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Kujibiki Unbalance (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Kujian
くじびきアンバランス (Japanese)
不平衡抽籤 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: school
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Chihiro Enomoto is a freshman that just got to a new school called Rikkyoin High School. He lost his parents in a traffic accidents when he was 10. Since then, he has been living only with his elder sister Shinobu. He is good at cooking and cleaning, and does all the housekeeping jobs. He fell in love with Tokino (orange hair) at the first sight when he met her in the school library on the first day of school. Another girl named Ritsuko (the big yellow helmet), childhood friend of Chihiro and the chair of student council, falls in the love with the boy instantly after this long-awaited reunion. But she is not the only one who is in love with him. This is the story about a one-year campaign among the candidates for the next students government leaders, who are also chosen by the lot (kujibiki), in order to gain the position.
User Ratings: 474 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:5)
 Excellent: 36 votes (sub:27, dub:8, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 70 votes (sub:53, dub:16, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 138 votes (sub:94, dub:37, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 95 votes (sub:74, dub:17, ?:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 49 votes (sub:34, dub:7, ?:2, raw:2, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 34 votes (sub:24, dub:8, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 16 votes (sub:13, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:9, ?:1, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Awful: 7 votes (dub:3, sub:3, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 915 users, rank: #1322 (of 9583)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.397 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8688, rank: #6082 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 6.351 (Decent+), rank: #6148 (of 9705) (seen all: 6.42 / seen some: 5.69 / won't finish: 4.42)
Bayesian estimate: 6.383 (Decent+), rank: #5588 (of 7286)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2004-12-22
Opening Theme:
"Kujibiki Unbalance" by UNDER17
Ending Theme:
"Kagayaki Cyalume (かがやきサイリューム)" by UNDER17
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
Kujibiki Unbalance is a popular anime in Genshiken universe -- a story within a story.
Review:
Genshiken DVD 1 (Aug 9, 2005)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Screenplay: Michiko Yokote
Storyboard: Tsutomu Mizushima (OP)
Episode Director: Hijiri Sanpei
Original creator: Shimoku Kio
Original Character Design: Kengou Yagumo
Art Director: Shin Okui
Animation Director:
Haruo Ōgawara
Satoshi Kubo (OP)

Animation Check: Hiroshi Shirakawa
Background Art:
Hiroshi Izumi
Shin Okui
Casting Management: Oki Matsuoka
Color Check: Taro Kitagawa
Color setting: Taro Kitagawa
Dramatization:
Hijiri Sanpei (ED)
Tomio Yamauchi
Editing Assistant:
Ayako Nakagawa
Munetomo Shii
Ending Animation: Hijiri Sanpei
Key Animation: Tetsuya Takeuchi (ep 3)
Music producer: Kenichiro Tsutsumi
Production Assistant: Keigo Yusa
Production Desk: Masahiro Kametani
Production manager: Takuro Hatakeyama
Production Recognition: Jun Hirata
Recording Assistant: Yukako Taguchi
Recording Technician: Wataru Anzai
Sound Effects: Masahiro Nakano
Sound Production: Rika Ishibashi
Theme Song Performance:
Halko Momoi (UNDER17)
Masaya Koike (UNDER17)
Akemi Kanda as Tokino Akiyama
Saeko Chiba as Ritsuko Kübel Kettenkrad
Yuka Imai as Chihiro Enomoto

Ayako Kawasumi as Kasumi Kisaragi
Ikue Ōtani as Renko Kamishakujii
Kana Ueda as Risa Humvee
Yukari Tamura as Komaki Asagiri
Yūko Kaida as Izumi Tachibana

Akeno Watanabe as Maori (ep 2)
Halko Momoi as Shinobu Enomoto
Hirofumi Nojima as Ukita (ep 2)
Jōji Nakata as
Ishida (ep 2)
The Panther of Kuitan (ep 2)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Yuya Kaburaki
Keiichirou Satomi as Yoshida (ep 1)
Kenichi Suzumura as Mugio Rokuhara
Kimiko Koyama as Koyuki (ep 3)
Mai Kadowaki as Kaori (ep 2)
Masakazu Morita as Alex (ep 2)
Masayuki Katō as
Ogawa (ep 2)
teacher (ep 3)
Nanae Katou as Kenji Suzuki 1 (short)
Naoko Suzuki as Shiori (ep 2)
Sawa Ishige as Saori (ep 2)
Shintarō Ōhata as Wakisaka (ep 2)
Takayuki Kondō as Watanabe (ep 1)
Tarô Yamaguchi as Kenji Suzuki 2 (tall)
Tarusuke Shingaki as Kobayakawa (ep 2)
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Shima (ep 2)
Yuko Goto as Kaoruko Yamada
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Ajiado (credited as 制作スタジオ)
Assistant Editor: Actas
Backgrounds: Studio Easter
Broadcaster: Kids Station
Final Line: Sung San Production
Music Production: Lantis
Photography: Asahi Production
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Video Editing: Data Art
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Bill Timoney
Art Director: John Siers
Translation: Duane Johnson
Executive producer: John Sirabella

Adaptation: Bill Timoney
DVD Authoring:
Justin Kim
Mike Schaubach
Editing: Naneen Paglieri
Editing Assistant: Rok Rodriguez
Mixing: Joe Digiorgi
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Translation Manager: Anna Yamamoto
Mandy Bonhomme as Komaki Asagiri
Meg Francis as Izumi Tachibana
Rich McNanna as Chihiro Enomoto
Veronica Taylor as Tokino Akiyama

Amanda Veautour as Treasurer
Angora Deb as Kamishakujii Renko
B. Simpson as Koyuki Asagiri
Georgette Reilly as Maori
Jayce Reeves as Ishida
Lisa Ortiz as
Chihiro (Young)
Yamada Kaoruko
Liz Johnson as Shinobu Enomoto
Rachael Lillis as Vice President
Tim Breese as Kaburaki
Todd Garbeil as Mugio Rokuhara
Zoe Fries as President

English companies
ADR Production: Headline Sound Studios
Licensed by: Media Blasters
German staff
German cast
(none)
Peggy Sander as Izumi Tachibana
Raul Richter as Chihiro Enomoto
Yvonne Greitzke as Tokino Akiyama

Susanne Herrmann as Ritsuko Kübel Kettenrad

Anja Stadlober as Kasumi Kisaragi
Diana Borgwardt as Renko Kamishakujii
Jill Böttcher as Kaoruko Yamada
Kalpna Joshi as Lisa Humvee
Konrad Bösherz as Mugio Rokuhara
Maria Koschny as Shinobu Enomoto
Marie Schramm as Asagiri Komaki
German companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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