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AKB0048

2012 · Ended

Overview

AKB0048, sometimes stylized AKB∞48, is a 2012 Japanese anime television series based on the popular AKB48 idol group. The anime is produced by Satelight, with Shōji Kawamori as chief director and writer. The first season aired in Japan between April and July 2012 whilst the second season aired between January and March 2013.

Cast

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Sayaka NakayaOrine Aida (voice)

Amina SatoYuuka Ichijou (voice)

Sawako HataSuzuko Kanzaki (voice)

Sumire SatoMimori Kishida (voice)

Karen IwataNagisa Motomiya (voice)

Haruka IshidaKanata Shinonome (voice)

Kumi YagamiSonata Shinonome (voice)

Mayu WatanabeChieri Sono (voice)

Mita MaoMakoto Yokomizo (voice)

TMDB ID: 45982 ↗
First aired: 2012-04-29
Last aired: 2013-03-30
Status: Ended
Episode runtime: 25 min
Genres: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Creators: Unknown
Countries: JP
Languages: Japanese

Ratings

TMDB audience6.0/1022 votes

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Age ratings

—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)

—Not rated in Spain (ES)

—Not rated in France (FR)

—Not rated in United States of America (US)

—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)

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All regional certifications (2)

MAustralia (AU)

Recommended for mature audiences; M-rated content may only be broadcast between 8:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on any day, and additionally between 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on schooldays.

15South Korea (KR)

This rating is for programs that contain material that may be inappropriate for children under 15, and that parental discretion should be used. Examples include most dramas, and talk shows on OTA (over-the-air) TV (KBS, MBC, SBS), and many American TV shows/dramas on Cable TV channels like OCN and OnStyle. The programs that have this rating may include moderate or strong adult themes, language, sexual inference, and violence. As with the TV-MA rating in North America, this rating is commonly applied to live events where the occurrence of inappropriate dialogue is unpredictable. Since 2007, this rating is the most used rating for TV.

Seasons

Season 126 episodes

Crew

Directing4

Yoshimasa HiraikeSeries Director Shoji KawamoriSeries Director Daisuke TakashimaDirector Kazuhisa OnoDirector

Writing2

Mari OkadaSeries Composition, Writer Shoji KawamoriOriginal Story

Production3

Toshimichi OtsukiExecutive Producer Kenjiro KawandoProducer Gou SyukuriProducer

Editing1

Kentaro TsuboneEditor

Art7

Vincent NghiemArt Designer Akira ItoArt Direction Yann Le GallArt Designer Thomas RomainArt Designer Shoji KawamoriStoryboard Artist Yoshimasa HiraikeStoryboard Artist Hiroyuki ShimazuStoryboard Artist

Sound3

Jin AketagawaSound Director Hiroshi TakakiOriginal Music Composer Slawomir KowalewskiOriginal Music Composer

Visual effects74

Risa EbataCharacter Designer Nanae ShinajiColor Designer Hiroyuki KashimaCGI Director Stanislas BrunetMechanical Designer Masahiro AizawaKey Animation, Animation Director Mariko YamamotoKey Animation, Animation Director Tooru ImanishiAnimation Director, Key Animation Kanji NagasakaAnimation Director, Key Animation Ikuko ItoSupervising Animation Director, Key Animation Miki TakemotoKey Animation Tomokazu SugimuraKey Animation, Animation Director Hideki InoueSupervising Animation Director Shinobu OokouchiAnimation Director, Key Animation Yuu KobayashiKey Animation Takashi ShiokawaAnimation Director, Key Animation Miki YoshikawaKey Animation Tomoe TanakaKey Animation Tsubasa ItoKey Animation Mariko ItoKey Animation, Supervising Animation Director Shuntaro YamadaKey Animation Lee Hyun-daeKey Animation Daisuke SaitoKey Animation Sayaka TakaseKey Animation Motohiko KuriharaAnimation Director Akihiro TaniguchiKey Animation Kenzo SumimotoKey Animation Shunta SakamotoAnimation Director Yukie SuzukiKey Animation Takaaki WadaKey Animation Yuko FujiiKey Animation Hirofumi NakataKey Animation Keiichi IshidaKey Animation Yosuke YabumotoKey Animation Manabu ShiodaKey Animation Kenji TeraoKey Animation Yumi NakayamaKey Animation Yusuke ShimizuKey Animation Hidemi YamashitaKey Animation Tsuyoshi KakiharaKey Animation Noriko OguraKey Animation Manabu MorishigeKey Animation Etsuhito MoriKey Animation Shintaro DogeKey Animation Masashi WakayamaKey Animation Fumio MaezonoKey Animation Kazumi TsuribuneKey Animation Takayoshi WatanabeKey Animation Naoko IgarashiKey Animation Daisuke KitagawaKey Animation Satoshi ShimadaKey Animation Shin Hyung-wooKey Animation Sayaka KoisoKey Animation Rika MishimaKey Animation Shoji HaraKey Animation Kanako UedaKey Animation Takayuki SanoKey Animation Zhao XiangchunKey Animation Masaaki YamanoKey Animation Midori YoshiiKey Animation Satoru FujimotoAnimation Director Yuki IedaKey Animation Asuka HayashiKey Animation Wataru SekimotoKey Animation Chisa SogabeKey Animation Hiroyuki ShimizuKey Animation Eiko YamadaAnimation Director Makiko UemuraKey Animation Manami ItoKey Animation Naotaka HayashiKey Animation Kouki ShikijiAnimation Director Kouichi SugitaniKey Animation Kyoko KotaniKey Animation Hideo AmemiyaKey Animation Kazunori MinagawaKey Animation

Camera1

Maki UedaDirector of Photography

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