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First Love Monster (TV)

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Alternative title:
Hatsukoi Monster (Japanese)
初恋モンスター (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, romance
Plot Summary: Kaho Nikaidō finds herself head over heels for a mysterious stranger after he saves from being hit by a truck. Kaho has a few surprises in store for her when she discovers that her knight-in-shining-armor is her landlord's son — and in the fifth grade. (from manga)
User Ratings: 85 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:1, dub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Good: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:2)
 Decent: 20 votes (sub:15, dub:4, raw:1)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 157 users, rank: #4204 (of 9321)
Median rating: So-so
Arithmetic mean: 4.859 (So-so), std. dev.: 2.4212, rank: #8846 (of 9424)
Weighted mean: 4.659 (So-so−), rank: #8985 (of 9424) (seen all: 4.91 / seen some: 5.19 / won't finish: 3.06)
Bayesian estimate: 5.058 (So-so), rank: #6992 (of 7108)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2016-07-02
Opening Theme:
"Innocent" by Shouta Aoi
Trivia: We have 1
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    First Love Monster - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2018-10-30 (from $22.49)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    First Love Monster - The Complete Series (BD+DVD) 2017-11-07 (from $16.97)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Takayuki Inagaki
Script:
Deko Akao (eps 5, 8, 12)
Hiroko Kanasugi (eps 1-2)
Sayuri Ooba (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 9, 11
)

Takashi Aoshima (eps 4, 7, 10)
Storyboard:
Chiaki Kon (ep 7)
Katsuyuki Kodera (eps 2, 5, 8)
Mitsuru Kitaya (eps 3, 9)
Nobukage Kimura (ep 11)
Takaomi Kanasaki (ep 4)
Takayuki Inagaki (OP, ED; eps 1, 10, 12)
Tetsuhito Saito (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Fumio Ito (ep 4)
Hye Jin Seo (ep 7)
Juria Matsumura (ep 9)
Naoki Murata (eps 3, 8)
Naoyuki Kuzuya (eps 2, 5)
Nobukage Kimura (ep 11)
Shunji Yoshida (ep 7)
Taro Kubo (eps 6, 10)
Tomoe Makino (eps 1, 12)
Music: Go Sakabe
Original creator: Akira Hiyoshimaru
Character Design: Mariko Oka
Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
Animation Director:
Akiharu Ishii (ED; eps 1, 6)
Akiko Matsuo (ep 7)
Konomi Satō (eps 3, 8, 11-12)
Director of Photography: Junko Sakai

2nd Key Animation:
Daisuke Shibukawa (ep 1)
Konomi Satō (ep 1)
Assistant Animation Director: Konomi Satō (ep 1)
In-Between Animation: Daisuke Shibukawa (ep 8)
In-Between Check: Daisuke Shibukawa (eps 1, 8)
Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii (OP, ED)
Haruka Iida (ep 8)
Masami Obari (Studio G-1 Neo; ep 8)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 8)
Production Advancement: Kenshō Mizuno (ep 8)
Theme Song Performance: Shōta Aoi (OP)
Japanese cast
Takahiro Sakurai as Kanade Takahashi
Yui Horie as Kaho Nikaidō

Ai Kayano as Mafuyu Hayashi
Akio Ōtsuka as Narrator
Ayumu Murase as Kazuo Noguchi
Hikaru Midorikawa as Daikoku Nikaidō
Iori Nomizu as Yuki Fukaya
Kaito Ishikawa as Atsushi Taga
Kenichi Suzumura as Jōji Takahashi
Kenjiro Tsuda as Arashi Nagasawa
Mizuki Wai as Chiaki Yokōchi
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kōta Shinohara
Shōta Aoi as Lenlen
Showtaro Morikubo as Tomu Kaneko
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Shūgo Takahashi
Takuya Eguchi as Munemitsu Makurazaki
Tomokazu Sugita as Ginjirō Sannomiya

Ai Kayano as Sadako (ep 12)
Ai Yamamoto as Leia Aizawa
Akari Uehara as Student (ep 6)
Ako Mayama as Counter Hag (ep 3)
Hayato Kaneko as Worker (ep 1)
Kazusa Aranami as Student (ep 6)
Kenichi Mine as
Employee (ep 5)
Guard (eps 7-8)
Maki Inoue as
Emergency Radio (ep 1)
Vendor (ep 8)
Miki Satō as Student (ep 6)
Motoi Koyonagi as Principal (ep 1)
Nao Natsuno as Student (ep 6)
Nichika Omori as
Friend (ep 2)
Yui Nakamura (ep 6)
Shiori Kawabata as
Girl Student (ep 1)
Yuka Nakamura
Shō Kawaguchi as Adult Kaz (ep 1)
Yō Taichi as Announcer (ep 11)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jerry Jewell
Script: Jamie Marchi
Translation: Nora Stevens Heath
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer:
Brian Leonard (eps 5, 8-9)
Colby Cockburn (eps 6, 9-12)
Zachary Davis (ep 5)
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant producer:
Samantha Herek
Zach Bolton
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Lead ADR Engineer: Manuel Aragon
Mix Engineer:
Nathanael Harrison
Neal Malley (ep 9)
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Engineer: Jason Weems
Video Post Production Director: Clarine Harp
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
FUNimation Entertainment
Wakanim (The Netherlands)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Broadcaster: J-One
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
French cast
(none)

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