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Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (TV)

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Alternative title:
How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata
冴えない彼女の育てかた (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, romance
Themes: ecchi, harem, otaku
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Tomoya Aki is an otaku who has a dream. His dream is to create the best visual novel game ever. The main heroine for this game and the inspiration for this dream is a background character named Megumi Kato who somehow stumbles into main character-esque traits in his eyes. To complete the game in time he has to call upon the aid of his anime loving professional friends who aren't so keen on the choice of his main heroine.
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User Ratings: 470 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 31 votes (sub:29, dub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 77 votes (sub:74, raw:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 153 votes (sub:135, dub:2, raw:2, ?:1, others:13
9 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Good: 112 votes (sub:100, dub:4, raw:1, others:7
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 55 votes (sub:52, dub:3)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:17, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, raw:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 780 users, rank: #1535 (of 9790)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.455 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5768, rank: #2029 (of 9926)
Weighted mean: 7.426 (Good+), rank: #1945 (of 9926) (seen all: 7.53 / seen some: 4.24 / won't finish: 4.14)
Bayesian estimate: 7.428 (Good+), rank: #1655 (of 7497)
Running time: 22 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2015-01-08
Opening Theme:
"Kimiiro Signal" (君色シグナル) by Luna Haruna
Ending Theme:
"Colorful." (カラフル。) by Miku Sawai
Insert song:
"Blooming Lily" by Saori Ōnishi (ep 9)
"Cherish you" by Sayuri Yahagi (ep 12)
"M♭" by Kiyono Yasuno (ep 3)
"Sorairo Days" by Sayuri Yahagi (ep 12)
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Trivia: We have 3
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - Set 1 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-03-29
    Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - Set 2 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-05-31

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kanta Kamei
Series Composition: Fumiaki Maruto
Screenplay:
Fumiaki Maruto (eps 0-12)
Storyboard:
Fumie Muroi (ep 10)
Hiroaki Shimura (ep 8)
Kanta Kamei (OP; eps 0-2, 6, 12)
Katsuyuki Kodera (eps 7, 9)
Mamoru Kanbe (eps 2, 5)
Michio Fukuda (eps 4, 11)
Shin'ya Segawa (ED)
Yuta Yamazaki (ep 3)
Episode Director:
Akihisa Shibata (ep 2)
Daisuke Takashima (ep 10)
Hidetoshi Takahashi (ep 3)
Ippei Yokota (ep 4)
Jin Iwatsuki (ep 5)
Jun Soga (ep 8)
Kanta Kamei (eps 0, 12)
Takahiro Kawakoshi (eps 6, 11)
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (ep 7)
Yuki Ogawa (eps 1, 9)
Unit Director:
Kanta Kamei (OP)
Shin'ya Segawa (ED)
Takahiro Kawakoshi (ED)
Music:
Hajime Hyakkoku (F.M.F)
Original creator: Fumiaki Maruto
Original Character Design: Kurehito Misaki
Character Design: Tomoaki Takase
Art Director: Natsuki Kusakabe
Chief Animation Director: Tomoaki Takase
Animation Director:
Akane Umezu (eps 2, 8, 12)
Akihiro Nagae (ep 12)
Erika Arakawa (eps 2, 8, 12)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 7)
Hiroyuki Yoshii (eps 6, 11)
Kanako Hiroo (ep 2)
Kazuya Nakanishi (eps 4, 10)
Keita Nagasaka (eps 3, 9, 12)
Manabu Nii (eps 8, 12)
Satomi Tamura (eps 9, 12)
Shin'ya Segawa (ED; ep 2)
Tomoaki Takase (OP; ep 0)
Usaku Myouchin (ep 4)
Yasuyuki Noda (ep 10)
Yoshiko Okuda (ep 1)
Yu Kurihara (eps 5, 11)
Yūichi Oka (ep 5)
Yukiko Nagao (ep 2)
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Director of Photography: Yuichiro Tozawa
2nd Key Animation:
Akihiro Nagae (ep 12)
Asami Nakatani (eps 5, 11)
Aya Aso (ep 1)
Ayumi Ōkubo (ep 7)
Chie Tanaka (eps 0-1, 3, 11)
Hideaki Onishi (ep 7)
Itsuki Takemoto (ep 7)
Kazumasa Ishida (ep 0)
Keiko Takagi (ep 8)
Keita Nagasaka (ep 12)
Kenji Ooe (Asahi Production Miyagi Shiroishi Studio; ep 2)
Kenzo Fuse (ep 8)
Kōta Michishita (ep 0)
Maki Hayashibara (eps 3, 5-6)
Mari Aizawa (Asahi Production; ep 2)
Mari Futamatsu (ep 9)
Mayumi Kowada (ep 3)
Miho Sekimoto (eps 1, 3)
Miki Kurihara (eps 0-1)
Misaki Nagakubo (Asahi Production Miyagi Shiroishi Studio; ep 2)
Momoka Koiwa (ep 8)
Ryosuke Nishii (ep 5)
Satomi Tamura (ep 12)
Shin'ya Segawa (ep 6)
Taeko Igo (ep 5)
Yu Ogasawara (eps 3, 9)
Yūichi Fujimaki (eps 1, 11)
Yuichiro Mizutani (ep 1)
Yuki Fukuda (ep 12)
Yūki Nagata (Asahi Production; ep 2)
Yuki Ogawa (5 episodes
eps 0, 6-7, 10, 12
)

Yukiko Nagao (ep 11)
Yūsuke Saitō (Asahi Production Miyagi Shiroishi Studio; ep 2)
Yuta Tsuchiya (ep 11)
Yuuha Tanaka (ep 7)
3D Animation: Daisuke Kusaka (8-Bit Rocket)
3D Modeling: Daisuke Kusaka (8-Bit Rocket)
Animation producer: Akira Shimizu
Art Setting: Eiko Tsunadō
Assistant Animation Director:
Akihiro Nagae (eps 4, 9)
Emi Hirano (ep 8)
Keisuke Kobayashi (ep 1)
Keita Nagasaka (eps 0, 4-5)
Naoto Nakamura (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 11-12
)

Satomi Tamura (eps 3, 11)
Shin'ya Segawa (eps 3-5)
Shōzō Yamada (ep 3)
Toshie Kawamura (ep 8)
Yu Kurihara (ep 0)
Yūichi Fujimaki (ep 5)
Assistant Episode Director: Takahiro Kawakoshi (ep 4)
Background Art:
Hatsumi Kumano (Kusanagi; eps 0-3)
Hotaka Okamoto (Kusanagi; ep 0)
Junki Nakata (Kusanagi; ep 2)
Kenta Tsuboi (Kusanagi; eps 1, 5-12)
Natsuki Kusakabe (Kusanagi; OP,ED; eps 0-12)
Background Assistance:
Anh Tram (Nam Hai; eps 4-6, 8-11)
Asuka Komiyama (ep 7)
Bien Van (Nam Hai; 8 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-6, 10, 12
)

Chao Huang (Pine Forest Animation; ep 11)
Cuc Thanh (Nam Hai; eps 3, 12)
Duong Nguyen (Nam Hai; eps 7, 11)
Geki Katsumata (Cosmos Arts; eps 1, 3, 6)
Giang Tra (Nam Hai; 9 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-7, 10, 12
)

Hironori Ishikawa (Cosmos Arts; eps 1, 3, 6)
Hoa Thu (Nam Hai; eps 0-1, 3-5)
Khoa Minh (Nam Hai; eps 4-6, 8-11)
Kyo Inoue (eps 0-1)
Kyoko Kitano (Cosmos Arts; eps 1, 3, 6)
Linh Phuong (Nam Hai; eps 7, 11)
Loan Thanh (Nam Hai; 8 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-6, 10, 12
)

Long Hoang (Nam Hai; 8 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-7, 10
)

Miki Kato (eps 4-5)
Miwa Yoshida (OP; eps 1-12)
Motonaga Kaneda (Cosmos Arts; eps 1, 3, 6)
Quan Pham (Nam Hai; ep 7)
Suong Kim (Nam Hai; eps 4-6, 8-11)
Thao Phuong (Nam Hai; eps 7, 11)
Tien My (Nam Hai; eps 4-6, 8-11)
Tomoyuki Kato (OP; eps 0-12)
Tri Hoang (Nam Hai; eps 4-6, 8-11)
Trieu Minh (Nam Hai; eps 3-6, 8-12)
Trinh Diem (Nam Hai; eps 7, 11)
Trung Khac (Nam Hai; 8 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-6, 10, 12
)

Truong Nhat (Nam Hai; 6 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-5, 12
)

Vu Thai (Nam Hai; eps 7, 11)
Yukie Katsumata (Cosmos Arts; eps 1, 3, 6)
Chief Assistant Animation Director:
Akihiro Nagae (ep 7)
Keita Nagasaka (ep 7)
Masahito Onoda (ep 7)
Naoto Nakamura (ep 8)
Satomi Tamura (ep 10)
Shōzō Yamada (ep 7)
Yu Kurihara (ep 7)
Yūichi Oka (ep 10)
Chief Producer:
Atsuhiro Iwakami
Yōko Matsuzaki (Fuji TV)
Circle Illustration Assistance:
Eretto (ep 8)
Eri Natsume (ep 8)
Mimori Mizusawa (ep 8)
Miyu Miyasaka (ep 8)
p19 (ep 8)
Tsubasu Izumi (eps 7-8)
Yuki Azuma (ep 8)
Yūki Hagure (eps 7-9)
Color Coordination:
Asuka Yokota (eps 2-3, 5)
Atsushi Furukawa (eps 6, 11)
Junko Okazaki (eps 4, 10)
Kanako Hokari (OP,ED; ep 1)
Mai Yamaguchi (eps 3, 8)
Mayu Morita (eps 0, 12)
Toshie Miyazawa (ep 7)
Yūko Watabe (ep 8)
Color design: Kanako Hokari
Editing: Akari Saitō
In-Between Animation:
Chiharu Haraguchi (eps 1, 6)
Chizuru Muramatsu (A-1 Pictures; eps 0, 12)
Haruka Tsuzuki (A-1 Pictures; ED; 9 episodes
eps 0-3, 5-6, 8, 11-12
)

Hikaru Asami (A-1 Pictures; ED; 9 episodes
eps 0-3, 5-6, 8, 11-12
)

Maiko Matsumura (ep 1)
Masako Terada (eps 0-2, 6)
Mitaka Saitō (ep 10)
Ryota Shimohira (A-1 Pictures; ep 6)
Saori Tomita (A-1 Pictures;ED; eps 1-2, 6)
Satomi Tabuchi (A-1 Pictures; ED; eps 0-1, 5, 8-9)
Yuki Akutagawa (A-1 Pictures; ep 6)
Yuuha Tanaka (ep 7)
In-Between Check:
Chizuru Muramatsu (ED; eps 1, 6, 11)
Mitaka Saitō (eps 4, 10)
Saori Tomita (OP; eps 0, 3, 8, 12)
Satomi Tabuchi (eps 2, 5, 9)
Yoshitaka Nagata (ep 7)
Insert Song Performance:
Saori Ōnishi (ep 9)
Sayuri Yahagi (ep 12)
Izumi's Circle Cut: Yuka Nakajima (ep 7)
Key Animation:
Aiko Utsumi (ep 3)
Akihiro Nagae (eps 1, 9)
Akiko Itagaki (OP)
Akiko Sugizono (ep 2)
Akio Kitahara (ep 11)
Akira Hamaguchi (ep 12)
Akira Iwasaki (ep 8)
Akira Tabata (eps 2, 12)
Asako Matsumura (eps 0, 5, 11)
Asami Gouda (ep 8)
Asami Nakatani (eps 11-12)
Atsuyuki Yukawa (ep 0)
Ayako Sone (ep 4)
Cédric Hérole (ep 9)
Chiho Fujiwara (ep 4)
Chinami Kudou (eps 3, 5)
Chuji Masujima (eps 0, 2)
Daichi Kitahara (eps 4, 10)
Daijirō Ichieda (eps 1, 3, 6)
Daisuke Yamauchi (ep 2)
Eiichi Tominaga (ep 0)
Emi Hirano (eps 8, 12)
Emi Sakamoto (ep 3)
Erika Arakawa (eps 8, 12)
Haruki Miura (ep 12)
Hayate Nakamura (ep 6)
Hideaki Onishi (OP; eps 6, 11)
Hideo Amemiya (eps 1, 3, 9)
Hiroko Kasuga (eps 6, 12)
Hiromi Kawamoto (ep 3)
Hironori Sawada (ep 3)
Hiroshi Kohara (eps 8, 12)
Hiroshi Oikawa (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Uchida (eps 4, 10)
Hiroyuki Yoshii (OP)
Hitomi Aso (eps 2, 12)
Hitomi Odashima (OP)
Itsuki Takemoto (OP; eps 6, 11)
Jōji Yanase (ep 3)
Kanako Hiroo (ep 2)
Kanami Nakao (ep 8)
Kanta Kamei (OP; ep 12)
Kaori Itō (eps 2, 12)
Katsushi Suzuki (eps 1, 5, 11)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (ep 1)
Kazuma Uike (ep 8)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 10)
Kazushi Matsumoto (ep 10)
Kazuto Nakazawa (OP)
Kazuya Nakanishi (ep 10)
Kazuya Ura (eps 4, 10)
Keiichi Ishida (ep 8)
Keiichi Tsunoda (ep 12)
Keiko Takagi (ep 8)
Keisuke Kobayashi (ep 1)
Keita Matsumoto (eps 6, 12)
Keita Nagasaka (ep 1)
Keita Watabe (ep 4)
Ken Mochizuki (ep 12)
Kentarō Kawajiri (eps 0, 5)
Koji Maruoka (ep 8)
Kururu Shiozawa (ep 8)
Maki Fujita (eps 3, 9)
Maki Sawai (ep 8)
Makiko Uemura (ep 6)
Manabu Yasumoto (ep 9)
Manami Itō (ep 8)
Mari Futamatsu (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 12
)

Mari Shirakawa (ep 10)
Masaharu Morinaka (eps 1, 8)
Masahiko Matsunaga (ep 11)
Masahito Onoda (OP)
Masahito Wada (ep 10)
Masaki Kudō (ep 7)
Masato Anno (ep 0)
Masato Okada (ep 10)
Michiko Noda (ep 11)
Michitaka Yamamoto (ep 5)
Mieko Seki (ep 9)
Miho Azuma (ep 2)
Miho Ogawa (ep 8)
Miho Sekimoto (ep 6)
Miki Kurihara (eps 2, 5, 12)
Misato Takasaki (ep 1)
Mitsuhiro Nanbe (ep 10)
Mua Tsukino (ep 3)
Naoki Miyajima (ep 9)
Naoto Nakamura (OP)
Natsue Chibayama (ep 12)
Nobuhiro Nagata (ep 6)
Noriko Kitazawa (ep 3)
Ryosuke Nishii (OP; eps 9, 12)
Ryou Kodama (ep 3)
Sachiko Sugimoto (ep 12)
Satomi Tamura (ep 9)
Satoru Kurihara (ep 10)
Sawako Shigematsu (ep 1)
Shigemi Aoyagi (ep 1)
Shin Ogasawara (eps 1, 11)
Shin'ya Segawa (ED; eps 0, 11)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 7)
Shinobu Ōkōchi (ep 3)
Shintaro Tsubota (ep 4)
Shinya Itō (ep 10)
Shoichiro Nishimi (ep 11)
Shōzō Yamada (eps 1, 5, 9, 11)
Shūichi Kaneko (OP)
Shun Takeda (ep 12)
Shunichirō Taniguchi (ep 12)
Takahiro Kawakoshi (eps 6, 11)
Takahiro Ninagawa (ep 8)
Takayoshi Hayashi (ep 7)
Takurō Sakurai (ep 10)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP)
Tomoaki Takase (eps 0-1)
Tomohito Matsuhiro (ep 10)
Tomoko Nitta (ep 3)
Tomoya Atsumi (ep 7)
Tomoyo Nakayama (ep 12)
Toshie Kawamura (OP; ep 8)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 2)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (eps 1, 8)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (eps 6, 11)
Usaku Myouchin (ep 10)
Wataru Hasegawa (ep 10)
Yayoi Komine (ep 4)
Yayoi Takano (ep 2)
Yōichi Shimizu (eps 0, 11)
Yoshikatsu Matsuzaki (ep 7)
Yoshitaka Nagata (ep 7)
Yōsuke Itō (ep 9)
Yōsuke Kobashi (ep 3)
Yu Kurihara (OP; eps 5, 11)
Yū Yamashita (OP)
Yūichi Fujimaki (ep 0)
Yuichiro Mizutani (5 episodes
eps 0, 2, 5, 11-12
)

Yūji Shibata (eps 2, 12)
Yūji Yanase (ep 8)
Yuka Koiso (ep 12)
Yuki Fukuda (eps 5, 11)
Yuki Ieda (eps 2, 12)
Yuki Muraosa (ep 8)
Yūki Nakano (ep 5)
Yuki Ogawa (eps 1, 9, 11)
Yūki Yamamoto (ep 7)
Yukie Yamamoto (eps 0, 5)
Yukiko Nagao (eps 2, 5)
Yūko Fuji (ep 1)
Yumenosuke Tokuda (ep 3)
Yūri Ichinose (ep 0)
Yusuke Adachi (ep 7)
Yūta Itō (eps 6, 11)
Yuya Kishi (eps 4, 10)
Music producer:
Etsuko Chiba
Hiroaki Sano
Paint:
Asuka Yokota (eps 0-2, 6, 9)
Kanako Hokari (ep 9)
Mai Yamaguchi (A-1 Pictures; ED; eps 0-1, 11)
Mayu Morita (A-1 Pictures; ep 1)
Yūko Watabe (A-1 Pictures; ED; eps 0-1, 5, 11)
Photography:
Bu Chul Kim (Graphinica; eps 0-1)
Hisayoshi Yamamoto (Graphinica; eps 0-12)
Hitoshi Tamura (Graphinica; eps 0-2)
Isao Tōkairin (Graphinica; eps 11-12)
Keisuke Nozawa (Graphinica; ep 12)
Shinya Kuwabara (Graphinica; eps 0-1)
Su Hyun Lee (Graphinica; eps 2-12)
Taketo Kimura (Graphinica; eps 0-1, 3)
Tetsuya Kawada (ep 0)
Un Bi Hyang (Graphinica; eps 0-12)
Xiao Mu Yang (Graphinica; eps 4-11)
Yoshihiro Sekiya (Graphinica; eps 1, 12)
Yoshiki Obata (Graphinica; eps 4-5, 10)
Yōsuke Minezaki (Graphinica; eps 2-3)
Yuichiro Tozawa (ep 0)
Production Advancement:
Keisuke Yonezawa (eps 1, 6)
Kōdai Enokido (ep 7)
Makoto Washizuka (ep 8)
Masaki Takemoto (ep 4)
Masaru Hosokawa (ED)
Shogo Hiroki (eps 2, 12)
Takuya Hirata (eps 0, 5, 11)
Theme Song Performance:
Luna Haruna (OP)
Miku Sawai (ED)
Video Editing:
Junichi Arai (ep 1)
Kōji Nakamura (ep 0)
Motoki Shirai (eps 11-12)
Ryuichi Inoue (eps 0, 2-12)
Shinji Iriyama (eps 1-10)
Ai Kayano as Utaha Kasumigaoka
Kiyono Yasuno as Megumi Katō
Saori Ōnishi as Eriri Spencer Sawamura
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tomoya Aki

Chinatsu Akasaki as Izumi Hashima (eps 7-9)
Sayuri Yahagi as Michiru Hyōdō (eps 0, 10-12)
Tetsuya Kakihara as Iori Hashima (eps 7-9)

Asaka Imai as Female student B (ep 1)
Eri Suzuki as Tokino Himekawa (ep 12)
Houko Kuwashima as Sonoko Machida (eps 4, 6)
Isamu Yūsen as Station announcer (ep 6)
Junya Enoki as Cafe customer (ep 2)
Kaya Okuno as Azusa Satomi (eps 1, 7)
Keiko Nemoto as Female teacher (ep 1)
Madoka Yonezawa as Sayuka (ep 4)
Mai Nakahara as Sayuri Sawamura (ep 9)
Mina Nagashima as Female student A (ep 1)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Old man (ep 1)
Reiō Tsuchida as Male student B (ep 1)
Rui Tanabe as Echika Mizuhara (ep 12)
Sakura Tange as Heroine (ep 2)
Sōma Saitō as Keiichi Katō (ep 4)
Takahiro Mizushima as Naoto (ep 4)
Yō Taichi as
Announcer (ep 8)
Cafe waitress (ep 2)
Family restaurant waitress (ep 6)
Kiyo Ishimaki (eps 1, 7)
Ranko Morioka (ep 12)
Tomoya Aki (grade school student; ep 9)
Yoshiki Nakajima as Man (ep 8)
Yūki Kitao as Male student A (ep 1)
Yūma Uchida as Yoshihiko Kamigō (eps 1, 11)
Japanese companies
3d Animation: 8-Bit Rocket (OP)
3D Modeling: 8-Bit Rocket (OP)
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Backgrounds: Kusanagi
Backgrounds Assistance:
Cosmos Arts
Nam Hai
Effects: Graphinica (OP; ED)
Key Animation: Studio Wanpack (ep 4)
Photography: Graphinica (OP; ED; eps 0-12)
Production Assistance:
Nexus (eps 4, 10)
Studio Flad (ep 7)
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
English companies
English staff
(none)
Broadcaster: Aniplus Asia
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: Kevin Stocker (Crunchyroll; eps 8-12)
(none)
French companies
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Production Subsidy: J-LOD
German cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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