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Loveless (TV)

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© YUN KOUGA • ICHIJINSHA / SEPTIMAL MOON.


Alternative title:
Нелюбимый (Russian)
ラブレス (Japanese)
Genres: drama, magic, mystery, romance
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Twelve-year old Aoyagi Ritsuka is left with his insane mother as his only family when his brother, Seimei, is killed suddenly. After moving to a new school, he meets Agatsuma Soubi, who claims to have known his brother. Ritsuka eventually discovers that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighter" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Ritsuka has inherited Soubi, who will become his "Fighter". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organisation known as the "Seven Moons", Ritsuka decides to investigate into his brother's death, with the sometimes useless help of Soubi, along the way.
User Ratings: 1586 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 225 votes (sub:203, dub:15, raw:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 299 votes (sub:268, dub:25, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 333 votes (sub:294, dub:31, raw:3, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 296 votes (sub:263, dub:22, ?:3, others:8
3 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 190 votes (sub:175, dub:14, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 76 votes (sub:69, dub:5, raw:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 50 votes (sub:46, dub:3, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 54 votes (sub:46, dub:8)
 Bad: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:2)
 Awful: 23 votes (sub:21, raw:1, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 21 votes (sub:17, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 3303 users, rank: #312 (of 9801)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.327 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.1782, rank: #2518 (of 9936)
Weighted mean: 7.159 (Good), rank: #2962 (of 9936) (seen all: 7.39 / seen some: 5.72 / won't finish: 3.43)
Bayesian estimate: 7.161 (Good), rank: #2752 (of 7515)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2005-04-06
Opening Theme:
"Tsuki no Curse" by Okina Reika
Ending Theme:
"Michiyuki" by Kaori Hikita
"Michiyuki" by Kaori Hikita (eps 1-11)
#2: "Tsuki no Curse" by Okina Reika (ep 12)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
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DVD (Region 1)
    Loveless - Vocal Collection (DVD 1-3) 2011-04-26 (from $19.99)
    Loveless - Lost and Found (Sub.DVD 1) 2006-02-14 (from $18.95)
    Loveless - Soul of Chains description (Sub.DVD 2) 2006-03-28 (from $33.45)
    Loveless - Hope on the Run (Sub.DVD 3) 2006-04-25 (from $11.90)
    Loveless - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD 1-3) 2007-04-24 (from $199.00)
    Loveless - Complete Collection [Litebox] (Sub.DVD 1-3) 2009-10-20 (from $14.76)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yuu Kou
Series Composition: Yūji Kawahara
Screenplay: Yūji Kawahara
Original Manga: Yun Kouga
Character Design: Kazunori Iwakura
Art Director: Rie Ota
Chief Animation Director: Yumi Nakayama
Animation Director:
Haruko Iizuka (ep 8)
Isao Sugimoto (ep 6)
Kazunori Iwakura (ep 12)
Naoki Aisaka (eps 4, 10)
Takafumi Hino (ep 11)
Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 11)
Tetsuya Matsukawa (ep 7)
Yoshiko Nakajima (eps 3, 9)
Yumi Nakayama (eps 1-2, 12)
2nd Key Animation:
Kazuhiko Yabumoto (ep 6)
Kazuyuki Katō (ep 5)
Art Supervision: Shichirō Kobayashi
Background Art:
Rie Oda (Kobayashi Production)
Shu Imai (Kobayashi Production)
Tomotaka Kubo (Kobayashi Production)
Yōko Saitō (Kobayashi Production)
Yoshimi Inoue (Kobayashi Production)
Yoshio Ito (Kobayashi Production)
Digital Ink & Paint:
Aiko Mizuno (ep 5)
Akiko Uchida (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 12
)

Ayako Suenaga (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-8, 12
)

Kyōsuke Ishikawa (eps 1-2, 6, 12)
Manabu Sato (eps 5, 11)
Maya Muranaga (eps 6-7)
Mayumi Tanahashi (ep 6)
Miho Kimura (eps 6-8, 12)
Mika Funahashi (eps 1, 7, 12)
Miyuki Ishida (eps 1, 12)
Noriko Yamaguchi (ep 3)
Rie Suzuki (eps 6-8, 12)
Rika Fujishima (ep 3)
Shinkichi Umebayashi (ep 3)
Shizuko Kawabata (eps 5, 11)
Shōko Mori (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 12
)

Tomomi Andō (eps 6, 12)
Yukiko Itō (ep 1)
Yuko Sato (eps 5, 11)
Editing: Masahiro Gotō (Tabac)
In-Between Animation:
Aya Iwasaki (ep 3)
Emiko Kobayashi (JC Staff; eps 6-7, 11)
Hiroki Kai (JC Staff; eps 6-8, 11-12)
Hitomi Asari (JC Staff; eps 6-8, 11)
Katsunori Shibata (ep 11)
Kiyomi Komatsubara (ep 3)
Kozue Yoneyama (JC Staff; eps 6-8, 11-12)
Mai Matsuura (eps 1, 6-8, 12)
Miho Hanada (eps 5, 11)
Takashi Tsukamoto (ep 5)
Takehiko Kageyama (JC Staff; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11-12
)

Tatsuaki Okamoto (eps 5, 11)
Yuri Kanemaru (ep 3)
Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada (ep 10)
Asao Takahashi (ep 7)
Ayako Ishihara (Studio Wanpack; eps 2, 7)
Ayako Tauchi (eps 3, 9)
Chie Yamazaki (ep 11)
Chieko Miyakawa (ep 2)
Daisuke Yaoita (ep 4)
Emi Inoue (Studio Wanpack; eps 2, 7)
Emi Nakano (ep 1)
Eri Sano (eps 1, 8, 12)
Fuyumi Toriyama (ep 11)
Hiroki Moritomo (ep 4)
Hiromi Masuda (OP; eps 1, 6)
Hiromi Mita (eps 3, 9)
Hironao Takahashi (eps 3, 9)
Hiroshi Kawashima (ep 4)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (eps 1, 12)
Jirō Kagaya (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Jun Nakai (Studio Wanpack; eps 2, 7)
Katsumasa Yokomine (Studio Wanpack; ep 2)
Kazuaki Imoto (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Kazuhiko Yabumoto (eps 2, 7)
Kazumi Hasegawa (ep 11)
Kazumi Kawase (ep 9)
Kazunori Iwakura (eps 6, 8)
Kei Shibasaki (ep 12)
Keiko Ijima (ED; ep 6)
Kenichi Ishimaru (ep 1)
Kenji Matsuoka (eps 5, 11)
Kōji Kataoka (ep 10)
Kōji Ogawa (ep 6)
Kōki Sugawara (ep 5)
Kumi Teshima (ep 9)
Kyōko Kotani (eps 2, 7)
Mai Takehara (eps 3, 9)
Masaharu Tomoda (ep 10)
Masumi Fujii (OP; ED; eps 1, 6, 12)
Mayumi Hidaka (Studio Wanpack; ep 2)
Michiko Tomoda (ep 10)
Midori Saitō (Studio Wanpack; ep 2)
Mieko Seki (eps 5, 11)
Miho Aoki (ep 11)
Miho Kojima (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Miki Kato (ep 2)
Mina Itou (eps 3, 9)
Misa Kuwabara (eps 8, 12)
Misao Abe (ep 6)
Mitsuko Baba (ep 12)
Naoki Aisaka (ep 10)
Naoko Nakamoto (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8-9, 12
)

Naoko Yoshimori (eps 3, 9)
Naomi Shiozaki (ep 5)
Naotaka Kunihiro (ep 10)
Nobuhiro Okazaki (Studio Wanpack; ep 2)
Nobuko Shinohara (ep 1)
Noriko Takahashi (eps 3, 9)
Noriko Takiyama (eps 2, 7)
Orie Tanaka (ep 1)
Osamu Kurosawa (ep 1)
Rie Kawai (ep 8)
Rie Tanaka (Studio Wanpack; eps 2, 7)
Rumi Abe (ep 11)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (eps 4, 10)
Satoe Usui (ep 8)
Satoshi Sakai (ep 4)
Shigeyuki Fujimaki (ep 11)
Shin Tosaka (ep 5)
Shingo Kobayashi (ep 1)
Shinichi Wada (ep 8)
Shuji Tanaka (ep 11)
Sōichi Higuchi (ep 11)
Takafumi Hino (eps 1, 7)
Takahiro Toyomasu (ep 5)
Takako Shimizu (eps 2, 7)
Takanori Suzuki (eps 5, 11)
Takashi Otsuka (ep 3)
Takashi Tsuda (eps 2, 7, 11-12)
Takashi Tsukamoto (ep 5)
Takayuki Noguchi (eps 10-11)
Takehiro Miura (ep 1)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 4)
Takuya Hirata (ep 5)
Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 11)
Tatsuya Urano (eps 2, 6)
Tomoe Sagara (ep 10)
Tomoko Nitta (eps 3, 9)
Tomomi Ikeda (Studio Wanpack; eps 2, 7)
Tomonori Sudō (ep 1)
Tsutomu Murakami (ep 5)
Yamato Kojima (ep 1)
Yoko Inoue (ep 11)
Yoshiaki Katayama (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Yū Yamashita (OP; ep 6)
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 1)
Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 1)
Yuki Imoto (ep 6)
Yukie Harada (ep 11)
Yukio Okano (ep 8)
Yumi Nakayama (eps 1, 6)
Yumiko Ishii (Studio Wanpack; eps 1-2, 7, 12)
Yumiko Kinoshita (eps 1, 8, 12)
Prop Design: Hideki Tachibana
Theme Song Arrangement:
Masayuki Sakamoto (ED)
Sousaku Sasaki (OP)
Takeo Kajiwara (OP)
Yuki Kajiura
Theme Song Composition: Yuki Kajiura (OP/ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura
Theme Song Performance:
Kaori Hikita (ED)
Reika Okina (OP)
Junko Minagawa as Aoyagi Ritsuka
Katsuyuki Konishi as Agatsuma Soubi

Jun Fukuyama as Yayoi
Kana Ueda as Hawatari Yuiko
Ken Narita as Aoyagi Seimei

Akari Higuchi as female student (ep 8)
Asuka Tanii as female student (eps 1-2, 4)
Aya Hisakawa as Goddess
Emi Shinohara as Katsuko-sensei
Hiroki Takahashi as Kinka (ep 5)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Youji
Ken Takeuchi as Kaidoh Kio
Kiyotaka Furushima as male student (ep 3)
Mamiko Noto as Shinonome Hitomi-sensei
Mayuko Takahashi as
committee chairman (ep 7)
friend (ep 8)
Natsumi
Mitsuki Saiga as Natsuo
Motoki Takagi as Midori
Rie Kugimiya as Sakagami Kouya
Rina Satō as Female student (eps 7-8)
Sanae Kobayashi as
female student (ep 1)
Nagisa-sensei
Satomi Arai as
female student (eps 1-2, 4)
Natsumi's Mother
Shintarō Ōhata as teacher (ep 1)
Takehito Koyasu as Ritsu-sensei
Tamaki Nakanishi as female student (eps 1-2, 4)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as
boy (ep 7)
male student (ep 3)
Natsumi's Father
Tsuguo Mogami as
male student (ep 3)
teacher (ep 1)
Wakana Yamazaki as Aoyagi Misaki
Yui Horie as Ginka
Yumi Kakazu as Nakano Yamato
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production
Broadcaster: Kids Station (2008-04-11)
Key Animation:
ARCTURUS (ep 2)
Big Bang (ep 2)
Lee Production (eps 4, 10)
Studio Wanpack (eps 2, 7)
Sung San Production (ep 10)
Post Production: Tokyo Laboratory
Production Cooperation:
APPP (eps 4, 10)
Studio Rong (eps 5, 11)
Sunshine Corporation (eps 3, 9)
Recording Studio: Aoi Studios
Sound Production: Techno Sound
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Shannon Settlemyre
Art Director: Dana Gill
Translation: Noriko Okabe
Executive producer: John Sirabella

DVD Author: Dave Beinlich
Editing: Naneen Paglieri
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Translation Manager: Anna Yamamoto
Anthony Lawson as Agatsuma Soubi
Ashley Thrill as Aoyagi Ritsuka

Jonathan Knight as Aoyagi Seimei
Michael Yeager as Yayoi
Shannon Settlemyre as Hawatari Yuiko

Andrew Johnston as Male Student
Ashley Crist as Natsuo
Ashley Thrill as
Aoyagi Misaki
Nagisa
Collin Conners as Male Student
Gaeten Lowrie as Male Student
Jack W. Gibson as Kaidoh Kio
Jaymie Krasinski as Shinonome Hitomi
Jennifer Witkowski as
Female Student
Ginka
Jonathan Knight as Kinka
Kelly Benz as Therapist
Li Clapp as
Female Student
Nakano Yamato
Marc Matney as Professor Ritsu
Matt Warzel as Taxi Driver
Molly Lankford as Female Student
Renale Hailey as Sakagami Kouya
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Media Blasters
German staff
German cast
(none)
Konrad Bösherz as Aoyagi Ritsuka

Giuliana Jakobeit as Shinonome Hitomi
Robin Kahnmeyer as Aoyagi Seimei
Rubina Kuraoka as Hawatari Yuiko

Ariane Borbach as Dr. Katsuko
Karlo Hackenberger as Soubi Agatsuma
Ricardo Richter as Midori
Sabine Mazay as Misaki Aoyagi
German companies
Distributor: Tokyopop Germany

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