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BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (TV)

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Alternative title:
BOFURI: Je suis pas venue ici pour souffrir alors j'ai tout mis en défense (French)
Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.
痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。 (Japanese)
Themes: magical girl
Plot Summary: Kaede Honjō is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named Maple, and decides to put all her points in VIT to minimize pain. As a result, she moves slowly, can't use magic, and even a rabbit can get the best of her. But as it turns out, she acquires a skill known as "Absolute Defense" as a result of her pumping points into VIT, as well as a "Counter Skill" that works against special moves. Now, with her ability to nullify all damage, she goes on adventures. (from manga 2)
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Ratings: 304 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:10, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 54 votes (sub:36, dub:13, raw:2, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 110 votes (sub:92, dub:15, raw:1, others:2
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 73 votes (sub:65, dub:7, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 33 votes (sub:23, dub:8, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (raw:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (raw:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 563 s, rank: #1962 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.480 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5727, rank: #2001 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.474 (Good+), rank: #1821 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.59 / seen some: 6.00 / won't finish: 3.46)
Bayesian estimate: 7.474 (Good+), rank: #1513 (of 7635)
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2020-01-08
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kyūkyoku Unbalance!" (究極アンバランス!) by Junjō no Afilia
Ending Theme:
#1: "Play the world" by Rico Sasaki
Insert song:
"Good Night" by Rico Sasaki
Trivia: We have 1
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. - Season 01 (Blu-ray) 2021-03-16 (from $81.50)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. - Season 01 [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2021-03-16

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Shin Ōnuma
Series Composition: Fumihiko Shimo
Script:
Fumihiko Shimo (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 10, 12
)

Shingo Nagai (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 8-9, 11
)

Storyboard:
Yūya Horiuchi (ep 5)
Episode Director:
Yūya Horiuchi (eps 5, 11)
Unit Director: Mirai Minato (OP; ED)
Music: Taro Masuda
Original creator: Yuumikan
Original Character Design: Koin
Character Design: Kazuya Hirata
Art Director: Yūki Araki
Chief Animation Director:
Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (eps 1-12)
Animation Director:
Hiroshi Maejima (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 8-11
)

Mayumi Funakoshi (9 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-6, 8-12
)

Meng Long Shou (OP; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 8-12
)

Rie Furuya (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-10, 12
)

Saki Hisamatsu (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10, 12
)

Shinpei Aoki (7 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7-9, 12
)

Wataru Haraguchi (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 10-12
)

Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 6)
3D Director: Hirohisa Kitamura
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
Director of Photography: Atsushi Satō (Studio Shamrock)
Executive producer:
Takaaki Ichihara
Producer:
Takumi Morii

2DCG Design:
Yūko Shintani (SILVER LINK.; eps 1-12)
2nd Key Animation:
Shin Kimata (SILVER LINK.; 9 episodes
eps 1, 4-7, 9-12
)

Soon Ju Nukumizu (8 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-12
)

Yūto Asai (ep 10)
3D Animation: Hirohisa Kitamura (SILVER LINK.; OP; ED)
3D CG:
Tsutomu Ogasawara (SILVER LINK.; 9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9-11
)

Yuma Ikeda (Marco; ep 5)
3DLO: Shun Tsuchida (SILVER LINK.; eps 3, 6-12)
Action Animator:
Kōji Itō
Animation producer: Hayato Kaneko
Art Setting: Hiromi Ueno
Art Supervision: Minoru Maeda
Assistant Animation Director:
Wataru Haraguchi (ep 7)
Assistant Episode Director: Yusuke Sekine (ep 7)
Assistant Key Animation Director:
Rie Furuya (ep 4)
Assistant producer: Ten Kimura
Assistant Production Manager: Shunsuke Kusunoki (ep 11)
Background Art:
Hiroshi Yoshikawa (Cosmo Project; 6 episodes
eps 4-5, 7, 9-10, 12
)

Yūya Yoshiyama (Cosmo Project; ep 8)
Character Modeling Supervision: Seiji Tanaka (eps 1-6)
Chief Manager: Daisuke Harada
Color design: Natsumi Hirama
Color setting:
Yōta Imai (ep 8)
Color Setting Assistant:
Shiho Mizumoto (ep 12)
Comicalize Artist: Jirō Oimoto
Comicalize Assistant: Takeshi Kurihara
Cooperation:
Toru Fujimoto
Creature Design:
Mako Aboshi
Design Production:
Ryū Ishii (THINKR)
Distribution: Hidenao Nagasawa
Editing: Yūji Kondō (REAL-T)
HD Editing Manager: Yūsuke Katada (Q-Tec; eps 1-12)
In-Between Animation:
Naoki Ishii (SILVER LINK.; 7 episodes
eps 3-4, 7-9, 11-12
)

Taiga Kinokuni (SILVER LINK.; 6 episodes
eps 2-3, 8-10, 12
)

Yūta Yamagishi (studio Palette; ep 9)
In-Between Animation Chief:
Naoki Ishii (eps 1-12)
In-Between Check:
Naoki Ishii (OP; ED; 4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12
)

Yūki Satō (eps 3, 7-8)
Insert Song Arrangement: Yasutaka Mizushima ("Good Night" eps 2, 5-7, 9, 11-12)
Insert Song Composition: Hyun-Jin Seo ("Good Night" eps 2, 5-7, 9, 11-12)
Insert Song Lyrics:
Hyun-Jin Seo ("Good Night" eps 2, 5-7, 9, 11-12)
Insert Song Performance: Rico Sasaki ("Good Night" eps 2, 5-7, 9, 11-12)
Key Animation:
Fumika Kimura (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 8, 11-12
)

Hiroshi Yoneda (OP; 9 episodes
eps 2, 4-8, 10-12
)

Hiroto Yokote (5 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 7, 12
)

Ichirō Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 7, 10, 12
)

Kōhei Kobayashi (OP; 6 episodes
eps 2-4, 8-9, 12
)

Masato Nishikawa (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 12
)

Mashu Inoue (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 10, 12
)

Shigeki Satō (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 9, 12
)

Shin Kimata (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 8-9, 11
)

Yuya Kishi (eps 10-11)
Licensing: Hiroyuki Kuroiwa
Line Test:
Yūtarō Kikuchi (SILVER LINK.; eps 1-12)
Main Animator:
Wataru Haraguchi
Modeling:
Yuka Natori (SILVER LINK.; eps 1-5)
Modeling Assistant: Seiji Tanaka (eps 1-6)
Music producer: Urara Takai
Online Editor:
Ayuka Suzuki (Q-Tec; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-12
)

Taichi Wakamatsu (Q-Tec; eps 1-12)
Original Work Assistant:
Yukiko Arakawa (KADOKAWA BOOKS Editorial Dept.)
Overseas Sales:
Mari Nakazawa
Packaging Production: Daisuke Kudō
Paint:
Yōta Imai (SILVER LINK.; 9 episodes
eps 2, 4-6, 8-12
)

Yuki Yamabe (SILVER LINK.; eps 1-6, 8-12)
Paint Check:
Yōta Imai (ep 8)
Paint Check Assistant:
Shiho Mizumoto (ep 12)
Photography:
Yūsuke Satō (Studio Shamrock; eps 1, 3-12)
Planning:
Takeshi Kikuchi
Production Assistant: Daisuke Harada (ep 5)
Production Cooperation:
Yuko Takaishi
Production manager:
Yūto Shimizu (eps 2, 7, 12)
Production :
Wakana Naga
Prop Design:
Yuki Sawairi
Publicity Assistant:
Yoshiko Higashikage
Publicity Producer: Keisuke Kurechi
Recording Adjustment: Shinichi Enomoto
Recording Assistant:
Yuki Takagi (eps 4-12)
Sales Promotion:
Yōhei Ōki
Setting Manager: Takanori Minoura
Sound Effects: Kiyotaka Kawata
Sound Production Manager: Atsushi Nagashima
Special Effects:
Minori Kimura (Studio Shamrock; eps 3, 5)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Shinichi Yūki (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Dai Saitō (ED; Dream Monster)
Theme Song Lyrics:
hotaru (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Rico Sasaki (ED)
Title Logo Design: Nao Kiyosawa (AFTERGLOW)
Visual Art Design: Tomotaka Iwasa (THINKR)
Visual Art Direction: Tomotaka Iwasa (THINKR)
Weapon Design: Shinpei Aoki
Kaede Hondo as Maple
Ruriko Noguchi as Sally

Ai Kakuma as May
Akira Ishida as Markus
Ayana Taketatsu as Frederica
Kenshō Ono as Payne
Nanaka Suwa as Yui
Noriaki Sugiyama as Kuromu
Rina Satō as Mii
Saori Hayami as Kasumi
Satomi Arai as Kanade
Takumi Yamazaki as Dread
Yūko Minaguchi as Misery

Ai Kakuma as Cow (ep 8)
Akiha Matsui as
Forest Queen Bee (ep 1)
Guild Member 2 (ep 12)
Monster (ep 1)
Oboro
Player 1 (ep 9)
Rabbit (ep 1)
Risa's mother (ep 1)
Slime (ep 1)
Spear Girl (ep 5)
Spectator B (ep 2)
Wolf (ep 1)
Ayumi Ayano as NPC Maid (ep 3)
Daisuke Motohashi as Guild Soldier 4 (ep 9)
Jun Inoue as
Christmas Rose
Demon (ep 8)
First Gen Machine God (ep 8)
Flame Emperors Guild Member 2 (ep 11)
Flame Emperors Guild Member 3 (ep 10)
Kuromu Companion A (ep 4)
Lookout A (ep 12)
Order of the Holy Sword Guild Member (ep 12)
Player 1 (ep 4)
Player 4 (ep 2)
Spectator D (ep 12)
Junko Takeuchi as E (ep 12)
Kohei Yoshiwara as Guild Soldier 2 (ep 9)
Mayu Minami as
Daughter NPC (ep 7)
Goddess (ep 7)
Misaki Kuno as
B
Slime (ep 5)
Mitsuki Nakamura as
Boar (ep 3)
Flame Emperors Guild Member 1 (ep 11)
Flame Emperors Guild Member 2 (ep 8)
Guild Member 1 (ep 12)
Guild Member 4 (ep 11)
Player 2 (ep 10)
Player 7 (ep 2)
Player C (ep 5)
Player who can't Move (ep 5)
Second Gen Machine God (ep 8)
Shopkeeper (ep 3)
Tree Person (ep 6)
Trio A (eps 2, 9)
Miyuri Shimabukuro as
Flame Emperors Guild Member 3 (ep 12)
Guild Member 5 (ep 11)
Kuromu Companion C (ep 4)
Notification (eps 1-2)
Student One Desk Over (ep 6)
Sword Girl (ep 5)
Syrup
Nobutoshi Canna as King Skeleton (ep 7)
Noriaki Sugiyama as Bat (ep 4)
Reiji Kawashima as
Bear (ep 9)
Player 1 (ep 10)
Player 3 (ep 2)
Spectator A (eps 2, 12)
Sakura Tange as Dorazou
Satomi Arai as Teacher (ep 6)
Satomi Satō as Female Customer (ep 3)
Seiko Ueda as Mother NPC (ep 7)
Seiyū Fujiwara as
Axer (ep 5)
Flame Emperors Guild Member 1 (ep 10)
Guild Master 2 (ep 9)
Guild Member 1 (ep 11)
Lookout B (ep 12)
Player 2 (ep 2)
Player B (ep 5)
Spectator E (ep 12)
Trio B (eps 2, 9)
Shōmaru Zōza as Guild Soldier 3 (ep 9)
Tadaaki Doi as
Bear (ep 3)
Flame Emperors Guild Member 2 (eps 10, 12)
King Goblin (ep 4)
Male Mob Mage (ep 3)
Player 1 (ep 11)
Player 2 (ep 9)
Player 5 (ep 2)
Rider (ep 8)
Spectator B (ep 12)
Spectator C (ep 2)
Takahiro Shibano as
Flame Emperors Guild Member 1 (eps 8, 12)
Guild Member 3 (ep 11)
Guild Soldier 1 (ep 9)
Mage A (ep 3)
Male Customer (ep 3)
Player 3 (ep 10)
Player 6 (ep 2)
Spectator C (ep 12)
Spectator D (ep 2)
Student (ep 6)
Takuya Nakashima as
Guild Master 1 (ep 9)
Guild Soldier 5 (ep 9)
Tomoyuki Maruyama as
Axer (ep 9)
Golem (eps 6-7)
Great Axer (ep 2)
Guild Member 2 (ep 11)
Kuromu Companion B (ep 4)
Mage B (ep 3)
Man on Chair (ep 3)
Old man (ep 8)
Order of the Holy Sword Guild Member (ep 10)
Player 1 (ep 2)
Player 2 (ep 4)
Player 3 (ep 11)
Trio C (eps 2, 9)
Wolf (ep 6)
Yasuhiro Takato as
D
Player A (ep 5)
Yuji Murai as Crystal Lizard (ep 9)
Japanese companies
2D UI Design:
Hyperbole (eps 1-12)
2DCG Design: SILVER LINK. (eps 1-12)
2nd Key Animation:
TAP (eps 9-12)
3DCGI:
SILVER LINK. (uncredited; eps 1-12)
Animation Production: SILVER LINK.
Art Design: THINKR, Inc.
Art Direction: THINKR, Inc.
Background Art:
Studio SUNHAN (eps 4-5, 9)
Color Setting: Studio Road (ep 7)
Design Production: THINKR, Inc.
Font Assistance: Fontworks Inc.
In-Between Animation:
TAP (eps 7, 9-12)
Line Test:
SILVER LINK. (eps 1-12)
Music Production: MAGES.
Online Editing:
Q-Tec (eps 1-12)
Paint:
TAP (eps 7, 9-12)
Paint Check: Studio Road (ep 7)
Photography:
Studio Shamrock (OP; ED; eps 1-12)
Production:
SILVER LINK.
Production Assistance: Studio Palette (ep 9)
Recording Studio:
Studio T&T (eps 1-3)
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
special effects: Studio Shamrock (eps 3, 5)
Title Logo Production: Afterglow
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Natalie Hoover
ADR Script: Kristen McGuire
ADR Engineer:
Xavier Earl (eps 10-12)
ADR Script Supervisor: Jeramey Kraatz
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant ADR Director: Kristen McGuire
Assistant producer:
Zach Bolton
Lead ADR Engineer: Helena Walstrom
Linguistic Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Materials Coordinator: Trenton Jons
Mix Engineer:
William Dewell (ep 1)
Production Assistant:
Victoria Keller
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Josh Tyler
Video Engineer: Brittany Smith
Jad Saxton as Risa/Sally
Megan Shipman as Kaede/Maple

Aaron Dismuke as Markus
Anthony Bowling as Kuromu
Clifford Chapin as Payne
Derick Snow as Shin
Jarrod Greene as Drag
Lindsay Seidel as Frederica
Mike McFarland as Dread
Morgan Lauré as Misery
Terri Doty as Mii
Tia Ballard as Kasumi

Ariel Graham as Spear Girl (ep 5)
Bill Jenkins as Old Man (ep 8)
Chris Thurman as Rider (ep 8)
Emi Lo as System Voice
Emily Fajardo as Sword Girl (ep 5)
Helena Walstrom as NPC Maid (ep 3)
Jennifer Alyx as Mother (ep 7)
Jeremy Inman as Great Axer
Kiba Walker as Christmas Rose
Michael Johnson as Demon (ep 8)
Monica Rial as Dorazou
Natalie Hoover as Syrup
Philip Annarella as Crystal Lizard (ep 9)
Rachel Michelle Thompson as Daughter (ep 7)
Samantha Herek as Oboro
Taylor Harris as Bear (ep 9)
Travis Mullenix as Shopkeeper (ep 3)
Victoria Keller as Risa's Mom (ep 1)

English companies
Distributor: Man Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Wakanim (Nordic countries)
French staff
French cast
Translation: Adam Plaza

Proofreading: Benjamin Moro
Publication: Jelizaveta Stolarova
Spotting: Elouan Tapounie
Supervision: Justine Cocquyt
(none)
French companies
Internet Streaming:
Wakanim (French-speaking territories)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment (Mexico, Latin America on 2021)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Man-Ga (from 20 March 2020)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming: YouTube (Yamato Animation)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Richard Westerhaus
Amira Leisner as Sally
Lisa Dzyadyk as Maple

Demet Fey as Kasumi
Jennifer Weiß as Frederica
Julia Bautz as Mai
Markus Haase as Drag
Michael Borgard as Chrome
Tabea Hilbert as Kanade

Angelika Osusko as Lehrerin
Arne Obermeyer as Dread
Benedikt Hahn as Marcus
Lars Schmidtke as Christmas Rose
Leyla Trebbien as Misery
Nicole Hise as Oboro
Peggy Pollow as Dorazou (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 9, 12
)
German companies
Distributor: AniMoon Publishing
Internet Streaming:
Wakanim (German-speaking territories)
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Arabic cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian cast
Translation: Mikhail Loktionov (Wakanim)

Encoding: Elouan Tapounie (Wakanim RU)
Proofreader: Evgenii Pimenov (Wakanim)
Publication: Jelizaveta Stolarova (Wakanim RU)
Spotting: Elouan Tapounie (Wakanim RU)
Supervision: Justine Cocquyt (Wakanim RU)
(none)
Russian companies
Internet Streaming:
Wakanim (Russian-speaking territories)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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