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MARGINAL #4 the Animation (TV)

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Alternative title:
Marginal#4 Kiss Kara Tsukuru Big Bang (Japanese)
MARGINAL#4 KISSから創造るBig Bang (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Pythagoras Production produces its new idol unit, "Marginal #4." Its members, Atom Kirihara, Rui Aiba, L Nomura, and R Nomura, are the idols who will deliver their kiss to the ends of the galaxy. Outside the stage they are just normal high schoolers with their own problems. In Pythagoras Production they continue to mature as idols along with the help of the already famous senior unit, Lagrange Point, and the younger unit who expect to make their debut, Unicorn Jr. This is the tale of Margninal #4, a school slice-of-life about idols that shine brighter than the stars. Produced by J.C.Staff, based on the CD Drama and Visual Novel.
User Ratings: 15 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: -
 Very good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:5)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 28 users, rank: #7369 (of 9535)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.933 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9482, rank: #7451 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 5.936 (Decent), rank: #7405 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.26 / seen some: 4.00 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.681 (Good−), rank: #4586 (of 7243)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2017-01-12
Opening Theme:
"WeMe!!!!" by Marginal#4
Ending Theme:
#1: "Shinobu - Just A Zetchō [HEAVEN]" (忍-Just A 絶頂[HEAVEN]; Shinobu - Just A Climax [HEAVEN]) by Marginal#4
#2: "Melty♥Love♥Cooking" by MARGINAL#4
#3: "Revolution XX" (革命[Revolution]XX) by LAGRANGE POINT
#4: "Mr. StarrySky" by MARGINAL#4
#5: "Real?" by Unicorn Jr.
#6: "Ko Ko Ro Hi To Tsu" (コ・コ・ロ・ヒ・ト・ツ) by MARGINAL#4
#7: "HOT★SCRAMBLE" by MARGINAL#4
#8: "Colorful" (カラフル) by MARGINAL#4
#9: "Tamashii no Nonstop Lover" (魂のノンストップラヴァー) by MARGINAL#4
#10: "Kizuna" (絆-KIZUNA-) by MARGINAL#4
#11: "KISS kara Tsukuru Big Bang" (KISSから創造[つく]るBig Bang) by Pythagoras ★ All-Star
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kentarō Suzuki
Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani
Script:
Hiroko Fukuda (eps 6, 9-10)
Hiroyuki Yoshino (eps 4, 8)
Masahiro Yokotani (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 11-12
)

Storyboard:
Daigo Yamagishi (ep 9)
Hitoshi Nomura (eps 2, 4, 8)
Kentarō Suzuki (OP; eps 1, 6, 12)
Kouichi Takada (ep 4)
Masako Sato (ED1, 3, 7, 9)
Mitsutoshi Satō (ED4-10 even)
Shinpei Nagai (ep 12)
Takashi Yamazaki (eps 3, 5) 
Takeshi Yajima (ep 7)
Original Character Design: Sō Kirishima
Character Design: Yōko Itō
Animation Director:
Ai Kato (7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-8, 10-12
)

Akira Koshiishi (ep 9)
Ayano Suzuki (eps 1, 4, 11)
Ena Nishikawa (eps 2, 5)
Etsushi Mori (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 8)
Izumi Yamanaka (eps 2, 4, 7, 11)
Kenichirō Aoki (7 episodes
eps 3-9 odd, 10-12
)

Kōji Ogawa (eps 3, 12)
Maki Hashimoto (eps 1, 4)
Masayoshi Kikuchi (eps 6, 9)
Mayumi Fujita (eps 6, 9)
Miho Sekimoto (ep 2)
Miyuki Nakagawa (ep 3)
Rina Nagai (eps 4, 8, 12)
Ryousuke Tanigawa (ED1-4, 6-10; ep 1)
Sana Komatsu (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 7-12
)

Yōko Iizuka (ep 9)
Yōko Itō (OP; ED2; eps 1, 11)
Yoko Sugita (eps 5, 7, 12)
Yukako Tsuzuki (eps 1-2, 8)
Yumi Nakayama (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 10, 12
)


Background Art:
Chihiro Gotō (Totonyan)
Kumiko Watanabe (Totonyan)
Kyung Suk Kim (Studio SEY; 7 episodes
eps 1-11 odd, 12
)

Choreographer: Lui Yokoo
Insert Song Performance: Shōta Aoi (as Wonder Corona; ep 10)
Key Animation:
Ai Kato (ED1-2, 6-7, 10; ep 1)
Akihisa Akuzawa (ep 7)
Akiko Kawazoe (ep 7)
Ako Kagiyama (eps 5, 10)
Asuka Hayashi (OP; eps 1, 8, 10-11)
Atsushi Itou (eps 2, 10)
Ayako Sone (eps 3, 5-7)
Ayano Suzuki (ED8; ep 1)
Chiharu Noda (ep 6)
Daisuke Agata (ep 4)
Emi Sakamoto (ED2; eps 3, 9)
Ena Nishikawa (OP; ep 12)
Etsushi Mori (OP; ED2)
Fumiko Kon (ED5)
Haruka Sakai (ED7; eps 2, 8)
Hideo Maru (ep 9)
Hideyasu Okamoto (eps 2, 7)
Hiroaki Abe (eps 9, 11)
Hiroaki Hanawa (ep 6)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 1, 4)
Hiroshi Kawashima (ED3, 8, 10)
Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 2, 8)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 5)
Ikumi Oka (OP)
Izumi Yamanaka (OP)
Jun Onouchi (ep 6)
Junko Matsushita (eps 4, 8, 11-12)
Kanae Hatakeyama (ED5)
Kanako Inoue (eps 3, 7, 9, 12)
Kanami Nakao (ep 4)
Kaori Ikeda (eps 7, 12)
Kazuhiko Ishii (eps 3, 9)
Kazuma Kikuchi (eps 7, 12)
Kazuo Takeuchi (eps 4, 12)
Keiko Takano (ED4, 9; eps 5, 10)
Kenichirō Aoki (ED2-4, 6-7, 10; 7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-8, 10, 12
)

Kenji Kondou (ep 2)
Kenji Nishikawa (ED9; eps 2, 12)
Kentarō Suzuki (ED 4; eps 1, 3, 8, 12)
Kōhei Tanaka (ED9)
Koji Ota (eps 2-3, 8)
Kozue Horanai (ED3)
Kumiko Kawahara (eps 2, 4, 11)
Kunihiro Sakurai (ep 6)
Maiko Ebisawa (ep 3)
Maiko Ochiai (ep 7)
Maki Fujita (eps 4, 11)
Maki Hashimoto (eps 1, 4)
Mami Omori (eps 5, 10)
Manami Itō (eps 4, 8, 12)
Mariko Iguchi (ep 1)
Mariko Inagaki (ED5; eps 4, 9, 11)
Masaaki Kitahara (ep 5)
Masaharu Morinaka (ep 9)
Megumi Nagayama (ED4, 9; eps 5, 10)
Michitaka Yamamoto (ED5)
Midori Yui (ep 3)
Miki Kurihara (ep 1)
Min Ki Han (eps 2, 8)
Mina Ōsawa (OP)
Miyuki Goto (eps 7, 11)
Moe Suzuki (ED5)
Motoki Yagi (ep 9)
Nanako Ninomiya (ep 2)
Nanami Takahashi (eps 7, 11-12)
Naoko Koyama (ep 5)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 3)
Reo Takada (ep 12)
Rina Nagai (ep 1)
Ryo Kiyohara (ED1)
Ryoko Kawamura (ep 5)
Sachiko Miyamoto (ep 1)
Sana Komatsu (ED5-7, 10)
Satoru Kurihara (ep 6)
Satoshi Shimada (ep 11)
Shigeki Awai (eps 2, 5)
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 2, 5, 8)
Shiho Tamai (eps 2, 5, 9, 12)
Shingo Nishiyama (ep 6)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 10)
Shinko Tsurumoto (ED6, 8; eps 1, 4, 12)
Shinsuke Kasahara (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 7, 10-11
)

Shintaro Tsubota (ep 2)
Takahiro Tajima (ep 6)
Takanori Suzuki (eps 5, 7, 12)
Takashi Iwao (eps 5, 10)
Tatsunori Ozawa (ED4, 9; eps 5, 8, 10)
Tatsuya Ikeda (eps 3, 5, 8, 10)
Tomoko Hamanaka (OP)
Tomoko Kameyama (eps 1, 4, 10-12)
Tomoko Shimizu (eps 3, 5, 10)
Tomoyuki Kameda (eps 7, 12)
Tomoyuki Makabe (eps 11-12)
Tsutomu Kurihara (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 8, 10
)

Yasushi Kunimoto (eps 7, 11)
Yoko Sugita (OP)
Yoshihiro Ujiie (OP)
Yosuke Kobashi (eps 4, 12)
Yui Kurose (ep 6)
Yūji Wada (ep 9)
Yuka Fujimoto (ep 3)
Yūki Nagata (ep 8)
Yukio Okano (ep 5)
Yumi Nakayama (ED6)
Yumiko Kinoshita (eps 3, 7, 12)
Yuri Hanazawa (ep 11)
Yuri Kajiwara (ep 7)
Yuriko Ikehara (eps 2-3, 9, 12)
Yutaka Kinoshita (eps 7, 10)
Yuu Kaneshiro (ep 3)
Yuuko Kamiyama (ep 1)
Theme Song Lyrics: Daisuke Iwasaki
Theme Song Performance:
Chiharu Sawashiro (ED; as Unicorn Jr.)
Genki Okawa (ED; as Lagrange Point)
KENN (OP; as Marginal#4)
Naozumi Takahashi (OP; as Marginal#4)
Shōta Aoi (ED; as Unicorn Jr.)
Toshiki Masuda (OP; as Marginal#4)
Toshiyuki Someya (ED; as Unicorn Jr.)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga (ED; as Lagrange Point)
Yuuto Suzuki (OP; as Marginal#4)
KENN as L Nomura
Naozumi Takahashi as Rui Aiba
Toshiki Masuda as Atom Kirihara
Yuuto Suzuki as R Nomura

Chiharu Sawashiro as Alto Takimaru
Genki Okawa as Kira Himuro
Shōta Aoi as Tsubasa Shindō
Toshiyuki Someya as Teruma Nakama
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Shy Makishima

Aimi Tanaka as Rui Aiba (child; ep 5)
Akiko Kimura as Mom (ep 3)
Akinori Egoshi as Props staff (ep 3)
Anzu Haruno as Guest C (ep 4)
Harumi Sakurai as Reporter B (ep 1)
Kaoru Katakai as Old lady (ep 9)
Kathleen Miyuki as Store owner (ep 9)
Kazuki Narumi as
Guy (ep 4)
Guy B (ep 7)
Nurse B (ep 2)
Reporter C (ep 1)
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Hidemaro Ayanokōji
Kenjiro Tsuda as Satsuki Chō 
Kentarō Kumagai as
Cameraman (eps 3, 11)
Samurai (ep 4)
Kōichi Sōma as
Director (ep 3)
Mayuge
Teacher (ep 1)
Kyō Yaoya as Lunch lady (ep 7)
Lui Yokoo as LUI-sensei (ep 10)
Miho Wataya as
AD (eps 3, 11)
Girl (ep 4)
Receptionist (ep 12)
Nana Hamasaki as Guest A (ep 4)
Naoko Komatsu as Scout (ep 9)
Rie Kugimiya as Tomonori-kun (ep 5)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Reporter A (ep 1)
Sayaka Harada as Girl (ep 9)
Sayaka Ōhara as Mai Kadena
Shizuka Ishigami as News anchor (ep 12)
Tadanori Date as
Adjudicator (ep 9)
Announcer (ep 5)
Guy C (ep 7)
Receptionist (ep 12)
Taichi Ichikawa as Guy A (ep 7)
Tomo Muranaka as Rui's older sister (eps 5, 9)
Tomokazu Sugita as Bear D (ep 4)
Tōru Nara as Ayanokōji's dad (ep 12)
Yukiyo Fujii as Micchi-oneesan (ep 5)
Yuu Ayase as Guest B (ep 4)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A-Real
Access
Ace Company (ED 11; eps 11-12)
B.S.P (ED 5; eps 5, 8, 10)
GAINAX
Jumondo (ED 10-11; eps 2-4, 7-12)
Nakamura Production
PRA
Reboot (ED 10; ep 10)
Studio Gram
Triple A (ED 7, 9-10; 8 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10
)

xenron (ED 3, 10; eps 2-3, 8, 10)
3D Cooperation: BONES (ep 12)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Key Animation:
amo (ep 6)
Art Base Bam (eps 6, 9)
Studio Wanpack (ep 8)
Original Creator:
Idea Factory
Rejet
Production Cooperation:
amo (ep 9)
Jumondo (eps 6, 9)
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
English cast
(none)
French cast
French staff
Proofreading: Stéphanie Noardo
(none)
French companies
(none)

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