiro Tsukuba
Tōru Nara as Yūsei Nishida
Tsubasa Yonaga as Tsutomu Komano
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Arata Wataya

Akane Fujita as
Female student (ep 1)
Napa Payakaroon (ep 08)
Aya Endō as Chitose Ayase
Aya Hisakawa as Rieko Ōe
Ayahi Takagaki as Rion Yamashiro
Chika Anzai as
Female student (ep 1)
Fujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (ep 19)
Fuyumasa Tsukuba (eps 3-4, 6-7)
Gallery (ep 21)
Hayashida (ep 23)
Natsuki Tanimura (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 18
)
Player (eps 10, 20)
Satoko (ep 22)
Shiori Miyazaki (ep 2)
Yukawa High School Girl (ep 11)
Yuuko Natsuwaki (ep 9)
Chika Fujitō as Audience (ep 12)
Daichi Endō as
Daijirō Ise (eps 18, 22)
Tokiji Fukasaku (eps 1, 3, 7)
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Futoshi Mochida
Hiroki Maeda as Tournament Staff (eps 4, 8)
Hiroki Tōchi as Hisashi Suō (ep 18)
Houko Kuwashima as Mari Wataya (eps 4, 21, 25)
Jin Horikawa as Akira Wataya (eps 4, 21, 25)
Junko Kitanishi as Keiko Yūbe
Kaede Hanada as Female student (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Fusegawa as Gallery (ep 21)
Kazuya Nakai as Hiro Kinashi/Retro-kun
Keiko Serino as Kyōko Yamashiro (Karuta Reader; eps 15, 17-19)
Kenji Hamada as Kenji Ayase (ep 7)
Kenji Takahashi as
Announcer (ep 7)
Hiroshi Tsuboguchi
Kensuke Satō as
Manabu Nakayama (ep 10)
Matt Rowan (ep 08)
Mr. Kitano (ep 21)
Mr. Noguchi (ep 18)
Yutaka Kibayashi (eps 12-14)
Kenta Ōkuma as Haruto Tashiro (ep 11)
Kinryū Arimoto as Hajime Wataya
Kiyono Yasuno as
Emi Mayama (ep 9)
Hinako Mano (eps 1-2)
Kiyotaka Furushima as
Director (ep 8)
Tsukusu Hayashi (eps 12-14)
Kōsuke Takaguchi as Daigorō Minami (eps 12-14)
Mai Tōdō as Suzuka Sasa (ep 4)
Marika Minase as
Female student (eps 1-2)
Fujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (ep 19)
Kokoro Nanase (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 20
)
Mei Toda (ep 4)
Yuri Nawano (ep 3)
Masahiko Tanaka as Yoshiaki Mashita (eps 20, 22-24)
Masayuki Katō as
Koki Shiroyama (eps 5-6)
Park Kyung-Seo (ep 08)
Masayuki Shōji as Shouji Kawauchi
Megumi Hayashibara as Midori Sakurazawa
Megumi Satō as
Female student (ep 1)
Natsufusa Tsukuba (eps 3-4, 6-7)
Meiko Kawasaki as Toyo Honma (ep 9)
Miho Hino as Yukari Nishida
Mitsuki Saiga as Makoto Yamai
Mitsuru Ogata as Mr. Yoshioka (eps 3, 10)
Miyoko Shōji as Kyōko Yamashiro (eps 17-18)
Nanami Yoshino as
Ayaka Sakura (ep 3)
Female student (eps 1-2)
Naoko Sugiura as
Doctor (ep 20)
Female student (ep 1)
Haruomi Tsukuba (eps 3-4, 6-7)
Rachel Port (ep 08)
Natsuki Aikawa as Gallery (ep 21)
Nobuyuki Kobushi as Tournament Staff (ep 21)
Ryōta Ōsaka as
Masaki Ōno (eps 9, 14)
Tashiro (eps 4, 6)
Sachi Matsumoto as Megumu Ōsaka
Satsuki Yukino as Chieko Ayase
Shigeyuki Susaki as
Gallery (ep 21)
Mitsuki Ichimura (6 episodes
eps 15, 17-20, 23
)
Player (ep 10)
Shinichirō Miki as Anthony Sorb (ep 08)
Shōko Tsuda as Fumiko Suzuki (ep 9)
Susumu Chiba as
Kanata Suzuki (eps 15, 17-19)
Manata Suzuki (eps 15, 17-19)
Taisuke Yamamoto as Takatoshi Mori (ep 4)
Takako Honda as Nayuta Amakasu
Takanori Hoshino as Tomonori Oikawa (eps 10, 15)
Takashi Oohara as Akito Sudō
Takuya Satō as Takashi Nagura (ep 3)
Tomoko Kobashi as Shiranami Karuta Society Member (ep 4)
Toshiko Fujita as Taeko Miyauchi
Tsuguo Mogami as Katsuto Masuoka
Uki Satake as Female Student (ep 12)
Unshō Ishizuka as Dr. Harada
Yoko Nishino as
Ayane Ōoka (ep 11)
Emi Suda (ep 3)
Female student (ep 1)
Nene Hayasaka (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 20
)
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Sasagu Mori (eps 12-13)
Yu Shimamura as Reiko Mashima (ep 5)
Yūichi Karasuma as
Audience (ep 17)
Eita Takei (ep 4)
Makoto Koda (ep 3)
Tennis Club Captain (ep 1)
Yasuhisa Kameda (eps 5-6, 11)
Yūji Ueda as
Matoba-sensei (ep 7)
Shinichi Murao
Yuka Terasaki as Arata Wataya (young; eps 9, 24)
Yūki Ono as Ryōga Emuro
Yuu Hayashi as Seigo Kinoshita (ep 9)
Yūya Murakami as
Mr. Kuriyama
Takuma (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 11-12, 15
)
Tournament Staff (ep 8)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A-Line (ep 6)
Ace Company (4 episodes
eps 2, 11, 21, 24
)
amo (ep 18)
Anihouse Sun (eps 2, 21)
APPP (eps 5, 8)
Ashi Productions (ep 8)
Basara (ep 11)
Beat Frog (eps 1, 17, 20)
BEEP (ep 25)
Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd. (ep 6)
Big Bang (ep 6)
Big Owl (eps 11, 25)
CL Corporation (eps 13, 22)
D-Motion (eps 5-6, 24)
Dōga Kōbō (ep 9)
DR Movie (4 episodes
eps 10, 13, 23, 25
)
drop (eps 11, 18)
G&G Entertainment (ep 6)
Han il Animation (eps 3, 22)
Hayashi (ep 18)
HEBARAKI (ep 6)
J&K Corporation (ep 24)
J-Cube Animation (eps 3, 22)
Jumondo (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 18, 20, 24
)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 1, 25)
Lee Production (eps 11, 18)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 21)
Magic Bus (ep 9)
Meta Studio (eps 9, 15)
Mouse (eps 8, 13, 20)
Nakamura Production (11 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 8-9, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23
)
office DCI (eps 22, 25)
PIGGY (ep 15)
Rising Force (eps 11, 18)
Seigasha (eps 5-6, 18, 24)
Shindō Production (ep 9)
Studio Amo (ep 5)
Studio Cockpit (ep 9)
Studio Comet (ep 20)
Studio Elle (ep 2)
Studio Liberty (5 episodes
eps 2, 8-9, 11, 15
)
Studio Mark (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 15, 18
)
Studio Wombat (ep 17)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 11)
Synod (ep 3)
TAP (7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 13-14, 21-22
)
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 9)
White Line (eps 2, 8)
xenron (eps 1, 25)
YABES (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)
Yuhodo (eps 11, 13)
ZEXCS (ep 25)
Animation Director: Anihouse Sun (eps 2, 8, 21)
Animation Production: Madhouse
Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network
Key Animation:
Anihouse Sun (eps 2, 8, 21)
APPP (eps 5, 18, 24)
D-Motion (ep 24)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 4)
Rising Force (eps 5, 18)
Studio Cockpit (ep 5)
Studio Create (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 18, 24
)
Studio Gimlet (eps 11, 18, 24)
Studio Mark (ep 5)
Studio Wanpack (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 14, 18, 24
)
White Line (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)
YABES (eps 9, 15)
Photography: MADBOX (OP)
Production:
Nippon Television Network
VAP
Production Cooperation:
APPP (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)
GONZO (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)
Magic Bus (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)
Tezuka Productions (ep 6)
union CHO (eps 12, 19)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Shannon Reed
Translation: Katrina Leonoudakis
ADR Script: Joel McCray
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Audio Engineer:
Brent Marshall
Patrick Marrero
Ricardo Contreras
Booklet Editing: Jose DeArmas (Limited Edition)
Booklet Layout: Sarah Cain (Limited Edition)
Booklet Translation: Katrina Leonoudakis (Limited Edition)
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Menu Design: Sarah Cain
Mixing: Ricardo Contreras
Packaging Design: Sarah Cain
Poem Translation: Altan Couvert
Production:
Crystal Ruiz
Janice Williams
Joey Goubeaud
Son Phan Le
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford
E.W. Rector, III
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
Gareth West as Akihiro Tsukuba
Greg Ayres as Yuusei Nishida
Juliet Simmons as Kanade Oe
Kira Vincent-Davis as Shinobu Wakamiya
Maggie Flecknoe as Sumire Hanano

Adam Noble as Shinichi Murao
Alexandra Bedford as Hayashida (eps 22-23)
Allison Sumrall as
Megumu Ousaka
Reiko Mashima (ep 5)
Andrew Love as
Eita Takei (ep 4)
Matt Rowan (ep 8)
Nio (ep 10)
Anthony Hunter as Kanata Suzuki (eps 15, 17-19)
Benjamin McLaughlin as
Hiroshi Tsuboguchi
Mr. Matoba (ep 7)
Proctor (ep 16)
Brittney Karbowski as
Nayuta Amakasu
Nene Hayasaka (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 20
)
Carli Mosier as Chitose Ayase
Carolyn Medrano as
Hinako Mano (eps 1-2)
Inoue (ep 7)
Kokoro Nanase (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 20
)
Satoko (eps 18, 21-22)
Chelsea McCurdy as
Suzuka Sasa (ep 4)
Taichi Mashima (young; eps 9, 19)
Clint Bickham as
Makoto Yamai
Napa Payakaroon (ep 8)
Tashiro (eps 4, 6)
Crystal Ruiz as Kitashima (ep 7)
David Matranga as
Hisashi Suo (ep 18)
Proctor (eps 22-23)
David Wald as
Kenji Ayase (ep 7)
Proctor (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 20, 25
)
Tomonori Oikawa (eps 10, 15)
Greg Ayres as Yukari Nishida
Greg Cote as
Manabu Nakayama (ep 10)
Proctor (ep 21)
Houston Hayes as Ryoga Emuro
Jack Ivy as Daijiro Ise (eps 18, 22)
James Belcher as Dr. Harada
Javier Lopez as O. Igarashi
Jay Hickman as
Akira Wataya (eps 4, 21, 25)
Daigoro Minami (eps 12-14)
Motoki (eps 8-9)
Jennifer Challenger as
Ayane Ooka (ep 11)
Proctor (ep 9)
Joe Daniels as
Manata Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 15, 17-19, 21
)
Proctor (ep 22)
Joel McCray as
Koki Shiroyama (eps 5-6)
Masaki Ono (eps 9, 14)
Mori (eps 12-13)
John Swasey as Katsuto Masuoka
Juliet Simmons as Bodhisattva (ep 10)
Kaoru Bertrand as Reader (eps 15-20)
Katelyn Barr as
Fuyumasa Tsukuba (eps 3-4, 6-7)
Mari Wataya (eps 4, 21, 25)
Proctor (ep 9)
Rion Yamashiro
Kory Getman as Mitsuki Ichimura (6 episodes
eps 15, 17-20, 23
)
Kregg Dailey as Anthony Sorb (eps 8, 21)
Kyle Jones as
Hiro Kinashi/Retro
Mr. Yoshioka (eps 3, 10)
Shouji Kawauchi (eps 9, 14)
Tokiji Fukasaku (eps 1, 3, 7)
Mike Yager as Akito Sudo
Natalie Jones as
Natsuki Tanimura (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 18
)
Proctor (7 episodes
eps 9-10, 12-14, 16, 20
)
Natalie Rial as Keiko Yube
Ned Gayle as
Toyota (ep 10)
Tsukusu Hayashi (eps 12-14)
Yamazaki (ep 7)
Yasuhisa Kameda (eps 5-6, 11)
Rachel Landon as Chieko Ayase
Ricardo Contreras as
Haruto Tashiro (ep 11)
Machimura (ep 22)
Proctor (ep 25)
Scott Gibbs as
Park Kyung-Seo (ep 8)
Takuma (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 11-12, 15
)
Shannon Emerick as Arata Wataya (Young; eps 9, 19, 24)
Shannon Reed as
Kawabe (ep 11)
Proctor (eps 20, 22)
Sasaki (ep 10)
Tajiri (ep 14)
Yutaka Kibayashi (eps 12-14)
Shelley Calene-Black as Kyoko Yamashiro (eps 15-20)
Son Phan Le as Sanada (ep 11)
Stephanie Wittels as
Mei Toda (ep 4)
Midori Sakurazawa
Rachel Port (ep 8)
Steve Fenley as
Mr. Kitano (ep 21)
Yoshiaki Mashita (eps 20, 22-24)
Tiffany Terrell as Rieko Oe
Ty Mahany as
Mr. Kuriyama
Mr. Noguchi (eps 14, 18)
Vicki Barosh as Taeko Miyauchi

Aime Rivera
Mike Boike
Patrick Marrero
Sarah Cain
English companies
Broadcaster: TV Japan (subtitled)
Distributor: Siren Visual (Australia and New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand; simulcast)
HIDIVE
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)

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