Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (TV series)

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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
File:Love Chunibyo Other Delusions logo (US).svg
中二病でも恋がしたい!
(Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Genre Romantic comedy[1]
Anime television series
Heart Trob (season 2)
Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara
Produced by Eharu Ōhashi
Shigeru Saitō
Shinichi Nakamura
Written by Jukki Hanada
Music by Nijine
Studio Kyoto Animation
Licensed by
Network Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS, TV Aichi, Animax, BS11
English network
Original run October 4, 2012 – March 26, 2014
Episodes 24 + 2 OVA (List of episodes)
Anime film
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Rikka Version
Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara
Written by Jukki Hanada
Studio Kyoto Animation
Licensed by
Sentai Filmworks (2017-04-04[2])
Released September 14, 2013
Runtime 96 minutes
Original net animation
Lite (season 1)
Lite Ren (season 2)
Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara
Written by Jukki Hanada
Music by Nijine
Studio Kyoto Animation
Licensed by
Crunchyroll (Madman)
Sentai Filmworks
Animatsu Entertainment
Released September 27, 2012 – March 13, 2014
Runtime 3-4 minutes per episode
Episodes 11 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Portal icon Anime and Manga portal

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions![lower-alpha 2], also known as Chū-2 for short, is a Japanese anime television series based on Torako's light novel of the same name and produced by Kyoto Animation.[3] The series aired in Japan between October 4 and December 19, 2012[4] with the second season aired on television from January 8, 2014,[5] to March 26, 2014, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.[6][7] The first episode of a second set of Lite episodes was released on December 26, 2013[8] and a second series of shorts called Heated Table Series: Kotatsu accompanied each BD/DVD release, starting on March 19, 2014. In North America, this series is licensed by Sentai Filmworks and is streaming on its HIDIVE platform.

The series follows a high school boy named Yūta Togashi, who tries to discard his embarrassing past grandiose delusions, until he meets a girl named Rikka Takanashi, who exhibits her own signs of chūnibyō syndrome. As their relationship progresses, Yūta and Rikka form a club called the Far East Magical Napping Society Summer Thereof with classmates Shinka Nibutani, Kumin Tsuyuri, and Sanae Dekomori, who each have their own unique delusional behaviors.

Series overview

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Main article: List of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 12 October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04) December 20, 2012 (2012-12-20)
2 12 January 8, 2014 (2014-01-08) March 26, 2014 (2014-03-26)

Cast and characters

Character Japanese English
Yuuta Togashi Jun Fukuyama Leraldo Anzaldua
Rikka Takanashi Maaya Uchida Margaret McDonald
Sanae Dekomori Sumire Uesaka Brittney Karbowski
Shinka Nibutani Chinatsu Akasaki Maggie Flecknoe
Kumin Tsuyuri Azumi Asakura Emily Neves[lower-alpha 3]
Makoto Isshiki Sōichirō Hoshi Greg Ayres
Satone Shichimiya Juri Nagatsuma Christina Kelly
Toka Takanashi Eri Sendai Genevive Simmons
Kuzuha Togashi Kaori Fukuhara Monica Rial
Kannagi Kazari Manami Shirakawa Molly Searcy

Release

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)

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Main article: Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (season 1)

In December 2011, Kyoto Animation announced this series is receiving its anime adaptation and is confirmed to run on television in the August issue of the Newtype magazine in August 2012.[9]

The series aired in Japan between October 4 and December 19, 2012.[4] Starting before the series' airing, a series of six original net animation shorts titled Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite were streamed weekly on YouTube between September 27 and November 1, 2012.[10][11] The series was released on six Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes between December 19, 2012 and May 15, 2013, by Pony Canyon.[12][13] The volumes contained bonus shorts titled Depth of Field: Ai to Nikushimi Gekijō (Depth of Field ～ 愛と憎しみ劇場?, Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater).[14] A seventh volume, containing an original video animation episode and the Lite shorts, was released on June 19, 2013.[11] The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and was streamed on The Anime Network.[15][16]

The opening theme is "Sparkling Daydream" by Zaq, and the ending theme is "Inside Identity" by Black Raison d'être (Maaya Uchida, Chinatsu Akasaki, Azumi Asakura and Sumire Uesaka). There are also three insert songs: "Hajimari no Tane" (始まりの種?, The Seed of Start) by Zaq in episode eight, "Kimi no Tonari ni" (君のとなりに?, Next to You) by Zaq in episode ten and "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" (見上げてごらん夜の星を?, Look Up at the Stars in the Night) by Maaya Uchida in episode ten. The single for "Sparkling Daydream" was released on October 24, 2012 and the single for "Inside Identity" on November 21, 2012.[17] For the Lite episodes, the opening theme is "Kimi e" (君へ?, To You) and the ending theme is "Shikkoku ni Odoru Haōbushi" (漆黒に躍る弧濁覇王節?, The Melody of Conqueror Dancing in Jet Black); both are sung by Zaq.[18]

An animated film serving as a retelling of the series was released on September 14, 2013.[19]

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- (2014)

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Main article: Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Heart Throb

A second series, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- (Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai: Ren) aired on television from January 8, 2014,[5] to March 26, 2014, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.[6][7] The first episode of a second set of Lite episodes was released on December 26, 2013[8] and a second series of shorts called Heated Table Series: Kotatsu accompanied each BD/DVD release, starting on March 19, 2014. The opening theme is "Voice" by Zaq and the ending theme is "Van!shment Th!s World" by Black Raison d'être. The ending theme for the Lite episodes is "Shin'en ni Mau Senritsu Shanikusai" (深淵に舞う戦慄謝肉祭 A Hair-Raising Carnival Dancing in the Abyss?) by Zaq. Sentai Filmworks licensed the second season and released it in August 2015.[20]

Notes

  1. ↑ via Madman Anime
  2. ↑ Japanese: 中二病でも恋がしたい!
  3. ↑ Also serves as the ADR Director for the English dub.

References

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