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Buddy Daddies (TV)

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Alternative title:
バディ・ダディズ (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Assassins Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa meet Miri, a girl looking for her father on Christmas Day. Kazuki, Rei, and Miri unexpectedly end up living together.
User Ratings: 361 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 27 votes (sub:23, dub:3, raw:1)
 Excellent: 91 votes (sub:85, dub:4, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 115 votes (sub:103, dub:9, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 55 votes (sub:46, dub:6, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 36 votes (sub:33, dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 16 votes (sub:14, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 534 users, rank: #2058 (of 10086)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.640 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.657, rank: #1452 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 7.639 (Very good−), rank: #1335 (of 10248) (seen all: 8.07 / seen some: 6.88 / won't finish: 4.43)
Bayesian estimate: 7.633 (Very good−), rank: #1040 (of 7715)
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2023-01-06
Opening Theme:
"SHOCK!" by Ayase
Ending Theme:
"My Plan" by DURDN
Insert song:
"Don't say good bye" by Misaki Unasaka [Nanako Mori] (eps 3,11)
Official website:
TVアニメ「Buddy Daddies」公式サイト (Japanese)
Reviews:
Buddy Daddies ‒ Episode 12 (Apr 10, 2023)
Buddy Daddies ‒ Episode 11 (Mar 28, 2023)
Buddy Daddies ‒ Episode 10 (Mar 20, 2023)
Buddy Daddies ‒ Episode 9 (Mar 14, 2023)
Buddy Daddies ‒ Episodes 7-8 (Feb 27, 2023)
Buddy Daddies ‒ Episode 6 (Feb 13, 2023)
Buddy Daddies ‒ Episode 5 (Feb 6, 2023)
Buddy Daddies ‒ Episode 4 (Jan 30, 2023)
Buddy Daddies ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Jan 20, 2023)
Buddy Daddies (Jan 20, 2023)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshiyuki Asai
Series Composition:
Vio Shimokura (Nitroplus)
Yūko Kakihara
Script:
Vio Shimokura (ep 12)
Yasuhiro Nakanishi (eps 7-8, 11)
Yūko Kakihara (eps 1-6, 9-10)
Storyboard:
Chizuko Kusakabe (ep 10)
Hideaki Kurakawa (ep 9)
Jong Heo (eps 3-4)
Katsumi Terahigashi (ep 11)
Masayuki Kojima (ep 7)
Tensai Okamura (eps 8, 12)
Tetsuo Ichimura (ep 5)
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 6)
Yoshiyuki Asai (eps 1-3, 12)
Yūichi Abe (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Akira Takamura (ep 8)
Hayato Sakai (ep 10)
Masakazu Takahashi (eps 4, 11)
Mitsutaka Noshitani (ep 7)
Noriyoshi Sasaki (eps 2, 9)
Shinya Kawatsura (ep 3)
Tatsuya Sasaki (ep 6)
Tetsuo Ichimura (ep 5)
Tomoaki Ohta (eps 1, 12)
Yoshiyuki Asai (ep 8)
Yuri Hagiwara (ep 11)
Music: Katsutoshi Kitagawa (ROUND TABLE)
Original story: Vio Shimokura (Nitroplus)
Original Character Design: Katsumi Enami
Character Design: Sōichirō Sako
Art Director: Miho Sugiura
Chief Animation Director:
Sanae Satō
Sōichirō Sako
Animation Director:
Ae Ri Park (DR Movie; ep 3)
Akiko Higaki (Production Good Book; ep 6)
Amphibi (ep 2)
Asuka Kojima (P.A. Works; ep 5)
Asumi Katō (ep 2)
Beom Jin Lee (DR Movie; ep 3)
Hajime Yoshida (eps 9, 11)
Hideyoshi Furuhata (ep 1)
Hikaru Kodama (ep 4)
Hiroshi Tatezaki (eps 2, 5)
Hye Soo Kim (DR Movie; ep 6)
Ikkō Inaguma (eps 3, 11-12)
Il-gu Kang (DR Movie; ep 6)
Jae Seok Park (Studio Bus; ep 6)
Ji Seung Park (ep 1)
Jōji Yanase (eps 9, 12)
Jung Hee Yun (DR Movie; ep 3)
Jung Nam Kim (eps 3, 9, 11)
Kaji (Cononut Tree; ep 2)
Kayoko Nabeta (eps 5, 8, 11-12)
Kazuko Amano (P.A. Works; eps 7-8)
Kōdai Wakabayashi (ep 3)
Kohei Yano (P.A. Works; eps 1, 3, 8)
Konomu Satō (ep 5)
Kyōhei Ogura (ep 11)
Kyung Ho Kim (Studio Bus; ep 6)
Mi Ae Kang (Studio Bus; ep 6)
Mika Sakai (eps 2-3, 9)
Min Ki Han (ep 4)
Mirai Tanaka (P.A. Works; eps 7, 9)
Nami Fujitani (Production Good Book; eps 6, 12)
Nami Shōyama (eps 4, 11)
Naomi Saeki (ep 10)
Noboru Sugimitsu (eps 1, 12)
Noriyoshi Sasaki (ep 9)
Nyki Ikyn (Shinobi Creative; ep 2)
Ok-Youn Joo (DR Movie; ep 6)
Sanae Satō (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 11-12
)
Seung Chul Ryu (DR Movie; ep 6)
Seung Hee Yoo (Studio Bus; ep 6)
Shihomi Matsubayashi (ep 10)
Sōichirō Sako (eps 1, 12)
Taichi Nakaguma (ep 2)
Tetsuta Sannomiya (P.A. Works; eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Tomomi Noda (ep 1)
Tsukasa Miyazaki (P.A. Works; eps 2, 7-8, 12)
Yoshiko Nakajima (ep 9)
Yoshiko Saitō (eps 2, 12)
Yoshito Narimatsu (eps 5, 11)
Yuka Miyoshi (P.A. Works; ep 2)
Yuki Muraosa (ep 7)
Yurie Ōhigashi (ep 12)
Yūsuke Inoue (P.A. Works; eps 7-8, 12)
3D Director: Haruki Suzuki
Sound Director: Satoki Iida
Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase

2D Work: Yoshihide Mukai (J.C. Staff)
2nd Key Animation:
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production; ep 11)
Alexelle Lee (ep 2)
Hye Soo Kim (DR Movie; ep 11)
Kwan Woo Kim (DR Movie; ep 11)
Mitsunobu Takeda (ep 12)
Mitsuru Nakata (Nakamura Production; ep 11)
So Jeong Choi (DR Movie; ep 11)
Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Production; ep 11)
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; ep 11)
Art Setting:
Hiromi Makino
Shiho Takeuchi
Color design: Naomi Nakano
Costume Setting: Kaori Ishii
Editing: Ayumu Takahashi
Finish Animation:
Mana Hokuto (A-1 Pictures; ep 2)
Qing Zhen Xu (DR MOVIE; 10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-9, 11-12
)
In-Between Animation:
Bai Hua Yin (DR MOVIE; 9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11-12
)
Minami Ōi (ep 4)
Insert Song Composition: Katsutoshi Kitagawa ("Don't say good bye" eps 3, 11)
Insert Song Lyrics: Zinee ("Don't say good bye" eps 3, 11)
Insert Song Performance: Nanako Mori (as Misaki Unasaka; "Don't say good bye" eps 3, 11)
Key Animation:
AcHe (Shinobi Creative; ep 2)
Adrian Alejo (Shinobi Creative; ep 2)
Asuka Kojima (P.A. Works; ep 5)
Azumi Matsumiya (P.A. Works; eps 3, 9, 11)
Cocomantot (Shinobi Creative; ep 2)
Kayoko Nabeta (OP; eps 8-9, 11)
Kenji Irie (OP; ep 12)
Limeros (Shinobi Creative; ep 2)
Macarena Duarte (ep 2)
Macarena Durante (Shinobi Creative; ep 2)
Masaaki Takiyama (OP)
Porkchop (Shinobi Creative; ep 2)
Rven (Shinobi Creative; ep 2)
Takatsugu Umeda (ep 7)
Tetsuta Sannomiya (P.A. Works; eps 8, 12)
Tobira (Shinobi Creative; ep 2)
Yūsuke Inoue (P.A. Works; ep 8)
Yutaka Nakamura (高橋豊; ep 8) 
Line Producer: Masahide Hashimoto
Prop Setting: Kayoko Nabeta
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
Theme Song Arrangement: Ayase (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Ayase (OP)
SHINTA (ED)
yacco (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ayase (OP)
Baku (ED)
yacco (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Ayase (OP)
DURDN (ED)
Weapon Setting: Hiyori Denforword Akishino
Hina Kino as Miri Unasaka
Kōki Uchiyama as Rei Suwa
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kazuki Kurusu

Haruka Terui as Anna Hanyū
Mitsuaki Madono as Ryo Ogino
Nanako Mori as Misaki Unasaka
Shinshū Fuji as Shigeki Suwa
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kyūtarō Kugi

Ai Kakuma as Information desk attendant (ep 4)
Atsushi Ono as Drug kingpin (ep 2)
Chikako Sugimura as
Dorothy (eps 1, 7)
High school girl (ep 5)
Interviewer (ep 6)
Kindergartener (ep 8)
Mom's friend (eps 3, 11)
Parent (ep 12)
Taiga's Mama (ep 9)
Chitose Morinaga as Pumpy (eps 2, 5)
Hayato Kaneko as
Commentator (ep 6)
Dog (ep 5)
Man in black (ep 12)
Nigo (ep 11)
Roasted Sweet Potato Seller (ep 3)
Taiga's Papa (ep 9)
Thug (ep 7)
Underling (ep 2)
Yakuza (ep 1)
Hibiku Yamamura as Kotori's Mama (eps 4, 9)
Hiroto Kazuki as Child counselor (ep 3)
Hiroya Egashira as
Man in black (ep 12)
Robber (ep 6)
Underling (ep 2)
Yakuza (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Kinoshita as Satoru Kaji (ep 8)
Ikumi Hasegawa as Karin Izumi (eps 7, 11)
Kazuki Miyagi as
Announcer (ep 11)
Caroo (eps 2, 5)
Daycare receptionist (ep 4)
Man in black (ep 12)
Staff (ep 10)
Taiga (Partyer ver.) (ep 6)
Thug (ep 7)
Yakuza (ep 1)
Kazuya Ichijō as Jeweler (ep 1)
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Atsushi Hayami (ep 1)
Kotaro Shinohara as Thug (ep 7)
Mai Fuchigami as Taiga
Mana Hirata as Wife (ep 1)
Manaka Iwami as Rei Suwa (young)
Marie Ōi as Newscaster (ep 2)
Masaaki Mizunaka as Yakuza leader (ep 1)
Momo Asakura as Hinata
Naomi Kusumi as Daycare director (eps 4, 9)
Nozomi Furuki as
High school girl (ep 5)
Kindergartener (eps 8-9)
Parent and child (ep 10)
Rena Maeda as
Hinata's Mama (eps 4, 9)
Kindergartener (ep 12)
Riho Sugiyama as Kindergartener (ep 9)
Saima Nakano as
Carol (eps 1, 7)
Child (ep 4)
Kindergartener (ep 6)
Mom's friend (ep 11)
Nursery teacher (ep 9)
Parent (ep 12)
Parent and child (ep 10)
Shizuka Itō as Yuzuko Kurusu (eps 1, 7)
Shōgo Sakata as Policeman (ep 3)
Toshiki Iwasawa as
Foreign mafia member (ep 1)
Man in black (ep 12)
Yoshiyuki Shimozuma as Part-timer (ep 6)
Yume Miyamoto as Kotori
Yuri Yoshida as Ichigo (ep 11)
Japanese companies
2D Works: J.C. Staff
2nd Key Animation:
Asahi Production (ep 12)
DR Movie (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 11-12
)
Gift-o’-Animation (OP; eps 1-2, 5, 11)
J-Cube Animation (eps 1-2)
Nakamura Production (eps 1-5, 11)
P.A. Works (eps 1-2, 5, 12)
Production GoodBook (eps 6, 12)
RadPlus (ep 2)
Sao Sang Design (ep 12)
Seven Seas (ep 5)
Shinomi Creative (ep 2)
Snowdrop (ep 10)
Studio Arche (eps 1-2)
Studio BUS (ep 6)
Studio Flad (ep 12)
Studio Gimlet (eps 2, 5, 11)
Studio Hibari (ep 12)
Studio KAI (ep 5)
Studio Massket (eps 4, 11)
Studio PaTHoS (ep 12)
Triple A (eps 4, 11)
xenron (ep 2)
3D Graphics: P.A. Works (eps 1-5)
3D Layout: P.A. Works (ep 1)
3D Modelling:
IKIF+ (eps 1-4)
P.A. Works (eps 1-4)
Animation Cooperation:
DR Movie (ep 6)
Production GoodBook (ep 6)
Animation Direction:
DR Movie (eps 3, 6)
P.A. Works (eps 2-3, 5)
Production GoodBook (ep 6)
Shinomi Creative (ep 2)
Studio BUS (ep 6)
Animation Production: P.A. Works
Backgrounds: Studio Easter (OP; eps 1-12)
Broadcaster:
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (2023-01-07)
AT-X (2023-01-08)
Gunma Television (2023-01-06)
Nagoya Broadcasting Network (2023-01-07)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2023-01-06)
Tochigi Television (2023-01-06)
Tokyo MX (2023-01-06)
Direction: 10GAUGE (OP)
Finish Animation:
A-1 Pictures (ep 2)
Artemis (ep 4)
D-COLORS (eps 1, 3-4)
DR Movie (eps 1-3, 5-6)
EN.Studio (ep 6)
FINE COLORs (ep 1)
Hikari no Sono Animation (ep 6)
J-Cube Animation (ep 1)
Kinema Citrus (ep 2)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 1)
Stella Road (eps 1-2, 5)
Studio BUS (ep 6)
Studio Road (ep 5)
Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Wish (eps 2, 5, 11)
Wonderland (ep 6)
xenron (ep 1)
Xenron Jakarta (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
DR Movie (eps 1-3, 5-6)
EN.Studio (ep 6)
Hikari no Sono Animation (ep 6)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 1)
Maho Film (ep 4)
P.A. Works (ep 1)
Production GoodBook (ep 6)
Snowdrop (ep 10)
Studio BUS (ep 6)
Studio Massket (ep 4)
Triple A (ep 4)
Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Wonderland (ep 6)
Internet Streaming:
ABEMA
Amazon Prime Video
Anime Hōdai
au Smart Pass Premium
Bandai Channel
d Anime Store
DMM TV
FOD Premium
GyaO!
Hulu
J:COM
milplus
music.jp
Niconico
TELASA
U-NEXT
Video Market
WOWOW
Key Animation:
Debris Sapporo (ep 2)
DR Movie (eps 3, 6)
P.A. Works (5-7,9,11; eps 1-3, 12)
Production GoodBook (eps 6, 12)
Shinomi Creative (ep 2)
Snowdrop (ep 10)
Studio BUS (ep 6)
Offline Editing: Jay Film
Online Editing: Good Job Tokyo
Photography:
10GAUGE (OP)
T2 Studio (ED; eps 1-12)
Production Cooperation:
DR Movie (ep 3)
Snowdrop (ep 10)
Studio BUS (ep 6)
Teddy (eps 4, 11)
Production Management:
DR Movie (ep 6)
Production GoodBook (ep 6)
Studio BUS (ep 6)
Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
Storyboard: 10GAUGE (OP)
VFX: 10GAUGE (OP)
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Shawn Gann
ADR Script:
Ben Phillips
Hayden Daviau (ep 7)
Matt Shipman (ep 2)

ADR Prep:
Brandon Peters
Christian Thorsen (eps 9-12)
ADR Script Supervisor: Emily Neves
Assistant ADR Director:
Michael Stimac
Sara Ragsdale
Assistant ADR Engineer:
Domonique French
Katie Saltkill
Seth Aulds
Lead ADR Engineer: Jamal Roberson
David Matranga as Rei Suwa
Emi Lo as Miri Unasaka
Landon McDonald as Kazuki Kusuru 

Austin Tindle as Kyūtarō Kugi
John Gremillion as Ryo Ogino
Kelsey Poppen as Anna Hanyū
Morgan Berry as Misaki Unasaka
Robert McCollum as Shigeki Suwa

Comona Lewin as
Nigo (ep 11)
Taiga's Father (ep 9)
Corey Pettit as Carol (ep 1)
Corinne Sudberg as Kotori (eps 4, 6)
Emi Lo as Yuzuko Kurusu
Erica Muse as
Ichigo (ep 11)
Rei Suwa (young)
Hollis Beck as Daycare Director (ep 4)
Hope Endrenyi as Karin Izumi (ep 7)
Katie Wetch as Kotori's Mother (ep 9)
Kelly Greenshield as
Cat (ep 1)
Chie (ep 1)
Hinata's Mother (ep 9)
Kelsey Poppen as Hayami's Wife (ep 1)
Kristin Payne as Taiga (ep 6)
Matthew David Rudd as Satoru Kaji (ep 8)
Rachel Glass as Hinata (eps 4, 6)
Rissa Mazzuca as Pumpy (eps 2, 5)
SuzAnne DeCarma as Taiga's Mother (ep 9)
Zac Loera as Robber (ep 6)

Ben Stegmair
Brandon Solis
Charles Nguyen
Cole Feuchter
Corey Pettit
Corinne Sudberg
Davon Oliver
Douglas Gill
Grant Paulsen
Hollis Beck
Jack Reeder
Jason Crawford Jordan
Lizzy Laurenti
Marianne Bray
Matthew Elkins
Nicholas Markgraf
Rachel Glass
Rissa Mazzuca
Ryan Seale
Spencer Liles
Van Barr Jr.
Veronica Laux
William Ofoegbu
English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll

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