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March comes in like a lion (TV)

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Alternative title:
Sangatsu no Lion (Japanese)
Мартовский лев (Russian)
3-gatsu no Lion (Japanese)
3月のライオン (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, tournament
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: The protagonist Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, and who also keep a numerous number of cats. (from manga)
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User Ratings: 368 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 39 votes (sub:31, dub:3, raw:2, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 115 votes (sub:103, dub:7, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 94 votes (sub:76, dub:10, raw:1, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 61 votes (sub:51, dub:7, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 32 votes (sub:23, dub:8, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 623 users, rank: #1826 (of 10090)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.899 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.5545, rank: #876 (of 10250)
Weighted mean: 7.850 (Very good), rank: #866 (of 10250) (seen all: 7.97 / seen some: 6.56 / won't finish: 4.40)
Bayesian estimate: 7.837 (Very good), rank: #626 (of 7728)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 22
Episode titles: We have 23
Vintage: 2016-10-08
Opening Theme:
"Answer" (アンサー) by BUMP OF CHICKEN
#2: "Sayōnara Bystander" (さよならバイスタンダー) by YUKI
Ending Theme:
#1: "Fighter" by BUMP OF CHICKEN
#2: "orion" by Kenshi Yonezu
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews: Show:
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 22 (Mar 18, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 21 (Mar 11, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 20 (Mar 4, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 19 (Feb 25, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 18 (Feb 18, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 17 (Feb 11, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 16 (Feb 4, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 15 (Jan 28, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 14 (Jan 22, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 13 (Jan 14, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 12 (Jan 7, 2017)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 11 (Dec 24, 2016)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 10 (Dec 17, 2016)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 9 (Dec 11, 2016)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 8 (Dec 4, 2016)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 7 (Nov 19, 2016)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 6 (Nov 12, 2016)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 5 (Nov 5, 2016)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 4 (Oct 29, 2016)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episode 3 (Oct 22, 2016)
March comes in like a lion ‒ Episodes 1-2 (Oct 15, 2016)
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    March comes in like a lion - Volume 1 (Blu-ray) 2017-12-19 (from $492.00)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Kenjirō Okada
Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Series Composition:
Akiyuki Simbo
Fuyashi Tou
Script: Yukito Kizawa (SEVEN DAYS WAR; eps 1-5)
Storyboard:
Hajime Ōtani (OP 2; ep 19)
Hiroko Kazui (eps 6, 16)
Hiroshi Hamasaki (ep 21)
Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 9)
Kenichi Imaizumi (ep 2)
Kenjirō Okada (ep 11)
Mamoru Kurosawa (ep 10)
Midori Yoshizawa (ep 8)
Mie Ōishi (eps 4, 12, 15)
Naoyuki Asano (OP)
Ryōsuke Nakamura (ED)
Shinsaku Sasaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 14, 18, 20
)
Takashi Kawabata (eps 5, 13, 17)
Tomohiko Ito (ep 22)
Toshimasa Suzuki (ep 3)
Episode Director:
Hajime Ōtani (ep 19)
Hidekazu Hara (ep 7)
Kenjirō Okada (SHAFT; eps 1, 22)
Midori Yoshizawa (SHAFT; eps 2, 8, 20)
Sayaka Iwai (eps 9, 16)
Seimei Kidokoro (eps 3, 11)
Sō Toyama (ep 6)
Takashi Kawabata (eps 5, 13, 17)
Tomoyuki Itamura (SHAFT; ep 4)
Yoshiko Mikami (eps 12, 18)
Yuichi Wada (ep 15)
Yukihiro Miyamoto (eps 10, 14, 21)
Unit Director:
Hajime Ōtani (OP 2)
Naoyuki Asano (OP)
Ryōsuke Nakamura (ED)
Music: Yukari Hashimoto
Original creator: Chica Umino
Character Design:
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (SHAFT)
Art Director:
Seiki Tamura (Anime Kobo Basara)
Chief Animation Director:
Etsuko Sumimoto (eps 2-3)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (SHAFT; eps 2-5)
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (SHAFT)
Animation Director:
Akane Yano (ep 5)
Akihisa Takano (SHAFT; ep 3)
Etsuko Sumimoto (ep 1)
Hitoshi Miyajima (ep 3)
Kayo Nomichi (eps 2, 5)
Kazunori Aoki (ep 4)
Kazuya Saitō (eps 18, 20)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (SHAFT; ep 1)
Kenichi Shimizu (ep 6)
Kōichi Satō (ep 3)
Kumiko Kawashima (ep 3)
Mayu Fujimoto (ep 3)
Naoyuki Asano (OP)
Sayuri Sugitō (eps 2, 5)
Shinya Nishizawa (ep 5)
Shōsuke Shimizu (ep 2)
Takumi Yokota (ED; ep 5)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Cgi Director:
Kenta Suzuki (ED ep 7; ep 8)
Shin'ya Takano (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Director of Photography: Shinichiro Eto (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Producer:
Akiko Yodo (Aniplex)
Fumihito Fukino (TOY'S FACTORY)
Masahiro Nojima (NHK Enterprises)
Masayuki Sano (Asmik Ace)
Ryo Tomoda (Hakusensha)
Tadao Iwaki (SHAFT)
Takahiro Yoshikawa (Dentsu)

2nd Key Animation: Hatsune Hoshino (ep 1)
Accessory Design: Etsuko Sumimoto
Art Setting: Yasuhiro Nakura
Assistant producer:
Izumi Nakazawa (NHK Enterprises)
Kouki Tokutome (Hakusensha)
Kyōko Ōta (Aniplex)
Manabu Takahashi
Masayuki Yajima (Asmik Ace)
Miku Ōshima (SHAFT)
Background Art:
Akiko Kikuchi (Atelier PLATZ; ep 3)
Atsushi Morikawa (Anime Kobo Basara; ep 5)
Ayami Hidaka (Anime Kobo Basara; 13 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 10, 13-14, 16-17, 19-22
)
Ayano Katō (Inspired; ep 5)
Etsuko Abe (Anime Kobo Basara; ep 5)
Hiromi Bando (H・E・D WORKS; ep 1)
Kōji Maruyama (Anime Kobo Basara; eps 1, 3, 5)
Marie Kitai (Anime Kobo Basara; eps 1-2, 4-5)
Masakazu Koyama (Inspired; ep 1)
Noriko Ooishi (Tezuka Productions; ep 4)
Osamu Nakajima (ep 5)
Sagako Itakura (Anime Kobo Basara; eps 1, 5)
Tomoyuki Shimizu (Studio Wyeth; ep 2)
Toshihiko Gotō (Anime Kobo Basara; ep 1)
CG Animation:
Hideaki Takeda (ED ep 7; ep 8)
Yuka Matsushima (ED ep 7; ep 8)
Cg Artist: Minori Itani (ED ep 7; ep 8)
CG Compositor: Reiko Takamatsu (ED ep 7; ep 8)
CG Line Producer: Shunji Sakai (ED ep 7; ep 8)
CG Production Manager: Keigaku Hayashi (ED ep 7; ep 8)
CG Rigging:
Kazuki Maejima (NORIBA; ED ep 7; ep 8)
Mutsumi Hirata (NORIBA; ED ep 7; ep 8)
Toshiki Sasano (NORIBA; ED ep 7; ep 8)
CGI Technical Director: Hiroto Nishitani (ED ep 7; ep 8)
Chief CG Animator: Hiroyuki Torii (ED ep 7; ep 8)
Chief CG Artist: Satoko Toyokawa (ED ep 7; ep 8)
Clothing Design: Kazuya Shiotsuki (SHAFT)
Color Coordination:
Kensuke Katsu (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 3)
Megumi Arai (ep 4)
Nene Murata (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 5)
Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-2)
Yumi Aburaya (ep 4)
Color design:
Izumi Takizawa (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Color Inspection:
Kensuke Katsu (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 3)
Megumi Arai (ep 4)
Nene Murata (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 5)
Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-2)
Yumi Aburaya (ep 4)
Data Sponsoring: Madoka Kitao
Editing: Rie Matsubara (Seyama Editing Room)
End Card Illustration:
Aki Katsu (ep 10)
Katsuya Terada (ep 8)
Kentarō Miura (ep 1)
Kiyohiko Azuma (ep 13)
Kouji Mori (ep 14)
Mari Yamazaki (ep 15)
Moto Hagio (ep 22)
Moyoco Anno (ep 11)
Noriko Kudo (ep 16)
Ume Aoki (ep 18)
VOfan (ep 12)
Ending Animation: Yasuhiro Nakura (ED 2)
In-Between Animation:
Hiroto Nagata (eps 10, 12-22)
Hiroto Nishizawa (P.A. Works; ep 2)
Maho Shindō (ep 5)
In-Between Check:
Kaori Ohara (Asahi Production; ep 1)
Masaki Yoshimura (ep 4)
Narumi Honda (Asahi Production; ep 5)
Natsumi Oshima (Asahi Production; eps 2-3)
Takashi Okamura (ep 4)
Yūsuke Saitō (Asahi Production; ep 3)
Key Animation:
Ai Mochida (ep 3)
Aki Komori (SHAFT; eps 2-3, 8, 10)
Akihisa Takano (SHAFT; eps 1-2)
Akihito Asai (ED)
Akio Sugino (eps 4, 6-7, 9)
Atsushi Saitō (OP)
Aya Tajima (eps 2, 10)
Ayumi Kurokawa (eps 1-2, 8)
Ayumi Namiki (ep 7)
Chihiro Nishikawa (ep 2)
Hatsune Hoshino (ep 8)
Hiroaki Kanbe (ep 17)
Hirokazu Kikuchi (ep 3)
Hiroki Takagi (ep 3)
Hiromi Funatsu (ep 7)
Hironori Tanaka (OP)
Hiroshi Hamasaki (ED)
Hiroshi Konno (ep 5)
Hirotoshi Arai (eps 1, 3)
Hiroyoshi Iida (eps 14, 18, 20)
Hiroyuki Oka (ep 10)
Hisatoshi Motoki (ep 4)
Hitoshi Miyajima (ep 1)
Itaru Saitō (ep 4)
Junya Sato (ep 2)
Junya Sato (ep 3)
Kanako Ueda (ep 5)
Katsumi Aoshima (eps 4, 6)
Katsuyuki Yamazaki (ep 2)
Kayo Nomichi (ep 1)
Kayoko Suzuki (eps 6, 9)
Kazuki Baba (eps 3, 8, 10)
Kazuki Ito (OP)
Kazuko Hayakawa (eps 2, 5, 10)
Kazutoshi Azuma (ep 3)
Ken Nishio (ep 2)
Kenichi Shimizu (eps 4, 6)
Kenichi Yamaguchi (ep 5)
Konomi Satō (ep 4)
Kumiko Kawashima (ep 1)
Maiko Kobayashi (ep 21)
Maki Fujita (ep 7)
Mamoru Abiko (eps 12, 15, 18)
Manabu Nii (ep 8)
Manami Umeshita (eps 2, 5, 22)
Masaaki Takiyama (ep 10)
Masahiro Sasaki (eps 6-7)
Masato Okada (ep 3)
Mayu Fujimoto (eps 1-2)
Mayumi Funakoshi (ep 8)
Mayumi Nakamura (eps 2, 5)
Michiko Noda (eps 4, 11)
Miho Ayabe (SHAFT; 5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 8, 10
)
Misako Izumi (SHAFT; ep 1)
Misao Abe (ep 5)
Miyuki Katayama (ep 4)
Miyuki Koga (eps 1-2)
Miyuki Nakamura (ep 3)
Mizue Ogawa (ep 10)
Motoki Yagi (eps 4, 6, 11)
Nana Miura (ep 4)
Nanako Egami (eps 4, 6)
Naoko Masui (OP)
Naoto Nakamura (OP)
Natsumi Sugawara (ep 9)
Nobuhiro Okazaki (ep 3)
Norifumi Okuno (ep 7)
Nozomu Abe (OP)
Ryo Komori (eps 1, 8, 10)
Ryouga Fujiwara (ep 4)
Saori Koike (ep 5)
Satoshi Aoki (ep 5)
Satoshi Harayama (eps 3, 5, 22)
Sawako Miyamoto (ED)
Sayuri Sugitō (ep 1)
Shigeru Chiba (ep 4)
Shigeru Fujita (ED)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 21)
Shintarō Dōge (OP)
Shinya Nishizawa (eps 1, 3)
Shōsuke Shimizu (eps 1, 10)
Shota Tsukiyama (ep 2)
Shuntarō Yamada (eps 3, 10)
Sōji Ninomiya (ED)
Takaaki Wada (eps 12, 18)
Takanori Suzuki (ep 5)
Takashi Hirabayashi (eps 4, 6-7, 9)
Takashi Koizumi (ep 5)
Takayo Nishimura (eps 2-3)
Takayuki Gorai (ep 8)
Takayuki Noguchi (ep 1)
Takeshi Itou (ep 1)
Tomohiro Shinoda (OP)
Tomoko Fukushima (ep 9)
Tomoya Atsumi (ep 10)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 5)
Tōru Akiba (ep 1)
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 5)
Tsutomu Shibutani (OP)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 8)
Yasue Katori (SHAFT; eps 2-3)
Yasuko Miyazaki (eps 4, 6, 9)
Yasuyuki Suzuki (ep 9)
Yohko Ariizumi (4 episodes
eps 3, 5, 12, 18
)
Yoshiaki Itō (SHAFT; eps 1-2)
Yoshihisa Sato (ep 20)
You Yamamoto (OP)
Yūgo Ōhashi (ep 2)
Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 14, 20)
Yūki Kinoshita (ep 9)
Yumi Shimizu (ED; ep 3)
Yuna Naeki (ep 4)
Yūsuke Shibasaki (eps 7, 9)
Yūta Masaki (ep 5)
Yūya Kumagai (eps 8, 10)
Layout Design: Yasuhiro Nakura
Paint:
Aki Sakuma (Asahi Production; eps 1-2)
Chihiro Ōno (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-3, 5)
Erika Sada (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 2)
Hiromi Sato (Asahi Production; eps 1-2)
Kanako Satō (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-3, 5)
Nene Murata (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-3)
Rei Okada (Asahi Production; eps 1-3)
Wei Ma (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 4, 7, 9, 11)
Yuko Kawakami (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-3, 5)
Photography:
Kōji Tsuchiya (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-5)
Naoki Etō (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-5)
Rei Egami (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-5)
Su Jeong Song (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-5)
Takayuki Aizu (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-5)
Yoshiko Oka (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-5)
Planning:
Akira Shimada (Hakusensha)
Atsuhiro Iwakami (Aniplex)
Atsushi Oshida (NHK Enterprises)
Hideo Hirata (TOY'S FACTORY)
Mitsutoshi Kubota (SHAFT)
Shuichi Nagasawa (Asmik Ace)
Zenta Horiuchi (Dentsu)
Production Assistant:
Izumi Nakai (ep 3)
Kazuki Takeshita (ep 2)
Kōji Matsumura (ep 5)
Masato Kamiyama (eps 14, 20)
Yi Zheng (ep 4)
Production Desk: Kōichi Yasuda (SHAFT)
Production producer: Kōsuke Matsunaga (SHAFT)
Recording: Kōhei Yoshida
Shogi Supervision: Manabu Senzaki
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa (Sound Box)
Sound Production: Miyuki Yoshizawa
Theme Song Performance:
BUMP OF CHICKEN (OP/ED)
Kenshi Yonezu (ED2)
YUKI (OP2)
Title Design: Kohei Nawata (Kohei Nawata Design Office)
Ai Kayano as Akari Kawamoto
Kana Hanazawa as Hinata Kawamoto
Kengo Kawanishi as Rei Kiriyama
Misaki Kuno as Momo Kawamoto

Akira Ishida as Tōji Sōya
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Okuyasu Yokomizo
Hiroki Tōchi as Masamune Gotō
Marina Inoue as Kyōko Kōda
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Harunobu Nikaidō
Shinichirō Miki as Kai Shimada
Subaru Kimura as Issa Matsumoto
Takahiro Sakurai as Takashi Hayashida
Tesshō Genda as Takanori Jingūji (Japan Shogi League President)
Tomokazu Sugita as Tatsuyuki Misumi
Tōru Ōkawa as Masachika Kōda
Yōji Ueda as Hanaoka
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Yūsuke Takahashi

Ai Kayano as Kuro-chan
Ai Nonaka as
Fu Nyaa
Kinsho Nyaa
Tokin Nyaa
Akio Ōtsuka as Raidō Fujimoto
Asuka Nishi as Ichigo (eps 13-14)
Binbin Takaoka as Izumida (eps 16, 21)
Chie Arikawa as
Miyanogawa Clerk (ep 9)
Old Woman (ep 21)
Fukushi Ochiai as Shogi association staff (ep 12)
Hiroshi Naka as Rei's grandfather (ep 5)
Kana Asumi as
Hisha Nyaa
Kyosha Nyaa
Kana Hanazawa as Mike-chan
Katsuyuki Miura as Classmate (ep 19)
Kazuo Oka as Shōichi Matsunaga (ep 9)
Kenjirō Tsuda as Morio Shigeta
Kentarō Tone as
Classmate (ep 14)
Elderly (ep 19)
Elementary school teacher (ep 22)
Moderator (eps 17, 20)
Note-taker (eps 9, 13)
Old man (ep 21)
Rei's father (ep 5)
Reporter A (ep 1)
Science club member (ep 16)
Shogi official (ep 6)
Takahashi's father (ep 7)
Voice of TV (ep 11)
Worker (ep 15)
Kiyono Yasuno as Female shogi player (eps 7-8)
Kōhei Amasaki as Classmate (ep 14)
Kumiko Nakane as Moderator (ep 21)
Maria Naganawa as Student (ep 22)
Marina Inoue as Ayumu Kōda (eps 5, 10)
Masumi Taira as Flower shop lady (ep 2)
Michiko Neya as Misaki (eps 5, 11)
Misaki Kuno as Shiro-chan
Mitsuo Iwata as Yasui
Mutsuki Iwanaka as
Classmate (ep 14)
Science club member (ep 16)
Student (ep 22)
Ryōko Maekawa as Student (ep 22)
Ryōko Shiraishi as
Ginsho Nyaa
Osama Nyaa
Ryūichi Kijima as Shogi player (ep 10)
Shigeru Chiba as Sōmeiji Kawamoto
Shinya Takahashi as
Elderly (ep 19)
Lecturer (ep 18)
Old man (ep 21)
Shimada's father (ep 20)
Shōta Yamamoto as Reporter (ep 20)
Tadanori Date as Science club member (ep 16)
Tomisaburou Horikoshi as Shimada's grandfather (eps 19-20)
Yō Taichi as
Announcement (ep 19)
Employee of Cafeteria (ep 20)
Kanada (ep 22)
Old Lady (ep 4)
Yoshiaki Hasegawa as Shogi player (ep 10)
Yu Kitada as
Reporter B (ep 1)
Shogi official (ep 6)
Yamamoto (ep 4)
Yū Kobayashi as Dog (ep 5)
Yūichi Nakamura as Takeshi Tsujii
Yūji Ueda as Eisaku Noguchi
Yuka Iguchi as
Kaku Nyaa
Keima Nyaa
Stubborn Mr. Nya (ep 18)
Yūko Sanpei as
Harunobu Nikaidō (Young)
More Stubbon Mr. Nya (ep 18)
Yumi Uchiyama as Rei Kiriyama (Young)
Yumiko Ōfuku as Kōda's Wife (ep 5)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Ace Company (eps 1, 11)
Actas (eps 18, 21)
animocaramel (eps 10, 12, 18)
Anitus Kōbe (eps 12, 21)
APPP (ep 12)
Asahi Production (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 10-12, 14, 20-21
)
B.S.P (eps 15, 19-20)
D-Motion (ep 1)
GAINAX (ep 3)
Graphinica (ep 12)
ingresA (eps 2, 9, 21)
J&K Corporation (ep 11)
Jumondo (ep 11)
LIDEN FILMS (ep 3)
Mouse (ep 10)
Mugenkan (ep 5)
Nakamura Production (eps 3-4, 12)
R.I.C (eps 9, 11)
Reboot (ep 8)
Rising Force (eps 10, 12, 18)
Seigasha (ep 1)
Studio CL (ep 11)
Studio Colorido (ep 12)
Studio Elle (ep 4)
Studio Gimlet (eps 9, 21)
Studio Lings (ep 1)
Studio Mark (ep 21)
Studio Neun (ep 5)
Studio Wanpack (ep 1)
Studio Wombat (ep 21)
Studio μ (eps 7, 11)
VISTA (ep 17)
Wafū Animation (ep 4)
Animation Cooperation: Neox (ep 14)
Animation Production: SHAFT
Animation Production Cooperation: Tezuka Productions (eps 6-7, 9, 11)
Backgrounds: Anime Workshop Basara
Backgrounds Assistance:
Atelier PLATZ (ep 3)
B.S.P (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 16, 18
)
H・E・D WORKS (ep 1)
Inspired (ep 1)
Studio Easter (ep 12)
Studio Wyeth (ep 2)
Telecom Animation Film (ep 21)
Tezuka Productions (eps 6, 9, 11)
Broadcaster:
NHK (2016-10-08)
CG Animation Production:
DandeLion Animation Studio (ED ep 7; ep 8)
Studio Elle (eps 14-21)
Coverage Assistance: Japan Shogi Association
Digital Paint: DIGITAL@SHAFT
In-Between Cooperation:
Anitus Kōbe (ep 12)
APPP (ep 21)
Asahi Production (13 episodes
eps 1-3, 8, 10, 12-14, 16, 18, 20-22
)
B.S.P (eps 15, 19-21)
Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd. (5 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9, 11
)
CL Corporation (ep 20)
J&K Corporation (ep 7)
Jumondo (ep 20)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 20)
Madhouse (ep 5)
Nakamura Production (eps 3, 21)
P.A. Works (ep 2)
Pierrot Plus (ep 5)
R.I.C (ep 7)
Studio Gimlet (eps 12, 18, 21)
Studio Gokumi (ep 3)
Studio Live (ep 21)
VISTA (7 episodes
eps 10, 16-18, 20-22
)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
J:COM
Motion Graphics: 10GAUGE (ED1)
Paint Cooperation:
Asahi Production
B.S.P
Bird
CL Corporation
Jumondo
M.S.J Musashino Production
office fuu
Studio Elle
Studio Gimlet
VISTA
Photography:
DIGITAL@SHAFT
Studio Elle
Production:
Aniplex
Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.
Dentsu Inc.
Hakusensha
NHK Enterprises
Sangatsu no Lion Anime Production Committee
SHAFT
Toy's Factory
English staff
English cast
Translation: Sheldon Drzka
ADR Script:
Marlan Moore (eps 3-21)
Wendee Lee
Executive producer: Shu Nishimoto
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Sawako Furuya

Associate producer: Mio Moroe
Casting Director: Mami Okada
Co-Producer: Mami Okada
Dialogue Editing:
Benjamin Harrington
Eddie R. Correa
Jun Umeda
Kenneth Thompson
Maverick Yadao
Ricardo Watson
Engineering Assistant:
April Machado
Matthew Wollenman
Production Assistant:
Aki Kuribara
Ian Keller
Jeremy Engleman
Patrick Dugan
Suzanne St. Clair
Production Coordination:
Cheri Crisostomo
Rayner Tham
Risa Koitabashi
Production manager: AJ Gam
Production Supervision: Kaeko Sakamoto
Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks
Recording engineer:
Benjamin Harrington
Eddie J. Correa
Eddie R. Correa
Eric Raichelson
Erika Escamez
Jason Freeman
JP Aller
Jun Umeda
Phil Brewster
Ricardo Watson
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Spotting: Kayli Mills
Supervising Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto
Voice Direction: Wendee Lee
Kayli Mills as Hinata Kawamoto
Khoi Dao as Rei Kiriyama
Laura Post as Akari Kawamoto
Xanthe Huynh as Momo Kawamoto

Cam Clarke as Masachika Kouda
Chris Hackney as Yusuke Takahashi
Doug Erholtz as Issa Matsumoto
Doug Stone as Hanaoka
Keith Silverstein as Takashi Hayashida
Kirk Thornton as Kai Shimada
Lauren Landa as Kyouko Kouda
Lucien Dodge as Okuyasu Yokomizo
Ray Chase as Masamune Gotou
Richard Epcar as Takanori Jinguuji (Japan Shogi League President)
Robbie Daymond as Tatsuyuki Misumi
Todd Haberkorn as Touji Soya
Zach Aguilar as Harunobu Nikaido

Arnie Pantoja as Eisaku Noguchi
Brian Hanford as Elementary school teacher (ep 22)
Chris Cason as MC
Dorothy Fahn as
Chihiro
Knight
Pawn
Doug Stone as Shimada's Dad (ep 20)
Erica Mendez as Harunobu Nikaido (Young)
Greg Chun as Rei's Dad (ep 5)
Janice Roman Roku as
Ayumu Kouda
SFX Voice
Joe J. Thomas as Manabu Yasui
Julie Ann Taylor as Kaneda (ep 22)
Karen Strassman as Rei's Mom (ep 5)
Kayli Mills as Mike
Kellen Goff as Morio Shigeta
Laura Post as Kuro
Paul Stewart as Izumida (eps 16, 21)
Sam Mann as Shimada's Grandpa (eps 19-20)
Steve Kramer as Shouichi Matsunaga (ep 9)
Taylor Henry as Raidou Fujimoto
Wendee Lee as
Kiwako
Misaki (eps 5, 11)
Rei Kiriyama (Young)
Tora
Xander Mobus as Takeshi Tsujii

Breaugh Olson
Kirsten Pingilley
Maureen Price
Rachel Herrick
Samantha Girod
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
Daisuki
FUNimation Entertainment
Wakanim (Nordic countries)
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
Aniplex of America
French cast
French staff
Translation: Christophe Labonne (eps 1-11)
(none)
French companies
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Subtitle Translation: Carol López (Netflix; Spain)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (Latin America)
Netflix (Latin America and Spain)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Dynit
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: Peppermint Anime
German cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (Russian speaking countries)
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese companies
Portuguese staff
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (Brazil)
FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Netflix (Brazil and Portugal)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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