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WAVE!! -Let's go surfing!! (movie trilogy)

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Alternative title:
WAVE!!
WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! (Japanese)
Plot Summary: In the city of Ōarai in Ibaraki prefecture, Masaki Hinaoka, befriends transfer student Shō Akitsuki before the summer break, and ends up getting hooked on surfing. Through the sport, Masaki gets to know new friends, and will also drift apart from them in his journey to adulthood.
User Ratings: 13 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: -
 Very good: -
 Good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 32 users, rank: #7347 (of 9781)
Median rating: So-so
Arithmetic mean: 4.538 (So-so−), std. dev.: 1.4473, rank: #9460 (of 9927)
Weighted mean: 4.535 (So-so−), rank: #9492 (of 9927) (seen all: 5.12 / won't finish: 3.01)
Bayesian estimate: 6.006 (Decent), rank: #6592 (of 7496)
Vintage: 2020-10-02
Premiere date:
2020-10-02 (Japan, movie 1)
2020-10-16 (Japan, movie 2)
2020-10-30 (Japan, movie 3)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Densetsu no Surf Prince" (Legendary Surf Prince) by Naminori Boys
Ending Theme:
#1: "Beat Blue Beat" by Tomoaki Maeno and Jin Ogasawara
Official website:
アニメ「WAVE!!」公式サイト (Japanese)
Review:
WAVE!! Let's Go Surfing (Jun 19, 2021)
News: Show:
WAVE!! Surfing Anime Film Trilogy Gets TV Series Edition Premiering on January 11 (Nov 26, 2020)
WAVE!! Surfing Anime Film Trilogy Reveals New Cast Member, Trailer for 3rd Film (Oct 29, 2020)
WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! Anime Film Trilogy's Opening Song Sequence Streamed With Storyboards Also (Oct 13, 2020)
1st WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! Anime Film's 1st 3 Minutes Streamed (Sep 15, 2020)
WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! Anime Film Trilogy's Full Trailer Previews Voices, Theme Songs (Aug 5, 2020)
WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! Anime Film Trilogy Unveils October Opening, More Staff (Jul 11, 2020)
WAVE!! Surfing Anime Confirmed as 3-Part Theatrical Project (May 1, 2020)
WAVE!! Surfing Project's Game to Be a Smartphone App (Aug 17, 2019)
Love&Art Reveals Cast, Video, Story for WAVE!! Surfing Project (Oct 22, 2018)
Love&Art's 'WAVE!!' Project Casts Tomoaki Maeno (Oct 11, 2018)
Interest:
Mr. Osomatsu, WAVE!! Surf Together in TV Ad (Jan 19, 2021)
Surfers, Designers and Animals Frolick On The Beach in WAVE!! x Heaven's Design Team Collaboration Illustration (Jan 14, 2021)
Other articles:
The Best Anime of 2021 - The Worst Anime of 2021 & Mega Poll Results (Dec 31, 2021)
The Winter 2021 Preview Guide - WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! (Jan 11, 2021)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takaharu Ozaki
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Script:
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Megumu Sasano (eps 7-9)
Miho Inoue (eps 6, 10-11)
Storyboard:
Akira Oguro (ep 11)
Hideki Hosokawa (ep 9)
Kazuhiro Ozawa (ep 6)
Naoki Matsuura (eps 3, 8)
Osamu Yamazaki (ep 5)
Shigeru Ueda (eps 2, 7)
Takaharu Ozaki (eps 1, 4, 12)
Tōru Takahashi (ep 10)
Episode Director:
Housei Suzuki (eps 2, 10)
Masayuki Iimura (eps 6, 11)
Naoki Matsuura (eps 3, 8)
Shigeru Ueda (ep 7)
Takaharu Ozaki (eps 1, 4, 12)
Takahiro Ōtsuka (eps 5, 9)
Music: Akio Dobashi
Original Character Design: Yomi Sarachi
Character Design: Tomoko Iwasa
Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai
Chief Animation Director:
Tomoko Iwasa
Yuki Ikeda
Animation Director:
Akira Otsuka (eps 9, 12)
Aoi Mori (eps 3-5, 8)
Fumino Fujii (5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10, 12
)
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 7)
Hideo Maru (ep 11)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 4, 7, 10)
Jōji Yanase (eps 2, 6, 9)
Katsumi Shimazaki (5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10-11
)
Katsuyuki Wada (eps 4, 6, 11)
Koji Watanabe (ep 3)
Kouhei Hashimoto (eps 3, 8)
Masato Kato (ep 4)
Michiru Hagiwara (eps 1, 5, 9, 12)
Minoru Morita (ep 11)
Nobuharu Ishido (ep 12)
Sachiko Kōno (蒼依ふたば; ep 11)
Satomi Kurita (eps 2, 6, 9-10)
Shiori Kobayashi (ep 10)
Shūji Mizutake (ep 1)
Takashi Kikugawa (ep 6)
Tomoko Iwasa (eps 6, 11)
Yasuka Ōtaki (eps 3-5, 8, 10)
Youko Kuboyama (eps 7, 9, 12)
Yuna Naeki (eps 4-5, 8, 11)
Sound Director: Chikako Yokota
Director of Photography: Naho Hasegawa

Action Animation Director: Fumino Fujii
Color design: Emiko Tate
Editing: Yuki Honda
Effects Animation Director:
Hibachi Hoshino
Yasuhiro Saiki
Prop Design: Kanako Ono
Jin Ogasawara as Shō Akitsuki
Tomoaki Maeno as Masaki Hinaoka

Kōsuke Toriumi as Hayamichi Inada
Makoto Yasumura as Tadao
Nana Hamasaki as Sakura Yooka
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Rindō Fuke
Showtaro Morikubo as Sōichirō William Mori
Shunichi Toki as Naoya Kido
Takuya Satō as Kōsuke Iwana
Tsuguo Mogami as Isokichi
Yoshiki Nakajima as Nalu Tanaka
Yu Shimamura as Shoko
Yusuke Shirai as Yūta Matsukaze

Ama Ohashi as Commentary (ep 9)
Chiwa Saitō as Miruru (eps 8, 10)
Daiki Hamano as Mike (ep 10)
Fumiya Tanaka as Kalani (ep 10)
Hana Tamegai as
Audience (ep 9)
Female Student (eps 1, 4-5)
Girl (ep 8)
Uta (young; eps 6-7)
Hiroki Yasumoto as
SG Hummer
Store Manager
Ichi Kanno as Male Student (ep 1)
Mai Nishikawa as
Audience (ep 9)
Female Student (ep 5)
Kosuke (young; ep 6)
Masaya Fukunishi as High School Teacher (ep 6)
Megumi Nakamura as Masaki's Mother
Natsu Yorita as Sakura's Friend
Reina Aoyama as
Audience (ep 9)
Female Student (eps 1, 4, 6)
Girl (ep 8)
Sho (young; ep 11)
Rie Kugimiya as Mimai (ep 8)
Ryouta Shida as
Male Student (eps 1, 5)
Murata (ep 9)
Radio (ep 4)
Surfer (eps 2, 4, 12)
Shinya Takahashi as Live Announcer
Shouhei Fuji as Announcement (eps 3-4)
Takehiro Hasu as Sushi Chef (ep 10)
Takuma Nagatsuka as Male Student (ep 1)
Yoshihito Sasaki as Mr. Nogami
Yūko Mori as Female Student (eps 1, 4)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Asahi Production
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio
diomedéa
Nakamura Production
Revival
Studio Gimlet
Teddy
3DCGI: QREAZY
Animation Production: Asahi Production
Finish Animation:
Akatsuki
Asahi Production
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio
Hiwa
Likeminds Animation
One Order
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud
Revival
Seven Seas
Studio Gimlet
Xuyang Animation
In-Between Animation:
Akatsuki
Anime R
Asahi Production
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio
diomedéa
Encourage Films
Nakamura Production
One Order
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud
Revival
Seven Seas
Studio Gimlet
Xuyang Animation
Original Creator: MAGES.
Photography Assistance: PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud
Sound Production: delfi Sound
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
English cast
(none)

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