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Junjō Romantica (TV)

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©2008 Shungiku NAKAMURA • KADOKAWASHOTEN/Romantica Club!!


Alternative title:
Junjou Romantica ~Pure Romance~
Pure Hearted Romance
Чистая романтика (Russian)
الرومانسية النقية (Arabic)
純情ロマンチカ (Japanese)
純情羅曼史 (Chinese (Taiwan))
순정 로맨티카 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Misaki is suddenly having some unexpected and odd problems. What started as a need for some college entrance exam tutoring has somehow led him to being romanced by a suave older man who also happens to be his big brother’s best friend. Confused by all of his brand new emotions, Misaki struggles to deal with his suddenly very odd life. And if that wasn’t enough, his suitor, Usami, has plenty of issues of his own. A man-child who decorates his room in giant teddy bears and toys, Usami is a famous novelist who also writes steamy boys’ love novels on the side. When Misaki cracks open one of these books and reads sentences like “Misaki licks every inch of Usami’s hot body”…well, let’s just say that all hell breaks loose.
User Ratings: 993 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 213 votes (sub:190, dub:14, ?:2, raw:1, others:6
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Excellent: 306 votes (sub:281, dub:15, raw:1, others:9
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 212 votes (sub:196, dub:6, raw:3, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Persian subtitled
)
 Good: 124 votes (sub:115, dub:6, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 61 votes (sub:60, dub:1)
 So-so: 25 votes (sub:22, dub:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:1, raw:1)
 Awful: 8 votes (sub:7, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2036 users, rank: #578 (of 10148)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.107 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.9127, rank: #493 (of 10319)
Weighted mean: 7.966 (Very good), rank: #672 (of 10319) (seen all: 8.16 / seen some: 7.05 / won't finish: 2.99)
Bayesian estimate: 7.960 (Very good), rank: #435 (of 7759)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2008-04-10 to 2008-06-26
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Kimi = Hana (君＝花)" by pigstar
Ending Theme:
"Baby Romantica (ベイビーロマンチカ)" by SCRIPT
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
Junjō Romantica DVD 1-3 (Aug 16, 2010)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Junjo Romantica - Season 1 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2017-07-11 (from $30.29)
DVD (Region 1)
    Junjō Romantica - Season 1 Collection [Litebox] (Sub.DVD) 2014-09-02 (from $22.49)
    Junjō Romantica (Sub.DVD 1-3) 2010-05-04 (from $5.70)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Rika Nakase
Script:
Michiko Yokote (eps 10-11)
Rika Nakase (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 12
)
Yoshiko Nakamura (eps 4, 6, 8-9)
Storyboard:
Chiaki Kon (OP, ED; ep 1)
Hidetoshi Namura (ep 10)
Hiroshi Kotaki (ep 12)
Kenji Setō (eps 2, 8)
Masaki Watanabe (eps 3, 11)
Ryōji Fujiwara (eps 5-7, 9)
Episode Director:
Chiaki Kon (ep 1)
Kenji Setō (eps 2, 8)
Kunitoshi Okajima (eps 5, 12)
Masaki Watanabe (ep 11)
Masanobu Jinbo (ep 7)
Shinji Kasai (eps 4, 10)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 3, 9)
Unit Director: Chiaki Kon (OP, ED)
Music: MOKA*
Original creator: Shungiku Nakamura
Character Design: Yōko Kikuchi
Art Director:
Junichi Higashi
Junko Shimizu
Animation Director: Yōko Kikuchi (OP, ED; ep 1)
Sound Director: Hozumi Gōda
Director of Photography: Akira Shimozaki
Executive producer:
Atsushi Itou
Hiroshi Yumoto
Manabu Harada
Nobuhiko Sakoh
Sumihiro Kamitamari
Producer:
Akira Yoshikawa
Eriko Aoki
Junka Kobayashi
Michiko Suzuki
Tsuneo Takechi

Animation producer: Nobumitsu Urasaki
Art Setting: Takeshi Takahashi
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Editing Assistant: Sayaka Mita
Key Animation:
Kikuko Sadakata (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Kōhei Yamazaki (eps 3, 9, 12)
Yasuyuki Tada (ep 11)
Music producer: Kazuyoshi Kawamura
Photography: Shinichi Igarashi
Planning: Takeshi Yasuda
Prop Design:
Akemi Kono
An Katsuragi
Recording Assistant: Hiroyuki Satō (佐藤寛之)
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Special Effects: Shōichi Uehara
Texture Design: Emi Akiba
Theme Song Performance:
pigstar (OP)
SCRIPT (ED)
Daisuke Kishio as Shinobu Takatsuki
Hikaru Hanada as Akihiko Usami
Kazuhiko Inoue as You Miyagi
Kentarō Itō as Hiroki Kamijō
Nobutoshi Canna as Nowaki Kusama
Takahiro Sakurai as Misaki Takahashi

Kishō Taniyama as Takahiro Takahashi
Noriko Namiki as Eri Aikawa
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Kaoru Asahina
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Ryuuichiro Isaka

Ai Hayasaka as
delivery clerk (ep 12)
girl (ep 7)
Shinobu's mother (ep 10)
shop clerk (ep 8)
Daisuke Matsuoka as old man (ep 3)
Daisuke Sasaki as
Dean (eps 10-11)
old man (ep 3)
Eiji Takemoto as professor (ep 6)
Eri Kitamura as Hiroki Kamijou (young)
Eriko Matsushima as Miyagi's mother (ep 10)
Gen Nakano as old man (ep 3)
Hiroka Nishizawa as Cleaning shop clerk (ep 5)
Hiroomi Sugino as Sensei's father (ep 11)
Isshin Chiba as Keiichi Sumi
Kei Shindō as teacher (ep 9)
Kenta Miyake as Tanaka (ep 9)
Kumiko Hashimoto as Kajiwara Manami
Mami Shitara as female student (ep 2)
Mayumi Asano as Risako Takatsuki (ep 11)
Miki Suga as
female student (eps 2, 5)
Kamijou's mother (ep 9)
Reiko Sasakawa as Sensei's mother (ep 11)
Rina Satō as Akihiko Usami (young)
Shintaro Nakano as man (ep 5)
Shinya Fukumatsu as old man (ep 3)
Shizuka Minamori as shop clerk (ep 8)
Sora Kuwakado as female student (ep 2)
Yuki Masuda as Sensei (eps 10-11)
Yuuko Nishihara as clerk in charge (ep 6)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Feng Xiong
Shoko Oono
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Producer: Kris Kleckner

Design: Greg Hillsman
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
YouTube
Licensed by:
Kadokawa Pictures USA (Expired)
The Right Stuf International
French staff
French companies
Translation: Amandine Martel
Executive producer: Anthony Graci
French cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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