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K-ON! (TV)

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[ adapted from K-ON! (manga) ]

Alternative title:
けいおん! (Japanese)
Themes: bishoujo, moe, music, school
Plot Summary: It's Yui Hirasawa's first year in high school, and she's eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bass player, are desperately trying to save the school's light music club, which is about to be disbanded due to lack of members. They manage to recruit Tsumugi Kotobuki to play the keyboard, meaning they only need one more member to get the club running again. Yui joins, thinking it will be an easy experience for her to play the castanets, the only instrument she knows. However, the other members think their new addition is actually a guitar prodigy...
User Ratings: 717 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 88 votes (sub:76, Spa.sub:2, Ger.sub:2, raw:2, edit.dub:1, Tag.edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Tag.dub:1, Tag.sub:1, dub:0)
 Excellent: 246 votes (sub:225, Spa.sub:7, dub:5, raw:2, Rus.sub:2, ?:1, Kor.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 197 votes (sub:179, Spa.sub:6, raw:4, dub:4, English:1, Rus.sub:1, Kor.sub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 100 votes (sub:91, raw:3, dub:3, Spa.sub:2, ?:1)
 Decent: 44 votes (sub:40, raw:3, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:18)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1219 users, rank: #493
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.9356 (Very good-.06), std. dev.: 1.8947, rank: #544
Weighted mean: 7.9521 (Very good-.04), rank: #395
Bayesian estimate: 7.94661 (Very good-.05), rank: #253
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2009-04-02 to 2009-06-25
Opening Theme:
"Cagayake! GIRLS" by Aki Toyosaki with Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki
Ending Theme:
"Don't say ''lazy''" by Yoko Hikasa with Aki Toyosaki, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki
Trivia: We have 13
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Naoko Yamada

Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida

Screenplay:
Jukki Hanada (eps 4-5,8,12)
Katsuhiko Muramoto (eps 3,6,10)
Reiko Yoshida (eps 1-2,7,9,11,13)

Storyboard:
Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 10)
Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (eps 3,8)
Naoko Yamada (eps 1,12-13/ED)
Noriyuki Kitanohara (eps 2,7,13)
Taichi Ishidate (eps 4,9)
Tatsuya Ishihara (eps 6,12/OP)
Touko Takao (eps 5,11)

Episode Director:
Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 10)
Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (eps 3,8)
Naoko Yamada (ep 1/ED)
Noriyuki Kitanohara (eps 2,7)
Taichi Ishidate (eps 4,9)
Tatsuya Ishihara (eps 6,12/OP)
Touko Takao (eps 5,11)

Music: Hajime Hyakkoku

Original creator: kakifly

Character Design: Yukiko Horiguchi

Art director: Seiki Tamura

Chief Animation Director: Yukiko Horiguchi

Animation director:
Chiyoko Ueno (ep 5,11)
Futoshi Nishiya (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Takahashi (Ep. 10)
Kazumi Ikeda (eps 6,12)
Mariko Takahashi (eps 3,8)
Saiichi Akitake (eps 4,9)
Yukiko Horiguchi (eps 1,7,13/OP/ED)

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Rin Yamamoto

Producer:
Naohiro Futono
Shinichi Nakamura
Yoko Hatta
Yoshihisa Nakayama

Advisor: Tatsuya Ishihara

Animation Check:
Emi Nakano
Kenji Murayama
Mie Kiyohara
Naoko Fujita

Animation producer: Eharu Oohashi

Assistant Animation Director:
Mariko Takahashi (ep 6)
Miku Kadowaki (ep 12)

Assistant producer: Maya Fujino

Background Art:
Harumi Ike
Hiroyuki Tsubaki
Jouji Unoguchi
Mikiko Watanabe
Miyuki Hiratoko
Mutsuo Shinohara
Naoki Hosokawa
Nozomi Ōishi
Sagako Itakura
Shingo Kasai
Shūhei Okude
Tomoki Hiraishi
Yoshikatsu Matsumoto
Yukiko Takeuchi

Color design: Akiyo Takeda

Finish Animation:
Asako Aisawa (Eps. 1, 5, 9)
Aya Toyosawa (Eps. 3, 7, 11)
Ayumi Yamamori (Eps. 1, 5, 9)
Chiyomi Koura (Eps. 3, 7, 11)
Emi Ebisu (Eps. 4, 8, 12)
Hitomi Imaizumi (Eps. 1, 5, 9)
Kana Kitao (Eps. 1, 5, 9)
Masumi Ichinose (Eps. 3, 7, 11)
Mayumi Nagayasu (Eps. 4, 8, 12)
Mayumi Taguchi (Eps. 2, 6, 10)
Mihoko Eda (Eps. 4, 8, 12)
Nanako Kitaoka (Eps. 2, 6, 10)
Rina Itō (Eps. 2, 6, 10)
Sachiko Sasaki (Ep. 10)
Shizuka Uno (Eps. 4, 8, 12)
Shōko Doi (Eps. 3, 7, 11)
Tomoko Shima (Eps. 3, 7, 11)
Yasumi Kawai (Eps. 2, 6, 10)
Yoshiko Kimura (Eps. 1, 5, 9)
Youko Shukuya (Eps. 4, 8, 12)
Yūka Yoneda (Eps. 1, 5, 9)
Yukie Tsuda (Eps. 2, 6, 10)
Yuusuke Ishihara (Eps. 3, 7, 11)

Finish Check:
Akiyo Takeda
Ayumi Shimoura
Kana Miyata
Rie Takagi

In-Between Animation:
Aika Aoki (Eps. 1, 6, 11)
Akiko Higaki (Eps. 2, 7, 12)
Aya Sato (Eps. 5, 10)
Ayaka Tada (Eps. 4, 9)
Hiroko Kuroda (Eps. 4, 9)
Jun'ichi Uda (Eps. 2, 7, 12)
Kaori Furukawa (Eps. 3, 8)
Kazuhiko Horikawa (Eps. 3, 8)
Kenji Murayama (Eps. 1, 6, 11)
Kiyoka Negi (Eps. 2, 7, 12)
Kumi Kuroda (Eps. 2, 7, 12)
Kyōhei Andō (Eps. 3, 8)
Maiko Nishioka (Eps. 2, 7, 12)
Maiko Tanigami (Eps. 1, 6, 11)
Maki Inoue (Eps. 3, 8)
Manami Natsumeda (Eps. 4, 9)
Mariko Tsutsumi (Eps. 5, 10)
Masaki Teranishi (Eps. 5, 10)
Mie Kiyohara (Ep. 4)
Minako Usugi (Eps. 1, 6, 11)
Minoru Ōta (Eps. 3, 8)
Miyuki Egami (Eps. 4, 9)
Motoki Matsumura (Eps. 1, 6, 11)
Nami Iwasaki (Eps. 5, 10)
Naoko Fujita (Eps. 2, 12)
Noriko Kashihara (Eps. 4, 9)
Shinpei Sawa (Eps. 5, 10)
Youhei Kawasaki (Eps. 1, 6, 11)
Yuichi Watanabe (Eps. 2, 7, 12)
Yumi Fujii (Eps. 3, 8)
Yumi Oohashi (Eps. 2, 7, 12)
Yumi Ookawa (Eps. 4, 9)
Yumiko Hashi (Eps. 5, 10)

Insert Song Arrangement: Shigeo Komori (ep 4, "Maddy Candy")

Insert Song Composition:
Kunihiko Murai (ep 1, "Tsubasa o Kudasai")
Shigeo Komori (ep 4, "Maddy Candy")

Insert Song Lyrics:
KANATA (ep 4, "Maddy Candy")
Michio Yamagami (ep 1, "Tsubasa o Kudasai")

Key Animation:
Akiko Ikeda (Ep. 9)
Akiyoshi Shibafuji (Ep. 10)
Atsushi Saito (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11)
Chise Kamoi (OP+Ep. 10)
Chiyoko Ueno (ED + Eps. 5, 6, 11)
Eisaku Kawanami (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12)
Emiko Nakano (ED + Eps. 4, 9)
Fumie Okano (ED + Eps. 4, 9)
Fumio Tada (Eps. 10, 12)
Fumiyasu Kodaka (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11)
Futoshi Nishiya (Ep. 2)
Hana Hosoda (OP+Ep. 10)
Hira Kashiwagi (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12)
Hiroko Utsumi (OP + Ep. 1, 6)
Hiroshi Karada (OP+Ep. 10)
Hiroyuki Takahashi (OP + Eps. 6, 10)
Jun Nakagawa (Eps. 5, 11)
Kayo Hikiyama (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12)
Kazumi Ikeda (Eps. 1, 12)
Kazuya Sakamoto (ED+Eps. 10, 12)
Kō Kaneshige (Eps. 2, 5, 7)
Kozue Yoshida (Ep. 5)
Kunihiro Hane (OP+Ep. 10)
Mariko Takahashi (Eps. 1, 3, 8)
Masato Fukushima (Eps. 2, 7, 11)
Masatoshi Tsuji (ED + Eps. 4, 9)
Masaya Makita (OP + Ep. 1, 6, 8, 12)
Midori Nonogami (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12)
Miku Kadowaki (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12)
Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (Eps. 6, 8, 12)
Nao Naitō (ED + Eps. 4, 9)
Naoko Yamada (ED+Ep. 12)
Natsumi Tada (ED + Eps. 5, 11)
Nobuaki Maruki (ED + Eps. 4, 9)
rafael jolo g soriano (1-13+op-ed)
Rika Ōta (Eps. 4, 9)
Ryouhei Muta (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12)
Saeko Oofuji (ED + Eps. 5, 11)
Saiichi Akitake (OP)
Sayaka Ikeda (Eps. 2, 7, 11)
Taichi Ishidate (ED+Eps. 1, 12)
Taiichi Ogawa (Eps. 5, 11)
Takamasa Kitanohara (OP+Eps. 10-12)
Takuya Yamamura (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12)
Tatsuya Ishihara (Ep. 12)
Tatsuya Satou (OP+Eps. 1, 3, 6, 8, 12)
Teruyoshi Shidou (OP)
Toshie Sezaki (OP+Eps. 2, 7)
Touko Takao (ED+Ep. 11)
Yasuhiro Takemoto (Ep. 10)
Yoshiaki Urata (ED + Ep. 5)
Yoshinori Urata (Ep. 11)
Yūgo Mizutani (OP+Ep. 10)
Yukako Nakagawa (ED + Eps. 5, 11)
Yukiko Horiguchi (Eps. 1, 7)
Yuugo Oohashi (Ep. 4)
Yuuichi Ito (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11)

Music producer: Shigeo Komori

Musical Instrument Design: Hiroyuki Takahashi

Photography:
Hiroki Ueda
Kazuya Takao
Kōhei Funamoto
Natsumi Hamada
Norihiro Tomiita
Rin Yamamoto
Ryuuta Nakagami
Shin'ya Tomofuji
Tetsuro Umezu
Yoshiko Tanaka
Yuji Shibata

Production manager:
Ikuna Ōhashi (Eps. 2, 7)
Keisuke Yokota (Eps. 3, 6, 8)
Kunitaka Maeda (Eps. 1, 5, 11)
Shin'ichirou Hatta (Ep. 10)
Sōta Kawano (Eps. 4, 9)

Special Effects: Rina Miura

Theme Song Arrangement:
Shigeo Komori (ED)
Tom-H@ck (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
Hiroyuki Maezawa (ED)
Tom-H@ck (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics: Shoko Omori (OP/ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Aki Toyosaki (OP/ED)
Minako Kotobuki (OP/ED)
Satomi Satou (OP/ED)
Yōko Hikasa (OP/ED)

 

Aki Toyosaki as Yui Hirasawa

Minako Kotobuki as Tsumugi Kotobuki

Satomi Satou as Ritsu Tainaka

Yōko Hikasa as Mio Akiyama

Asami Sanada as Sawako Yamanaka

Ayana Taketatsu as Azusa Nakano

Chika Fujitō as Nodoka Manabe

Madoka Yonezawa as Ui Hirasawa

Aiko Ōkubo as Teacher (ep 1)

Aki Kanada as Satoshi's friend (ep 13)

Asuka Horiguchi as Student (ep 8)

Asuka Nishi as Student (ep 1)

Asumi Kodama as Student council president (ep 11)

Chiaki Kanou as Person in charge (ep 2)

Chihiro Tagaino as Nodoka's mother (ep 12)

Daichi Kanbara as First love (ep 5)

Eiji Maruyama as Butler Saitō (ep 10)

Hisafumi Oda as Clerk (ep 11)

Kentarou Tone as Teacher (ep 5)

Kiyohito Yoshikai as Customer (ep 6)

Kokoro Kikuchi as Student (ep 8)

Mai Goto as Student (ep 6)

Mami Fujita as Student (ep 9)

Miho Miyagawa as Teacher (ep 3)

Mika Itou as Satoshi Tainaka (ep 13)

Riki Kitazawa as Yui's father (ep 7)

Rio Natsuki as Yui's mother (ep 7)

Shinnosuke Tachibana as Clerk (ep 11)

Takashi Mito as Scary person (ep 1)

Tomoaki Maeno as Clerk (eps 2,11)

Tomoko Nakamura as Student (ep 6)

Yasuaki Takumi as Garbage collection voice (ep 12)

Yoriko Nagata as
Jun Suzuki (eps 8,12-13)
Student (ep 6)

Yu Shimamura as Student (ep 6)

Yui Shoji as Clerk (eps 1,13)

Yuiko Tatsumi as Student (ep 8)

Yukika Teramoto as Student (ep 9)

Yūtarō Shimizu as Customer (ep 13)

Japanese companies 

Animation Assistance: Animation DO

Animation Production: Kyoto Animation

Backgrounds:
Anime Workshop Basara
Headworks

Broadcaster:
BS-i (2009-04-25)
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd (2009-04-16)
HBC (2009-04-16)
MBS (2009-04-09)
RCC Chugoku Broadcasting (2009-04-17)
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting (2009-04-18)
SBS (2009-04-22)
TBC (2009-04-16)
TBS (2009-04-02)

Finish Animation: Studio Blue

In-Between Animation: Studio Blue

Music Production: Pony Canyon

Production: TBS

Production Cooperation:
Kyoto Animation
MOVIC
Pony Canyon

Recording Studio: studio2010:

Sound Production: Rakuonsha

 
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