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Sweetness & Lightning (TV)

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Alternative title:
Amaama to Inazuma (Japanese)
甘々と稲妻 (Japanese)
Themes: cooking, parenting
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Math teacher Kōhei Inuzuka is a widower with a young daughter named Tsumugi. Inuzuka isn't adept in the kitchen but with the help of his student Kotori Iida and his daughter, he embarks on a culinary adventure. (from manga)
User Ratings: 302 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:9, raw:3)
 Excellent: 45 votes (sub:43, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 120 votes (sub:115, dub:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 87 votes (sub:79, dub:3, raw:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 22 votes (sub:22)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 507 users, rank: #2115 (of 9790)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.619 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.164, rank: #1471 (of 9927)
Weighted mean: 7.608 (Very good−), rank: #1373 (of 9927) (seen all: 7.72 / seen some: 6.74 / won't finish: 4.58)
Bayesian estimate: 7.603 (Very good−), rank: #1087 (of 7499)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2016-07-04
Opening Theme:
"Harebare Fanfare" (晴レ晴レファンファーレ; "Bright Fanfare") by Mimi Meme MIMI
Ending Theme:
"Maybe" by Brian the Sun
Reviews: Show:
Sweetness & Lightning (Oct 10, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episode 12 (Sep 20, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episode 11 (Sep 12, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episode 10 (Sep 5, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episode 9 (Aug 30, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episode 8 (Aug 22, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episode 7 (Aug 16, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episode 6 (Aug 9, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episode 5 (Aug 2, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episode 4 (Jul 26, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning (Jul 19, 2016)
Sweetness & Lightning ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Jul 19, 2016)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tarou Iwasaki
Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
Script:
Keiichirō Ōchi (eps 3-4, 8)
Mitsutaka Hirota (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 12
)
Naoto Iyoku (ep 10)
Yoshimi Narita (eps 6, 9, 11)
Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Yano (eps 5, 11)
Keiya Saitō (eps 2, 8)
Kiyoko Sayama (eps 3-4, 6, 10)
Takashi Sano (ep 7)
Tarou Iwasaki (eps 1, 12)
Yasutaka Yamamoto (ep 9)
Episode Director:
Katsuhiko Bizen (ep 7)
Keiya Saitō (eps 2, 8, 11)
Takehiro Nakayama (eps 4, 9)
Tarou Iwasaki (eps 1, 12)
Toshiaki Kanbara (ep 3)
Yasuro Tsuchiya (ep 5)
Yusaku Saotome (eps 6, 10)
Music: Irone Toda
Original creator: Gido Amagakure
Character Design: Hiroki Harada
Art Director: Masanori Yamaguchi
Chief Animation Director:
Haruka Tanaka (6 episodes
eps 2, 5-11 odd, 12
)
Hatsue Koizumi (7 episodes
eps 3, 6-8, 10-12
)
Hiroki Harada (eps 1, 7, 9-12)
Kenji Hachizaki (eps 8-9, 11)
Mika Yamamoto (ep 3)
Nariyuki Takahashi (eps 4-5)
Yūki Morimoto (ep 4)
Animation Director:
Ai Yamazaki (ep 4)
Akio Uchino (eps 6, 10)
Haruka Tanaka (eps 1, 11-12)
Hatsue Koizumi (eps 2, 11-12)
Hideaki Shimada (eps 5, 11)
Hiroki Harada (OP; eps 1, 11-12)
Kaoru Miura (ep 4)
Keiko Watanabe (ep 7)
Kenji Hachizaki (ep 8)
Masaru Yamada (ep 9)
Minoru Morita (ep 3)
Nana Yamaguchi (cooking; eps 3-11 odd)
Naoko Ikeuchi (ep 7)
Satomi Senbayashi (ep 9)
Shōta Ueno (eps 6, 10)
Tadayoshi Okimura (ep 5)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (eps 8, 12)
Toshiko Sasaki (eps 6, 10)
Toyoaki Fukushima (ep 3)
Yūki Morimoto (eps 8, 11)
Sound Director: Kazuya Tanaka
Director of Photography: Tomoyuki Shiokawa

2D Work:
Chie Katō (T2 Studio)
Eri Katō (T2 Studio)
2nd Key Animation: Emiko Kataoka (eps 4, 9)
3D Animation: Hisashi Akimoto (T2 Studio)
Animation:
Chiaki Nakajima (OP)
Emiko Shimura (OP)
Fumiaki Kouta (OP)
Hiroki Harada (OP)
Hisako Sato (OP)
Keisuke Kobayashi (OP)
Takaaki Wada (OP)
Color design: Makiko Doi
Editing: Daisuke Imai
Finish Animation:
Chiharu Tamashiro (Lightfoot; ep 1)
Hiromi Sato (Lightfoot; ep 1)
Hiroshi Moriwaki (Studio Elle; ep 1)
Ikuya Watanabe (Studio Elle; ep 1)
Kazuya Tsukada (Studio Elle; ep 1)
Keiko Watanabe (Lightfoot; ep 1)
Miho Muraguchi (Lightfoot; ep 1)
Mika Kinoshita (Studio Elle; ep 1)
Nagisa Sunagawa (Studio Elle; ep 1)
Sakiko Soga (RIC; ep 1)
Yuki Matsuura (Lightfoot; ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Ayano Okahara (Studio Mu; ep 2)
Chihiro Watanabe (Studio Elle; ep 5)
Kaede Maruyama (Studio Elle; ep 5)
Kazuki Nakamura (Studio Mu; ep 2)
Michi Yamamoto (Studio Mu; ep 2)
Midori Tanaka (Studio Elle; ep 5)
Moe Matsuda (Studio Mu; ep 2)
Key Animation:
Akemi Hosono (ep 2)
Akio Kitahara (ep 4)
Asami Gouda (ep 3)
Asuka Tsubuki (eps 1-2)
Chihiro Nishikawa (ep 2)
Chizuru Kobayashi (ep 1)
Emiko Shimura (eps 1, 5)
Haruka Tanaka (ep 1)
Hatsue Koizumi (ep 1)
Henry Thurlow (eps 6, 10)
Hikaru Kodama (ep 5)
Hiroshi Sasaki (ep 4)
Junichi Higuchi (ep 5)
Junko Abe (ep 2)
Kanae Komatsu (eps 1-2)
Kaori Dou (ep 5)
Kaoru Miura (ep 4)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 4)
Kenji Kodama (ep 2)
Kenji Kondou (ep 5)
Kiyoshi Nohji (ep 3)
Kōji Miura (ep 3)
Kumiko Kakoi (ep 3)
Makoto Koga (ep 4)
Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 2)
Masami Abe (ep 5)
Michiko Asada (ep 4)
Michio Satō (ep 4)
Mikako Kunii (ep 5)
Miki Nomura (ep 5)
Moeko Mitsugi (ep 4)
Momoko Makiuchi (ep 5)
Nagisa Nakajima (ep 2)
Nobuhiro Okazaki (ep 4)
Osamu Kurosawa (ep 3)
Rikiya Okano (ep 4)
Rumi Miyata (ep 2)
Ryouichi Kaida (ep 1)
Saori Yamamoto (ep 2)
Satoshi Noma (ep 2)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 3)
Takaaki Wada (Magi-Girl sequences; eps 1-2, 7)
Takahisa Ichikawa (ep 1)
Tarō Yamada (ep 1)
Tetsuya Akutsu (ep 5)
Tetsuya Satō (ep 3)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (ep 1)
Toshihiro Uranaka (eps 2, 5)
Toshiyuki Komaru (ep 1)
Wataru Hasegawa (ep 5)
Yoshiaki Kubokawa (eps 1-2)
Yoshihisa Sato (ep 4)
Yoshiteru Kobayashi (ep 3)
Yousuke Okuda (ep 5)
Yukie Nishimura (ep 5)
Yuko Matsuo (ep 5)
Yuusuke Noma (ep 3)
Photography:
Kenta Sasaki (T2 Studio)
Kouji Takahashi (T2 Studio)
Kumiko Tsuchiya (T2 Studio)
Tomoyuki Shiokawa (T2 Studio)
Theme Song Performance:
Brian the Sun
Mimi Meme MIMI (OP)
Yuki Takao (as Mimi Meme MIMI;OP)
料理設定: Nana Yamaguchi (eps 3-11 odd)
Rina Endō as Tsumugi Inuzuka
Saori Hayami as Kotori Iida
Yūichi Nakamura as Kōhei Inuzuka

Haruka Tomatsu as Shinobu Kojika
Komugi Kuga as Yūka
Saaya Andō as Hana
Satomi Arai as Megumi Iida
Shōki Tsuru as Mikio
Tomokazu Seki as Yūsuke Yagi
Yuko Hara as Kindergarten teacher (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8-9, 11
)

Ai Kayano as Tae Inuzuka (eps 1, 6)
Aina Suzuki as
Chiyo (eps 4, 11-12)
Female middle school student (ep 7)
Akari Uehara as Purikura announcement (ep 5)
Ayaka Mitsumoto as Inuzuka's older sister (ep 4)
Chika Fujitō as Kindergartener's mother (eps 1, 8-9)
Daiki Yamashita as Galigali-san (ep 7)
Fuka Haruna as Female student (ep 11)
Fukushi Ochiai as Father (ep 7)
Haruki Makino as Passerby (ep 1)
Haruo Takayama as Hosaka-sensei (ep 2)
Hirokazu Machida as Momoya-sensei (eps 1, 4)
Hiroki Tasaka as Announcement (ep 12)
Kaori Nazuka as Hana's mother (eps 8, 11)
Kazusa Aranami as
Female student (ep 11)
Kumagaya-sensei (eps 1, 3-4, 8)
Keiko Seo as Old woman (ep 7)
Kōji Fujiyoshi as Butcher (ep 5)
Kōki Harasawa as Man (ep 7)
Masato Yamauchi as
Boy (ep 7)
Kindergartener (ep 8)
Moe Shirota as Kindergartener (eps 1, 8)
Nana as
Child in Yoshiko role (ep 11)
Kindergartener (ep 8)
Nao Natsuno as Female student (eps 8, 11)
Natsumi Hioka as
Classmate (ep 4)
Female student (eps 11-12)
Osamu Kaneko as Father (ep 9)
Reina Kondo as Female class head (ep 11)
Rie Kawamura as Time announcer (ep 3)
Rikako Yamaguchi as Magi-Girl (ep 7)
Risae Matsuda as Female student (eps 8, 11)
Ruito Koga as Kindergartener (ep 9)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Yūka's mother (eps 4, 7-9)
Saaya Andō as Kōhei Inuzuka (young; ep 4)
Sayuri Sadaoka as Tanabe the sitter (ep 6)
Seiya Kimura as
Inuzuka's older brother (ep 4)
Shinobu's younger brother (ep 6)
Shōhei Kajikawa as Male student (eps 8, 11)
Shou Ueno as Store employee (ep 5)
Tadashi Hasebe as Host (ep 3)
Takuma Sasaki as TV voice (ep 1)
Tetsuya Oka as Father (ep 9)
Tokia Kitahara as Kindergartener (ep 9)
Yōko Hikasa as Mikio's mother (eps 3-4, 7-9)
Yū Arisugawa as
Child in Yoshiko role (ep 11)
Girl (ep 12)
Kindergartener (ep 9)
Yū Sanada as Male student (eps 8, 11)
Yūko Sasaki as Shinobu's mother (ep 6)
Japanese companies
2D Works: T2 Studio
2nd Key Animation:
CL Corporation
Graphinica
ingresA
Jumondo
LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio
Mouse
Nakamura Production
Orange
R.I.C
Studio Elle
Studio Wanpack
Triple A
Wafū Animation
XEBECzwei
3DCGI: T2 Studio
Animation Assistance: Shin-Ei Animation
Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
Backgrounds:
Green
GREEN Qiqihar Studio
Broadcaster:
AT-X
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation
Tokyo MX
YTV
Editing: Jay Film
Finish Animation:
CL Corporation
FAI International
Hiwa
Jumondo
Light Foot
Niandai Animation
office DCI
Orange
PTC Magic
R.I.C
Studio Elle
Sung San Production
Triple A
Xuyang Animation
In-Between Animation:
CL Corporation
FAI International
Hadashi Pro
Jumondo
Nakamura Production
Niandai Animation
office DCI
Orange
PTC Magic
R.I.C
Studio CL
Studio Comet
Studio Elle
Studio Live
Studio Mark
Studio Mu
Sung San Production
Triple A
Wafū Animation
XEBECzwei
Xuyang Animation
Youli Animation
Internet Streaming:
Bandai Channel
Docomo Anime Store
Google Play
GyaO!
Hikari TV
Hulu
J:COM
Niconico
Rakuten ShowTime
U-NEXT
Video Market
Music Production: TMS Music
Photography: T2 Studio
Production: Amaama to Inazuma Production Committee
Production Cooperation:
Ascension (ep 3)
Nomad (ep 4)
Studio Elle (ep 5)
Wao World (eps 6, 10)
Recording Studio:
Procen Studio
Sound Inn Studios
Sound Production: Dax Production
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
Translation: Sriram Gurunathan (Aniplus Asia)

Subtitle Timing: Krzysztof Kunc
(none)
English companies
Broadcaster: Aniplus Asia
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)

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