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Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Stairway to Adulthood- (special)

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Alternative title:
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Otona e no Kaidan (Japanese)
かぐや様は告らせたい 大人への階段 (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, romance
Plot Summary: The vice-president, Kaguya Shinomiya, and the student council president, Miyuki Shirogane, met in the student council. After a long battle of wits, the two decide to start dating...
User Ratings: 28 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Very good: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
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 Good: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
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 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 34 users, rank: #7588 (of 10257)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.036 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.149, rank: #571 (of 10429)
Weighted mean: 8.164 (Very good), rank: #403 (of 10429) (seen all: 8.16)
Bayesian estimate: 7.957 (Very good), rank: #451 (of 7918)
Vintage: 2025-12-31
Opening Theme:
"Abunai Kioku" (アブナイキオク; Dangerous Memory) by Masayuki Suzuki feat. Aoi Koga
Ending Theme:
"Aka to Ao" (赤と青) by Aoi Koga
Review:
Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Stairway to Adulthood- OVA (Jan 3, 2026)
News:
Muse Asia Streams Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Stairway to Adulthood in India (Jan 5, 2026)
Crunchyroll Streams Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Special (Jan 1, 2026)
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Gets New Finale Film (Dec 31, 2025)
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Special Streams Opening Theme Song's Music Video (Dec 23, 2025)
Muse Asia Licenses Scum of the Brave, Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Anime (Dec 22, 2025)
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Special's New Video Unveils Opening Song, December 31 Debut (Dec 9, 2025)
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Manga Gets New TV Special (Jun 22, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Mamoru Hatakeyama
Music: Kei Haneoka
Original creator: Aka Akasaka
Character Design: Yūko Yahiro
Art Director: Risa Wakabayashi
Chief Animation Director:
Reina Iwasaki
Tetsuya Kawakami
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Cgi Director: Yuki Kuribayashi
Director of Photography: Kimiya Nobukawa

Art Setting: Kiya Hirayoshi
Color design: Kanako Hokari
Editing: Rie Matsubara
In-Between Animation:
Akira Nakayama (A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio) 
Ayumi Nakayama (A-1 Pictures)
Ayumu Ikegami (A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio)
Chiko Kawazoe (A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio)
Haruka Koseki (A-1 Pictures)
Photography: Kana Yamashita (A-1 Pictures)
Prop Design: Takayuki Kidou
Theme Song Performance:
Aoi Koga (OP; ED)
Masayuki Suzuki (OP)
2D Design: A-1 Pictures (eps 1-2)
2nd Key Animation:
A-1 Pictures (eps 1-2)
A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio (eps 1-2)
Nichi Studio (ep 2)
Animation Direction:
A-1 Pictures (ep 1)
White Line (ep 2)
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Art Design: A-1 Pictures
Art Direction: A-1 Pictures
Art Management: Nam Hai (eps 1-2)
Background Art:
A-1 Pictures (eps 1-2)
Nam Hai (eps 1-2)
Color Design: A-1 Pictures
Editing: Seyama Editing Room
Finish Animation:
A st. (ep 2)
A-1 Pictures (ep 1)
Assez Finaud Fabric. (ep 1)
Bird (eps 1-2)
CJT (ep 2)
CoMix Wave Films (ep 2)
Nam Hai (ep 2)
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud (ep 2)
Rakun Digital (ep 2)
SHAFT (ep 1)
Studio Blue (ep 1)
Studio BUS (eps 1-2)
Studio Elle (ep 2)
Studio Lings (ep 1)
Studio Road (ep 2)
Wish (eps 1-2)
Yumeta Company (ep 2)
In-Between Animation:
A st. (ep 1)
A-1 Pictures (eps 1-2)
A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio (ep 1)
A-Real (ep 2)
Asahi Production (ep 2)
BUG FILMS (ep 2)
CJT (ep 2)
CoMix Wave Films (ep 2)
CygamesPictures (ep 2)
EMT Squared (ep 2)
Geno Studio (ep 2)
Gift-o’-Animation (ep 2)
Graphinica (ep 2)
Jumondo (ep 2)
LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio (ep 2)
lolroute (ep 1)
Magic Bus Kyoto Studio (ep 1)
Makaria (ep 2)
Nam Hai (eps 1-2)
NUT (ep 2)
Okuruto Noboru (ep 1)
PINE JAM (ep 2)
project No.9 (ep 1)
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud (eps 1-2)
Rakun Digital (eps 1-2)
Sakura Create (ep 2)
Seven Arcs (ep 2)
SHAFT (ep 2)
Shin-Ei Animation (ep 2)
SILVER LINK. (ep 2)
St. Signpost (ep 1)
Studio Blue (ep 1)
Studio BUS (eps 1-2)
Studio KAI (ep 2)
Studio Lings (eps 1-2)
studio maf (ep 2)
Studio PaTHoS (eps 1-2)
SynergySP (ep 2)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 2)
Trigger (ep 2)
Wish (ep 2)
Yumeta Company (ep 1)
Zone (ep 1)
In-Between Management: Nam Hai (ep 2)
Key Animation:
A-1 Pictures (eps 1-2)
Nichi Studio (ep 2)
Online Editing: qooop (eps 1-2)
Paint Management: Nam Hai (ep 2)
Photography: A-1 Pictures (eps 1-2)
Photography Direction: A-1 Pictures
Storyboard: A-1 Pictures (ep 1)
Sub-Character Design: A-1 Pictures
Japanese cast
Aoi Koga as Kaguya Shinomiya
Makoto Furukawa as Miyuki Shirogane

Konomi Kohara as Chika Fujiwara
Miyu Tomita as Miko Iino
Ryōta Suzuki as Yū Ishigami
Sayumi Suzushiro as Kei Shirogane
Yumiri Hanamori as Ai Hayasaka
Yutaka Aoyama as Narrator

Kana Ichinose as Maki Shijo
Marika Kōno as Kozue Makihara
Mayuko Kazama as Water heater (ep 2)
Momo Asakura as Nagisa Kashiwagi
Seiichirō Yamashita as Mikado Shijo
Takehito Koyasu as Shirogane's father
Taku Yashiro as Tsubasa Tanuma
Yui Tsukada as Servant (ep 1)
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Spanish cast
(none)
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