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Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (TV)

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Alternative title:
How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata
冴えない彼女の育てかた (Japanese)
Genres: romance
Themes: otaku
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Tomoya Aki is an otaku who has a dream. His dream is to create the best visual novel game ever. The main heroine for this game and the inspiration for this dream is a background character named Megumi Kato who somehow stumbles into main character-esque traits in his eyes. To complete the game in time he has to call upon the aid of his anime loving professional friends who aren't so keen on the choice of his main heroine.
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Ratings: 471 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 31 votes (sub:29, dub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 77 votes (sub:74, raw:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 153 votes (sub:135, dub:2, raw:2, ?:1, others:13
9 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 112 votes (sub:100, dub:4, raw:1, others:7
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 55 votes (sub:52, dub:3)
 So-so: 19 votes (sub:18, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, raw:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 781 s, rank: #1538 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.450 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5792, rank: #2085 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.421 (Good+), rank: #1989 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.52 / seen some: 4.24 / won't finish: 4.14)
Bayesian estimate: 7.422 (Good+), rank: #1689 (of 7635)
Running time: 22 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2015-01-08
Opening Theme:
"Kimiiro Signal" (君色シグナル) by Luna Haruna
Ending Theme:
"Colorful." (カラフル。) by Miku Sawai
Insert song:
"Blooming Lily" by Saori Ōnishi (ep 9)
"Cherish you" by Sayuri Yahagi (ep 12)
"M♭" by Kiyono Yasuno (ep 3)
"Sorairo Days" by Sayuri Yahagi (ep 12)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - Set 1 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-03-29
    Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - Set 2 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-05-31

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kanta Kamei
Series Composition: Fumiaki Maruto
Screenplay:
Fumiaki Maruto (eps 0-12)
Storyboard:
Yuta Yamazaki (ep 3)
Episode Director:
Yuki Ogawa (eps 1, 9)
Unit Director:
Takahiro Kawakoshi (ED)
Music:
Hajime Hyakkoku (F.M.F)
Original creator: Fumiaki Maruto
Original Character Design: Kurehito Misaki
Character Design: Tomoaki Takase
Art Director: Natsuki Kusakabe
Chief Animation Director: Tomoaki Takase
Animation Director:
Yukiko Nagao (ep 2)
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Director of Photography: Yuichiro Tozawa
Producer:
Takeshi Hagiwara

2nd Key Animation:
Yuki Ogawa (5 episodes
eps 0, 6-7, 10, 12
)
Yuuha Tanaka (ep 7)
3D Animation: Daisuke Kusaka (8-Bit Rocket)
3D Design:
Risa Shinada
3D Modeling: Daisuke Kusaka (8-Bit Rocket)
Daisuke Kusaka
Animation producer: Akira Shimizu
Art Setting: Eiko Tsunadō
Assistant Animation Director:
Naoto Nakamura (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 11-12
)
Yūichi Fujimaki (ep 5)
Assistant Episode Director: Takahiro Kawakoshi (ep 4)
Background Art:
Natsuki Kusakabe (Kusanagi; OP,ED; eps 0-12)
Background Assistance:
Bien Van (Nam Hai; 8 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-6, 10, 12
)
Giang Tra (Nam Hai; 9 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-7, 10, 12
)
Loan Thanh (Nam Hai; 8 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-6, 10, 12
)
Long Hoang (Nam Hai; 8 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-7, 10
)
Trung Khac (Nam Hai; 8 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-6, 10, 12
)
Truong Nhat (Nam Hai; 6 episodes
eps 0-1, 3-5, 12
)
Yukie Katsumata (Cosmos Arts; eps 1, 3, 6)
Chief Assistant Animation Director:
Yūichi Oka (ep 10)
Chief Producer:
Yōko Matsuzaki (Fuji TV)
Circle Illustration Assistance:
Yūki Hagure (eps 7-9)
Color Coordination:
Yūko Watabe (ep 8)
Color design: Kanako Hokari
Editing: Akari Saitō
In-Between Animation:
Haruka Tsuzuki (A-1 Pictures; ED; 9 episodes
eps 0-3, 5-6, 8, 11-12
)
Hikaru Asami (A-1 Pictures; ED; 9 episodes
eps 0-3, 5-6, 8, 11-12
)
Yuuha Tanaka (ep 7)
In-Between Check:
Yoshitaka Nagata (ep 7)
Insert Song Performance:
Sayuri Yahagi (ep 12)
Izumi's Circle Cut: Yuka Nakajima (ep 7)
Key Animation:
Mari Futamatsu (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 12
)
Yuichiro Mizutani (5 episodes
eps 0, 2, 5, 11-12
)
Yuya Kishi (eps 4, 10)
Music producer:
Hiroaki Sano
Paint:
Yūko Watabe (A-1 Pictures; ED; eps 0-1, 5, 11)
Photography:
Yuichiro Tozawa (ep 0)
Production:
Yutaka Ishikawa
Production Advancement:
Takuya Hirata (eps 0, 5, 11)
Prop Design:
Yoshiko Okuda
Theme Song Performance:
Miku Sawai (ED)
Video Editing:
Shinji Iriyama (eps 1-10)
Tomonori Ochikoshi
Ai Kayano as Utaha Kasumigaoka
Kiyono Yasuno as Megumi Katō
Saori Ōnishi as Eriri Spencer Sawamura
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tomoya Aki

Chinatsu Akasaki as Izumi Hashima (eps 7-9)
Sayuri Yahagi as Michiru Hyōdō (eps 0, 10-12)
Tetsuya Kakihara as Iori Hashima (eps 7-9)

Asaka Imai as Female student B (ep 1)
Eri Suzuki as Tokino Himekawa (ep 12)
Houko Kuwashima as Sonoko Machida (eps 4, 6)
Isamu Yūsen as Station announcer (ep 6)
Junya Enoki as Cafe customer (ep 2)
Kaya Okuno as Azusa Satomi (eps 1, 7)
Keiko Nemoto as Female teacher (ep 1)
Madoka Yonezawa as Sayuka (ep 4)
Mai Nakahara as Sayuri Sawamura (ep 9)
Mina Nagashima as Female student A (ep 1)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Old man (ep 1)
Reiō Tsuchida as Male student B (ep 1)
Rui Tanabe as Echika Mizuhara (ep 12)
Sakura Tange as Heroine (ep 2)
Sōma Saitō as Keiichi Katō (ep 4)
Takahiro Mizushima as Naoto (ep 4)
Yō Taichi as
Announcer (ep 8)
Cafe waitress (ep 2)
Family restaurant waitress (ep 6)
Kiyo Ishimaki (eps 1, 7)
Ranko Morioka (ep 12)
Tomoya Aki (grade school student; ep 9)
Yoshiki Nakajima as Man (ep 8)
Yūki Kitao as Male student A (ep 1)
Yūma Uchida as Yoshihiko Kamigō (eps 1, 11)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
UEC
3d Animation: 8-Bit Rocket (OP)
3D Modeling: 8-Bit Rocket (OP)
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Backgrounds: Kusanagi
Backgrounds Assistance:
Nam Hai
Broadcaster:
Noitamina
Effects: Graphinica (OP; ED)
In-Between Animation:
Triple A
Key Animation: Studio Wanpack (ep 4)
Music Production:
Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Paint:
xenron
Photography: Graphinica (OP; ED; eps 0-12)
Production:
Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata Production Committee
Production Assistance:
Studio Flad (ep 7)
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
English companies
English staff
(none)
Broadcaster: Aniplus Asia
Distributor: Man Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
Licensed by: Aniplex of America
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: Kevin Stocker (Crunchyroll; eps 8-12)
(none)
French companies
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Production Subsidy: J-LOD
German cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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