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Aoharu x Machinegun (TV)

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Alternative title:
Aoharu x Kikanjū (Japanese) 
Aoharu x Machine Gun (Japanese) 
青春×機関銃 (Japanese) 
Genres: action , comedy , drama 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: Hotaru Tachibana is a girl disguised as a boy. Through strange circumstances she finds herself drawn into the world of survival games by a host, Masamune Matsuoka. The two form a team with ero-manga artist Tohru Yukimura and aim to be the be the best in Japan. 
User Ratings: 186 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 Very good: 40 votes (sub:33, dub:4, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 68 votes (sub:61, dub:5, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:23, dub:2)
 So-so: 16 votes (sub:14, raw:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 397 users, rank: #2512 (of 9903)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.737 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6657, rank: #5077 (of 10050)
Weighted mean: 6.650 (Good−), rank: #5282 (of 10050) (seen all: 6.76 / seen some: 6.27 / won't finish: 4.46)
Bayesian estimate: 6.704 (Good−), rank: #4715 (of 7615)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 13 
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2015-07-02 
Opening Theme:
"The Bravest Destiny" by Toy☆Gungun 
Ending Theme:
"Gunjō Survival" (群青サバイバル; Ultramarine Survival) by Mikako Komatsu 
"Tic Tac" (チクタク) by Mikako Komatsu [eps 8] 
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Aoharu x Machinegun TV Anime Special Slated for Christmas Eve (Dec 12, 2015)
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Crunchyroll to Stream Aoharu x Machinegun, Miss Monochrome 2nd Season (Jun 30, 2015)
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Aoharu x Kikanjū TV Anime's Staff, More Cast, July Premiere Revealed (May 18, 2015)
Aoharu x Kikanjū TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Summer Premiere (Mar 22, 2015)
Aoharu x Kikanjū Survival Games Manga Gets TV Anime (Feb 26, 2015)
Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces October Slate (Jul 27, 2022)
Section23 Filns Announces November Slate (Jul 21, 2016)
Other articles:
Shelf Life - Aoharu x Machinegun (Nov 28, 2016)
Anime Spotlight - AOHARU x MACHINEGUN (Jul 29, 2015)
The Summer 2015 Anime Preview Guide - Aoharu x Machinegun (Jul 4, 2015)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Aoharu x Machinegun - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2016-11-15 (from $33.00)
    Aoharu x Machinegun - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2022-10-18 (from $27.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Aoharu x Machinegun - Complete Collection (DVD) 2016-11-15 (from $72.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hideaki Nakano 
Series Composition: Kenji Konuta 
Script: Kenji Konuta (eps 1-13) 
Storyboard: Tatsuya Yoshihara (OP) 
Episode Director: Noriyoshi Sasaki (ep 2) 
Music: Asami Tachibana 
Original creator: Naoe 
Character Design: Junko Yamanaka 
Art Director: Masaki Mayuzumi 
Chief Animation Director: Junko Yamanaka 
Sound Director: Tōru Nakano 
Director of Photography: Shigeki Asakawa 

Action Animation Director: Yasuhiro Saiki 
Assistant Art Director: Narumi Kudo (eps 11, 13) 
Color Coordination: Rie Katō 
Editing: Kashiko Kimura 
In-Between Animation: Itsuki Tsuchigami (OP) 
Key Animation:
China (OP) 
Itsuki Tsuchigami (OP) 
Katsushi Suzuki (ep 1) 
Kazuhiro Sasaki (studio NEUN; eps 6, 10) 
Kikuko Sadakata (OP) 
Koji Iwaki (ep 1) 
Kozue Horanai (ep 1) 
Kumiko Kasuga (ep 1) 
Reo Takada (ep 3) 
Rina Sugimoto (ep 1) 
Shiori Hirakawa (ep 1) 
Takahito Fukuyama (ep 1) 
Tetsurō Yamada (ep 1) 
Tetsuya Sunaga (ep 1) 
Yasuhiro Saiki (OP; ep 1) 
Yohko Ariizumi (ep 9) 
Yoshiki Hirakawa (ep 1) 
Yuka Hasegawa (ep 1) 
Yuusuke Noma (ep 1) 
Photography:
Naho Hasegawa (Raretrick) 
Yuri Hirokawa (Raretrick) 
Prop Design: Tomokazu Sugimura 
Sub-Character Design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi 
Supervision: Itto Sara 
Theme Song Performance:
Mikako Komatsu (OP; ED) 
Tomoaki Maeno (OP) 
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (OP) 
Mikako Komatsu as Hotaru Tachibana 
Tomoaki Maeno as Masamune Matsuoka 
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tohru Yukimura 

Eri Kitamura as Ichi Akabane 
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Nagamasa Midori 
Ryōhei Kimura as Takatora Fujimoto 
Yui Horie as Kanae Yajima  (eps 1, 3, 9) 

Atsushi Taniguchi as Gamer (ep 8) 
Ayaka Imamura as Female Student (ep 9) 
Azumi Waki as Female Student (ep 9) 
Daichi Hayashi as
Driver (ep 12) 
Real Gamer (ep 13) 
Daichi Marutaka as Abe  (ep 2) 
Daiki Hamano as
Male Staff (ep 10) 
Watanabe  (ep 2) 
Daisuke Motohashi as Male Student (ep 9) 
Eiji Takeuchi as
Black suit  (eps 1, 9) 
Cosplay Corps (ep 13) 
Player (eps 6-7) 
Eri Suzuki as Female customer  (ep 1) 
Hayato Kashiwazaki as Gamer (ep 5) 
Hiroki Tōchi as Soji Kamenashi (eps 6-8, 13) 
Ikumi Hayama as PE Teacher (ep 9) 
Ikuto Kanemasa as
Delinquent  (eps 1, 9) 
Real Gamer (ep 13) 
Jun Fukushima as Cosplay Corps (ep 13) 
Jun Inoue as Student  (ep 1) 
Kaede Hondo as
Daughter (ep 10) 
Female customer  (ep 1) 
Kana Ueda as Sagara  (eps 4-5, 10) 
Kazuki Narumi as Delinquent  (eps 1, 9) 
Kazutaka Ishii as Real Gamer (ep 13) 
Kosuke Onishi as
Player (ep 6) 
Surivival gamer 
Survival Gamer (ep 4) 
M.A.O as Female Gamer (ep 5) 
Masahiko Jin as Gamer (ep 8) 
Maya Enoyoshi as Maid (eps 10-11) 
Mayu Harumiya as Female customer  (ep 1) 
Miho Masaka as Clerk  (eps 2, 4-5) 
Minami Chura as Mother (ep 10) 
Nana Hamasaki as Woman  (ep 2) 
Naoe as Panda (eps 5-6) 
Naoko Komatsu as Mother  (ep 3) 
Reiji Kawashima as Real Gamer (ep 13) 
Reina Kondo as Female student (ep 9) 
Satoshi Inomata as Player (ep 13) 
Sayaka Gomi as Female Customer (ep 13) 
Shō Kawaguchi as
Master (ep 10) 
Player (eps 6-7) 
Sho Nogami as Yamaguchi  (ep 2) 
Tadanori Date as Real Gamer (ep 13) 
Taichi Ichikawa as
Gamer (ep 5) 
Real Gamer (ep 13) 
Surivival gamer 
Survival Gamer (ep 4) 
Takeyuki Shimada as
Male Student (ep 9) 
Player (ep 13) 
Tetsu Inada as Store manager  (eps 3-4, 6) 
Tomoki Atsuta as Real Gamer (ep 13) 
Yoshiaki Hasegawa as Cop  (ep 3) 
Yoshiki Matsumoto as Real Gamer (ep 13) 
Yoshiyuki Matsuura as Gamer (ep 8) 
Yū Ayase as
Female customer  (eps 1, 4, 13) 
Gamer (ep 5) 
Yukitoshi Kikuchi as
Delinquent  (eps 1, 9) 
Gamer (ep 8) 
Real Gamer (ep 13) 
Yūko Iida as Woman (ep 11) 
Yuna Yoshino as Woman  (ep 2) 
Yurika Kubo as Daughter  (ep 3) 
Yūya Hirose as Gamer (ep 5) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Be Loop 
Big Bang 
DCI 
HEBARAKI 
Kyushu Animation 
Mouse 
Mugenkan 
Rising Force 
Studio Boomerang 
Studio Mark 
Studio Neun 
Studio Toybox 
UEC 
Zero-G 
Animation Production: Brain's Base 
Backgrounds:
Production ai 
Studio Jack (eps 11-12) 
Broadcaster:
BS-TBS 
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. 
Mainichi Broadcasting System 
Tokyo Broadcasting System 
Tulip-TV 
Color Key: Teddy 
Editing: MADBOX 
In-Between Animation:
B.S.P 
drop 
Green Grass Factory 
Jumondo 
R.I.C 
TAP 
Key Animation:
Be Loop (ep 2) 
Candy Box (ep 10) 
drop (ep 10) 
Jumondo (ep 10) 
Mouse (ep 2) 
Studio Angle (ep 6) 
Studio Gimlet (ep 2) 
Studio Neun (eps 6, 10) 
Studio Wanpack (ep 10) 
Wafū Animation (ep 6) 
Paint:
drop 
Green Grass Factory 
Jumondo 
R.I.C 
TAP 
Teddy 
Photography: Raretrick 
Photography Assistance: MADBOX 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres 
Translation:
Mikka Stifler (Crunchyroll) 
Rika Takahashi 
ADR Script: Katelyn Barr 
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi 
John Ledford 
Producer: John Ledford 

Additional Translation: Jessica Kim 
Assistant Director: Shannon Reed 
Audio Engineer: Brent Marshall 
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray 
Menu Design: Kris Saltiel 
Mixing: Brent Marshall 
Packaging Design: Kris Saltiel 
Production:
Brittany Deans 
Joey Goubeaud 
Luke Patterson 
Production Assistant:
Annie Nguyen 
Crystal Ruiz 
E.W. Rector, III 
Jose DeArmas 
Kjell Doucet 
Natalie Jones 
Ned Gayle 
Robert Cardenas 
Shannon Reed 
Yesenia Torres 
Production Coordination: Janice Williams 
Production manager: Son Phan Le 
Subtitle Timing: Joshua Arce 
Subtitling:
Cayla Coats 
Nathan Lopez (home video release) 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch 
Chris Patton as Toru Yukimura 
Corey Hartzog as Masamune Matsuoka 
Monica Rial as Hotaru Tachibana 

Allison Sumrall as Ichi Akabane 
Greg Ayres as Nagamasa Midori 
Scott Gibbs as Takatora Fujimoto 
Shanae'a Moore as Kanae Yajima 

Adam Barr as Watanabe 
Allen Titel as Abe  (ep 2) 
Allison Keith-Shipp as Hanako Saga  (eps 4-5, 10) 
Andrew Love as Manager 
David Wald as Kamenashi  (eps 6-8, 13) 
Greg Cote as
Driver 
Yamaguchi  (ep 2) 
Katelyn Barr as Michiru 
Natalie Rial as Maid  (eps 10-11) 
Robin Nennig as Hiromi 
Tiffany Grant as Yuka 

Adam Barr 
Adam Gibbs 
Allen Titel 
Allison Keith-Shipp 
Allison Sumrall 
Cara Duncan 
Christopher Ayres 
Clint Bickham 
Gabriel Regojo 
Gareth West 
Greg Cote 
Johnny De La Cerda 
Karlii Hoch 
Katelyn Barr 
Natalie Rial 
Robin Nennig 
Shanae'a Moore 
Tiffany Grant 
Tiffany Terrell 
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand) 
Crunchyroll 
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed) 
Hulu 
ITVX (UK) 
The Anime Network 
Viewster (UK & Ireland) 
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland) 
Sentai Filmworks 
Production: Sentai Studios 
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America) 
Spanish cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
(none)
Jannika Jira as Hotaru Tachibana 
Tim Kreuer as Tooru Yukimura 
Tobias Diakow as Masamune Matsuoka 

Benjamin Stolz as Takatora Fujimoto 
Jenny Maria Meyer as Kanae Yajima 
Leoni Oeffinger as Ichi Akabane 
Rasmus Borowski as Nagamasa Midori 

Alexander Merbeth as Abe (ep 2) 
Ivo Möller as Yamaguchi (ep 2) 
Mike Olsowski as Souji Kamenashi (eps 6-8) 
Sarah Madeleine Tusk as Sagara (eps 4-5, 10) 

Alexander Merbeth 
Stefan Brentle 
German companies
Distributor: KSM 
Dubbing: Digital Media Technologie GmbH 

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