Chihayafuru
TV FINISHED FALL 2011 25 eps 80%
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Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Studios:
MADHOUSE
Characters
Chihaya Ayase
MAIN
VA: Asami Seto
Taichi Mashima
MAIN
VA: Mamoru Miyano
Arata Wataya
SUPPORTING
VA: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kanade Ooe
SUPPORTING
VA: Ai Kayano
Yuusei Nishida
SUPPORTING
VA: Tooru Nara
Tsutomu Komano
SUPPORTING
VA: Tsubasa Yonaga
Hiro Kinashi
SUPPORTING
VA: Kazuya Nakai
Hideo Harada
SUPPORTING
VA: Unshou Ishizuka
Chitose Ayase
SUPPORTING
VA: Aya Endou
Yuu Ashino
SUPPORTING
VA: Chika Anzai
Mari Wataya
SUPPORTING
VA: Houko Kuwashima
Akira Wataya
SUPPORTING
VA: Jin Horikawa
Hajime Wataya
SUPPORTING
VA: Kinryuu Arimoto
Michiru Horikawa
SUPPORTING
VA: Miho Hino
Chieko Ayase
SUPPORTING
VA: Satsuki Yukino
Yasuda
SUPPORTING
VA: Tokuyoshi Kawashima
Taeko Miyauchi
SUPPORTING
VA: Toshiko Fujita
Reiko Mashima
SUPPORTING
VA: Yuu Shimamura
Staff
Yuki Suetsugu
Original Creator
Morio Asaka
Director
Naoya Takayama
Series Composition
Kunihiko Hamada
Character Design
Akiko Konno
Prop Design
Tomoyuki Shimizu
Art Director
Satoshi Hashimoto
Color Design
Kenji Fujita
Director of Photography
Kashiko Kimura
Editing
Masafumi Mima
Sound Director
Kenji Koyama
Sound Effects
Kousuke Yamashita
Music
Reviews
backstroke4gays
Rating: 95 (99 votes)
Why you should watch Chihayafuru: the sports anime for sports anime fans and non-fans alike
Unwelcome
Rating: 48 (49 votes)
In essence an anime that astonish your heart for its characters, atmosphere and message.
terasel
Rating: 34 (39 votes)
Becoming best at ANYTHING doesn't come without strong desires colliding with each other.
flavortown
Rating: 25 (26 votes)
Incredibly funny, heartwarming, and educational to boot.
Scheveningen
Rating: 25 (26 votes)
An outstanding combination of the sports and shojo genres that is slightly hamstrung by its narrative's manga origin
weeaboology
Rating: 23 (25 votes)
Say goodbye to your Daddy Bears
Stats
Average Score
80
Mean Score
80
Popularity
115,528
Favourites
3,312
Status Distribution
CURRENT: 5498
PLANNING: 52941
COMPLETED: 48255
DROPPED: 3628
PAUSED: 5206
Score Distribution
10: 166
20: 55
30: 172
40: 289
50: 880
60: 1815
70: 5603
80: 12045
90: 10906
100: 4886
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