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Ah My Buddha (TV)

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Alternative title:
Amaenaide yo!! (Japanese)
Не приставай ко мне!! (Russian)
あまえないでよっ!! (Japanese)
極樂天師 (Chinese (Taiwan))
응석부리지마!! (Korean)
Themes: ecchi, fanservice, harem
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ikkō Satonaka, a 16-year-old boy, is a first year trainee at the Saienji Buddhist Temple. He was sent there by his parents to be trained by his grandmother, the Saienji Priestess. At the temple he finds himself surrounded by beautiful female priestesses-in-training. Upon seeing a girl naked, Ikkō has the ability to turn into a super-monk, performing massive exorcisms for the good of the temple.
User Ratings: 1168 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 42 votes (sub:34, dub:8)
 Excellent: 113 votes (sub:92, dub:18, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 210 votes (sub:170, dub:32, raw:1, others:7
5 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 306 votes (sub:253, dub:41, ?:1, others:11
7 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 206 votes (sub:167, dub:27, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 114 votes (sub:87, dub:20, raw:1, others:6
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 58 votes (sub:50, dub:6, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 55 votes (sub:41, dub:8, raw:1, others:5
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 35 votes (sub:31, dub:3, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 25 votes (sub:21, dub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2834 users, rank: #384 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.470 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.016, rank: #6005 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 6.288 (Decent+), rank: #6513 (of 9919) (seen all: 6.60 / seen some: 4.79 / won't finish: 3.52)
Bayesian estimate: 6.301 (Decent+), rank: #5952 (of 7496)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2005-07-01 to 2005-09-16
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Afurete Yuku no wa Kono Kimochi" (あふれてゆくのはこの気持ち) by Amae-taii!!
"Afureteyuku no wa Kono Kimochi" (あふれてゆくのはこの気持ち, That Which Overflows Are My Feelings) by Amae-tai!!
Ending Theme:
"Happy Days" by Mai Nakahara
Official website:
Amaenai de yo!! (Japanese)
Comic Gum's Amaenai de Yo!! anime Web site (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
Ah My Buddha and its sequel, Amaenaide yo!! Katsu!!, were released as a single 26-episode series by U.S. licensee Media Blasters.
Reviews:
Ah My Buddha DVD (Sep 15, 2014)
Ah My Buddha DVD 1 (Mar 15, 2009)
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 28-March 6 (Mar 2, 2021)
Crunchyroll Adds 'Ah My Buddha!!' Anime to Catalog (May 13, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 1-7 (Jun 3, 2014)
Right Stuf Licenses Ah My Buddha/Amaenaide yo!! Anime (Feb 12, 2014)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 4-10 (Nov 6, 2012)
Retailer: Media Blasters Lists Fall Releases, Date Changes (Jul 19, 2012)
Media Blasters Announces Amaenaideyo!! DVD Release (Oct 13, 2008)
Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka Game to Get TV Anime in Fall (Jun 28, 2008)
Konami's Quiz Magic Academy Arcade Games Get Anime (Feb 16, 2008)
Free Streaming Anime (Dec 12, 2005)
Second Amaenai de Yo!! Season Announced (Nov 22, 2005)
Press Releases:
Lucky Penny Entertainment Announces the Litebox-style DVD release of Ah My Buddha Collection (Mar 13, 2014)
Right Stuf, Inc. Acquires Ah My Buddha (Feb 13, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Ah My Buddha!! (Blu-ray) 2021-03-02 (from $27.38)
DVD (Region 1)
    Ah My Buddha - The Aroused One (DVD 1) 2009-01-27 (from $15.90)
    Ah My Buddha - The Two Uncovered Paths (DVD 2) 2009-04-21 (from $10.05)
    Ah My Buddha - The Three Exposed Jewels (DVD 3) 2009-06-30 (from $10.24)
    Ah My Buddha - Nirvana Collection (DVD 1-6) 2010-04-06 (from $98.79)
    Ah My Buddha - Nirvana Collection [AnimeWorks Classics] (DVD 1-6) 2012-12-04 (from $6.00)
    Ah My Buddha!! - Complete Collection (DVD) 2014-06-03 (from $13.50)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Keitaro Motonaga
Series Composition: Makoto Uezu
Script:
Makoto Uezu (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-9, 12
)
Naoki Takada (ep 8)
Noboru Kimura (eps 3, 7, 11)
Toshizo Nemoto (eps 4, 6, 10)
Storyboard:
Hiromichi Matano (eps 5, 11)
Katsuyuki Kodera (eps 3, 7-8)
Keitaro Motonaga (OP; eps 1, 4, 12)
Noriaki Akitaya (ep 9)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 2, 6, 10)
Unit Director:
Hideki Okamoto (ep 7)
Hiromichi Matano (eps 5, 11)
Keitaro Motonaga (OP; eps 1, 12)
Makoto Sokuza (eps 3, 8)
Noriaki Akitaya (eps 4, 9)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 2, 6, 10)
Music: Yasunori Iwasaki
Original creator:
Bohemian-K
Toshinori Sogabe
Character Design: Kumi Horii
Animation Director:
Akira Kasahara (ep 9)
Hirofumi Morimoto (eps 6-7, 10, 12)
Kenji Hattori (ep 9)
Kumi Horii (OP; eps 1, 9, 12)
Kyōta Washikita (ep 4)
Masanori Aoyama (ep 7)
Sawako Yamamoto (eps 3, 8)
Tateru Namikaze (ep 2)
Tomohiro Koyama (ep 11)
Yoshikatsu Inoue (ep 5)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina

Costume Design: Kōichi Ōhata (ep 6)
Design:
Chihomi Ohsawa (eps 6, 9)
Kazuhiro Soeta (ep 6)
Key Animation:
Akira Inoue (eps 1, 9)
Akira Kasahara (eps 4, 7, 9-10)
Akira Matsushima (OP)
Aya Nagumo (eps 1, 8)
Ayako Karatani (ep 9)
Ayako Nozawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 12
)
Chie Nishio (ep 8)
Chūji Nakajima (eps 10, 12)
Daisuke Miyazaki (eps 3, 9)
Emiko Abe (ep 5)
Hajime Yoshida (吉田はじめ; eps 1, 10)
Haruo Sotozaki (OP)
Hideaki Tsukioka (eps 6, 10)
Hidenori Miyahara (ep 10)
Hirofumi Morimoto (eps 1, 3, 6)
Hiroko Hashimoto (eps 5, 11)
Hisashi Saito (OP)
Hisayoshi Nagamatsu (eps 1, 6, 12)
Hitoshi Yoshida (OP; ep 7)
Jin Yoshida (eps 2, 7, 12)
Kazuhiro Oki (OP)
Kazuhiro Soeta (OP)
Kenichi Iino (飯野堅一; eps 1, 8)
Kenji Hattori (ep 1)
Kimiko Yamauchi (eps 2, 6)
Koichi Nakaya (ep 9)
Kōji Miura (ep 8)
Kouhei Hashimoto (ep 5)
Kumi Hirai (ep 10)
Kumiko Kasuga (ep 8)
Kyōta Washikita (OP; ep 4)
Madoka Hirayama (OP)
Makoto Matsui (ep 5)
Manami Hattori (eps 4, 12)
Mariko Oka (ep 9)
Masahiro Furihata (eps 4, 7, 10)
Masako Terada (ep 10)
Masanori Aoyama (eps 1, 7)
Mayumi Oda (OP; ep 7)
Mayumi Yamamoto (ep 9)
Megu Ōtsubo (eps 2, 6)
Mie Inoue (ep 10)
Misa Kuwabara (eps 4, 10)
Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 11)
Miwako Yamamoto (山本三輪子; eps 6, 12)
Miyoko Kawamoto (eps 8, 10)
Naoki Mishiba (ep 6)
Naoyuki Hayashi (ep 3)
Rie Kawai (ep 1)
Ryōko Hata (eps 6, 12)
Sawako Yamamoto (eps 3, 8)
Sayaka Hitomi (ep 9)
Seika Saruwatari (eps 1, 9-10)
Shogo Mitsui (ep 3)
Shōgo Morishita (OP; eps 8, 12)
Takako Shimizu (OP; eps 6, 9, 12)
Takashi Ajiri (ep 6)
Takeshi Miyamoto (ep 9)
Tateru Namikaze (ep 2)
Tomoe Nishio (ep 10)
Tomohiro Koyama (ep 11)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (ep 10)
Toshio Deguchi (eps 1, 8)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 1)
Yayoi Yoshikawa (ep 3)
Yōichi Ishikawa (eps 3, 7, 12)
Yoshiko Nakamura (eps 10, 12)
Yoshitaka Sato (eps 4, 8)
Yukie Fujii (ep 8)
Yukie Sakō (OP)
Yumie Wada (ep 10)
Photography: Itsuo Miyamoto (Megumi; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-10, 12
)
Theme Song Performance: Mai Nakahara
Chihiro Suzuki as Ikko Satonaka
Mai Nakahara as Chitose Nanbu

Akeno Watanabe as Haruka Amanogawa
Chieko Higuchi as Yuko Atoda
Haruhi Terada as Sakura Sugai
Kazuko Sugiyama as Jotoku Kawahara
Ryoko Shintani as Hinata Sugai
Tomoko Kawakami as Sumi Ikuina

Ai Hayasaka as
Demons (ep 12)
Female Student (eps 3, 5)
Mother-in-Law (ep 2)
Older Sister (ep 6)
Psychic Girl (ep 13)
Salesperson (ep 8)
Waitress (ep 1)
Woman (ep 9)
Akiko Kawase as
Female Student (eps 3, 5)
Girl (ep 2)
Asami Sanada as
Kazuki Kazusano
Western Doll (ep 1)
Chiaki Ōsawa as Female Student (ep 3)
Daisuke Ono as
Banchō (ep 8)
Ryukan
Eiji Takemoto as Messenger (ep 9)
Hidekatsu Shibata as Kogen
Kayato Ohashi as Old Man (ep 2)
Kōsuke Takaguchi as
Old Man (ep 2)
Teacher (ep 3)
Kotono Mitsuishi as Miyako Amanogawa
Mai Kadowaki as Young Girl (ep 4)
Masahito Yabe as
Boxing Club Manager (ep 8)
Old Man (ep 2)
Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Male Student (ep 5)
Nana Mizuki as Ghost (ep 9)
Riichi Nishimoto as
Grandpa (ep 7)
Ukyo
Satoshi Shimizu as
Clerk (ep 2)
Hyper 3 (ep 6)
Judo Club Member (ep 8)
Sayaka Aoki as Kitten (ep 7)
Shinnosuke Tachibana as
Hayabusa 20 (ep 6)
Male Student (ep 5)
Sakon
Takuma Suzuki as Foreman (ep 12)
Takuma Terashima as Troupe Member (ep 6)
Tomoharu Suzuki as
Demons (ep 12)
Wolf Monster (ep 6)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Chairperson (ep 13)
Wataru Hatano as Yanagi
Yoichi Masukawa as Yume Karyuudo (ep 5)
Yoshirou Matsumoto as Engineer (ep 9)
Yū Kobayashi as
Announcer (ep 11)
Boy (ep 2)
Young Boy (ep 10)
Yūichi Nagashima as Yosen

Mai Kadowaki 
Takuma Terashima 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Backgrounds: Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production
Broadcaster: AT-X
Color Design: Studio Lagoon (ep 23)
Color Inspection: Studio Lagoon (ep 23)
In-Between Animation:
AI
Animation Studio K2
Anime House
Anime R
Ashi Productions
Buyuu (ep 8)
Chaos Project
Digital Engine
E-cho
Garan
Hanjin Animation
Hayashi
K-Production
Mook Animation
Moon Seong Animation
Nakamura Production
Niandai Animation
Phoenix Animation
Radix
Studio Cockpit
Studio Mark
The Answer Studio Co., Ltd.
Key Animation:
Akagumi
Animation Studio K2
Buyuu
Digital Engine
E-cho
Garan
Hayashi
K-Production
Mito Animation
Mook Animation
Moon Seong Animation
Nakamura Production
Radical Party
Snow Light Staff
Studio Liberty
Studio Mark
Studio Wanpack
Triple A
Paint:
AI
Animation Studio K2
D-COLORS
E-cho
Garan
Hanjin Animation
Hayashi
K-Production
Moon Seong Animation
Niandai Animation
Phoenix Animation
Sunshine Digital
Photography: Megumi
Production:
AT-X
VAP
Wani Books
Sound Production: Dax Production
English staff
English cast
ADR Director:
Robert Wicks
Ruben Arvizu
Art Director: Dana Gill
Translation: Midori Maejima
Executive producer:
John Sirabella
Shawne Kleckner (Right Stuf)
Producer:
Judy Albert (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Kris Gero (Right Stuf DVD)

Acquisition Liaison:
Aiko Utsumi
Yoko Hayama
Assistant Sound Engineer: Richard K. Mallard III
Casting Coordination: Dianne Smith
DVD Author: Dave Beinlich
Editing: Derek Lieu
Packaging Design:
Kris Gero (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Phillip Grothus (Right Stuf DVD)
Post-Production Supervision: Christian Moran
Print Manager: Chris Mantovi
Pro Tools: Peter McDonald
Production Coordination: Dianne Smith
Production Supervision:
Clark Cheng
Richard York
Sean Molyneaux
Script Adaptation: J.J. Vallejo
Senior Producer: Kris Gero (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Sound Mixing: Peter McDonald
Subtitling: Robby Huang
Cindy Robinson as Chitose Nanbu
Dick Smallberries Jr. as Ikkou Satonaka

Camilla Debry as Yuko Atoda (eps 9-13)
Jane Alan as Jyotoku Kawahara
Karen Strassman as Sumi Ikuina
Michelle Bell as Sakura Sugai
Sandra Edwards as Hinata Sugai
Stephanie Sheh as Haruka Amanogawa
Tara Platt as Yuko Atoda

Frederick Hasselblad as Man
Grant George as Sakon
Sandra Edwards as Doll

Emily Romano
Janet Keller
Kevin Smith
Rachel Ward
Randy Peterson
English companies
Broadcaster: Starz (video on demand)
Distributor:
Lucky Penny Entertainment (DVD; 2014)
Nozomi Entertainment (Blu-ray; 2021)
Dub Production: Arvintel Media Productions
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (Subbed & Dubbed)
Starz
Licensed by:
Media Blasters (Expired)
The Right Stuf International (2014)
Recording: The Surround Factory
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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