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Ascendance of a Bookworm (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Honzuki no Gekokujō (Japanese)
本好きの下剋上 (Japanese)
本好きの下剋上 ~司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません~ (Japanese)
User Ratings: 75 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 16 votes (sub:15, dub:1)
 Very good: 26 votes (sub:19, dub:7)
 Good: 19 votes (sub:13, dub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
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 Decent: 9 votes (sub:7, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
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Seen in part or in whole by 116 users, rank: #4981 (of 9796)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.653 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.1372, rank: #1389 (of 9936)
Weighted mean: 7.619 (Very good−), rank: #1335 (of 9936) (seen all: 7.62)
Bayesian estimate: 7.598 (Very good−), rank: #1093 (of 7502)
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 1
Vintage: 2020-03-10
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Kami-kazari no Tenshi" by Megumi Nakajima
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Ascendance of a Bookworm: I'll Do Anything to Become a Librarian! - Seasons 1&2 (Blu-ray) 2021-01-26 (from $44.88)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Ascendance of a Bookworm - Seasons 1&2 [Collector's Edition] (Blu-ray) 2023-11-27

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mitsuru Hongo
Series Composition: Mariko Kunisawa
Script: Mariko Kunisawa
Storyboard:
Mitsuru Hongo (OP + OVA)
Yoshiki Kawasaki (ED + OVA)
Episode Director: Mitsuru Hongo
Unit Director:
Mitsuru Hongo (OP)
Yoshiki Kawasaki (ED)
Music: MICHIRU
Original creator: Miya Kazuki
Original Character Design: You Shiina
Art Director: Ryōka Kinoshita
Chief Animation Director: Yoshiaki Yanagida
Sound Director: Jun Watanabe
Director of Photography: Naoki Kitamura
Producer: Tomoyoshi Koyama

2D Work: Akiko Hamanaka
Animation:
Chiaki Kumakura (IKIF+; ED)
Hikaru Hara (IKIF+; ED)
Momoko Yamada (IKIF+; ED)
Tomoko Shima (IKIF+; ED)
Animation producer: Tatsuya Yamaguchi
Art Setting: Toshiki Amada
Assistant Chief Animation Director: Toshihisa Kaiya
Assistant Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Assistant Director of Photography: Ayumi Ushijima
Background 3D Modeling: Yasushi Mito
Background Art:
Anh Nuynh (BIHO; OP)
Dien Tran (BIHO)
Dung Ha (BIHO; OP)
Dung Hu (BIHO)
Giao Tiet (BIHO)
Huong Vo (BIHO)
Huyen Le (BIHO)
Jia Ling Zhu (BIHO)
Kazunori Miyazato (BIHO; OP)
Michie Suzuki (BIHO; OP + OVA)
Nhan Nguyen (BIHO)
Nhu Nguyen (BIHO)
Ny Vo (BIHO)
Phong Nguyen (BIHO; OP)
Sam Vo (BIHO)
Thuong Dinh (BIHO)
Tram Lam (BIHO)
Tu Phan (BIHO; OP)
Yūta Kusajima (BIHO)
Color design: Miyoko Ichinose
Color setting:
Miyoko Ichinose (OP)
Tamai Okuda
Comicalize Artist:
Ryō Namino (3rd part)
Suzuka (1st and 2nd parts)
Design:
Miyuki Yamaguchi (Veia)
Yayoi Kaneda (Veia)
Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
In-Between Animation:
Aya Watanabe (Ajiado; OP)
Kasumi Hara (Ajiado; OP)
Kikko Otoe (Ajiado; OP)
Mitsuko Arasawa (Ajiado; OP)
Saori Konishi (Ajiado; OP)
In-Between Check:
Minako Nagasawa (OP)
Tsutomu Yamamoto
Literature Manager: Yūko Ishiyama
Paint Check:
Miyoko Ichinose (OP)
Tamai Okuda
Photography:
Ayumi Ushijima (Graphinica; OP)
Naoki Kitamura (Graphinica; OP)
Shinya Katō (Graphinica; OP + OVA)
Planning: Yui Shibata
Production Advancement: Masako Yoshida
Production Desk: Hirokazu Yokoyama
Production producer: Seiji Suzuki
Prop Design: Ryō Hirata
Recording Adjustment: Kazuya Sakakieda
Recording Assistant: Kana Akimoto
Setting Production: Kōhei Sugawara
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
Sound Production Manager: Shinji Okamura
Special Effects:
Manami Satō
Shōko Harada
Theme Song Arrangement:
Ryūjin Kiyoshi (ED)
Yūsuke Shirato (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Kayoko Yoshizawa (ED)
Yūsuke Shirato (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Kayoko Yoshizawa (ED)
Yuho Iwasato (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Megumi Nakajima (ED)
Sumire Morohoshi (OP)
Video Editing:
Ayato Yasuda (IMAGICA Lab.)
Yui Tsukane (IMAGICA Lab.)
Yuka Iguchi as Myne

Megumi Nakajima as Turi
Rika Kinugawa as Corinna
Satoshi Hino as Otto
Shō Hayami as Ferdinand
Tomoaki Maeno as Mark
Toshihiko Seki as Eustachius
Tsuyoshi Koyama as Gunther
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Eckhart

Hitomi Nabatame as Ralph
Masahito Kawanago as Craftsman
Shō Hayami as Narration
Takayuki Nakatsukasa as Murakiya Master
Takugo Iwakawa as Shopkeeper
Uko Tachibana as Karla
Japanese companies
Animation: IKIF+ (ED)
Animation Production: Ajiado
Animation Production Assistance: MK-Za
Background Art: Bihou, Inc. (OP + OVA)
Design Works: Veia
Ending Direction: IKIF
In-Between Animation:
M.S.J Musashino Production (OP)
MK-Za (OP + OVA)
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Key Animation: IKIF (ED)
Music Production: Flying Dog
Offline Editing: Jay Film
Photography: Graphinica (OP + OVA)
Production: TO Books
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Production: JTB Next Creation
Timing Photography: Yumeta Company
Video Editing: IMAGICA Lab.
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Julie Kliewer
ADR Script: Tyson Rinehart
Executive producer:
John Ledford (Sentai Filmworks)
Kun Gao
Sae Whan Song
Producer: Eric P. Sherman (Bang Zoom!)

Associate producer: Mio Moroe (Bang Zoom!)
Audio Operations Manager: Rayner Tham
Casting Director: Mami Okada
Co-Producer:
Heather Becker
Mami Okada (Bang Zoom!)
Nikki Fish
Senior Production Manager: Kamen Tagalicod (Bang Zoom!)
Spotting: Tetsuya Fujita
Supervising Producer: Joshua Lopez
Video Technician: Samantha Girod
Reba Buhr as Myne

Aleks Le as Eckhard
Armen Taylor as Ferdinand
Chris Hackney as Fran
Erika Harlacher as Corinna
Jeannie Tirado as Lutz
Kaiji Tang as Gunther
Kirsten Day as Eva
Laila Berzins as Fey
Laura Stahl as Gil
Lisa Reimold as Turi
Lizzie Freeman as Delia
Mark Whitten as Eustachius
Xander Mobus as Benno
English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
Production: Sentai Studios
French cast
French staff
Proofreading: Stéphanie Noardo
(none)
French companies
(none)

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