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Lovely Complex (TV)

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Alternative title:
LoveCom
ラブ★コン (Japanese)
러브★콤 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Risa Koizumi, taller than the average girl, and Atsushi Ootani, shorter than the average guy—their constant bickering and comical love-hate relationship is well-known throughout the school. They act similarly and love the same music, and their friendship is full of laughing, shouting at each other, and of course, lots of jokes about one another's height. But when Risa notices her feelings for Ootani growing, she's worried. She doesn't know if he can ever see her as more than a friend. With her friends rooting for her, she struggles to make him see how she feels about him, and that a romantic relationship between a tall girl and a short guy can work. Oblivious Ootani doesn't make things easy for her, but she stubbornly perseveres in her own unconventional way, determined for her feelings to get through to him, and finally be returned. If only she could do it without driving herself and everyone else crazy in the process...
User Ratings: 2136 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 330 votes (sub:290, dub:21, raw:3, ?:1, others:15
10 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 700 votes (sub:647, dub:18, raw:7, ?:2, others:26
15 Spanish subtitled
6 Russian subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 582 votes (sub:531, dub:24, ?:3, raw:2, others:22
11 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 323 votes (sub:294, dub:14, ?:1, others:14
6 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Decent: 119 votes (sub:105, dub:6, ?:2, raw:1, others:5
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 47 votes (sub:38, dub:2, raw:1, ?:1, others:5
1 French subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:15)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3730 users, rank: #262 (of 9791)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.227 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.3727, rank: #359 (of 9940)
Weighted mean: 8.108 (Very good), rank: #423 (of 9940) (seen all: 8.20 / seen some: 7.36 / won't finish: 4.92)
Bayesian estimate: 8.105 (Very good), rank: #283 (of 7520)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2007-04-07 to 2007-09-29
2010-12-03 (Animax Hungary)
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kimi + Boku = Love?" (キミ+ボク=Love?) by Tegomass
#2: "Hey! Say!" by Hey! Say! 7 (eps 14-24)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Kiss ~ Kaerimichi no Love Song" (キッス~帰り道のラブソング) by Tegomass
#2: "BON BON" by Hey! Say! 7 (eps 14-24)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 7
Reviews:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Lovely Complex (Blu-ray) 2024-01-30 (from $44.49)
DVD (Region 1)
    Lovely Complex - The Complete Series [Thin Pack] (Sub.DVD 1-3) 2015-03-31
    Lovely Complex - The Complete Series (Sub.DVD 1-4) 2013-07-16

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Kōnosuke Uda
Screenplay:
Isao Murayama (eps 6, 11)
Midori Kuriyama (5 episodes
eps 4, 7, 19, 21-22
)

Mio Inoue (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 16, 20
)

Takashi Yamada
Yōichi Takahashi (ep 12)
Yumi Kageyama (12 episodes
eps 1-3, 8-9, 13-15, 17-18, 23-24
)

Episode Director:
Hiroshi Fukutomi (eps 4, 10, 23)
Kazuyo Sasaki (eps 9, 14)
Kiichi Suzuno (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 17, 21
)

Kōnosuke Uda (eps 1, 24)
Shigeharu Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 22
)

Shin'ichi Masaki (eps 11, 19)
Toshinori Fukazawa (eps 6, 18)
Yasuo Iwamoto (eps 5, 12, 20)
Yasuro Tsuchiya (ep 16)
Original creator: Aya Nakahara
Character Design: Hideaki Maniwa
Art Director:
Eiko Sawada (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 14, 17
)

Takao Shimizu (eps 10, 12, 16)
Yukiko Iijima (7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18
)

Chief Animation Director: Hideaki Maniwa
Animation Director:
Hideaki Maniwa (eps 1, 5, 9, 18)
Ken Sakuma (ep 11)
Kyung Seok Choi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 23
)

Masayuki Fujita (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 17
)

Yoshihiro Takeda (eps 6, 14)
Yukari Kobayashi (eps 2, 8, 15)
Executive producer: Munehisa Higuchi
Producer:
Hiromi Seki (Toei Animation)
Junko Abe (TBS)
Yoshiyuki Ikezawa (Toei Animation)

Art Advancement: Akihiko Yamaguchi
Color design: Tsutomu Tsukada
Editing: Masahiro Gotō
Production Advancement: Dai Mihashi
Publicity: Mizuho Tanaka
Recording: Chikako Abe
Recording Assistant: Satoshi Matsuda
Setting Advancement: Yoshinori Omachi
Sound Effects: Kentarō Washio
Theme Song Arrangement:
CHOKKAKU (OP)
h-wonder (ED)
Masaya Suzuki (OP2)
Theme Song Composition:
Akio Shimizu (ED2)
BOUNCEBACK (OP2)
Kenhiko Iida (OP)
Kosuke Morimoto (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Akio Shimizu (ED2)
Erykah (OP2)
zopp (OP,ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Hey! Say! 7 (OP2,ED2)
Takahisa Masuda (Tegomass)
Tegomass (OP,ED)
Yuya Tegoshi (Tegomass)
Akemi Okamura as Risa Koizumi
Akira Nagata as Atsushi Ootani

Fujiko Takimoto as Seishirou "Seiko" Kotobuki
Hiroki Shimowada as Kazuki Kohori
Junichi Suwabe as Kuniumi Maitake
Kae Araki as Mimi Yoshioka
Kazuko Kojima as Chiharu Tanaka
Kenjirō Tsuda as Ryouji Suzuki
Masaya Onosaka as Haruka Fukagawa
Saori Higashi as Nobuko Ishihara
Yasuhiko Tokuyama as Heikichi Nakao
Yuki Matsuoka as Mayu Kanzaki

Aki Toyosaki as
High School Girl (ep 21)
Student (eps 2-3, 5)
Daisuke Kirii as Cain-sama (eps 11, 14)
Eri Nakao as Female student (ep 10)
Eri Yasui as School Trip Student (ep 9)
Kaoru Morota as Elementary School Student (ep 21)
Kazunari Kojima as
Indoor (ep 19)
Opponent Team Member (ep 17)
Rickshaw Man (ep 8)
Kazunari Tanaka as
Basketball Club Captain (ep 4)
Policeman (eps 16, 24)
Secondary School Classmate (eps 10-11)
Student (ep 1)
Kazuya Ichijō as Principal (eps 1, 11, 18)
Kenjirō Tsuda as radio announcer
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Basketball Club Consultant (eps 2-3, 12)
Kōichi Nagano as Student (eps 2-3)
Kokoro Kikuchi as Umibozu's child (ep 9)
Kōsuke Takaguchi as
Opponent Team Member (ep 17)
Risa's younger brother
Secondary School Junior (ep 10)
Student (ep 12)
Kumiko Itō as Student (ep 4)
Kyōko Hikami as Stylist Nakahara (ep 24)
Madoka Yonezawa as
Akechin (ep 19)
Student (5 episodes
eps 12-13, 15-17
)
Makoto Kōsaka as Nobuko's Grandmother (ep 21)
Mari Adachi as
Aunt (ep 19)
Female Teacher (ep 4)
Manager (ep 24)
Marie Miyake as Student (ep 15)
Masashi Hirose as Nakano-sensei (eps 1, 8)
Mayumi Shō as Umibozu's wife (ep 9)
Michiyo Yanagisawa as Otani's Mother
Niina Kumagaya as Risa's mother
Nobuhisa Okazaki as Opponent Team Member (ep 17)
Rie Nakagawa as
Female Student (ep 10)
School Trip Student (ep 9)
Student (6 episodes
eps 2, 12, 14-17
)
Sachi Matsumoto as Elementary School Student (ep 21)
Satoshi Taki as Risa's father
Satsuki Yukino as Ootani's older sister (ep 13)
Shintaro Nakano as
Basketball Club Member (ep 5)
Dog (ep 13)
Opponent Team Member (ep 17)
Secondary School Junior (ep 10)
Student (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 14, 24
)
Shunya Uchisono as
Basketball Club Member (ep 5)
Secondary School Junior (ep 10)
Student (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 12, 15, 23
)
Smokey Tetsuni as Umibozu
Yoko Nishino as
Hair Stylist (ep 24)
Lamb's Cry (ep 8)
School Trip Student (ep 9)
Student (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 13-14, 18
)
Yoshikazu Nagano as Student (ep 2)
Yoshirou Matsumoto as Secondary School Classmate (eps 10-11)
Yuko Saitou as Aunt (ep 19)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Toei Animation
Animation Production Collaboration:
Magic Bus
Mushi Production
Background Art: Studio MAO
Broadcaster:
BS-i (2007-06-03)
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2007-04-13)
Kids Station (2007-11-10)
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2007-04-14)
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2007-04-07)
Cooperation: Toei Academy
Online Editing: TOVIC
Production Cooperation:
Nichion 
Sony Music Entertainment 
Toei Animation 
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Marissa Lenti

ADR Co-Director: Brendan Blaber
Assistant ADR Script Writer: Brendan Blaber
Audio Commentary:
Brendan Blaber (Blu-ray; eps 3, 5)
Marissa Lenti (Blu-ray; eps 3, 5)
Siv Ryan (Blu-ray; ep 5)
Tom Laflin (Blu-ray; ep 3)
Blooper Reel Video Editor: Jonathan Paist
Head ADR Script Writer: Marissa Lenti
Lead ADR Engineer: Patrick Morphy
Lyric Adaptation:
Amanda Lee
Brendan Blaber
Mixing & Mastering Assistant:
Gregory Mahan
Lindsay Roberts
Mixing & Mastering Engineer:
Natalie Van Sistine
Patrick Morphy
Music Director: Dawn M. Bennett
Script Supervision:
Amber Lee Connors
Howard Wang
Talent Coordination: Sarah Poulsen
Translation Assistant:
Brandon McInnis
Sarah Moon
Amber Lee Connors as Risa Koizumi
Howard Wang as Atsushi Ootani

Aaron Dismuke as Ryoji Suzuki
Alejandro Saab as Heikichi Nakao
Elizabeth Quedenfeld as Mayu Kanzaki
Gianni Matragrano as Kuniumi Maitake
Hayden Daviau as Nobuko Ishihara
Kdin Jenzen as Kazuki Kohori
Marissa Lenti as Mimi Yoshioka
Sarah Wiedenheft as Chiharu Tanaka
Siv Ryan as Seiko Kotobuki
Tom Laflin as Haruka Fukugawa

Aaron Campbell as Endo
Anairis Quiñones as Akechi (ep 19)
Brendan Blaber as Takato Koizumi
Brent Mukai as Umibozu
Caleb Morphy as Umibozu Jr. (ep 9)
Charles White as Cane Osugi (eps 11, 14)
Chris Guerrero as Murouchi
Ciarán Strange as Otani's Sister (ep 13)
Corey Pettit as Mrs. Umibozu (ep 9)
David Matranga as Ueno
Dom Dinh as Otani's Mother (eps 13, 20, 23)
Elsie Lovelock as Haruka Fukagawa (young; ep 3)
Justice Washington as Giant Stallion
Kay Eluvian as Nobuko's Grandmother (ep 21)
Kayleigh McKee as Risa's Mother (4 episodes
eps 14-15, 19, 24
)
Kevin Thelwell as Omachi
Marc Swint as Kiyoji Nakano (eps 1, 8)
Marissa Lenti as Otani's dog (ep 13)
Mark Allen Jr. as Risa's Father (eps 14, 24)
Meli Grant as Nakahara (ep 24)
Mike Haimoto as Abe
Natalie Van Sistine as Kazuko Matsubara (eps 22-24)

English companies
ADR Production: Sound Cadence Studios
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Discotek Media
Video Restoration: AstroRes (Blu-ray)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Wakanim
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Stefano Brusa

Authoring: Luca Gandolfi
Encoding: Luca Franciosi
Graphic Project:
Alex Corazza
Ivan Murgia
Post Production:
Alex Baldini
Luca Franciosi (OP,ED)
Subtitling: Alessandra Poggio
Alessio Nissolino as Atsushi Ootani
Valentina Favazza as Risa Koizumi

Beatrice Caggiula as Nobuko Ishihara
Cristina Poccardi as Matsubara (eps 22-24)
Donato Sbodio as Umibozu
Eva Padoan as Mayu Kanzaki
Gabriele Patriarca as Kazuki Kohori
Ilaria Giorgino as Chiharu Tanaka
Maria Letizia Scifoni as Mimi Yoshioka
Massimo Aresu as Ryouji Suzuki
Omar Vitelli as Heikichi Nakao
Stefano Brusa as Haruka Fukagawa
Stefano Crescentini as Kuniumi Maitake
Veronica Puccio as Seiko Kotobuki
Vittorio Guerrieri as Nakano sensei
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Ka-Boom (from 23 September 2013)
MTV Italia
Rai 4 (from 24 October 2010)
Rai Gulp (from February 2011)
Distributor: Dynit
Dubbing: Videodelta
DVD Authoring: Vegas Multimedia S.r.l.
Internet Streaming: PopCorn TV
Translation: Ad Libitum
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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