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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, dub:1, raw: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 (sub:1, dub: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 9997)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.480 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5727, rank: #2002 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.474 (Good+), rank: #1821 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.59 / seen some: 6.00 / won't finish: 3.46)
Bayesian estimate: 7.474 (Good+), rank: #1512 (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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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 (eps 5, 8-9, 11)  (ep 4) 
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 (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 8-9
)
Mayumi Funakoshi (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-6, 8-11
)
Meng Long Shou (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 8-11
)
Rie Furuya (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-10
)
Wataru Haraguchi (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 10-11
)
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 (9 episodes
eps 2, 4-8, 10-12
)
  (OP)Hiroto Yokote (5 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 7, 12
)
 
Ichirō Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 7, 10, 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 
Kappei Yamaguchi as Shin 
Kenshō Ono as Payne 
Nanaka Suwa as Yui 
Nobutoshi Canna as Drag 
Noriaki Sugiyama as Kuromu 
Rina Satō as Mii 
Saori Hayami as Kasumi 
Satomi Arai as Kanade 
Satomi Satō as Iz 
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 (ep 2)  (ep 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 (ep 12)  (ep 2) 
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 (ep 2)  (ep 9) 
Shōmaru Zōza as Guild Soldier 3 (ep 9) 
Tadaaki Doi as
Bear (ep 3) 
Flame Emperors Guild Member 2 (ep 10)  (ep 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 (ep 2)  (ep 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 
Producer:
Michael Harcourt 

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 
Brittney Karbowski as Kanade 
Caitlin Glass as Iz 
Clifford Chapin as Payne 
Derick Snow as Shin 
Jarrod Greene as Drag 
Kristen McGuire as Yui 
Lindsay Seidel as Frederica 
Mike McFarland as Dread 
Morgan Lauré as Misery 
Sara Ragsdale as May 
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) 
David Wald as  
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) 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment 
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 
Jana Dunja Gries as Syrup 
Jennifer Weiß as Frederica 
Julia Bautz as Mai 
Markus Haase as Drag 
Michael Borgard as Chrome 
Samina König as Yui 
Tabea Hilbert as Kanade 

Angelika Osusko as Lehrerin 
Arne Obermeyer as Dread 
Benedikt Hahn as Marcus 
Julian Horeyseck as Shin 
Lara Trautmann as Mii 
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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