S.A (TV)

Alternative title:
Special A
S・A~スペシャル・エー~ (Japanese)
S.A 特優生 (Chinese (Taiwan))
スペシャル・エー (Japanese)
Objectionable content:
Mild
Copyright notice:
©2008 Maki Minami • Hakusensha / Council of Hakusenkan Gakuen
Plot Summary:
Hikari Hanazono, the main character, has always been second to Kei Takishima. While Hikari considers Kei a rival and somewhat of a friend, Kei loves Hikari. Everyone knows this, but she is too dense to notice. Their wrestling loving fathers first introduced them to one another when they were 6 years old. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him. Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, a sporting event - anything. To do this she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money. Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position.
User Ratings:
1518 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
half hour per episode
Number of episodes:
24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2008-04-06 to 2008-09-14
2009-02-26 to 2009-03-31 (Philippines, Primetime Anime on TV5)
Release dates: We have 12
Opening Theme:
"Special Days" by Yuko Goto
#2: "Gorgeous 4U" by Jun Fukuyama, Hiro Shimono, Tsubasa Yonaga, Kazuma Horie (eps 13-)
Ending Theme:
"Hidamari no Gate (陽だまりのゲート)" by Jun Fukuyama, Hiro Shimono, Tsubasa Yonaga & Kazuma Horie
#2: "Special☆Gyutto Good luck! 「スペシャル☆ギュッとGood luck!」" by Yuko Goto, Hitomi Nabatame, Ayahi Takagaki (eps 13-)
Insert song:
"Hoshi no Nagareru Yoru ni (星の流れる夜に; On a Night the Stars Flow By)" by Ayahi Takagaki (ep 19)
Official website:
GONZO 作品一覧 -S・A~スペシャル・エー~- (Japanese)
S・A~スペシャル・エー~公式サイト (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
S.A Sub.DVD Collection 2 (Feb 15, 2010)
S.A Sub.DVD (Nov 23, 2009)
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Press Releases:
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DVD (Region 1) |
Special A (S.A) - Complete Collection (DVD) 2013-07-16 |
Special A (S.A) - Collection 1 (Sub.DVD) 2009-11-10 (from $15.00) |
Special A (S.A) - Collection 2 (Sub.DVD) 2010-01-26 (from $25.07) |
Special A (S.A) - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2011-04-05 (from $36.74) |
Director: Yoshikazu Miyao Series Composition: Jukki Hanada Screenplay: Atsuhiro Tomioka (eps 13-14) Chinatsu Hōjō (eps 15, 20) Jukki Hanada (5 episodes eps 1, 10, 18, 23-24 )Kenji Sugihara (5 episodes eps 5, 8, 11, 16, 21 )Michiko Itou (eps 3, 9) Natsue Yoguchi (eps 4, 6, 19) Yūko Kakihara (5 episodes eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 )Storyboard: Hiroyuki Ochi (ep 2) Michio Fukuda (eps 3, 8) Ryuichi Kimura (ep 7) Shigenori Kageyama (ep 6) Shōgo Kōmoto (ep 9) Takashi Iida (ep 10) Yoshikazu Miyao (OP,ED; ep 1) Episode Director: Hirokazu Yamada (eps 2, 8) Hirotaka Endo (ep 4) Naokatsu Tsuda (ep 10) Yoshihiko Iwata (ep 9) Yoshikazu Miyao (OP,ED; ep 1) Original creator: Maki Minami Character Design: Kiyotaka Nakahara Art Director: Ayumi Sugimoto Animation Director: Harumi Takagi (ep 7) Kenji Fukazawa (eps 3-4, 9) Kiyotaka Nakahara (OP; ep 1) Michio Satō (ep 10) ![]() Nobuyuki Kitashima (ep 7) Sawako Yamamoto (ep 6) Yuka Takemori (eps 3-4, 9) Yusuke Shimizu (ep 2) Sound Director: Satoki Iida Director of Photography: Nanae Hirabayashi Producer: Fumiki Yamazaki (Showgate) Hitoshi Kawamura Takashi Watanabe (Pony Canyon) Toshihisa Yoshii Yoko Kawahara Clean-Up Animation: Aiko Matsuyama (eps 1, 6-7) Megumi Koishikawa (eps 4, 9) Mika Onoda (eps 1-2, 6-7) Mitsuko Kanemori (eps 4, 9) Natsumi Watanabe (eps 2, 6.7) Sachiko Katayama (ep 6) Sachiko Shitsudo (eps 6-7) Sayuri Yanagi (eps 1-2, 6-7) Yasuko Katayama (eps 1, 7) Yuki Yoshioka (eps 1-2, 6-7) Yukie Iwazaki (eps 2, 6-7) Yuu Iuchi (eps 2, 6) Color design: Aiko Matsuyama Editing: Shota Migiyama In-Between Animation: Atsushi Tabe (eps 6-7, 10) Chie Hashimoto (eps 1, 3, 6) Hideaki Takahashi (ep 16) Hidenobu Takahashi (eps 23-24) Hidenori Takahashi (eps 7-8) Hiromi Imanaka (eps 1, 3) Isamu Suzuki (eps 1, 6-8) Kasumi Akihara (ep 1) Kazuhiro Nasu (eps 7-8) Kazumi Ishii (eps 1-2, 7, 10) Kimiko Uchimaru (eps 7-8, 10) Masaru Furushima (eps 7-8, 10) Miho Nagai (eps 1, 3, 6) Mihoko Ishihara (eps 7, 10) Miki Okahane (ep 6) Misa Matsuoka (eps 1, 6) Namie Akiba (7 episodes eps 1-3, 6-8, 10 )Rie Takaoka (eps 1, 3, 6) Ryosuke Oshima (eps 7-8) Shinya Endo (ep 1) Shousuke Miyashita (5 episodes eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 10 )Takeshi Ishikawa (7 episodes eps 1-3, 6-8, 10 )Takuya Maekawa (5 episodes eps 1-2, 6-7, 10 )Takuya Yokota (ep 7) Tetsuro Uetake (ep 6) Tomomi Kumata (eps 4, 9) Yoko Sonoda (eps 1-2, 6-8) Yū Suzuki (ep 2) Yukihiko Miwa (eps 2, 6, 8) Yūsuke Miyamoto (ep 7) Yuta Shiraishi (eps 4, 9) In-Between Check: Hiromi Imanaka (ep 6) Kazumi Ishii (ep 2) Yukihiko Miwa (eps 1, 7) Yūsuke Satō (eps 4, 9) Insert Song Performance: Ayahi Takagaki (ep 19) Key Animation: Akiko Matsuo (OP; ep 24) Atsuko Sugawara (ep 7) Atsushi Tabe (ep 10) Ayumu Hasegawa (ep 7) Chizuko Kusakabe (OP) Daisuke Agata (eps 3, 8) Eiji Abiko (OP) Eriko Uchiyama (ep 8) Harumi Takagi (ep 1) Hayato Hashiguchi (ep 1) Hideyasu Okamoto (eps 3, 6) Hiroshi Kajiyama (eps 1, 10) Hisashi Samejima (ep 6) Kazuki Shibata (ep 1) Kazuya Matsushita (ep 6) Kenji Fukazawa (eps 4, 9) Kenta Taniguchi (ep 6) Kiyotaka Nakahara (ED) Kōichi Hayami (eps 6, 8) Kōichi Takai (eps 3, 6, 8) Kyōhei Tezuka (ep 10) Machi Ichihara (5 episodes eps 1, 3, 6-7, 10 )Mami Masuda (ep 6) ![]() Manabu Shioda (eps 1, 3, 6, 8) Mariko Kubo (ep 2) Masaaki Yamano (eps 1, 7) Masahiro Kogure (OP) Mayumi Takeuchi (ep 2) Mayumi Yamamoto (ep 10) Megumi Tokuda (eps 2, 10) Misato Takasaki (ep 11) Mitsuhiro Okumura (ep 6) Nobuhiro Arai (ep 9) Noriko Takahashi (ep 6) Reiko Fujita (eps 3, 8) Rika Katō (eps 1, 3, 8) Rika Sugano (eps 4, 9) Ryoko Nakamura (ep 7) Satomi Kawashima (ep 10) Seiko Sakai (ep 3) Shigeyuki Ono (eps 2, 10) Shinobu Ookawa (ep 9) Shinya Kameyama (ep 2) Shō Yamamoto (ep 1) Shōta Ihata (eps 15, 21) Takayuki Chiba (eps 2, 7) Takuji Yoshimoto (ep 6) Takuya Tani (ep 3) Tetsuya Satō (ep 9) Tomokazu Sugimura (ep 10) Tomoko Hamanaka (ep 6) Tomomi Kumata (eps 4, 9) Tōru Yoshida (OP) Toshiyuki Yoshioka (ep 1) Tsuyoshi Tabe (ep 3) Wataru Sekimoto (ep 3) Yasuko Chiba (eps 4, 9) Yoshihiro Nakamura (ep 6) Yoshihiro Yoshioka (eps 3, 7) Yoshimichi Kameda (4 episodes eps 5, 10, 14, 17 )Yoshinobu Takahashi (ep 13) Yū Kobayashi (ep 10) Yuichi Akimoto (eps 2, 7) Yūichirō Yamada (eps 1, 7) Yuka Takemori (eps 4, 9) Yukihiko Miwa (eps 9-10) Yusuke Adachi (ep 3) Yusuke Shimizu (ep 1) Yuta Shiraishi (ep 4) Yutaka Matsuhara (ep 1) Key Animation Cooperation: Etsuko Tsunoda (ep 21) Music producer: Mariko Okamoto Production producer: Hisao Fuke Sound Editor: Ryota Miyabayashi Sound Mixing: Yuriko Kiyomoto Theme Song Performance: Ayahi Takagaki (OP/ED2) Hiro Shimono (ED) Jun Fukuyama (ED) Kazuma Horie (ED) Tsubasa Yonaga (ED) Yūko Gotō (OP) | Ayahi Takagaki as Hiro Shimono as Hitomi Nabatame as Jun Fukuyama as Kazuma Horie as Tsubasa Yonaga as Yūko Gotō as Kishō Taniyama as Atsuko Tanaka as Atsushi Imaruoka as Daisuke Matsuo as Hatsumi Takada as Hiroki Shimowada as Hiroshi Ōtake as Hitomi Nabatame as Kazuya Ichijō as Kei Shindō as Keisuke Fujii as Kōji Yusa as Megumi Ogata as Natsuko Kuwatani as Ryō Sugisaki as Sachie Abe as Yūdai Satō as Yūichi Ishigami as Yuuyu Nakajima as | |||
Broadcaster: Aichi Television Broadcasting (2008-04-11) AT-X (2008-04-14) Chiba Television (2008-04-06) Television Kanagawa (2008-04-07) Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2008-04-09) TV Osaka (2008-04-11) Clean-Up Animation: A-1 Pictures AIC Takarazuka Asahi Production Buyuu (ep 18) Chaos Project cube A motion D-COLORS Dōga Kōbō FAI International Fan Out Frontline ingresA M.S.J Musashino Production Rising Force Studio CATS Studio Gash Studio Gimlet Telecom Animation Film Triple A Wish Editing Studio: Sanyo VTC In-Between Animation: A-Line Actas AIC Digital AIC PLUS AIC PLUS+ AIC Spirits AIC Takarazuka Anime R Anime Spot Ark Tools Asahi Production Buyuu (eps 2, 16) cube A motion Daume Dex Entertainment diomedéa FAI International Fan Out Frontline GAINAX M.S.J Musashino Production Nomad OLM Pastel Rising Force SHAFT Studio Angle Studio Bambino Studio Cockpit Studio Gimlet Triple A ufotable Key Animation: A-Line (eps 14, 17) AIC Takarazuka (ep 5) Anime R (eps 11, 18, 22) FAI International (12 episodes eps 1-3, 8-16 even, 17-23 odd )Fan Out (ep 26) Frontline (ep 17) Seigasha (ep 15) Music Production: Pony Canyon Recording Studio: Studio Mausu Sound Production: Dax Production | ||||
ADR Director: Scott Gensch ADR Spotting: Josh Grelle DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes Media Coordinator: Janice Williams Mixing: Christopher Bourque Packaging Design: Larry Koteff Production manager: Joey Goubeaud Sound Design: Christopher Bourque Subtitle Timing: Andrew Ellis Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch | Andrew Love as Blake Shepard as Brittney Karbowski as Chris Patton as Kirby Brister as Luci Christian as Monica Rial as Clint Bickham as Brittney Karbowski as Hilary Haag as | |||
ADR Production: Seraphim Digital Distributor: Section23 Films DVD Production: Seraphim Digital Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks Subtitles: MX Media LLC Translation: JN Productions | ||||
(none) | Won-Hyeong Choi as Yun Seonghye as Gwak Yunsang as Hyeon-Wu Byeon as Hyun Ju Lee as Ju-Hyeon Im as Mi-Gyeong Ha as | |||
Broadcaster: Animax Korea | ||||
Adaptation: Raphael Penasa | Justine Hostekint as Pascal Gimenez as Dany Benedito as Marc Wilhelm as | |||
Broadcaster: Gong (from 4 January 2010) Distributor: Black Box Dubbing: PILON Studio Son Internet Streaming: Gong | ||||
(none) | Gabriel Ortiz as Polly Huerta as Carlos Siller as David Allende as Eduardo Garza as Gabo Juárez as Harumi Nishizawa as Héctor Ireta de Alba as Leslie Gil as Luis Navarro as Ricardo Bautista as Susana Moreno as Valentina Souza as | |||
Coordination: Roberta Poggio Dubbing Coordination: Orlando Leone Mixing: Massimo Parretti Post Production: Giovanni Petronaci | Gea Riva as Massimo Di Benedetto as Simone Lupinacci as Tania de Domenico as Anna Talamona as Arianna Talamona as Barbara Sirotti as Davide Fumagalli as Marco Benedetti as Omar Maestroni as Aldo Stella as Annalisa Longo as Diego Pitruzzella as Federico Viola as Marina Thovez as Maurizio Merluzzo as | |||
Distributor: Yamato Video Dubbing: Raflesia srl Internet Streaming: YouTube (Yamato Animation) Script: AB Libitum | ||||
(none) | Grace Cornel as Jefferson Utanes as Liza Dela Fuente as Raymond Narag as Louie Paraboles as | |||
(none) | Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Brazil) | |||
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(none) | Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd. | |||
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