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Pon no Michi (TV)

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Alternative title:
Le ragazze del Mahjong - Pon no Michi (Italian)
ぽんのみち (Japanese)
Themes: mahjong
Plot Summary: In Hiroshima Prefecture's Onomichi City, high school student Nashiko Jippensha was kicked out of her house. Without a place to play with her friends, she learns that the mahjong parlor that her father used to run is now vacant. She fixes the mahjong parlor and turns it into a place where she and her friends can have fun, cook, have tea, and sometimes play mahjong.
User Ratings: 50 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Very good: 10 votes (sub:9, raw:1)
 Good: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Decent: 6 votes (sub:6)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 73 users, rank: #6065 (of 10086)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.720 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8872, rank: #5207 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 6.666 (Good−), rank: #5297 (of 10248) (seen all: 7.06 / won't finish: 3.74)
Bayesian estimate: 6.833 (Good−), rank: #4281 (of 7715)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2024-01-05
Opening Theme:
"Ponpopopon" by Kana Nakada
Ending Theme:
"Good Luck Waker" by halca
News:
Pon no Michi Original Anime Gets 'Unofficial' Spinoff Manga (Jan 8, 2024)
Pon no Michi Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Opening Theme (Jan 1, 2024)
Pon no Michi TV Anime Reveals halca's Ending Theme in Video (Dec 15, 2023)
Pon no Michi TV Anime Reveals January 5 Debut, Character Video for Hanaeru (Dec 1, 2023)
Pon no Michi TV Anime Reveals New Visual, Nashiko Character Video (Oct 6, 2023)
Pon no Michi Original Anime's 1st Promo Video Previews Opening Theme Song (Sep 15, 2023)
Kana Nakada Performs Opening Theme Song for Pon no Michi Original Anime (Sep 7, 2023)
Pon no Michi Original Anime Reveals New Cast Member, Visual (Sep 1, 2023)
Pon no Michi Original Anime Gets Manga Adaptation (Aug 2, 2023)
Quintessential Quintuplets' Negi Haruba Designs Original Anime Pon no Michi (May 23, 2023)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tatsuma Minamikawa
Script: Tatsuma Minamikawa
Storyboard:
Kentaro Yamaguchi (eps 5, 9)
Pyeon-Gang Ho (OP)
Satoshi Shimizu (eps 2, 11-12)
Shinji Ushiro (ウシロシンジ; eps 3, 8)
Tatsuma Minamikawa (ep 1)
Tetsuya Kawaishi (eps 4, 7)
Tomoya Takahashi (髙橋知也; ep 10)
Yuu Takahashi (髙橋優; ep 6)
Episode Director:
Fumio Itō (Studio pistis; ep 8)
Kōji Fukazawa (ep 3)
Michita Shiraishi (ep 7)
Mitsutaka Noshitani (Magic Bus; ep 9)
Takeyuki Sadohara (ep 4)
Tatsuma Minamikawa (ep 12)
Tomoya Takahashi (髙橋知也; eps 2, 10)
Yūki Kakuhara (Magic Bus; ep 9)
Yuki Kusakabe (Magic Bus; ep 5)
Yuu Takahashi (髙橋優; eps 1, 6, 11)
Unit Director:
Noriyoshi Sasaki (ED)
Yuu Takahashi (OP)
Music:
hisakuni
Kanji Eguchi
Rico Ohashi
Shari
Takuma Sogi
Yūko Takahashi
Original Character Design: Negi Haruba
Character Design: Kenji Ōta
Art Director: Scott MacDonald
Chief Animation Director:
Chie Mishima (ED; eps 4, 8)
Kenji Ōta (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 10
)
Sou Katou (ep 12)
Yuki Nagano (ep 3)
Animation Director:
Kenji Ōta (ep 1)
Yuu Takahashi (髙橋優; ep 7)
Sound Director: Tsuyoshi Takahashi
Director of Photography: Miyabi Amada

2nd Key Animation:
Akiko Kashō (eps 1, 3, 6, 12)
Kanon D-dur (ED; ep 12)
Masami Koiwa (eps 1-3, 12)
Megumi Ueda (ep 12)
Nami Arimura (eps 10, 12)
Nur Atiqah Binti Abdul Razak (OLM Asia; ep 2)
Rei Aiyama (ep 6)
Ryōka Moriyama (ep 1)
Weng Yeong Lim (OLM Asia; ep 2)
Animation producer: Takashi Inoue
Color design: Emi Kadono
Editing: Yoshiaki Kimura
Finish Animation: Taisuke Utsumi (DEFA; eps 1, 4, 6)
In-Between Animation:
Kento Hattori (Ekakiya; eps 10, 12)
Mikana Suzuki (ep 5)
In-Between Check: Ayaka Kashiwagi (OP, ED; eps 2, 6)
Key Animation:
Akisa Eguchi (ep 1)
Ayaka Kashiwagi (ED; eps 1-2, 6, 10)
Azusa Okazaki (ep 1)
Daiki Watanabe (ep 1)
Emiko Kataoka (ep 7)
Haruko Higashida (eps 2, 6)
Hiroaki Shimizu (eps 6, 10)
Hiroyuki Hojo (ep 1)
Kenji Ōta (ep 1)
Kentaro Ueyama (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 8, 10
)
Kōji Fukazawa (ep 3)
Machiko Yoshida (ep 1)
Maki Hashimoto (ep 1)
Mari Toyota (ep 1)
Masashi Sato (ep 1)
Megumi Hotatsu (ep 1)
Naoki Sugiyama (ep 1)
Noriko Usui (ep 1)
Ryōka Moriyama (ep 2)
Saina Nishio (ep 2)
Sou Katou (ep 1)
Takeru Nakajima (ep 1)
Taki Nirei (ep 1)
Tomohito Matsuhiro (ep 1)
Tomoko Yamada (ep 1)
Yuka Nagata (eps 6, 10)
Yuki Nagano (ep 1)
Main Animator: Megumi Hotatsu
Production Advancement: Marina Nakano (ED; ep 11)
Production Desk: Masayuki Irisawa
Production Desk Assistant: Shinjirō Miyazaki (8 episodes
eps 2-5, 7, 9-11
)
Production manager: Yūki Okazaki
Setting Cooperation: Yuu Takahashi (髙橋優; eps 1-2, 6-7)
Setting Production: Marina Nakano
Theme Song Arrangement:
Masahiro Tobinai (OP)
Tomoya Kawasaki (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Masahiro Tobinai (OP)
Tomoya Kawasaki (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Junko Miyajima (ED)
Kōichi Ikekubo (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
halca (ED)
Hibiku Yamamura (as Pon no Michi All-Stars; OP)
Iori Saeki (as Pon no Michi All-Stars; OP)
Kana Nakada (OP)
Kaori Maeda (as Pon no Michi All-Stars; OP)
Shion Wakayama (as Pon no Michi All-Stars; OP)
Yui Kondō (as Pon no Michi All-Stars; OP)
Akio Ōtsuka as Chonbo
Iori Saeki as Pai Kawahigashi
Kaori Maeda as Nashiko Jippensha
Shion Wakayama as Izumi Tokutomi
Yui Kondō as Riche Hayashi

Hibiku Yamamura as Haneru Emi

Ayato Morinaga as Mahjong Player (ep 3)
Fumihiko Tachiki as Shoki (ep 9)
Hiroshi Watanabe as Mahjong Player (ep 3)
Hitoshi Bifu as Mahjong Player (ep 2)
Ikuto Kanemasa as Mahjong Player (ep 8)
Kakeru Hatano as Mahjong Player (ep 5)
Kana Nakada as Nana Tanaka (ep 7)
Kenta Hosoda as Mahjong Player (ep 5)
Kōji Seki as Furuta (ep 12)
Kujira as Beta (ep 9)
Maaya Uchida as Kazuki (Sparrow Soul) (ep 4)
Makoto Kaneko as Tsuchiya (ep 12)
Masafumi Kobatake as Mahjong Player (ep 8)
Masayuki Ohshita as Mahjong Player (ep 5)
Reina Ueda as Mysterious Girl (ep 12)
Shinya Takahashi as Mahjong Player (ep 8)
Sun Yue as
Electric Mahjong Table Voice (eps 1-2, 9, 11)
Nanako Tsuda (ep 7)
Takako Honda as Nashiko's mother (eps 1, 8)
Tetsu Inada as Soba (ep 9)
Yū Maeda as Mahjong Player (ep 2)
Yū Wakabayashi as Mahjong Player (ep 2)
Yūka Morishima as Twin Girls (ep 6)
Yūko Kobayashi as Mother of Springs (ep 3)
Yūna Mimura as Twin Girls (ep 6)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation: J.C. Staff (ep 10)
Animation Cooperation: Studio pistis (eps 8, 11)
Animation Production:
OLM (Team Inoue)
Music Production: SUPA LOVE
Production Committee:
AQUA ARIS
Bit Grooove Promotion
DMM.com
Good Smile Company
Kodansha
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Myrica Music
OLM
Sankyo
SUPA LOVE
Yostar
Production Cooperation:
Catfood Studio (Mahjong Soul)
Taiyo Giken Co., Ltd.
Yostar (Mahjong Soul)
Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
English cast
English staff
Translation: Lili Morita (ADN)

Proofreading: Mel Nishi (ADN; eps 2-12)
Spotting: Prisca Rydzinski (ADN)
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
bilibili (SEA)
YouTube (ADN outside Asia; It's Anime in SEA)
French staff
French cast
Translation: Camille Pické

Proofreading:
Magnouly Souvannavong (ep 1)
Sarah Courchay (eps 2-12)
Spotting: Prisca Rydzinski
(none)
French companies
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming: Anime Generation
Italian cast
(none)

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