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Otaku Elf (TV)

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Alternative title:
Edomae Elf (Japanese)
江戸前エルフ (Japanese)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Koito Koganei is a teenager who works as an attendant to the Takamimi Shrine. Rumors have it that a deity dwells within the shrine, but the actual resident is an immortal elf who found herself stuck on Earth some four hundred years ago. What's more, the elf is a total shut-in who won't go outside and has developed a taste for video games. (from manga)
User Ratings: 124 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:6, raw:2)
 Excellent: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Very good: 38 votes (sub:38)
 Good: 31 votes (sub:31)
 Decent: 15 votes (sub:14, dub:1)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, ?:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 294 users, rank: #3120 (of 10071)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.274 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6624, rank: #2759 (of 10254)
Weighted mean: 7.229 (Good+), rank: #2758 (of 10254) (seen all: 7.50 / seen some: 3.35 / won't finish: 4.18)
Bayesian estimate: 7.252 (Good+), rank: #2427 (of 7740)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2023-04-07
Opening Theme:
"Kien Romance" (奇縁ロマンス) by Akari Nanawo
Ending Theme:
"Odoru Hikari" (おどる ひかり) by Cody Lee
Reviews: Show:
Otaku Elf ‒ Episode 12 (Jun 24, 2023)
Otaku Elf ‒ Episode 11 (Jun 17, 2023)
Otaku Elf ‒ Episode 10 (Jun 10, 2023)
Otaku Elf ‒ Episode 9 (Jun 3, 2023)
Otaku Elf ‒ Episode 8 (May 31, 2023)
Otaku Elf ‒ Episode 7 (May 20, 2023)
Otaku Elf ‒ Episode 6 (May 13, 2023)
Otaku Elf ‒ Episode 5 (May 6, 2023)
Otaku Elf ‒ Episode 4 (Apr 28, 2023)
Otaku Elf (Apr 23, 2023)
Otaku Elf ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Apr 21, 2023)
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Otaku Elf Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals April 7 Debut, More Cast, Theme Song Artists (Feb 24, 2023)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Otaku Elf - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2024-04-23 (from $25.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takebumi Anzai
Series Composition: Shogo Yasukawa
Script:
Shogo Yasukawa (eps 1-13)
Storyboard:
Cagetzu Aizawa (ep 7)
Junpei Mukai (ED)
Noriaki Saito (eps 4, 6, 8-9)
Shinpei Nagai (ep 10)
Takebumi Anzai (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 11-12
)
Episode Director:
Ayaka Tsujihashi (eps 1, 7)
Fumihiro Ueno (ep 8)
Masahiko Watanabe (ep 4)
Michita Shiraishi (ep 10)
Naoki Horiuchi (ep 6)
Tsuyoshi Nagasawa (ep 3)
Yoshifumi Sasahara (ep 12)
Yoshihiko Iwata (eps 2, 5, 9, 11)
Unit Director:
Ayumu Uwano (OP)
Junpei Mukai (ED)
Music: Akito Matsuda
Original creator: Akihiko Higuchi
Character Design: Takeshi Oda
Chief Animation Director:
Atsuko Saitō (ep 9)
Hiroshi Numata (ep 11)
Kakuto Gai (ep 9)
Kōsuke Yoshida (ep 8)
Sai (eps 6, 10)
Shao Lei Li (ep 10)
Shūhei Hosokawa (eps 9, 12)
Takafumi Nakao (eps 2, 5, 9)
Takeshi Oda (OP, ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 7-8, 12
)
Yu Ogasawara (ep 9)
Animation Director:
Ayaka Nakao (eps 2, 5)
Fuyumi Toriyama (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Morita (ED; ep 9)
Honoka Hori (ep 6)
Jong Suk Kim (eps 1, 5)
Katsuji Matsumoto (ep 8)
Kazuyuki Fujita (eps 3, 7)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 4)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 8)
Min Ja Kim (eps 1, 5)
Naoya Sonoda (ep 1)
Reina Goto (ep 6)
Rina Ogawa (eps 1, 5, 7, 12)
Shinya Kameyama (eps 3, 7)
Shūji Mizutake (ep 4)
Shunsuke Aoki (ep 1)
Takahiro Gotō (ep 4)
Xin Hua Hang (ep 6)
Yu Jing Ye (ep 6)
Yūshi Morita (ep 5)
Zeng Yao Ye (ep 6)
Zhen Lei Cheng (ep 6)
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Director of Photography: Jun Kubota (CUE)
Producer:
Cong Cao
Hiroyuki Aoi
Naoya Satō
Noriyuki Akita
Shintaro Yoshitake

2nd Key Animation:
Hiroyuki Morita (ep 12)
Moe Takayose (OP)
Naoya Sonoda (ep 1)
3D CG: Shōta Yano (ED)
Animation producer: Ryōsuke Yamada
Art Setting:
Chikako Shibata
Yumiko Kondō
Associate producer:
Kōhei Matsuoka
Nobuhito Tsuboi
Color Coordination Check: Shigeru Saisho (ED)
Color design: Shigeru Saisho
Color setting:
Sayaka Sueshige (ep 4)
Shigeru Saisho (OP; eps 1, 12)
Copyright Manager: Kazumasa Hayasaka
Domestic Distribution: Takashi Sasaki
Editing:
Honami Yamagishi
Junpei Mukai (ED)
Foley: Takumi Hamamoto
In-Between Animation:
Aoi Nakamura (M.S.C; ep 4)
Chiaki Yoshimura (M.S.C; ep 4)
Chihiro Kōno (M.S.C; ep 4)
Han Bin Liu (C2C; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 9, 12
)
Kaho Komaki (C2C; ep 1)
Maki Taniguchi (M.S.C; ep 4)
Misaki Yamaguchi (C2C; eps 1, 7, 12)
Naoya Sonoda (C2C; ep 1)
Runa Okauchi (C2C; 7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 11-12
)
Shunko Mori (C2C; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-11 odd, 12
)
Tomoya Hotta (C2C; 7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 9, 11-12
)
Tomoya Takahashi (C2C; eps 6, 11)
Ying Zhi Zeng (C2C; OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 9, 11-12
)
Yoshito Fukuhara (C2C; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-11 odd, 12
)
Yūma Hayata (C2C; ED; eps 1, 11-12)
In-Between Check:
Chiaki Yoshimura (ep 4)
Han Bin Liu (OP; ep 1)
Misaki Yamaguchi (ep 11)
Runa Okauchi (ep 9)
In-Between Check Assistant: Tomoya Takahashi (ep 9)
Key Animation:
Daisuke Yamauchi (OP)
Emiko Kataoka (ep 11)
Han Bin Liu (ep 5)
Maki Fujita (ep 12)
Moe Takayose (ep 9)
Nanako Fukuda (ED solo)
Naoya Sonoda (eps 1, 12)
Rina Ogawa (ep 12)
Rui Xing Zheng (OP)
Shunpei Mochizuki (OP)
Yukie Suzuki (OP)
Live Action Director Of Photography: Junpei Mukai (ED)
Music Director: Mamoru Tanoue
Music producer: Shigeru Saitō
Official Site Production:
Hiroshi Masuda (8rv)
Momoko Masuda (8rv)
Takeshi Furuuchi (WEB SMITH)
Online Editor: Rie Imayoshi (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services)
Original Work Assistant: Moriyoshi Yoshida (Shonen Magazine Edge Editorial Department)
Overseas Sales:
Azusa Suketani
Taku Katō
Teppei Kabashima
Teru Iwanami
Toshihiko Tomita
Paint:
Han Bin Liu (C2C; ep 12)
Sayaka Sueshige (M.S.C; ep 4)
Shigeru Saisho (eps 1, 3)
Yūma Hayata (C2C; ED; ep 12)
Paint Check: Shigeru Saisho (OP; eps 1, 12)
Photography:
Jun Kubota (CUE; OP; eps 1-12)
Junpei Mukai (ED)
Planning:
Kenjirō Toba
Masaya Ikebe
Yōhei Takami
Planning Assistant: Masahiro Hibi
Production:
Hiroo Maruyama
Hiroyuki Hayashi
Shin Furukawa
Yang Qian Ge
Production Advancement:
Atsushi Hikasa (ED)
Ryōsuke Yamada (ED)
Yu Kondou (OP)
Production Desk: Kazumasa Hayasaka
Prop Animation Director:
Tomoki Yokoyama (ep 1)  (ep 2)  (ep 3)  (ep 4)  (ep 5)  (ep 6)  (ep 7)  (ep 8) 
Prop Design: Tomoki Yokoyama 
Publicity Assistant:
Emi Yamauchi
Hiroki Kagamoto
Kōichi Chiba
Si Si Wei
Publicity Design: Yumemi Dan
Publicity Producer: Shintaro Yoshitake
Publicity Writer: Daisuke Iwakura
PV Production:
Daisuke Matsuki (10GAUGE)
Keisuke Makino (10GAUGE)
Recording Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai
Recording Assistant: Saho Kawamura
Setting Production: Kyōko Sugimoto
Sound Effects: Shota Yaso
Sound Production Manager:
Kanako Mizuguchi
Yūsuke Watanabe
Special Effects: Jun Kubota (CUE)
Subtitle Design: Yohei Kadoaki (STEREOTYPE)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Cody Lee (ED)
Hyakkai Outo (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Hibiki Takahashi (ED)
Wanuka (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Hibiki Takahashi (ED)
Wanuka (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Akari Nanawo (OP)
Cody Lee (ED)
Ami Koshimizu as Elda
Yuka Ozaki as Koito Koganei

Haruka Aikawa as Koma Sakuraba
Hitomi Sekine as Koyuzu Koganei
Kana Ichinose as Isuzu
Mamiko Noto as Haira
Rie Kugimiya as Yord 
Teru Ikuta as Himawari Kohinata

Ai Kobayashi as Female Trader B (ep 7)
Aya Kawakami as
Meat Shop Woman (ep 1)
Singing Voice (ep 3)
Woman A (ep 7)
Emiko Takeuchi as Deliverywoman (eps 2-3, 12)
Hikaru Yoshihara as
Murai (husband; ep 1)
Parishioner (ep 12)
Singing Voice (ep 3)
Juri Kimura as Kirara Kadoi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 11-12
)
Maki Kawase as Sayako Koganei (eps 9-10, 12)
Mariko Yūki as Woman A (ep 4)
Miki Itō as Singing Voice (ep 3)
Misa Katō as Old Woman (ep 10)
Mitsutaka Itakura as Singing Voice (ep 3)
Ren Yazawa as Parishioner (ep 12)
Reo Osanai as Singing Voice (ep 3)
Ruriko Noguchi as Girl A (ep 10)
Saiko Moriya as
Kijima (ep 2)
Singing Voice (ep 3)
Satoshi Inomata as Male Trader A (ep 7)
Satsumi Matsuda as Girl B (ep 10)
Shinnosuke Musashi as Taxi Driver (ep 3)
Shotaro Uzawa as Singing Voice (ep 3)
Shunya Hiruma as Singing Voice (ep 3)
Tatsuhiro Kikuchi as
Fish Shop Man (ep 1)
Kinoshita (ep 3)
Man B (ep 7)
Parishioner (ep 12)
Tomoko Miyadera as Yachiyo Shimada (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 9, 11-12
)
Tomoyo Takayanagi as Woman B (ep 4)
Yuka Adachi as
Murai (wife; ep 1)
Singing Voice (ep 3)
Woman C (ep 7)
Yumi Uchiyama as Akane Sasaki (5 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 11-12
)
Yurika Moriyama as Friend (ep 7)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: C2C
Art Direction: Makaria
Music Production: Heart Company
Photography: Cyan
Production: Edomae Elf Production Committee
Sound Production: INSPION Edge
English staff
English cast
Project Translator: Jennifer Challenger
Executive producer: John Ledford

Business Affairs: Griffin Vance
Director of Studio Operations: Joey Goubeaud
Head Translator: Ian Fagen
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford
Connie Sorrels
E.W. Rector, III
Harley Smith
Lizandra Lucio
Luke La Padula
Mariana Valverde
Paul Mericle
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz
Senior Acquisitions Coordinator: Toru Iwakami (Japan)
Studio Management: Michael Olesch
Subtitling: Robert Cardenas
Subtitling Manager: Son Phan Le
Translation Manager: Janice Williams
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Distribution Solutions (United States and Canada)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios

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