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K-ON! (TV)

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[ adapted from K-ON! (manga) ]

Related anime:
    K-ON!! (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
K-ON!輕音部 (Chinese (Taiwan))
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 bassist, 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: 1499 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 287 votes (sub:247, dub:27, raw:3, edit.dub:2, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Excellent: 446 votes (sub:411, dub:13, raw:4, ?:1, others:17
7 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 379 votes (sub:338, dub:9, raw:5, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Eng:1, others:24
13 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 Korean subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 221 votes (sub:206, dub:7, raw:2, ?:2, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 73 votes (sub:66, raw:3, dub:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 30 votes (sub:28, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:14, dub:1)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:13, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Bad: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Awful: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 2314 users, rank: #282
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.133 (Very good+.13), std. dev.: 1.7429, rank: #369
Weighted mean: 8.077 (Very good+.07), rank: #332 (seen all: 8.20 / seen some: 7.39 / won't finish: 3.50)
Bayesian estimate: 8.074 (Very good+.07), rank: #205
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 14
Episode titles: We have 21
Vintage:
2009-04-02 to 2009-06-25
2010-03-16 (Animax Asia)
Releases: We have 8
Opening Theme:
"Cagayake! GIRLS (5-nin Ver.)" by Aki Toyosaki with Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou, Minako Kotobuki and Ayana Taketatsu (eps 9-13)
"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
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 18
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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 (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-13 odd, 14
)

Storyboard:
Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 10)
Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (eps 3, 8)
Naoko Yamada (ED; eps 1, 12-13)
Noriyuki Kitanohara (eps 2, 7, 13)
Taichi Ishidate (eps 4, 9, 14)
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, 14)
Tatsuya Ishihara (eps 6, 12/OP)
Touko Takao (eps 5, 11)
Original creator: kakifly
Character Design: Yukiko Horiguchi
Art Director: Seiki Tamura
Chief Animation Director: Yukiko Horiguchi
Animation Director:
Chiyoko Ueno (eps 5, 11)
Futoshi Nishiya (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Takahashi (ep 10)
Kazumi Ikeda (eps 6, 12)
Mariko Takahashi (eps 3, 8)
Seiichi Akitake (eps 4, 9, 14)
Yukiko Horiguchi (OP/ED; eps 1, 7, 13-14)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Rin Yamamoto
Animation producer: Eharu Oohashi
Assistant Animation Director:
Mariko Takahashi (ep 6)
Miku Kadowaki (ep 12)
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)
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 ("Maddy Candy"; ep 4)
Insert Song Composition:
Kunihiko Murai ("Tsubasa o Kudasai"; ep 1)
Shigeo Komori ("Maddy Candy"; ep 4)
Insert Song Lyrics:
KANATA ("Maddy Candy"; ep 4)
Michio Yamagami ("Tsubasa o Kudasai"; ep 1)
Key Animation:
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 Karata (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)
Noriyuki Kitanohara (OP; eps 10-12)
Rika Ōta (eps 4, 9)
Ryouhei Muta (OP+Eps. 3, 6, 8, 12)
Saeko Oofuji (ED + Eps. 5, 11)
Sayaka Ikeda (eps 2, 7, 11)
Seiichi Akitake (OP)
Shoko Ikeda (eps 7, 9)
Taichi Ishidate (ED+Eps. 1, 12)
Taiichi Ogawa (eps 5, 11)
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)
Yuichi Itou (OP+Eps. 2, 7, 11)
Yukako Nakagawa (ED + Eps. 5, 11)
Yukiko Horiguchi (eps 1, 7)
Yuugo Oohashi (ep 4)
Music Production: Shigeo Komori
Musical Instrument Design: Hiroyuki Takahashi
Production Assistant: Maya Fujino
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)
Ayana Taketatsu (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)
Chie Nakamura as Kawakami-san (ep 14)
Chihiro Tagaino as Nodoka's mother (ep 12)
Daichi Kanbara as First love (ep 5)
Eiji Maruyama as Butler Saitō (ep 10)
Eri Nakao as Maki (ep 14)
Eri Sendai as Aya (ep 14)
Hisafumi Oda as Clerk (ep 11)
Kengo Nishioka as Assistant (ep 14)
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, 12-14)
Student (ep 6)
Yu Shimamura as Student (ep 6)
Yui Shoji as Clerk (eps 1, 13)
Yuiko Tatsumi as Student (ep 8)
Yuka Nishigaki as Eri (ep 14)
Yukika Teramoto as Student (ep 9)
Yukiko Monden as Sayaka (ep 14)
Yūtarō Shimizu as Customer (ep 13)
Japanese companies 
Animation Assistance: Animation DO
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation
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)
Editing: Studio Gong
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
English staff 
English companies 
(none)
 
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
English cast 
Cristina Vee as Mio Akiyama
Stephanie Sheh as Yui Hirasawa
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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