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Blue Spring Ride (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ao Haru Ride (Japanese)
アオハライド (Japanese)
Genres: romance
Themes: school life
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Futaba is a girl who was in love with a boy named Kō Tanaka in middle school. However, after a misunderstanding, their relationship as friends ends when he transfers schools over summer vacation. In high school, her world is turned around once again when she meets Kō again, this time under the name of Kō Mabuchi.
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Ratings: 527 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 28 votes (sub:25, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 110 votes (sub:102, dub:2, ?:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 154 votes (sub:143, dub:6, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Indonesian subtitled
)
 Good: 127 votes (sub:118, dub:4, ?:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Decent: 53 votes (sub:52, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 27 votes (sub:25, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:12, raw:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1010 s, rank: #1221 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.454 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.607, rank: #2075 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.395 (Good+), rank: #2099 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.46 / seen some: 7.11 / won't finish: 4.38)
Bayesian estimate: 7.397 (Good+), rank: #1783 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 14
Vintage:
2014-07-07
2016-02 (Philippines - Hero)
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru (世界は恋に落ちている)" by CHiCO with HoneyWorks
Ending Theme:
"Burū (ブルー;Blue)" by Fujifabric
Insert song:
"I will" by Chelsy
Reviews:
Blue Spring Ride ‒ Episode 12 (Sep 22, 2014)
Blue Spring Ride ‒ Episode 11 (Sep 15, 2014)
Blue Spring Ride ‒ Episode 10 (Sep 8, 2014)
Blue Spring Ride (Sep 1, 2014)
Blue Spring Ride ‒ Episode 9 (Sep 1, 2014)
Blue Spring Ride ‒ Episodes 1-8 (Sep 1, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Blue Spring Ride - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2015-11-10
DVD (Region 1)
    Blue Spring Ride - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2015-11-10 (from $211.20)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Ai Yoshimura
Series Composition: Tomoko Konparu
Script:
Tomoko Konparu (9 episodes
eps 1-6, 8, 11-12
)
Yuka Yamada (ep 10)
Storyboard:
Yoshiyuki Ichihashi (eps 2, 8)
Episode Director:
Yoshiyuki Ichihashi (eps 2, 8, 13)
Music:
Shota Hashimoto
Original creator: Io Sakisaka
Character Design: Reina Igawa
Art Director: Yūji Kaneko
Chief Animation Director:
Seiji Tachikawa
Animation Director:
Kana Fujishiro (5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12-13
)
Reina Igawa (OP/ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 9, 12-13
)
Seiji Tachikawa (6 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8-9, 11, 13
)
Yūko Hariba (eps 7, 11)
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Cgi Director: Kenji Isobe
Director of Photography: Yukiko Matsumoto
Producer:
Tomoyuki Ōwada (Nippon BS11)

2DCG Design: Makiko Yamazaki
2nd Key Animation:
Yuujirou Moriyama (eps 1, 12)
Accessory Design: Yōko Kubara
Animation producer: Rui Kuroki
Art Setting: Yukie Inose
Assistant Animation Director:
Tomomi Kakutani (ep 13)
Assistant Key Animation Director:
Yōko Kubara (ep 3)
Associate producer:
Tsutomu Yanagimura (Animatic)
Background Art:
Yūta Chimoto (eps 1-6, 8-12)
Casting:
Toyofumi Iino (Aoni Production)
CG Producer: Kenji Watanabe
CGI Designer:
Tomonori Maekawa (eps 3, 8, 10-11)
Chief Producer:
Yoshihiro Furusawa (TOHO)
Color design: Izumi Hirose
Color Design Assistance: Sayoko Noda (eps 10-13)
Color setting:
Shigeru Saisho (ep 5)
Compilation:
Naomi Miyasaka (BS11)
Compilation Cooperation:
Yoshimi Nakajima (Quaras)
Digital Paint:
Erika Fujita (Production I.G; 6 episodes
eps 1, 7-9, 11-12
)
Fujiko Oomori (Production I.G; 9 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 9-12
)
Kazu Doi (Production I.G; 7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-8, 11, 13
)
Mariko Shimokawa (Production I.G; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-9, 11-13
)
Noriko Arisawa (Production I.G; 4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 10, 12
)
Rina Itō (Production I.G; 9 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-9, 11-13
)
Tomomi Kitani (Production I.G; 7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 11-13
)
Yuri Okada (Production I.G; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 11-12
)
Digital Paint Check:
Fujiko Oomori (OP/ED; 7 episodes
eps 1, 7-10, 12-13
)
Shigeru Saisho (ep 5)
Digital Paint Check Assistance:
Takeshi Kurihara (ep 5)
Editing: Taeko Hamauzu
In-Between Animation:
Norika Maeda (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 11-13
)
Takuma Kazaoka (5 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 11-12
)
Yuri Hashimoto (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 11-13
)
In-between Animation Manager: Yoshihiro Abe
In-Between Check:
Yoon-Ji Kim (ep 11)
Insert Song Arrangement:
Chelsy (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Hisashi Kondou (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Shōtarō Kobayashi (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Insert Song Composition:
Chelsy (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Hisashi Kondou (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Shōtarō Kobayashi (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Insert Song Lyrics:
Chelsy (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Hisashi Kondou (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Shōtarō Kobayashi (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Insert Song Performance:
Chelsy (I Will; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)
Key Animation:
Ai Takashi (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 11-13
)
Ai Watanabe (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 11, 13
)
Chie Nishihara (OP/ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13
)
Hiroki Fujiwara (OP/ED; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-8, 11, 13
)
Naho Seike (OP/ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)
Seiji Tachikawa (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 11
)
Tomomi Takeuchi (6 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)
Yōko Kubara (OP/ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 13
)
Yūko Fujii (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 13
)
Yūko Hariba (OP/ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13
)
Yuri Nakajima (OP/ED; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-13 odd
)
Yuujirou Moriyama (5 episodes
eps 2, 7-8, 11, 13
)
Logo Design: Yasuhisa Kawatani (Kawatani Design)
Music Director: Takeki Kobayashi
Music producer: Masataka Mikami
Photographic Direction: Yukiko Matsumoto
Photography:
Yukiko Matsumoto (OP/ED; ep 8)
Photography Manager: Hironori Takagi
Planning:
Yusuke Dan (Animatic)
Planning Cooperation:
Takashi Teshigawahara (Bessatsu Margaret Editorial Department)
Post Production:
Jin Hon'ami (Sony PCL; 4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 10, 12
)
Tsuneyasu Hisajima (Sony PCL; eps 1, 4-6, 13)
Production Advancement:
Yumiko Yoshizawa (eps 1, 6, 12)
Production Committee:
Yuri Noguchi (Nippon BS11)
Production Desk: Kosuke Yoshiie
Publicity:
Tomoko Takano
Recording Adjustment: Yūichi Morita
Recording Assistant: Saki Suishi
Setting Production: Misato Kawashima
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno (Suwara Pro)
Sound Effects Assistant: Hiromu Maeda (Suwara Pro)
Theme Song Arrangement:
HoneyWorks (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Souichirou Yamauchi (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Souichirou Yamauchi (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
HoneyWorks (OP)
Maaya Uchida as Futaba Yoshioka
Yūki Kaji as Kō Mabuchi

Ai Kayano as Yūri Makita
Daisuke Hirakawa as Yōichi Tanaka
KENN as Aya Kominato
Mikako Komatsu as Shuuko Murao

Aya Hisakawa as Kō's mother
Daiki Yamashita as Naito (Kō's friend in middle school)
Haruka Chisuga as Female student (eps 1, 3)
Haruka Terui as Female student (eps 1, 3)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Kō's father (ep 12)
Kimiko Saitō as Cafeteria Lady (ep 01)
Kōji Kawakami as Male student (ep 2)
Kōtarō Nishiyama as Male middle school student (eps 2, 7)
Marina Inoue as Asumi
Naomi Ōzora as
Female Middle Schooler (ep 7)
Female Student (eps 1-2, 5)
Ryōhei Arai as Male student (eps 2-3)
Ryōko Shiraishi as Chie
Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Female student (eps 1, 4, 7)
Shintarō Ogawa as Male Student (ep 02)
Sōta Arai as Male Student (ep 01)
Tomohisa Asō as Teacher (eps 02, 04, 06)
Umeka Shōji as Female teacher (ep 5)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tōma Kikuchi (eps 11-12)
Yui Makino as Yumi
Yūsuke Handa as Male Student (ep 01)
Yūta Kasuya as Male middle school student (eps 1, 3, 7)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
M.S.J Musashino Production (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 7-8, 11
)
Zero-G (ep 11)
Animation Direction: union CHO (ep 10)
Animation Production: Production I.G
Backgrounds:
Studio Suuuu (eps 4-13)
Broadcaster:
Tokyo MX
CG Production:
Lapiz (ep 1)
Digital Paint:
Taiguan Animation (9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-9, 11-13
)
Triple A (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8-9, 11-13
)
xenron (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8-9, 13
)
In-Between Animation:
Taiguan Animation (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 7-9, 11-13
)
Triple A (9 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13
)
xenron (eps 8-9, 12-13)
Key Animation:
union CHO (ep 10)
Music Production: Toho Animation Records
Photography:
MADBOX
Planning Cooperation: Bessatsu Margaret
Post Production: Sony PCL
Production:
TOHO
Production Cooperation:
SynergySP (eps 4, 10)
Publicity Design: BALCOLONY.
Recording Studio: Three S Studio
Sound Production: Milestone Music Publishing
English staff
English cast
Translation: Rika Takahashi
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Producer:
John Ledford

Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Production:
Son Phan Le (Home Video)
Production Assistant:
Shannon Reed (Home Video)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Home Video)
Production manager: Luke Patterson
Subtitle Timing: Kayla King
Subtitling: Jessica Kim (Home Video)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming:
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production:
Seraphim Digital
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Franck Pitiot
Translation: Amandine Martel
Michaël Maino as Ko Mabuchi
Sarah Cornibert as Futaba Yoshioka

Charlotte Duran as Shuko Murao
Pascal Gimenez as Yoichi Tanaka
Sébastien Mortamet as Aya Kominato
Sophie Tavert as Yuri Makita

Amandine Longeac as Yumi
Justine Hostekint as Asumi
Sandra Vandroux as Chie

Damien Laquet
Laurent Pasquier
French companies
Broadcaster: J-One
Distributor: Black Box
Dubbing: PILON Studio Son
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Steven Bontogon as Kō Mabuchi
Unice Grace Dalisay as Futaba Yoshioka

Denise Gail Tumibay as Asumi

Alexx Agcaoili
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV

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