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Tanaka-kun is Always Listless (TV)

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Alternative title:
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge (Japanese)
田中くんはいつもけだるげ (Japanese)
Themes: school, school life
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Tanaka is a high school boy who sighs (with a hand on his chin), dozes and sleeps just about anytime and anywhere: in classroom, in PE classes, and even after school hours he is too lazy to move. In contrast, his friend Ohta and other classmates around him are quite energetic, despite of their numerous failed attempts to "wake" Tanaka up.
User Ratings: 256 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:9, raw:1)
 Excellent: 42 votes (sub:38, dub:2, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 84 votes (sub:78, dub:6)
 Good: 70 votes (sub:60, dub:7, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 34 votes (sub:29, dub:3, others:2
2 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 440 users, rank: #2358 (of 10152)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.477 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.3167, rank: #2020 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 7.451 (Good+), rank: #1905 (of 10321) (seen all: 7.61 / seen some: 6.37 / won't finish: 4.63)
Bayesian estimate: 7.452 (Good+), rank: #1588 (of 7760)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2016-04-09
2017-09-26 to 2017-10-11 (Philippines, Hero TV)
Opening Theme:
"Utata ne Sunshine" (うたたねサンシャイン; Snooze Sunshine) by Unlimited tone
Ending Theme:
"BON-BON" by CooRie
Reviews:
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless ‒ Episode 12 (Jun 26, 2016)
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless ‒ Episode 11 (Jun 19, 2016)
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless ‒ Episode 10 (Jun 12, 2016)
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless ‒ Episode 9 (Jun 4, 2016)
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless ‒ Episode 8 (May 29, 2016)
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless ‒ Episode 7 (May 21, 2016)
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless ‒ Episode 6 (May 15, 2016)
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless (May 8, 2016)
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless ‒ Episode 1-5 (May 8, 2016)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Tanaka-kun is Always Listless - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2018-01-30 (from $49.95)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Tanaka-kun is Always Listless - Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2018-01-30 (from $71.00)
DVD (Region 1)
    Tanaka-kun is Always Listless - Complete Collection (DVD) 2018-01-30 (from $89.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shinya Kawatsura
Series Composition: Akemi Omode
Script: Akemi Omode (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
Atsushi Kobayashi (ep 8)
Cagetzu Aizawa (eps 3, 10)
Kōji Sawai (ep 12)
Masayuki Kurosawa (ep 6)
Shinya Kawatsura (ep 1)
Takaomi Kanasaki (ep 7)
Toshiya Niidome (ep 4)
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (ep 5)
Yūichi Nihei (eps 2, 9, 11)
Episode Director:
Atsushi Kobayashi (ep 8)
Cagetzu Aizawa (eps 3, 10)
Fumio Itō (ep 9)
Jun Fukuda (eps 2, 7, 12)
Saya Sorizato (ep 5)
Sayaka Sori (ep 5)
Shingo Kaneko (ep 6)
Shinya Kawatsura (eps 1, 12)
Yūshi Ibe (eps 4, 11)
Music:
Hiromi Mizutani (Team-MAX)
Original creator: Nozomi Uda
Character Design: Haruko Iizuka
Art Director:
Daiki Kuribayashi (Kusanagi)
3D Director: Yū Sudō (Tri-Slash)
Sound Director:
Toshiki Kameyama (grooove)
Director of Photography:
Atsushi Satō (Studio Shamrock)
Producer:
Hayato Kaneko
Jiro Nakagawa
Taro Tanaka
Terushige Yoshie
Tetsuya Endo
Tomoyo Ueji
Toshihiro Maeda
Toshio Iizuka
Yumi Wakabayashi
Yuuko Kon

2DCGデザイン:
Susumu Kashiwabara
Yūko Shintani
2nd Key Animation: Shoko Naoki (OP; eps 1-2, 4-5, 8)
3D Animation:
Naoya Shiratori (Tri-Slash)
Shouko Nitta (Tri-Slash)
Tatsuo Nakajima (Tri-Slash)
Yoshihiro Tsukashita (Tri-Slash)
Yoshiyuki Kitagami (Tri-Slash)
3D CG: Yū Sudō (Tri-Slash; ED)
3D Layout:
Naoya Shiratori (Tri-Slash)
Shouko Nitta (Tri-Slash)
Tatsuo Nakajima (Tri-Slash)
Yoshihiro Tsukashita (Tri-Slash)
Yoshiyuki Kitagami (Tri-Slash)
3D Producer: Yuma Ōue
Advertising Producer: Aya Miyamoto
Animation producer: Jiro Nakagawa
Assistant Art Director: Ryōta Gotō (eps 5-12)
Associate producer:
Gouta Aijima
Hirokazu Hara
Hiroshi Kamei
Hiroshi Matsuzawa
Kaori Ono
Yoshimasa Okunaga
Color design: Eri Shigetomi
Editing:
Kentarō Tsubone (REAL-T)
Editing Assistant: Michi Takigawa
HD編集担当: Yūsuke Katada
Key Animation:
Kōhei Yamazaki (ep 5)
Kōta Sera (ED)
Shoko Naoki (ep 11)
Yukako Tsuzuki (OP; ep 1)
Music producer:
Terushige Yoshie
Yoshiyuki Ito
Online Editor:
Fumiko Okamoto (Q-Tec; eps 1-2)
Katsuhiro Kimura (Q-Tec)
Maki Sendo (Q-Tec; eps 3-12)
Planning:
Hayato Kaneko
Hiroo Maruyama
Katsuyoshi Matsuura
Kazuya Takahashi
Kenji Hamada
Kōta Kuroda
Kozue Kananiwa
Tsutomu Yanagimura
Yōsuke Imai
Yuka Sakurai
Planning Cooperation:
Ryuji Abe
Shōta Komatsu
Yasutaka Kimura
Prop Design: Mai Otsuka
Recording Adjustment: Makoto Uchida
Recording Assistant: Yasuaki Ōta
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Production Manager: Nozomi Nakatani
Theme Song Performance:
CooRie (ED)
Unlimited tone (OP)
Web Promotion:
Emi Yamauchi
Hiroki Kagamoto
Osamu Miyaoka
サブタイトル文字: Nozomi Uda
スタジオ制作: Fusae Yasuno
チーフマネージャー: Masashi Tsunemitsu
原作監修: Chieko Akiyama
宣伝協力:
Akira Sugawara
Hitomi Ando
Megumi Araki
Yukie Sugawara (Lightworks)
Yurika Kamiya
美術設定: Eiko Tsunadō (Kusanagi)
背景管理: Hiroaki Hirata
設定マネージャー: Masashi Tsunemitsu
音楽制作協力:
Junnosuke Sato
Mitsuhiro Toyota (Team-MAX)
Kenshō Ono as Tanaka
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Ōta

Akira Sekine as Miyo-chan
Aoi Yūki as Rino
Ayaka Suwa as Echizen
Haruka Nagamine as Kicchan
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shimura
Kotori Koiwai as Shiraishi
Natsumi Takamori as Miyano
Yūichi Iguchi as Katō

Akira Sekine as
Boy B (ep 10)
Furuya-sensei (ep 8)
Schoolgirl (eps 2, 12)
Eiji Miyashita as Inokuma
Haruka Nagamine as
Boy A (ep 10)
Old woman (ep 8)
Schoolgirl (ep 12)
Kenta Zaima as
Bodyguard C (ep 4)
Manager (ep 9)
Schoolboy (ep 11)
Kentarō Kumagai as Schoolboy A (ep 2)
Kento Fujinuma as Bodyguard A (eps 4-5)
Masayuki Tanaka as Ishii-sensei (ep 1)
Miki Maruyama as
Housewife (ep 5)
Schoolgirl (eps 3-4, 7)
Nao Tōyama as Saya
Naoki Ushiro as Schoolboy (eps 2, 11)
Noriko Sakura as Echizen's mother (ep 8)
Rie Murakawa as Saionji (Wac worker; eps 9-10)
Rui Iwata as Echizen's friend A (ep 11)
Saori Yamanaka as Echizen's friend B (ep 11)
Takamichi Ōtsubo as Policeman (ep 3)
Yōji Ueda as Washizuka-sensei (eps 2, 12)
Yu Kitada as Bodyguard B (eps 4-5)
Yū Maeda as Male clerk (ep 9)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Seven Arcs Pictures
SILVER LINK.
3d Animation: Tri-Slash
Animation Production: SILVER LINK.
Background Art: Kusanagi
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting
Hiroshima TV
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation
Tokyo MX
Finish Animation:
SILVER LINK.
SILVER LINK. Overseas Division
TAP
Font Cooperation:
Fontworks Inc.
Hakushu Fonts
In-Between Animation:
SILVER LINK.
SILVER LINK. Overseas Division
TAP
Key Animation:
C-Station (ep 1)
SILVER LINK. (ep 1)
Music Production: Lantis
Offline Editing: REAL-T
Online Editing: Q-Tec
Recording Studio: P's Studio azabudai A/R TWO
Sound Production: Grooove
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: John Swasey
Translation: Jennifer Challenger
ADR Script: Marta Bechtol
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Audio Engineer:
Anel Garcia
Chris Molina
Patrick Marrero
Menu Design: Keiwing Chong
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Packaging Design: Keiwing Chong
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
Shannon Reed
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
Subtitling: Jordan Hemann
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Andrew Love as Ohta
Blake Shepard as Tanaka

Brittney Karbowski as Rino
Bryson Baugus as Shimura
Luci Christian as Echizen
Maggie Flecknoe as Ki-chan
Monica Rial as Miyano
Scott Gibbs as Kato
Stephanie Wittels as Shiraishi
Tiffany Grant as Miyo

Allison Sumrall as Saya
David Wald as Inokuma
Emily Neves as Saienji (eps 9-10)
English companies
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
The Anime Network
Tubi TV
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
Tagalog cast
Tagalog staff
Dubbing Director: Bernie Malejana
Anthony Steven San Juan as Tanaka
Archie de Leon as Ōta

Kim Pomeda as Echizen
Marick Dacanay as Miyano

Bernie Malejana as
Ishii-sensei
Policeman (ep 3)
Washizuka-sensei
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Dubbing: Creative Programs, Inc.

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