Welcome to the Ballroom (TV)

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Alternative title:

Ballroom e Yōkoso (Japanese)

Bem-vindo ao Baile (Portuguese)

ボールルームへようこそ (Japanese)

Themes: dance

Plot Summary: Feckless high school student Tatara Fujita wants to be good at something - anything. Unfortunately, he's about as average as a slouchy teen can be. The local bullies know this, and make it a habit to hit him up for cash, but all that changes when the debonair Kaname Sengoku sends them packing. Sengoku's not the neighborhood watch, though. He's a professional ballroom dancer. And once Tatara Fujita gets pulled into the world of the ballroom, his life will never be the same. (from manga)

User Ratings: 95 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:7, raw:1, dub:1, others:1

1 Russian dubbed

)

Excellent: 14 votes (sub:14)

Very good: 29 votes (sub:24, dub:2, others:3

1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled

)

Good: 19 votes (sub:18, dub:1)

Decent: 10 votes (sub:10)

So-so: 7 votes (sub:7)

Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)

Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)

Bad: -

Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 176 users, rank: #3339 (of 7452)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.389 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.837, rank: #1738 (of 7476)
Weighted mean: 7.321 (Good+), rank: #1780 (of 7476) (seen all: 7.41 / seen some: 8.13 / won't finish: 4.86)
Bayesian estimate: 7.343 (Good+), rank: #1492 (of 5647)

Episode titles: We have 24

Vintage: 2017-07-08

Opening Theme:

#1: "10% roll, 10% romance" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN

#2: "Invisible Sensation" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN

Ending Theme:

#1: "Maybe the next waltz" by Mikako Komatsu

#2: "Swing heart direction" by Mikako Komatsu

Official website:

TVアニメ「ボールルームへようこそ」公式サイト (Japanese)

Reviews: Show: 10 22

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episode 24 (Dec 17, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episode 23 (Dec 13, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episode 22 (Dec 3, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episode 21 (Nov 26, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episode 20 (Nov 19, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episode 19 (Nov 12, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episode 18 (Nov 5, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episode 17 (Oct 30, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episode 16 (Oct 22, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom ‒ Episodes 14-15 (Oct 16, 2017)

News: Show: 10 23 27

Welcome to the Ballroom Anime to Pass Manga's Story (Nov 7, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom Anime's Video for 2nd Half Previews New Unison Square Garden Song (Sep 18, 2017)

Unison Square Garden, Mikako Komatsu Perform Welcome to the Ballroom Anime's New Theme Songs (Sep 16, 2017)

Otakon 2017: Welcome to the Ballroom Panel Report (Aug 13, 2017)

Otakon 2017: Pony Canyon Industry Panel Report (Aug 13, 2017)

Amazon UK Streaming Three New Series (Jul 8, 2017)

Anime Expo 2017 - Welcome to the Ballroom World Premiere Report (Jul 2, 2017)

Welcome to the Ballroom Anime to Have 24 Episodes (Jul 2, 2017)

Amazon's Anime Strike Announces Full Summer Lineup, Premiere Dates (Jun 30, 2017)

Amazon Strike Lists Touken Ranbu, Welcome to the Ballroom, Dive!! Anime (Jun 29, 2017)

Interview:

Interview: Welcome to the Ballroom's Tetsuya Kinoshita and Shimba Tsuchiya (Sep 1, 2017)

Other articles: Show: 5 10

This Week in Anime - Whatever Happened to Welcome to the Ballroom? (Dec 14, 2017)

Amazon's Anime Strike Announces Fall Simulcast Lineup (Oct 3, 2017)

This Week in Anime - What's Missing From Welcome to the Ballroom's Characters? (Aug 10, 2017)

Interview: The Staff of Welcome to the Ballroom (Jul 25, 2017)

The Summer 2017 Anime Preview Guide - Welcome to the Ballroom (Jul 6, 2017)

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Japanese staff

Japanese companies

Director: Yoshimi Itazu

Series Composition: Kenichi Suemitsu

Screenplay: Kenichi Suemitsu (ep 1)

Storyboard: Yoshimi Itazu (ep 1)

Episode Director: Yoshimi Itazu (ep 1)

Music: Yuki Hayashi

Original creator: Tomo Takeuchi

Character Design: Takahiro Kishida

Art Director: Ichirou Tatsuta

Chief Animation Director:
Masayuki Honda
Takahiro Chiba

Animation Director:
Boya Liang (action scenes)
Takahiro Chiba (ep 1)
Takashi Mukouda (action scenes)
Tomofumi Nagura (ep 1)

Director of Photography: Hiroshi Tanaka

Art Setting: Ichirou Tatsuta

Color design: Mayumi Satō

Editing: Junichi Uematsu

In-Between Animation:
Ayaka Tachikawa (WHITE FOX; ep 10)
Hiroki Kamomiya (ep 1)
Kahoru Fujiki (ep 1)
Kimikazu Saito (ep 1)
Mizuki Kamomiya (ep 1)
Rintarō Hayashi (ep 1)
Tomohiro Koga (ep 1)

Main Animator: Shingo Takenaka

Prop Design: Hiroshi Kobayashi

SFX: Hiromi Kikuta

Theme Song Performance:
Mikako Komatsu (ED 1, 2)
Unison Square Garden (OP)

3DCGI: Dandelion Animation Studio

Animation Check: AXsiZ (ep 14)

Animation Production: Production I.G

Backgrounds: Studio Fuga

Finish Animation:
Akatsuki
Asahi Production
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio
Assez Finaud Fabric.
BEEP
Bird
B.S.P
Cheng Pin Animation
CJT
CL Corporation Kōenji
CONNECT
Core
D-COLORS
DEFA
FINE COLORs
Gantaku
Grain (OP1-2; 8 episodes

eps 3-4, 7, 13, 15-16, 18-19

)
J.C. Staff (ED; eps 11, 13)
Line Farm
M.S.J Musashino Production
Pierrot DAR
Production I.G
Reboot
R.I.C
Seven Seas
SILVER LINK.
Studio 4°C
Studio CL
Studio Elle
Studio MAT (OP; eps 4-5, 7, 17)
Studio μ
Studio Targe
Taikan Anime
TAP
Triple A
Trycell
TYO Animations
VISTA
Wish
xenron (OP; 11 episodes

eps 7, 13, 15-18, 20-24

)

In-Between Animation:
8 bit
acca effe
Akatsuki
Anime R
Anitus Kōbe (OP; 8 episodes

eps 1, 3-5, 11, 13, 21, 23

)
APPP
Asahi Production
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio
asread
AXsiZ
BEEP
Brain's Base
B.S.P
C-Station
Cheng Pin Animation
Chiptune
CJT
CL Corporation Kōenji
CoMix Wave Films
Core
diomedea
Doga Kobo
Ekaki-ya
Ekura Animal
FAI International
GAINAX
Gantaku
Grain (OP; 9 episodes

eps 3-4, 7, 12-13, 15-16, 18-19

)
Graphinica
ingresA
Jumondo
Kagura
Khara
Kinema Citrus
LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio
LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio
M.S.J Musashino Production
P.A. Works (OP; eps 3-4, 11)
Pierrot
PRA
Production I.G
Reboot
Revoroot
R.I.C
Satelight
Seven Seas
Signal.MD
Studio CL
Studio Flood
Studio Gimlet
Studio Lings
Studio Live
Studio Mu
Studio μ
Sunrise
Sunshine Corporation
SynergySP
Taikan Anime
TAP
Triple A
Trycell
ufotable
VISTA
WHITE FOX (OP; eps 12, 17)
WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio
Wish
Xebec
xenron (OP; 11 episodes

eps 5, 7, 13, 15-16, 18, 20-24

)

Key Animation:
Art Base Bam (ep 14)
Asahi Production (eps 15, 18, 22)
CJT (eps 15, 22)
Studio Wanpack (ep 17)
Zero-G (ep 22)

Online Editing: Sony PCL

Production Cooperation:
AXsiZ (ep 14)
Frontier Engine (ep 8)
Pierrot (ep 2)

Japanese cast

Shimba Tsuchiya as Tatara Fujita

Ayane Sakura as Shizuku Hanaoka

Chinatsu Akasaki as Chinatsu Hiyama

Kentarō Tomita as Gaju Akagi

Mamiko Noto as Tamaki Tsuburaya

Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kiyoharu Hyodo

Sumire Morohoshi as Mako Akagi

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kaname Sengoku

Aoi Yūki as Akira Kōmoto

Aya Saitō as baseball player C (ep 1)

Chado Horii as Tomochika Jinbo (ep 2)

Chie Horikoshi as announcer (ep 3)

Daigo Fujimaki as announcer (ep 2)

Junji Tachibana as delinquent B (ep 1)

Kenji Fukuda as Tetsuo Fujita (eps 1-3)

Mutsuki Iwanaka as
dancer B (ep 3)
delinquent C (ep 1)
male spectator B (ep 2)

Natsumi Fujiwara as
baseball player A (ep 1)
female spectator (ep 2)

Sayaka Kinoshita as Tsubasa Mino (ep 3)

Takamasa Mogi as
dancer A (ep 3)
delinquent A (ep 1)
male spectator A (ep 2)

Yasumichi Kushida as male teacher (ep 1)

Yuka Maruyama as baseball player B (ep 1)

Yuki Kodaira as Karen Banba (ep 2)

Yuki Sakurai as Tatara Fujita (young; ep 21)

English staff

English companies

(none)

Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (UK)
Anime Strike

Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK and Ireland)
Ponycan USA

English cast

(none)

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