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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)
Genres: drama, tournament
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: 131 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 19 votes (sub:16, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 38 votes (sub:31, dub:3, others:4
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 25 votes (sub:24, dub:1)
 Decent: 16 votes (sub:15, ?:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 231 users, rank: #3530 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.252 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.9511, rank: #2702 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.218 (Good+), rank: #2667 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.34 / seen some: 8.13 / won't finish: 4.87)
Bayesian estimate: 7.243 (Good+), rank: #2354 (of 7288)
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
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Welcome to the Ballroom - Part 1 [UK] [Collector's Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2019-06-24
    Welcome to the Ballroom - Part 2 [UK] [Collector's Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-05-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshimi Itazu
Series Composition: Kenichi Suemitsu
Screenplay:
Kenichi Suemitsu (eps 1-24)
Storyboard:
Haruo Okuno (eps 8, 19)
Kazuchika Kise (ep 10)
Kazuya Nomura (OP2; eps 3, 7, 12)
Keiichi Hara (eps 5-6, 11, 13)
Masako Sato (ED1-2; 4 episodes
eps 4, 15, 17, 23
)

Shintarou Nakazawa (ep 21)
Susumu Mitsunaka (ep 20)
Taizo Yoshida (eps 9, 14, 18)
Yoshimi Itazu (OP1-2; 7 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 11, 16, 24
)

Yūichi Tanaka (ep 22)
Yusuke Kamata (ep 16)
Episode Director:
Haruo Okuno (eps 8, 19)
Hitomi Ezoe (4 episodes
eps 3, 11, 15, 22
)

Kazuchika Kise (ep 10)
Masahiko Murata (ep 2)
Masako Sato (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 17, 23
)

Naoki Murata (ep 14)
Ogura Shirakawa (ep 2)
Shintaro Inokawa (ep 6)
Shintaro Itoga (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 18, 20
)

Shintarou Nakazawa (ep 24)
Taisuke Mori (ep 2)
Yoshimi Itazu (eps 1, 24)
Yusuke Kamata (eps 7, 16)
Unit Director:
Hitomi Ezoe (OP2)
Masako Sato (ED1-2)
Yoshimi Itazu (OP1)
Music: Yuki Hayashi
Original creator: Tomo Takeuchi
Character Design: Takahiro Kishida
Art Director: Ichirō Tatsuta
Chief Animation Director:
Masayuki Honda (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 8, 12
)

Takahiro Chiba (14 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-23 odd, 24
)

Animation Director:
Boya Liang (action scenes) 
Eri Ogawa (ep 18)
Haruo Okuno (5 episodes
eps 8, 16, 19, 22, 24
)

Hideki Takahashi (ep 3)
Hisako Shimozuma (ep 4)
Iori Hisatake (ep 12)
Kazuchika Kise (ep 10)
Kazumasa Orii (7 episodes
eps 4, 9, 12, 16, 20, 23-24
)

Kazuyuki Ikai (eps 6, 14)
Mai Fukuhara (ep 7)
Mai Yonekawa (eps 16, 20, 22)
Mariko Ishikawa (6 episodes
eps 3, 9, 12, 16, 20, 23
)

Masakazu Saitō (ep 6)
Masayuki Honda (eps 4, 22, 24)
Megumi Tomita (ep 2)
Minoru Ueda (6 episodes
eps 7, 12-13, 17, 21, 23
)

Mio Araki (eps 18, 22)
Natsuko Shimizu (eps 15, 23)
Sadao Ōshima (5 episodes
eps 7, 13, 17, 21-22
)

Satoshi Nagura (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 17, 21, 24
)

Shunsuke Yamamura (ep 14)
Takahiro Chiba (OP1-2; 7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 12, 15, 18, 23-24
)

Takahisa Katagiri (eps 15, 18)
Takashi Mukouda (action scenes) 
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 6)
Yūta Ōtaka (ep 14)
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Cgi Director: Kōhei Itō (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Tanaka
Producer:
Fuminari Fukino (eps 1-24)
Gouta Aijima (eps 1-24)
Hideo Hirata (eps 1-24)
Hiroo Maruyama (eps 1-24)
Katsuji Morishita (eps 1-24)
Kensuke Tateishi (eps 1-24)
Kozue Kananiwa (eps 1-24)
Natsumi Mori (eps 1-24)
Takahiro Sasaki (eps 1-24)
Takuya Matsushita (eps 1-24)
Tetsuya Endo (eps 5-24)
Tetsuya Kinoshita (eps 1-24)
Toshihiro Maeda (eps 1-24)
Tsutomu Yanagimura (eps 1-24)
Yōsuke Imai (eps 1-4)
Yukiko Kamoshida (eps 1-24)

2D Work: Akiko Hamanaka
2nd Key Animation:
Daisei Kudō (ep 2)
Hatsune Hoshino (ep 7)
Hitomi Sasaki (ep 4)
Nahoko Iiyama (ep 10)
3D Layout:
Donny Chan (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Hideaki Takeda (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Junki Honma (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Kazuki Matsui (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Kuninori Shiroda (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Action Animation Director:
Boya Liang (eps 3, 6, 8, 12)
Takashi Mukouda (OP1-2; 14 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-23 odd, 24
)

Advertising Producer: Yasushi Miwa
Animation producer: Keiko Matsushita
Art Setting: Ichirō Tatsuta
Assistant Animation Director:
Kumiko Horikoshi (ep 2)
Masayuki Honda (ep 10)
Yasuhiko Kanezuka (ep 2)
CG Animation: Julio Velasco (Dandelion Animation Studio)
CG Composite:
Minori Itani (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Tōru Hayashida (Dandelion Animation Studio)
CG Effect:
Hiroyuki Okada (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Naoki Yamanaka (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Taro Matsuura (Dandelion Animation Studio)
CG Lead Modeler: Takumi Endo (Dandelion Animation Studio)
CG Modeling:
Anri Inoue (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Jakub Szafranski (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Shoko Kanaya (Dandelion Animation Studio)
CG Producer: Kazuhiro Nishikawa (Dandelion Animation Studio)
CG Production Advancement: Kumiko Oguri (eps 1-4, 6-12)
CG Production Manager:
Kumiko Oguri (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Takaya Izumi (Dandelion Animation Studio)
CG Technical Director: Takahiro Tsunekawa (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Color design: Mayumi Satō
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
Finish Animation: Risako Yamamoto (Production I.G; OP2; eps 1-12)
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Ikeda (Pierrot Animation Room; ep 2)
Ayaka Tachikawa (WHITE FOX; ep 10)
Hiroki Kamomiya (ep 1)
Hiromi Masuko (ep 1)
Kahoru Fujiki (ep 1)
Kimikazu Saito (ep 1)
Kotoe Saitō (Production I.G; OP1-2; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-11
)

Miho Kusanagi (Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio; ep 11)
Mika Kinoshita (Production I.G; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10-11
)

Mizuki Kamomiya (ep 1)
Nami Kumasaki (ep 8)
Rintarō Hayashi (ep 1)
Tomohiro Koga (ep 1)
In-between Animation Manager: Yoshihiro Abe
Key Animation:
Daisei Kudō (ep 12)
Hitomi Sasaki (ep 5)
Konomi Satō (ep 8)
Ryota Niino (ep 7)
Shinji Suetomi (ep 1)
Main Animator: Shingo Takenaka
Motion Capture Unit: Hiroki Koshida
Music Production:
Hideo Hirata
Hiroshi Kamiya
Music Production Assistant: Yasushi Horiguchi
Photography Manager: Fumio Furukawa
Production Advancement: Yuki Hirahara (ep 6)
Production Desk: Takanori Kobori
Prop Design: Yū Kobayashi
Publicity:
Chika Yamada (eps 12-24)
Hitomi Ando (eps 1-11)
Keigo Kama (eps 12-24)
Kenta Suzuki (eps 12-24)
Rika Noguchi (eps 1-24)
Publicity Producer: Yasushi Miwa
SFX: Hiromi Kikuta 
Sound Effects: Yasunori Ogata
Theme Song Performance:
Mikako Komatsu (ED 1, 2)
Unison Square Garden (OP)
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
Minako Kotobuki as Chizuru Hongo
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kiyoharu Hyodo
Sachi Kokuryu as Tamie Idogawa
Sumire Morohoshi as Mako Akagi
Takahiro Sakurai as Masami Kugimiya
Takanori Hoshino as Gorou Mine
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kaname Sengoku
Yūko Kaida as Marisa Hyoudou

Aoi Yūki as Akira Kōmoto
Aya Saitō as baseball player C (ep 1)
Chado Horii as
Audience (ep 21)
Judge (ep 10)
Staff (ep 9)
Tomochika Jinbo (ep 2)
Chie Horikoshi as announcer (eps 3-4)
Daigo Fujimaki as announcer (ep 2)
Daiki Ōmori as
Audience B (ep 9)
Dancer (eps 11, 20)
Danshun Tachikawa as Tenpei Hanageishi (eps 7-11, 24)
Emiko Takeuchi as Chinatsu's Friend A (ep 13)
Haruka Shimizu as Announcer
Hayato Fujii as Audience A (ep 7)
Hinata Tadokoro as
Dancer (ep 8)
Isao Ando (4 episodes
eps 18, 21, 23-24
)

Male Visitor A (ep 22)
Hiroo Sasaki as Hitomiware Chono (eps 18, 21-24)
Hisao Egawa as Vassily Trucachev (ep 15)
Isamu Yūsen as Yoshinori Iwakuma (eps 3-4, 6, 24)
Junji Tachibana as delinquent B (eps 1, 12)
Kenji Fukuda as Tetsuo Fujita (eps 1-4, 6, 11)
Kensuke Satō as Judge A (eps 8-9, 11)
Miki Nagasawa as Fusako Mine (eps 18, 20)
Misa Ishii as Female Teacher (ep 22)
Miyu Tomita as Kaju Akagi (child; eps 6, 10)
Miyuki Kobori as Female Athlete (eps 20, 23)
Momoko Taneichi as
Female Teacher (ep 23)
Receptionist (ep 15)
Tomomi Kugimiya (ep 22)
Mutsuki Iwanaka as
Audience B (ep 7)
dancer B (ep 3)
Delinquent A (ep 12)
delinquent C (ep 1)
male spectator B (ep 2)
Naomi Shindoh as
Chisato Hiyama
Yoshiko Sugisaki (ep 21)
Natsu Yorita as Kiyoharu Hyodo (young; ep 10)
Natsumi Fujiwara as
baseball player A (ep 1)
female spectator (ep 2)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as
Male Visitor B (ep 22)
Shigeru Komoto (eps 14, 18-20)
Tetsuya Oonishi (eps 21, 23-24)
Reiō Tsuchida as Audience A (ep 16)
Rina Honnizumi as Chinatsu's Friend B (ep 13)
Sachi Kokuryu as Chiho Hiyama (ep 20)
Satsumi Matsuda as Boy A (ep 19)
Sayaka Kinoshita as Tsubasa Mino (eps 3-4)
Shigeru Ushiyama as Tadashi Kunieda (eps 22-23)
Shinya Takahashi as
Audience (ep 10)
Judge B (eps 8, 11)
Takako Tanaka as Hinako Mine (eps 18-20)
Takamasa Mogi as
Announcer (ep 16)
Audience (ep 4)
Audience A (ep 9)
Chairperson (ep 7)
Chihiro Hiyama (5 episodes
eps 14, 18-20, 23
)

Dancer (eps 6, 8)
dancer A (ep 3)
delinquent A (ep 1)
Delinquent C (ep 12)
Judge (eps 10-11)
male spectator A (ep 2)
Masashi Nii (eps 21-22, 24)
Reporter (ep 15)
Shirota (ep 5)
Tomo Muranaka as Masami Kugimiya (young; ep 22)
Toshiya Chiba as
Male Athlete (eps 20, 23)
Male Visitor C (ep 22)
Takashi Honda (eps 18, 21, 24)
Yasumichi Kushida as
Announcer (ep 12)
male teacher (eps 1, 5)
Yuka Maruyama as baseball player B (ep 1)
Yuki Kodaira as
Boy B (ep 19)
Chikage Hiyama (ep 18)
Karen Banba (ep 2)
Yūki Sakurai as Tatara Fujita (young; ep 21)
Yuuka Nakatsukasa as Akagi's Mother
Japanese companies
Animation Check: AXsiZ (ep 14)
Animation Production: Production I.G
Backgrounds: Studio Fuga
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)
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (UK) 
Anime Strike
ITVX (UK)
Licensed by: Anime Limited (UK and Ireland)
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Italian cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Flemming Stein as Tatara Fujita

Annika Tenter as Karen Banba
Daniel Schütter as Kaname Sengoku
Daniel Welbat as Tomochika Jinbo
David Berton as Gaju Akagi
Franciska Friede as Mako Akagi
Jenny Maria Meyer as Akira Koumoto
Linda Fölster as Shizuku Hanaoka
Nadine Schreier as Tamaki Tsuburaya
Nicolas König as Masami Kugimiya
Svenja Pages as Marisa Hyoudou
Yannik Raiss as Kiyoharu Hyoudou

Christian Rudolf as Tetsuo Fujita (eps 1-4, 6, 11)
Gerlinde Dillge as Tatara's Grandmother (eps 3-4)
Marcus Just as Yoshinori Iwakuma (eps 3-4, 6, 24)
Martin May as Tenpei Hanageishi (eps 7-11, 24)

German companies

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