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Hoop Days (TV)

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Alternative title:
Dear Boys
ディア・ボーイズ (Japanese)
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: basketball
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Dear Boys is a story about determination to excel in a sport inwhich you love and also have fun at the same time. The tension as underdogs in the whole prefecture with only 5 players. How this team struggle to win, setbacks, teamwork, a purpose in life. This story relates to our lives as we strive to do our best, not just in sports, school but also relationships between friends and ones we love.
User Ratings: 264 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:4, ?:1)
 Very good: 55 votes (sub:41, dub:9, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 75 votes (sub:56, dub:12, ?:1, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Decent: 45 votes (sub:35, dub:3, others:7
4 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 So-so: 25 votes (sub:18, ?:2, raw:1, dub:1, others:3
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:2, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:2, dub:1, others:2
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (dub:3, sub:1, others:3
3 Spanish dubbed
)
Seen in part or in whole by 723 users, rank: #1648 (of 10090)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.220 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.1063, rank: #7008 (of 10250)
Weighted mean: 6.175 (Decent+), rank: #7069 (of 10250) (seen all: 6.53 / seen some: 5.14 / won't finish: 3.74)
Bayesian estimate: 6.236 (Decent+), rank: #6328 (of 7728)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2003-04-07 to 2003-09-29
2004-07-05 (Philippines)
2005-10-20 (Animax Latin America)
2007-05-17 (Animax Asia)
Opening Theme:
"Sound of Bounce" by DA PUMP
Ending Theme:
"Baller no Shou Gou" by Chris F.
"Baller" by F Chris
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
News: Show:
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Naruto.com, Crunchyroll, Hulu Begin Shippūden Streams (Jan 2, 2009)
Hoop Days Collection (Feb 15, 2006)
Bandai June Releases (Mar 7, 2005)
Bandai Entertainment New Licenses (Jul 4, 2004)
Bandai Announces Akon Licenses (Jun 7, 2004)
Other articles: Show:
The Winter 2012 Anime Preview Guide - Zac Bertschy (Jan 6, 2012)
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Shelf Life - Sound of Bounce on Free Throw (Jun 29, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Hoop Days - Zone 1 (DVD 1) 2005-06-28 (from $5.48)
    Hoop Days - Zone 2 (DVD 2) 2005-08-23 (from $11.84)
    Hoop Days - Zone 3 (DVD 3) delayed/cancelled (from $29.98)
    Hoop Days - Complete Collection (DVD 1-5) 2006-05-23 (from $139.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Susumu Kudo
Script:
Nobuaki Kishima (eps 1-6, 9-26)
Takao Yoshioka (eps 7-8)
Storyboard:
Gou Masui (eps 5, 10)
Hideaki Ōba (eps 2, 8)
Hiroshi Kawashima (ep 17)
Hiroshi Kimura (ep 22)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (ep 13)
Keiji Hayakawa (4 episodes
eps 9, 14, 19, 24
)
Rokurō Jinga (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 23, 25
)
Susumu Kudo (4 episodes
eps 1, 3, 20, 26
)
Takao Yoshizawa (ep 15)
Tatsuya Igarashi (eps 7, 12, 18)
Tomoki Kobayashi (eps 4, 6, 21)
Yuu Kou (eps 6-7)
Episode Director:
Fumihiro Ueno (ep 13)
Gou Masui (ep 5)
Hiroshi Kimura (5 episodes
eps 4, 11, 16, 22, 26
)
Katsuyoshi Yatabe (ep 21)
Keiji Hayakawa (eps 9, 14)
Kunitoshi Okajima (ep 3)
Noboru Tanabe (eps 10, 15)
Susumu Kudo (eps 1, 25)
Takeshi Kandaiji (eps 19, 24)
Tatsuya Igarashi (eps 7, 12, 18)
Tomio Yamauchi (ep 23)
Tomoki Kobayashi (ep 6)
Yasuhiro Geshi (eps 2, 8)
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 17)
Yukio Okazaki (ep 20)
Music: Nittoku Inoue
Original creator: Hiroki Yagami
Animation Director:
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 10)
Goro Hoya (eps 19, 24)
Hideo Amemiya (ep 10)
Hiroaki Imaki (ep 5)
Hiroyoshi Iida (eps 8, 15)
Hyun Ok Kim (ep 7)
Kazuyuki Ikai (eps 2, 8)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (eps 13, 26)
Kumi Ishii (ep 1)
Makoto Kohara (ep 2)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (eps 22, 25)
Masaru Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 11, 16
)
Naoki Aisaka (ep 13)
Noka Kakusai (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 18, 23
)
Sadahiko Sakamaki (eps 9, 14)
Shinichi Miyamae (eps 17, 25)
Takafumi Hino (ep 5)
Takashi Miyamoto (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 11, 17
)
Takuhiko Ishiura (ep 21)
Taro Yanagi (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 18, 23
)
Yōko Kōjō (eps 1, 22, 26)
Yūki Iwai (ep 20)
Executive producer: Ren Usami (OB Planning)

3DCG Chief:
Daisuke Kito (Atelier Bitol)
Eiji Ichikura (Pastel)
Kanemori Yasuda (Pastel)
Katsuyuki Yakushiji (Pastel)
Masaaki Yoshizawa
Shin'ichi Nakao (Atelier Bitol)
Shin'ya Matsuura (Pastel)
Takahiro Kanae (Atelier Bitol)
Tomokazu Yoshioka (Atelier Bitol)
Design: Akira Kano
Key Animation:
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 8)
Takaaki Fukuyo (eps 1, 6)
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama
Sound Production: Akiko Nakajima
Theme Song Performance:
Buddy Bo (Hard Beat)
DA PUMP (Sound of Bounce)
Dave Rodgers (Dancing in the Starlight)
De La Vega (Sex on Fire)
Dusty (The Fire and The Rain)
Matt Land (Don't Stop Me)
Powerful T. (Fall in the Web of Desire)
Kohei Kiyasu as Kazuhiko Aikawa

Akiko Kawase as Mai Moritaka
Atsuko Tanaka as Kyoko Himuro
Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenji Dobashi
Keiji Fujiwara as Kaoru Shimojou
Ken Takeuchi as Ranmaru Miura
Kyōko Hikami as Kaori Kudo
Mamiko Noto as Satomi Anzaki
Masaya Matsukaze as Takumi Fujiwara
Miho Yamada as Keiko Ogami
Miki Itō as Chihiro Kitagawa
Miki Yoshino as Mutsumi Akiyoshi
Ryoko Shintani as Junko Manabe
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Tsutomu Ishii
Tomoko Kawakami as Yukiko Kawasaki

Akeno Watanabe as Schoolgirl (ep 16)
Atsushi Kakehashi as Track-and-field Captain (ep 14)
Chiemi Ishimatsu as Izumi (ep 8)
Daisuke Fujita as Tatsuya Hirose
Eisuke Asakura as Naitou (ep 7)
Gaku Miura as Mitsuo Saeki
Gou Yamane as Osamu Igarashi
Hiroaki Yoshida as Delinquent B (ep 7)
Hirofumi Nojima as Masato Sawanobori
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Kazuya Satō
Ikuji Nose as Kazuo Yanagimoto
Jin Horikawa as Teacher (ep 26)
Jun Fukushima as Nozomu Yuuki
Jun Satō as Mamoru Fujisawa
Junji Majima as
Player A (ep 13)
Schoolboy A (ep 4)
Kana Ueda as Schoolgirl (ep 2)
Kazuhiko Nishimatsu as Heizou Maruyama
Kei Kurita as Katsumi Kusano
Keisuke Fujii as Track-and-field Club Member (ep 14)
Kohei Shiotsuka as Yuuji Takano
Kōji Ishii as Yusaku "Buzz Cut" Iijima
Kōsuke Takaguchi as
Naoya Tamaki
Narita Central Substistute B (ep 4)
Kotomi Yamakawa as
Announcement (ep 13)
Schoolgirl (ep 2)
Kouki Akaishi as Shinobu Kishimoto
Makoto Higo as Shop Manager (ep 7)
Makoto Ueki as Satoshi Kadomatsu
Masaaki Ishikawa as Tooru Koizumi
Masafumi Kimura as Referee (eps 4-6)
Masahiro Okazaki as Track-and-field Club Member (ep 14)
Masako Katsuki as Misako Sakakibara
Masao Harada as
Eisaku Daimon
Kishida (ep 13)
Kouji Yoshino
Referee (eps 23-25)
Masatomo Nakazawa as Schoolboy (ep 20)
Megumi Matsumoto as Narita Schoolgirl (ep 4)
Miwa Kouzuki as Schoolgirl (ep 16)
Miyu Matsuki as
Announcement (ep 23)
Schoolgirl (ep 20)
Nana Mizuki as Miki Fujiwara
Naomi Takada as Mika
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Akihiko Kanakawa (ep 26)
Noriko Fujimoto as Schoolgirl (ep 20)
Rin Sakurazawa as Schoolgirl (ep 2)
Rintarō Nishi as Advisor (ep 7)
Rio Otake as Female Club Member (ep 1)
Rumi Ochiai as Mutsumi's mother (ep 9)
Ryōkichi Takahashi as Ooshita (ep 13)
Ryūzō Hasuike as Junichi Takeuchi
Satoshi Katōgi as Akio Kojima
Satoshi Taki as
Delinquent A (ep 7)
Senior (ep 6)
Seiji Sasaki as Daikichi Dobashi (ep 22)
Shingo Sugiyama as Reserve B (ep 7)
Shintarō Ōhata as
Salesperson (ep 3)
Takigawa
Shinya Ōtaki as Taketoshi Ishii
Shizuma Hodoshima as Mitsuru Ohara
Susumu Chiba as Yuito Hoshina
Tadasuke Oomizu as Masaki Shimizu (eps 8, 10-11)
Taisuke Yamamoto as Narita Central Substitute A (ep 4)
Takashi Kondō as Touya Takashina
Takashika Kobayashi as Naoki Aizawa
Takaya Hashi as Akihiro Aikawa
Takayuki Fujimoto as Manager (ep 7)
Takehiro Murozono as
Doctor (ep 10)
Referee (ep 13)
Teacher (ep 26)
Takumi Kurebayashi as Reiko Miura (ep 23)
Tomokazu Sugita as Ayumi Fuse
Tomomichi Nishimura as Principal (eps 15, 22, 26)
Tomoyuki Shimura as Gen Yakushimaru
Toshihiko Shimizu as New Club Member (ep 6)
Toshinobu Iida as Toshinobu Shimoda (eps 8, 11)
Toshitaka Shimizu as
Miyahara (ep 13)
Teacher (ep 9)
Toshitsugu Takashina as Shinji Yanagawa
Toshiyuki Hayase as Hiromi Oda
Yoshinori Sonobe as Yuuji Kondou
Yoshito Ishinami as Yoshio Kuwano (eps 1, 6)
Youto Kazama as Atsushi Moriyama
Yūichi Nakamura as Satoru Nagase
Yuki Nidekawa as
Nozomi (ep 9)
Schoolgirl (ep 2)
Yukimasa Obi as Schoolboy (ep 20)
Yumiko Daikoku as Schoolgirl (ep 16)
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Tamami Kanou
Japanese companies
3DCG Production:
Atelier Bitol
Pastel
Animation Production: A.C.G.T
Animation Production Cooperation:
I-Move (ep 13)
Office AO (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 15
)
SHAFT (eps 3, 7, 12)
Studio Mini (ep 9)
Backgrounds:
Art Max
Studio Jack
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
In-Between Animation:
AniVillage (eps 7, 9, 14)
Delta Peak Production (eps 9, 14)
Golden Bell (eps 8, 10, 15)
Hayashi (ep 12)
Joong Ang Movie (eps 8, 10)
Neox (ep 7)
Niandai Animation (eps 8, 10)
Office AO (eps 2, 5, 10)
Phoenix Animation (ep 13)
SHAFT (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 11, 16
)
Sung San Production (eps 4, 6)
Triple A (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 15
)
Key Animation:
Animation Planet (ep 15)
Anime R (ep 10)
AniVillage (eps 3, 7)
Chaos Project (ep 2)
Delta Peak Production (eps 9, 14)
Golden Bell (ep 8)
Joong Ang Movie (ep 8)
MI (eps 2, 15)
Nakamura Production (ep 12)
Neox (eps 7, 12)
Niandai Animation (ep 8)
Office AO (eps 2, 8, 15)
Seigasha (ep 13)
Shindō Production (ep 2)
Studio Gimlet (eps 2, 10)
Studio Mark (ep 13)
Studio Wanpack (eps 2, 8, 13)
Sung San Production (ep 16)
Telecom Animation Film (ep 10)
Triple A (ep 8)
Uni Animation (ep 8)
Music: Avex Trax
Paint:
AniVillage (eps 9, 14)
Golden Bell (eps 8, 10, 15)
Hayashi (ep 12)
Joong Ang Movie (eps 8, 10)
Niandai Animation (eps 8, 10)
Phoenix Animation (ep 13)
SHAFT (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 11, 16
)
Studio aB (eps 2, 5)
Studio Elle (eps 2, 5)
Studio Gash (eps 9, 14)
Sung San Production (eps 4, 6)
Triple A (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 15
)
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Production:
avex entertainment
OB Planning
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi

Dialogue Editing:
Aaron Nordean
Kevin Stremlaw
Production Coordination: Dennis Hrehoriac
Production manager: Diana Gage
Re-Recording Mixing: Keith A. Goddard
Recording engineer:
Brad Belden
Ryan Manning
Script Adaptation: Mike Bridges
Series Producer: Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Subtitle Script: Karen Chrcek
Video Post-Production:
Elisa Chee
Keith Crosley
Michael Hey
Voice Direction: James Corrigall
Dave Bridges as Kazuhiko Aikawa (Animax dub)

Brendan Hunter as Tsutomu Ishii
Leda Davies as Mai Moritaka

Adam Hunter as
Gen Yakushimaru
Honmoku-Shonan Referee
Junior High #7
Moriyama
Ohshita
Osaki Tech #13
Takuno Yuuji
Yokohama #6
Carol-Anne Day as Mutsumi Akiyoshi
Cole Howard as Satoh
Glenn Howard as Harikawa
Leda Davies as Girl 4
Lucas Gilbertson as Kenji Dobashi
Victor Atelevich as
Blonde Senior
Masato 'Sawa' Sawanobori
Referee
English companies
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
Casting: Chinook Animation Productions
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Anime News Network
Crunchyroll (Expired)
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Recording Studio: Blue Water Studios
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
ADR Script: Ami Horie (Venezuelan dub)
Ezequiel Serrano as Kazuhiko Aikawa

Jhaidy Barboza as Mutsumi Akiyoshi
Ledner Belisario as Tsutomu Ishii
Víctor Díaz as Ranmaru Miura

Lileana Chacón as Satomi Anzaki
Marycel González as Mai Moritaka
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Animax
Dubbing Studio: Estudios Lain
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Man-Ga (from 9 November 2013)
Italian cast
(none)
Tagalog cast
Tagalog staff
(none)
Louie Paraboles as Kazuhiko Aikawa

Arnold Abad as Ishii Tsutomu
Danny Deopante as Kenji Dobashi
Fourth Lee as Ranmaru Miura
Glenda Resurreccion as Kyoko Himuro
Grace Cornel as Mutsumi Akiyoshi
Jay-r Flores as Takumi Fujiwara
Sherwin Revestir as Satomi Anzaki

Francis Ibanez as Satoshi Kadomatsu
Minna Bernales as Chihiro Kitagawa
Sherwin Revestir as Mai Moritaka

Fourth Lee
Montreal Repuyan
Tagalog companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Alfredo Rollo

Screen Inserts: Gilberto Rocha Júnior
Alfredo Rollo as Kazuhiko Aikawa

Alessandra Araújo as Kyoko Himuro
Fábio Vila Longa as Kenji Dobashi
Fernanda Bullara as Satomi
Leila Di Castro as Mutsumi Akiyoshi
Lene Bastos as Yukiko Kawasaki
Luciana Baroli as Keiko Ogami
Melissa Garcia as Kaori Kudo
Sérgio Corsetti as Fujiwara
Sérgio Rufino as Tsutomu Ishii
Tatiane Keplmair as Mai Moritaka
Thiago Longo as Yuito Hoshina

Fadu Costha as Yoshio Kuwano
Figueira Júnior as Kadomatsu
Gileno Santoro as "Escovinha"
Silas Borges as Yuji
Sílvio Giraldi as Ranmaru Miura

Priscila Franco
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Animax Brazil
Dubbing Studio: Álamo

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