Plus-Sized Elf (TV)
Alternative title:
Elf-san wa Yaserarenai. (Japanese)
Elfa XXL - La dieta impossibile (Italian)
エルフさんは痩せられない。 (Japanese)
Genres:
comedy
Plot Summary:
Naoe-kun, a massage therapist, is about to head home for the day when he's saddled with a rather strange patient. This lovely lady has emerald eyes, pointy ears, and grew up in the forest–everything about her screams “elf,” except for one thing: her bodacious body. It turns out she left her world but loves junk food in this one, and now her obsession has caught up with her. (from manga)
User Ratings:
45 ratings have been given [details]
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2024-07-06
Opening Theme:
"Fried Pride" (フライド☆プライド) by REAL AKIBA BOYZ loves Kasumi Taguchi＆ AiRyA from REAL AKIBA BAND
Ending Theme:
"Minna DE Diet" by Demo Tabe-tai
Official website:
TVアニメ「エルフさんは痩せられない。」公式サイト (Japanese)
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Director: Toshikatsu Tokoro Series Composition: Yūki Takabayashi Script: Yūki Takabayashi (eps 2-5, 7-12) Storyboard: Ryu Yajima (ep 5) Toshikatsu Tokoro (OP, ED; 6 episodes eps 2-3, 7, 9, 11-12 )Yoshihide Kuriyama (ep 10) Yūsuke Onoda (eps 4, 8) Unit Director: Ryu Yajima (eps 5, 10) Shigeki Awai (ep 7) Toshikatsu Tokoro (OP, ED; eps 2-3, 9, 12) Yūsuke Onoda (eps 4, 8, 11) Music: Cher Watanabe Original creator: Synecdoche Character Design: Katsuyuki Sato Art Director: Shinobu Takahashi Animation Director: Katsuyuki Sato (OP, ED) Kyung Seok Choi (eps 2, 11-12) Min Jung Lee (eps 3, 9) Qiang Sun (ep 10) Qki (ep 5) Seong Beom Kim (ep 7) Seung Hyeon Yun (ep 7) Shingo Nishimoto (OP; 8 episodes eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9-12 )Shinji Yamamoto (OP; eps 4, 8) Xiao Ming Wang (ep 10) Yong Sang Kwon (eps 2, 11-12) Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi Director of Photography: Yoshikazu Miyagawa Executive producer: Gō Nakanishi (King Records) Ryoko Fukunaga (Shine Partners) Takefumi Umezawa (Akita Shoten) Producer: Fumihiro Ozawa (The Klockworx Co.) Keishi Goto (Akita Shoten) Ryūji Ishizaka (WWWave Corporation) Takahiro Fujii (King Records) Takuro Yamada (Shine Partners) 2nd Key Animation: Dong dong Fan (eps 9-10, 12) Eun Ju Park (ep 7) Geon Mi Park (ep 7) Gun Go (eps 1, 12) Hu Li (eps 10, 12) Jae Hoon Choi (eps 1, 12) Jun Cao (eps 10, 12) KIM JUNG (ep 3) Kyung Mi Ham (ep 7) Kyung Seok Choi (ep 12) Liang Sun (eps 10, 12) Mi Ok Kim (ep 7) Min Jung Lee (ep 3) Qiang Sun (eps 9-10, 12) Seong Guk Choi (ep 3) Shao Feng Yin (eps 9-10, 12) Xiao Bo Qiu (eps 10, 12) Xiao Ming Wang (eps 9-10, 12) Yong Sang Kwon (ep 12) Animation producer: Jin Ishii (Elias) Associate producer: Hinako Watanabe (The Klockworx Co.) Kōta Tanaka (Akita Shoten) Miho Kikuchi (The Klockworx Co.) Takafumi Suzuki (King Records) Takahiro Kunifuta (WWWave Corporation) Background Art: Izumi Wada (Studio Arkansas; OP; eps 1-12) Shinji Katahira (Studio Arkansas; OP; eps 1-12) Shinobu Takahashi (Studio Arkansas; OP; eps 1-12) Choreography: Zoma Yaka Janai (REAL AKIBA BOYZ; OP) Color Check: Koichi Furukawa (7 episodes eps 1, 3, 6-7, 9-10, 12 )Shūichi Satō (eps 2, 4, 8, 11) Yang Weng (ep 5) Yukiko Ario (OP, ED) Color design: Yukiko Ario Color setting: Koichi Furukawa (7 episodes eps 1, 3, 6-7, 9-10, 12 )Shūichi Satō (eps 2, 4, 8, 11) Yang Weng (ep 5) Yukiko Ario (OP, ED) Digital Art: Bing Yun Xu (QREAZY; OP) Tong Li (QREAZY; ep 6) Zhao Qing Wang (QREAZY; OP) Zi Ting Lin (QREAZY; ep 6) Distribution: Wataru Ebata Editing: Keisuke Yanagi Finish Animation: Bi Rong Yan (Inner Mongolia Weiyi Technology Co.,; eps 7, 9-10, 12) Bing Ting Wang (Inner Mongolia Weiyi Technology Co.,; eps 7, 9-10, 12) Xiao Zong Chen (Inner Mongolia Weiyi Technology Co.,; eps 7, 9-10, 12) Yu Hua Yu (Inner Mongolia Weiyi Technology Co.,; eps 7, 9-10, 12) In-Between Animation: Gang Feng (Inner Mongolia Weiyi Technology Co.; eps 7, 9-10) Ning Zhang (Inner Mongolia Weiyi Technology Co.; eps 7, 9-10) Pan Zhao (Inner Mongolia Weiyi Technology Co.; eps 7, 9-10) Shan Cong Yong (Inner Mongolia Weiyi Technology Co.; eps 7, 9-10) Key Animation: Dong Hoon Lee (eps 7, 10, 12) Gun Go (eps 2, 6, 11) Hitoshi Handa (OP; eps 1, 4, 8) Jae Hoon Choi (eps 2, 6, 11) Jong Il Lee (eps 7, 10, 12) Jung Nam Kim (ep 11) Katsuyuki Sato (ED) Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 1) KIM JUNG (eps 3, 9) Kyung Seok Choi (eps 1-2, 6, 11) Min Jung Lee (eps 3, 9) Seong Guk Choi (eps 3, 9) Shinji Yamamoto (ep 4) Won Hoe Kim (OP) Xing Yi (eps 10, 12) Yan Song Xue (eps 10, 12) Yong Sang Kwon (eps 1-2, 6, 11) Yukiko Shimizu (ep 11) Yūya Sawaguchi (OP, ED; eps 1, 4, 8) Zhang Yi Huang (eps 10, 12) Marketing: Wataru Ebata Music producer: Junnosuke Sato (King Records) Online Editing Desk: Ryōhei Takeishi Online Editor: Akihiro Kanetaka (qooop; eps 1-12) Mikiya Konno (qooop; eps 1-8, 10-12) Shingo Ishikawa (qooop; ep 9) Original Work Cooperation: Hiroshi Umemoto Photography: Cheng Chen Zhao (Production CK; eps 2, 12) Hatsumi Okada (Production CK; eps 2, 12) Jin Yamanaka (Production CK; eps 2, 12) Kasumi Uebayashi (Production CK; eps 2, 12) Makoto Tōgō (Production CK; eps 2, 12) Takashi Tanigawa (Production CK; eps 2, 12) Tomoyo Anegawa (Production CK; eps 2, 12) Yoshikazu Miyagawa (Elias; ED; eps 1-12) Yūki Takeda (Production CK; eps 2, 12) Planning: Keizawa Iwamoto (Shine Partners) Norimasa Gotô (WWWave Corporation) Takashi Sawa (Akita Shoten) Takuya Matsushita (King Records) Tsuneo Takechi (The Klockworx Co.) Planning Cooperation: Hidenori Kojima (Quaras) Shigenobu Satō (Quaras) Tomoji Abe (Akita Shoten) Yuko Kimura (Akita Shoten) Yūto Itagaki (Quaras) Production Advancement: Akinosuke Kanazawa (ep 5) Chuu Furukawa (eps 4, 8) Jin Ishii (ED; ep 10) Jin Kirino (eps 1-2, 6, 12) Ryō Yoshihara (ep 11) Publicity Producer: Kyōsuke Ichikawa Recording Adjustment: Chihiro Matsuda Recording Assistant: Reina Taniguchi Sales Promotion: Hajime Yūki Setting Production: Jin Ishii (eps 2-5, 8-12) Sound Effects: Yuki Hayashi Theme Song Arrangement: DÉ DÉ MOUSE (as FM TOWNS; OP) Sasuke Haraguchi (as FM TOWNS; OP) Takt Mori (ED) Theme Song Composition: DÉ DÉ MOUSE (as FM TOWNS; OP) Sasuke Haraguchi (as FM TOWNS; OP) Takt Mori (ED) Theme Song Performance: Aino Shimada (as Demo Tabetai; ED) AiRyA (OP) Aya Uchida (as Demo Tabetai; ED) Ayaka Fukuhara (as Demo Tabetai; ED) Ayasa Itō (as Demo Tabetai; ED) Kaori Maeda (as Demo Tabetai; ED) Kasumi Taguchi (OP) Kotori Koiwai (as Demo Tabetai; ED) Madoka Asahina (as Demo Tabetai; ED) Mikoi Sasaki (as Demo Tabetai; ED) Miyu Kubota (as Demo Tabetai; ED) REAL AKIBA BOYZ (OP) Rena Hasegawa (as Demo Tabetai; ED) Sora Tokui (as Demo Tabetai; ED) Yuka Iguchi (as Demo Tabetai; ED) | Ayasa Itō as Takahide Ishii as Aino Shimada as Ayaka Fukuhara as Kaori Maeda as Kotori Koiwai as Madoka Asahina as Mikoi Sasaki as Miyu Kubota as Rena Hasegawa as Sora Tokui as Yuka Iguchi as Aya Uchida as Madoka Asahina as Saya Aizawa as Shizuka Ishigami as | |||
2nd Key Animation: Ani-G (ep 3) Dogwood (ep 11) Hikari no Sono Animation (ep 11) SPJ (ep 2) Studio Giga (eps 1-2, 11) 3D Cooperation: QREAZY (OP; ep 6) Animation Production: Elias Editing Studio: Yanagi Editing Room Finish Animation: Ani-G (ep 3) Dogwood (eps 5, 11) Hikari no Sono Animation (eps 4, 8, 11) Mabus Animation (ep 1) SPJ (eps 1-2, 6, 12) Studio Giga (OP, ED; eps 1-3, 6, 11) In-Between Animation: Ani-G (ep 3) Dogwood (eps 5, 11) Hikari no Sono Animation (eps 4, 8, 11) Mabus Animation (ep 1) SPJ (eps 1-2, 6, 12) Studio Giga (OP, ED; 6 episodes eps 1-3, 6, 11-12 )Music Production: King Records Online Editing: qooop Original Work Planning: Shine Partners Photography: Production CK (eps 2, 12) Production Cooperation: REGRIM (eps 3, 7, 9) Publicity Design: LUCK’A Inc. PV Production: Kitakaze to Taiyou Sound Production: Jinnan Studio Web Production: Essentia | ||||
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Distributor: Distribution Solutions (United States and Canada) Internet Streaming: HIDIVE Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks Production: Sentai Studios | ||||
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(none) | Distributor: DEEP (Dentsu Entertainment Eurasia Partners) Dubbing: DEEP Studio Internet Streaming: Kinopoisk (2024) | |||
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