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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
中二病でも恋がしたい!
(Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Anime television series
Directed byTatsuya Ishihara
Produced by
  • Eharu Ōhashi
  • Shigeru Saitō
  • Shinichi Nakamura
Written byJukki Hanada
Music byNijine
StudioKyoto Animation
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS, TV Aichi, Animax, BS11
English network
Original run October 4, 2012 – March 26, 2014
Episodes24 + 2 OVA (List of episodes)
Anime film
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Rikka Version
Directed byTatsuya Ishihara
Written byJukki Hanada
StudioKyoto Animation
Licensed by
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks (2017)[2]
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2013
Runtime96 minutes
Original net animation
  • Lite (season 1)
  • Lite Ren (season 2)
Directed byTatsuya Ishihara
Written byJukki Hanada
Music byNijine
StudioKyoto Animation
Licensed by
  • AUS: Crunchyroll (Madman)
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
  • UK: Animatsu Entertainment
Released September 27, 2012 – March 13, 2014
Runtime3-4 minutes per episode
Episodes11 (List of episodes)
Anime film

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions![b], 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

Main article: List of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1124 October 2012 (2012-10-04)20 December 2012 (2012-12-20)
2128 January 2014 (2014-01-08)26 March 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[c]
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)

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)

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!, romanized: Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!, lit. '"Even with Eighth Grader Syndrome, I Want to Be in Love"'
  3. ^ Also serves as the ADR Director for the English dub.

References

  1. ^ "Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! REN now streaming in Australia". Anime News Network. January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Sentai Filmworks Licenses “Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions!: Rikka Version”
  3. ^ "Kyoto Animation Plans Chū-2 Byō Demo Koi ga Shitai! Anime". Anime News Network. December 27, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! Slated for October 3". Anime News Network. September 1, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "2nd Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai Season's Title, Key Visual Revealed". Anime News Network. December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Crunchyroll to Stream Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions REN Sequel Anime". Anime News Network. January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Madman Entertainment Adds 'Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Ren' Anime Simulcast, Home Video Rights". The Fandom Post. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite II Short's 1st Episode Stars Nibutani, Kumin". Anime News Network. December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  9. ^ Loo, Egan (July 7, 2012). "Kyoto Animation's Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! to Run on TV". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  10. ^ "KyoAni Streams Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! 'Lite' #1". Anime News Network. September 27, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  11. ^ a b "7th Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! BD/DVD Adds Unaired Anime". Anime News Network. November 1, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  12. ^ "中二病でも恋がしたい! (1) [Blu-ray] (2012)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 19 December 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  13. ^ "中二病でも恋がしたい! (6) [Blu-ray]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 15 May 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  14. ^ "Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! BDs/DVDs to Have Unaired Shorts". Anime News Network. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  15. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Adds KyoAni's Chūnibyō Demo Koi Ga Shitai". Anime News Network. September 30, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  16. ^ "The Anime Network to Stream Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!, Busou Shinki Anime". Anime News Network. October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  17. ^ "音楽CD" [Music CD] (in Japanese). Kyoto Animation. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  18. ^ ボーカルミニアルバム・オリジナルサウンドトラック発売決定! [Vocal Mini Album / Original Soundtrack to be Released!] (in Japanese). Kyoto Animation. 19 October 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  19. ^ "Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai! Gets Film in September". Anime News Network. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  20. ^ "August 2015 releases". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
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