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Director: Tatsuya Igarashi Series Composition: Yūko Kakihara Script:Ayumu Hisao (10 episodeseps 3, 8, 14, 18, 24, 30, 35, 39, 45, 49)Keiichirō Ōchi (12 episodeseps 4, 6, 11, 15, 20, 26-27, 32, 37, 40, 46, 50)Konomi Shugo (5 episodeseps 12, 22, 29, 36, 43)Misuzu Chiba (4 episodeseps 2, 7, 13, 19)Takahiko Kyōgoku (ep 23)Yoshimi Narita (eps 34, 44, 48)Yūko Kakihara (8 episodeseps 1, 9, 16, 21, 28, 31, 38, 42)Yuuichi Nomura (7 episodeseps 5, 10, 17, 25, 33, 41, 47) Storyboard:Daisuke Nakajima (ep 13)Hirokazu Hisayuki (6 episodeseps 2, 15, 19, 25, 30, 35)Ka Hee Im (4 episodeseps 10, 27, 39, 48)Katsuya Oshima (ep 43)Kazunobu Fuseki (eps 3, 8)Kei Umabiki (ep 31)Kiyoko Sayama (5 episodeseps 9, 16, 28, 34, 42)Marie Tagashira (ep 11)Masami Shimoda (eps 22, 38)Megumi Yamamoto (eps 21, 33)Mitsuhiro Yoneda (eps 7, 17)Mitsuto Yamaji (eps 26, 46)Ryuichi Kimura (ep 37)Shun Daichi (eps 20, 29)Takahiko Kyōgoku (4 episodeseps 4, 23, 36, 44)Tatsuya Igarashi (eps 1-3, 8, 38)Toshiyuki Fujisawa (eps 6, 12, 18)Yasuaki Fujii (ep 47)Yasunao Aoki (6 episodeseps 5, 14, 24, 32, 41, 50) Episode Director:Daisuke Nakajima (ep 13)Ka Hee Im (4 episodeseps 10, 27, 39, 48)Katsuya Oshima (ep 43)Kohei Kuratomi (9 episodeseps 4, 12, 14, 22, 29, 34, 37, 41, 49)Megumi Yamamoto (6 episodeseps 3, 11, 21, 33, 40, 47)Mitsuhiro Yoneda (eps 7, 17)Mitsuto Yamaji (6 episodeseps 6, 18, 26, 32, 38, 46)Moe Suzuki (4 episodeseps 15, 24, 30, 35)Noriko Hashimoto (ep 2)Osamu Sekita (ep 12)Takahiko Kyōgoku (eps 8, 23)Takahiro Hasui (4 episodeseps 20, 28, 36, 44)Yasuaki Fujii (eps 1, 9, 19)Yohei Shindo (ep 45)Yoshinobu Tokumoto (6 episodeseps 5, 16, 25, 31, 42, 50) Character Design: Satomi Watabe Animation Director:Akira Takahashi (9 episodeseps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34)Risa Miyadani (ep 59)Takuro Shinbo (4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Tatsuya Akitsu (4 episodeseps 15, 23, 31, 40) Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta 2nd Key Animation:Asami Shimizu (Team Harada; eps 47, 50, 58)Daisuke Takafuji (Nakamura Production; ep 59)Eri Ōba (Team Harada; eps 47, 50)Hidechika Midorikawa (8 episodeseps 5, 7-8, 13, 17, 20, 23, 31)Kaori Komai (Team Harada; eps 47, 58)Mineko Satō (Nakamura Production; ep 59)Naoki Motoyama (Nakamura Production; ep 35)Naoko Tanaka (Nakamura Production; ep 35)Sō Ikuyama (Nakamura Production; ep 59)Somsak Mahamongkol (Team Harada; ep 37) Background Art:Hironori IshikawaKeiko MakinoKyoko KitanoTaketo Gonpei (Imagnet; 4 episodeseps 4, 8, 12, 16)Yoshimi Sakai (Tezuka Productions) CG Producer: Kiichiro Inoue Finish Animation:Naoto Seki (Studio Elle; 4 episodeseps 23, 39, 44, 47)Ryō Taba (Wish; eps 1, 35) In-Between Animation:Airi Sakai (PINE JAM; ep 19)Akihiro Satō (ep 40)Akihisa KatōAkiyoshi Fukunaga (Nakamura Production)Aoi YamaguchiAyaka Aoki (Makaria)Hidechika Midorikawa (ep 5)Hikaru YamaguchiHiroki Koga (Nakamura Production)Hiroko Yoshida (Nakamura Production)Kaoru Kikuta (Nakamura Production)Kazuki Chiba (ep 40)Keiko Abu (eps 1, 23)Kotono IwaiMakoto NakamuraMisaki Suzuki (Nakamura Production)Ryōnosuke Kuroki (eps 39-40)Ryuuji Iwabuchi (Nakamura Production)Saori KogaShihomi Nara (Nakamura Production)Shunpei Gun'yasu (ep 40)Shuta Sato (PINE JAM)Tetsuya Sakurai (ep 40)Yūki SoneYusuke Matsui (Nakamura Production) In-Between Check: Hidechika Midorikawa (eps 8, 16) Key Animation:Akemi Roppongi (ep 3)Akiko Higaki (ep 29)Ako Nakazawa (9 episodeseps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34)Atsuki Shimizu (OP1)Daisuke Satō (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)Emi Kojima (ep 3)Hayato Hashiguchi (eps 2-3)Hideaki Tsukioka (ep 3)Hidechika Midorikawa (ep 16)Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Production; 4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Hideo Maru (ep 8)Hirofumi Masuda (OP2)Hirokazu Hayami (ep 12)Hiromi Kurosawa (Nakamura Production; 4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Hironori Tanaka (OP1)Hiroya Iijima (OP2)Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 28)Hiroyuki Terada (ep 12)Jikō Abe (OP2)Junko Matsushita (ep 12)Kana Nishijima (OP1)Kaori Endō (9 episodeseps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34)Kasumi Sakai (ep 1)Katsunori Enokimoto (9 episodeseps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34)Kazuhiro Itakura (eps 8, 32)Kazuhiro Ono (ep 8)Kazuya Saitō (OP2; eps 7, 19, 28)Kazuyuki Ikai (eps 28, 48)Keiko Ichihara (ep 1)Keiko Matsumoto (ep 29)Kenji Fukazawa (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 32)Koichi Kikuta (OP2)Kōji Ogawa (OP1; eps 1, 3)Konomi Satō (ep 7)Kyōko Yoshimi (ep 1)Manabu Katayama (ep 1)Manabu Nii (OP1-2)Manato Onishi (Makaria; ep 74)Mariko Kawamoto (ep 1)Masahiko Itojima (OP1)Masahiro Kase (ep 29)Masahito Onoda (OP1)Michitaka Kikuchi (ep 29)Mitsuhiro Yoneda (OP2)Miyachi (ep 25)Muneaki Nitta (ep 3)Naomi Utsuno (Nakamura Production; 4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Reiko Saito (ep 8)Rie Ōtani (eps 1, 3)Rika Kanno (Studio Cosmo; 4 episodeseps 8, 24, 28, 32)Risa Miyadani (eps 32, 59)Saina Nishio (Nakamura Production; eps 35, 43, 52)Saki Tanaka (ep 3)Sanae Shimotani (ep 3)Satomi Watabe (OP1; eps 2-3)Satoshi Horisawa (ep 1)Shingo Fujisaki (ep 24)Shinsuke Kasahara (Nakamura Production; 4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Shinya Kameyama (ep 3)Shinya Nogami (ep 3)Shiori Fujisawa (ep 3)Shirō Tamaki (eps 3, 32)Shoichiro Nishimi (ep 8)Shuko Okutani (OP1; ep 2)Shūto Yamamoto (OP1)Taeko Mitsuhashi (eps 3, 24, 33)Takafumi Hino (OP2; ep 1)Takahiro Ōkawa (eps 2, 24)Takashi Yoshiyama (ep 3)Takeshi Morita (OP1-2; eps 2-3, 32, 59)Takumi Inagaki (ep 12)Takuro Shinbo (Nakamura Production; 4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Takuya Miyahara (OP1-2; ep 3)Tatsunori Ozawa (ep 8)Tatsuo Nakajima (Nakamura Production; 4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Tatsuya Akitsu (OP1; eps 15, 23, 31)Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 12)Tomoe Kikuchi (Nakamura Production; 4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Tomomi Kumata (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)Tomomi Noda (ep 1)Tomoyuki Tajima (Nakamura Production; 4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Tōru Yoshida (ep 29)Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production; ep 35)Wakako Yoshida (ep 3)Yasuaki Aoki (ep 8)Yasuko Chiba (Studio Cosmo; 4 episodeseps 8, 24, 28, 32)Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 3)Yayoi Komiyama (9 episodeseps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34)Yōko Shirai (OP2; ep 3)Yoshiaki Wada (9 episodeseps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34)Yoshihiro Tanaka (ep 12)Yoshinori Fujii (9 episodeseps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34)Yoshitaka Sato (ep 32)Yuka Takemori (Studio Cosmo; 4 episodeseps 8, 24, 28, 32)Yukie Suzuki (ep 8)Yukio Okano (4 episodeseps 1, 3, 24, 32)Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; 4 episodeseps 35, 43, 52, 59)Yuri Saitō (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32) Production Advancement: Minami Katsurahata (ep 12) Setting Production: Saaya Sawada Supervision: Ryuichi Kimura Theme Song Performance:Akane Matsunaga (OP1)Ayaka Ōhashi (ED1)Azusa Tadokoro (ED1)Ibuki Kido (OP1)		Akane Matsunaga as Aine Yūki Emiri Suyama as Sakuya Shirayuri Ibuki Kido as Mio Minato Yūki Kuwahara as Kaguya Shirayuri Aya Saitō as Yoshitsune Yuki Ayaka Ōhashi as Mirai Asuka Azusa Tadokoro as Karen Kamishiro Daisuke Hirakawa as Ken Mayuzumi Haruki Ishiya as Kazune Yuki Karen Miyama as Maika Chōno Mai Nakahara as Tamaki Enjouji Makoto Yasumura as Masamune YukiPenne Misako Tomioka as Inoue Iroha Rina Satō as Chiharu Hachiya Sanae Fuku as Suzune Yuki Sumire Morohoshi as Koko Takako Tanaka as Himari Hirata Yui Ninomiya as Ema Hinata Yuki Masuda as Nene Yuki Yūki Takada as Momone Yuki Aimi Tanaka as Marin Manami (6 episodeseps 21, 26-27, 33, 36, 38) Akari Kitō as Female Staff (ep 30)Kazune Yuki (Young; ep 16)Rinna Shinkai (6 episodeseps 21, 26-27, 33, 36, 38) Aki Nakajima as Editor (eps 3, 42) Amane Makino as High School Fan (ep 19) Anna Mugiho as Sugar (ep 48) Aoi Koga as Idol (ep 5) Ayaka Asai as Mamiko Habara (ep 45) Azusa Satō as Fan (ep 43) Eimi Okada as Designer (ep 4) Emiko Takeuchi as Clerk (ep 4) Erina Sato as Fan (ep 22) Haruka Itou as Eru Ayukawa (eps 27, 32, 37) Hazuki Hoshino as Customer (ep 12) Hirosato Amano as Father (ep 10) Hiroshi Naka as Oniemon Gankoyama (ep 25) Hiyori Kono as High School Fan (ep 19) Ikumi Hasegawa as High School Girl (ep 15) Junichi Suwabe as Kenshirou Chouno (eps 23, 44) Juri Nagatsuma as Child (ep 35) Kana Ichinose as Chihori Kumano (eps 27, 32, 37) Kei Hayami as Owner of the Cat House (ep 48) Kei Kinoshita as Dancer (ep 34)Staff (ep 23) Kenshō Ono as Maito Chouno (eps 23, 44) Kentarō Tone as Sound Director (ep 30) Kōsuke Toriumi as Mushirou Haryuu (8 episodeseps 22, 24, 26-27, 30, 34, 40, 46) Kunpei Sakamoto as Director Minamino (eps 7, 23, 29) Live Mukai as Customer (ep 12) Maiko Nomura as Michi (ep 46) Makoto Yasumura as Picture (eps 3-5, 11) Masaaki Ihara as Judge (ep 33) Masamichi Kitada as Staff (ep 5) Mei Shibata as Girl (ep 10)Heren Henmi (eps 13, 32)Idol (ep 17)Passerby (ep 40)Tsukasa Tsukino (7 episodeseps 15, 18, 20, 23, 31, 36, 49) Minami Iinuma as Idol (ep 5) Misako Tomioka as Child (eps 35, 45)Customer (ep 12)Fan (4 episodeseps 13, 18, 22, 46)Guest (ep 48)Idol (eps 5, 17)Nako Ebihara (5 episodeseps 4, 11, 26-27, 32)Receptionist (ep 24)Student (eps 23, 44) Mitsuki Nakae as Emiri Esaka (eps 13, 32)Fan (eps 19, 42-43)Girl (eps 10, 44)Judge (ep 18)MC (ep 3)Mother (ep 9)Receptionist (ep 4) Mitsuki Saiga as Noa Shimendou (eps 23, 34) Nanako Mori as Kagami Noto (4 episodeseps 21, 28, 36, 44) Natsuki Aikawa as Female Reporter (ep 28)Greengrocer's Sister (eps 15, 42)Reporter (ep 29)Wife (ep 5) Nene Hieda as Mika Shishimaru (eps 27, 33) Reiō Tsuchida as Staff (ep 1) Risa Kubota as Fan (eps 19, 43) Risa Sekiguchi as Fan (ep 29)Fan #22 Risa Tsumugi as Yuzuki Yukimura (5 episodeseps 12, 15, 20, 23, 36) Risa Watanabe as Mika (ep 46) Risae Matsuda as Neru Nerima (ep 2) Sanae Fuku as Student (ep 44) Satoru Murakami as Kuroko (ep 44)Staff (eps 2, 5, 8)Television Crew (ep 18) Satsuki Miyahara as Passerby (ep 40)Shiina Yamahara (eps 27, 33) Shinya Takahashi as Announcement (eps 23, 25)Announcer (ep 45)Announcer Masuda (7 episodeseps 35, 39-42, 47, 49)Assistant Director Kakuta (ep 7)Dancer (ep 34)Director (eps 2, 10)Director Tsunoda (ep 29)Fan (ep 9)Floor Director (ep 13)Interviewer (ep 5)Judge (eps 32-33)Male Staff (ep 38)Man (ep 44)MC (ep 30)Photographer (ep 1)Program MC (eps 8, 15)Staff (7 episodeseps 3, 6, 17-19, 22, 24) Shō Okumura as Kawano (ep 46)Male Staff (ep 25) Shotaro Uzawa as Judge (ep 17)Photographer (ep 18)Staff (eps 15, 23, 34) Takahiro Miwa as Director (ep 24) Takaki Ōtomari as Director (ep 17) Takako Tanaka as Children (eps 4, 35, 45)Fan (4 episodeseps 18, 22, 29, 46)Girl (eps 6, 10)High School Girl (ep 8)Kanata Kazami (eps 17, 26, 32)Student (ep 44) Takashi Onozuka as Monsieur Zac Balun (eps 8, 25, 44) Takeaki Masuyama as Photographer (ep 3) Takeo Ōtsuka as Fan (ep 19) Takuma Inoue as Dancer (ep 34) Takuma Sasaki as Manager (ep 10)Staff (ep 6) Tasuku Kida as Staff (eps 1-2) Tomohiro Ōmachi as Staff (eps 5, 22) Tomokazu Sugita as Osamu Minato (ep 43) Tomomi Tanaka as High School Girl (ep 15)Niko Nishino (eps 26-27, 32) Tomoyo Takayanagi as Idol (ep 5)Nonoha Nonomura (7 episodeseps 12, 15, 20, 23, 31, 36, 49)Villager of Nonowa (ep 18) Tōru Sakurai as Kawano (eps 13, 46) Yū Wakui as Urara Utagawa (ep 19) Yuka Amemiya as Eri (ep 1) Yūki Shin as Fan (ep 9)Male Staff (ep 40)Reporter (ep 49) Yūki Takada as High School Fan (ep 19) Yukina Shutō as Child (ep 35)Fan (ep 19) Yūko Kaida as Reiko Minato (eps 21, 28, 43) Yuri Yamaoka as Suzuka Ise (eps 21, 42) Yuriko Yamaguchi as Mai Chono (ep 23) Yurina Amami as Girl (ep 10) Yūto Nishida as Dancer (ep 34)
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