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The World Is Still Beautiful (TV)

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Alternative title:
Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii (Japanese)
Still world is Beautiful
それでも世界は美しい (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Nike, the fourth princess of the Rain Dukedom, holds the power to call forth the rain. She travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius for her country, despite her own reluctance in the matter. She soon discovers that the King, who conquered the world in only three years after his ascendance to the throne, is still a young boy. Despite being total strangers at first they start to understand one another and develop an emotional bond with each other.
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User Ratings: 563 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 57 votes (sub:53, dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 102 votes (sub:96, dub:2, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 158 votes (sub:144, dub:2, raw:1, others:11
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 141 votes (sub:131, dub:4, ?:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Decent: 55 votes (sub:52, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 34 votes (sub:32, dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:4, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 916 users, rank: #1325 (of 9763)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.618 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5259, rank: #1477 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 7.512 (Very good−), rank: #1667 (of 9909) (seen all: 7.67 / seen some: 6.64 / won't finish: 4.23)
Bayesian estimate: 7.512 (Very good−), rank: #1366 (of 7492)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2014-04-05 to 2014-06-28
Opening Theme:
"BEAUTIFUL WORLD" by Joanna Koike
Ending Theme:
"PROMISE" by Rena Maeda
Insert song:
"Ame Furashi no Uta~Beautiful Rain~ (アメフラシの歌~Beautiful Rain~;The Song of Falling Rain)" by Rena Maeda
"Ame Furashi no Uta~Beautiful Rain~ -orchestra version- (アメフラシの歌~Beautiful Rain~;The Song of Falling Rain -orchestra version-)" by Rena Maeda (eps 6,12)
"Ame Okuri no Uta" (雨おくりの歌;The Song of Sending Off the Rain) by Chisa Yokoyama (ep 12)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    The World is Still Beautiful - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2015-10-06 (from $33.98)
DVD (Region 1)
    The World is Still Beautiful - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2015-10-06 (from $39.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hajime Kamegaki
Series Composition: Shinzō Fujita
Script:
Seiko Takagi (eps 4-5, 7-8)
Shinzō Fujita (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 9-12
)

Storyboard:
Hajime Kamegaki (eps 1, 5, 12)
Hiroki Takagi (eps 2, 7)
Kaito Asakura (ep 3)
Mamiko Sekiya (ep 9)
Masaaki Endō (eps 6, 10)
Shinobu Tagashira (eps 8, 11)
Yoshinori Odaka (ep 4)
Unit Director:
Hajime Kamegaki (eps 1, 12)
Hikaru Sato (ep 11)
Hiroki Takagi (eps 2, 7)
Kenichirō Komaya (ep 6)
Mamiko Sekiya (関谷真実子; ep 9)
Seimei Kidokoro (ep 5)
Tomoya Tanaka (eps 3, 8)
Yoshinori Odaka (eps 4, 10)
Original creator: Dai Shiina
Character Design: Ichiro Uno
Art Director: Tomoyuki Shimizu
Chief Animation Director:
Ichiro Uno (夘野一郎; 9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-12
)

Junko Yamanaka (ep 6)
Miyako Tsuji (5 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 10-11
)

Tadashi Matsuzaki (松﨑正; eps 3, 6, 10-11)
Yoko Suzuki (eps 2, 9-11)
Animation Director:
Akio Kitahara (ep 6)
Ayako Satō (eps 2, 4-5, 9)
Hirofumi Masuda (eps 7, 12)
Hisashi Mitsui (eps 3, 8)
Ichiro Uno (夘野一郎; ep 12)
Junko Yamanaka (ep 12)
Kenji Yamazaki (eps 3, 8)
Makoto Koga (ep 11)
Masaaki Endō (eps 10, 12)
Mifumi Tomita (eps 4, 7, 10)
Miyako Tsuji (eps 10, 12)
Naoyuki Asano (ep 1)
Shōsuke Shimizu (ep 6)
Tadashi Matsuzaki (松﨑正; eps 5, 10, 12)
Takeshi Yamazaki (ep 3)  (ep 8) 
Tomoyuki Kanno (eps 3, 8)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (eps 6, 11)
Toshiyuki Kanno (ep 3)
Tsuguyuki Kubo (ep 7)
Yoko Suzuki (eps 5, 9, 11-12)
Director of Photography: Atsuho Matsumoto
2nd Key Animation:
Aki Maeda (Tatsunoko Pro; eps 2, 9)
Aki Nakagawa (ep 11)
Akio Kitahara (ep 11)
Aya Sasaki (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Ayako Satō (ep 2)
Ayano Fujita (ep 1)
Hayao Ōkawa (ep 10)
Hidehiko Okano (ep 5)
Hiroaki Takagi (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Ichiro Uno (ep 2)
Katsuhiro Takagi (ep 5)
Katsuji Matsumoto (ep 7)
Kazumasa Orii (ep 4)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 6)
Ken Kazamatsuri (ep 10)
Kenshin Ariga (eps 1-2, 4-5)
Kumiko Katō (eps 1-2)
Kumiko Kitano (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Kyōhei Ōkazu (eps 7, 9)
Michiko Uno (eps 10, 12)
Mifumi Tomita (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 10, 12
)

Mika Ookubo (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 10, 12
)

Mizue Ogawa (ep 11)
Naoki Yamashita (ep 6)
Naoko Shōkin (ep 11)
Narihito Sekikawa (ep 1)
Rie Nakanishi (eps 9-10)
Ryōko Mita (eps 1, 6)
Seung Ah Han (eps 1-2, 5)
Shingo Okano (ep 6)
Shiori Ariga (ep 5)
Shunsuke Itai (ep 11)
Tadakatsu Yoshida (ep 1)
Takanori Saitō (ep 9)
Yasufumi Fujiki (eps 2-3)
Yasunori Aoki (ep 6)
Yoko Komaki (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Yōko Naeki (ep 9)
Yoko Suzuki (ep 8)
Yoshiyuki Kishi (ep 1)
Yuya Iwashita (岩下裕也; ep 6)
Animation Director Cooperation:
Hirofumi Masuda (ep 8)
Kazuko Hayakawa (ep 6)
Miyako Tsuji (ep 6)
Naoyuki Asano (ep 3)
Yoko Suzuki (ep 8)
Yoshiyuki Kishi (ep 3)
Animation producer: Masashi Matsui
Assistant Unit Director: Yoko Matsuyama (ep 6)
Background Art: Yan Fei Chen (Studio MAO; ep 1)
Color design: Kimiko Kitazawa
Editing: Masaki Sakamoto
Finish Animation: Mayu Yoshida (Studio Elle; ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Henry Thurlow (eps 6-10, 12)
Insert Song Performance:
Chisa Yokoyama (ep 12)
Rena Maeda
Key Animation:
Aki Maeda (ep 7)
Akira Koshiishi (eps 1, 10)
Akira Shinoda (eps 5, 8)
Atsushi Ogata (ep 4)
Aya Nagumo (ep 11)
Ayako Satō (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 12
)

Ayano Uejima (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Boo Hee Lee (UEC; ep 6)
Chie Hashimoto (eps 2, 9)
Chie Morishita (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Chihiro Nishikawa (Studio Mu; eps 5, 10)
Chika Nōmi (Graphinica; ep 7)
Chinatsu Kameyama (Graphinica; ep 7)
Emi Sakamoto (ep 11)
Fumiko Kon (eps 6, 11)
Gorou Sessha (ep 12)
Hayao Ōkawa (ep 4)
Hidehiko Okano (ep 1)
Hidetsugu Itō (ep 7)
Hirofumi Masuda (eps 7, 12)
Hiroki Takagi (eps 2, 12)
Hiromi Daimi (eps 6, 11)
Hiroto Tanaka (eps 2, 12)
Hiroyuki Kamura (ep 4)
Hiroyuki Terada (Anime R; eps 4, 10)
Hisashi Eguchi (eps 9, 12)
Hisashi Mitsui (eps 3, 8)
Hyo Sang Yoo (eps 3, 8)
Ichiro Uno (eps 1, 12)
Ikuko Satō (eps 2, 10)
Itaru Saito (ep 12)
Juji Mizumura (ep 2)
Junko Nakamura (ep 10)
Junko Yamanaka (eps 1, 12)
Kan Ogawa (ep 4)
Kanae (eps 1, 12)
Kanako Ōyabu (大藪加奈子; ep 11)
Kaori Takahashi (eps 2, 10)
Kasumi Wada (和田佳純; ep 12)
Katsuji Matsumoto (ep 7)
Kazuhiko Abe (eps 6, 8, 11)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (eps 4, 10)
Kazuko Matsumura (eps 2, 5, 10)
Kazumasa Orii (ep 7)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 11)
Kazuyuki Honda (ep 6)
Kei Sato (ep 3)
Ken Endō (ep 9)
Ken Kazamatsuri (ep 4)
Kenji Yamazaki (ep 8)
Kenshin Ariga (ep 8)
Kimiko Matsushita (ep 9)
Kiyomi Masuda (eps 2, 7)
Koichi Nakaya (eps 5, 10)
Kōichi Takai (eps 6, 11)
Kumiko Katō (eps 1, 7)
Kumiko Numata (eps 9, 12)
Kumiko Tokunaga (eps 4, 10, 12)
Kunihiko Kimura (eps 6, 11)
Kyōhei Ōkazu (eps 2, 7)
Kyōko Matsubara (eps 2, 7)
Maki Fujita (ep 11)
Makoto Shimojima (eps 4, 12)
Mamiko Sekiya (ep 9)
Mariko Fujita (eps 6, 11)
Mariko Komatsu (ep 6)
Marina Maki (Graphinica; ep 7)
Masaaki Endō (eps 4, 10, 12)
Masahiro Neriki (eps 1, 5, 9, 12)
Masahiro Yamanaka (ep 11)
Masashi Kudo (ep 2)
Maya Uenishi (Angle; eps 3, 8)
Mayumi Oda (ep 5)
Michiko Uno (ep 1)
Michio Satō (eps 2, 7)
Mifumi Tomita (eps 2, 5, 12)
Miho Matsuura (ep 5)
Mika Ookubo (eps 6-7)
Mika Saitō (ep 4)
Min Ki Han (eps 6, 11)
Mitsuki Kosaka (ep 5)
Miyako Matsumoto (eps 10, 12)
Miyako Tsuji (ep 1)
Motonori Nishibe (eps 3, 8)
Naoko Shōkin (ep 6)
Naomi Takehara (ep 9)
Naoyuki Asano (ep 7)
Noriko Hiramatsu (ep 9)
Noriko Kitazawa (eps 5, 10)
Noriko Otake (eps 5, 12)
Reiko Okamura (eps 6, 11)
Rie Ikegami (池上理恵; Angle; eps 3, 8)
Rui Kondou (Studio Mark; ep 5)
Ryoji Nakamori (ep 12)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (Studio MAT; ep 5)
Saeko Ozawa (ep 2)
Satoru Yamashita (山下悟; ep 8)
Seung Ah Han (ep 2)
Shin Tanoue (eps 6, 11)
Shingo Okano (ep 7)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 2, 7)
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 11)
Shinya Kōno (eps 4-5, 10)
Shōko Maruyama (ep 6)
Tadakatsu Yoshida (eps 1, 5, 9, 12)
Tadashi Fukuda (ep 1)
Tadashi Matsuzaki (松﨑正; ep 1)
Taeko Ōgi (Studio Bambino; ep 4)
Takanori Saitō (eps 1, 9)
Takeshi Atomura (ep 5)
Takeshi Yamazaki (ep 8) 
Teruko Takeshima (ep 8)
Tetsuya Sunaga (ep 5)
Tomomi Ishii (ep 2)
Tomoya Kishi (eps 3, 8)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 11)
Tsuguyuki Kubo (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 12
)

Tsuyoshi Moride (ep 11)
Yasufumi Fujiki (eps 7, 10)
Yasuhiro Aoki (ep 5)
Yayoi Takano (eps 2, 9)
Yoko Suzuki (eps 1, 9)
Yoshie Kimoto (ep 5)
Yoshiko Kuwano (eps 4, 10)
Yoshinari Saito (ep 11)
Yoshiyuki Kishi (eps 1, 10)
Yuichi Endo (ep 1)
Yukari Watanabe (渡辺ゆかり; ep 10)
Yukie Takayama (eps 2, 9)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 6)
Yūko Hineno (eps 3, 8)
Yūsuke Shingū (Studio Mu; ep 5)
Yuta Ito (eps 4, 10)
Yuuta Takanami (Seigasha; ep 8)
Mixing: Akiyoshi Tanaka
Mixing Assistant: Noriyoshi Konuma
Music producer: Shinya Yamada
Photography Chief: Yukina Ikuta
Production Desk: Kōsuke Yokota
Production manager: Shinya Kawabata
Prop Design: Kazuko Hayakawa
Screen Design: Hiroto Tanaka
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama (Sound Effect Yokoyama)
Theme Song Arrangement: Kohei by SIMONSAYZ (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Kohei by SIMONSAYZ (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Joanna Koike
Rena Maeda
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Livius I
Rena Maeda as Nike Remercier

Ai Kayano as Nia
Chisa Yokoyama as Tohara
Daisuke Namikawa as Lani Aristes
Keiko Han as Sheila
Mariya Ise as Mira
Takahiro Sakurai as Valdo
Takayuki Kondō as Kitora
Tomokazu Sugita as Neil
Yuka Terasaki as Kara
Yuki Matsuoka as Luna

Akiko Takeguchi as Rani Learte (ep 5)
Atsushi Kisaichi as Ocean Kingdom's ambassador (ep 3)
Chisa Yokoyama as Narrator
Dai Matsumoto as General
Eiji Takeuchi as Soldier (ep 2)
Emiri Katō as Liza (ep 1)
Haruka Kudō as Livius (young)
Hidenari Ugaki as Inn Owner (ep 1)
Hisao Egawa as Chamberlain B (ep 11)
Issei Futamata as Katesby
Junichi Sugawara as Peasant (ep 6)
Katsumi Toriumi as Peasant B (ep 6)
Katsuyoshi Toya as Relative (ep 11)
Keiji Himeno as Fukukan
Kenji Nomura as Jaina
Kousei Tomita as Ratcliff
Kōzō Mito as Chamberlain (ep 11)
Kumiko Fujiwara as Lady Larissa (ep 7)
Maasa Kobayashi as Kitora (young)
Marika Minase as Woman (ep 12)
Meguru Takahashi as Boy (ep 7)
Michie Tomizawa as Iraha (ep 11)
Mizue Ohtsuka as Sunya
Ruriko Aoki as Ranra
Shinya Hamazoe as Noble (ep 7)
Shūichi Ikeda as Vorden
Takahiro Miyake as Retainer (ep 10)
Takashi Taguchi as Chamberlain (ep 1)
Takeharu Ōnishi as
Carl (ep 4)
Randa (ep 5)
Tetsu Shiratori as Dekonsu (ep 1)
Uki Satake as Mikia
Yōhei Azakami as Black-clothed A (ep 5)
Yōko Soumi as Miranda
Yū Asakawa as Mina (ep 1)
Yūji Fujishiro as Duke Ferrara (ep 3)
Yuka Iguchi as Rosa (ep 4)
Yūko Satō as Violeta (ep 8)
Yūsuke Handa as Black-clothed B (ep 5)
Yūsuke Numata as Bokota (ep 1)
Yusuke Shirai as Minor Rani Theus
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Pierrot
Recording Studio: Apu Meguro Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Effects, Inc.
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Additional Translation:
Kaoru Bertrand
Matthew Warner
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Luke Patterson
Subtitling: Ned Gayle
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
The Anime Network
Viewster (AU,AT,DK,FI,DE,IE,NZ,NO,SE,CH,UK)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
French cast
(none)

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