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Otaku Elf (TV)

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Alternative title:
Edomae Elf (Japanese)
江戸前エルフ (Japanese)
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: 108 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:6, raw:2)
 Excellent: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Very good: 35 votes (sub:35)
 Good: 23 votes (sub:23)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, ?:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 280 users, rank: #3149 (of 9509)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.398 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6496, rank: #2188 (of 9648)
Weighted mean: 7.325 (Good+), rank: #2270 (of 9648) (seen all: 7.63 / seen some: 3.35 / won't finish: 4.31)
Bayesian estimate: 7.343 (Good+), rank: #1952 (of 7274)
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)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Otaku Elf - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2024-04-23 (from $36.30)

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)
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)

2nd Key Animation: Moe Takayose (OP)
Color design: Shigeru Saisho
Key Animation:
Maki Fujita (ep 12)
Rina Ogawa (ep 12)
Music Director: Mamoru Tanoue
Music producer: Shigeru Saitō
Photography: Junpei Mukai (ED)
Prop Animation Director:
Tomoki Yokoyama (eps 1-8)
Prop Design: Tomoki Yokoyama
Special Effects: Jun Kubota (CUE)
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)
Hikaru Yoshihara as
Murai (husband; ep 1)
Singing Voice (ep 3)
Juri Kimura as Kirara Kadoi (eps 1-2, 7)
Mariko Yūki as Woman A (ep 4)
Miki Itō as Singing Voice (ep 3)
Mitsutaka Itakura as Singing Voice (ep 3)
Reo Osanai as Singing Voice (ep 3)
Saiko Moriya as
Kijima (ep 2)
Singing Voice (ep 3)
Satoshi Inomata as Male Trader A (ep 7)
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)
Tomoko Miyadera as Yachiyo Shimada (eps 1, 3)
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 (eps 4, 6-7)
Yurika Moriyama as Friend (ep 7)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: C2C
Art Direction: Makaria
Music Production: Heart Company
Photography: Cyan
Sound Production: INSPION Edge
English staff
English companies
(none)
Distributor: Distribution Solutions (United States and Canada)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
English cast
(none)

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