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Gushing Over Magical Girls (TV)

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Alternative title:
Mahō Shōjo ni Akogarete (Japanese)
魔法少女にあこがれて (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, magic
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Hiiragi Utena is a normal magical-girl-loving middle school girl—or at least she was, but then some talking mascot showed up out of the blue and cast a spell on her. Now's her chance to join her beloved magical girls as...a villain. This shy magical-girl fan transforms into a sadistic dominatrix. (from manga)
User Ratings: 196 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Excellent: 40 votes (sub:40)
 Very good: 74 votes (sub:73, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 43 votes (sub:43)
 Decent: 17 votes (sub:17)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 408 users, rank: #2445 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.704 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4443, rank: #1248 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.709 (Very good−), rank: #1128 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.71 / seen some: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.693 (Very good−), rank: #884 (of 7289)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2024-01-03
Opening Theme:
"My dream girls" by NACHERRY
Ending Theme:
"Togetoge Sadistic." by Enormita
Insert song:
"L•O•V•E•L•Y LOCO♡" by Loco Musica (CV: Yuka Aisaka) (eps 8-9)
"My dream girls" by NACHERRY (ep 13)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Composition: Noboru Kimura
Script:
Noboru Kimura (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-8, 10, 12
)

Yasunori Yamada (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 9, 11, 13
)

Storyboard:
Aoi Mori (eps 3, 6, 8, 11)
Atsushi Ōtsuki (ep 2)
Kazutaka Muraki (eps 6, 10)
Kouta Amagi (eps 4, 9, 11)
Tadato Suzuki (OP, ED; eps 1, 7, 13)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 5)
Episode Director:
Aoi Mori (eps 3, 8)
Kouta Amagi (ep 4)
Maki Kamitani (eps 2, 7, 11)
Tadato Suzuki (eps 1, 9, 13)
Takahiro Ōtsuka (ep 6)
Tomio Yamauchi (eps 5, 10)
Unit Director: Tadato Suzuki (OP, ED)
Original creator: Akihiro Ononaka
Character Design: Yasuka Ōtaki
Art Director: Arisa Taira
Chief Animation Director: Yasuka Ōtaki
Animation Director:
Aoi Mori (OP; eps 3, 8)
Daisuke Tomiyama (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 9-10, 13
)

Fumino Fujii (6 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 10-11, 13
)

Kasumi Higuchi (eps 1, 8, 12)
Katsumi Shimazaki (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 10, 12
)

Kenji Hattori (eps 1, 11)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (eps 4, 6, 9)
Kumiko Shishido (ep 4)
Mariko Aoki (eps 1, 4)
Masumi Hattori (eps 2, 4, 9, 11)
Ririka Yamazaki (eps 1, 3, 10)
Sawako Shigematsu (eps 1-2, 5, 9)
Shinichiro Minami (eps 4, 11)
Tsutomu Ōno (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 8, 12
)

Yasuka Ōtaki (OP, ED)
Youko Kuboyama (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 8, 11-13
)

Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
Director of Photography: Ryō Kujirai
2nd Key Animation:
Chisato Suzuki (ep 4)
Fumino Fujii (ep 10)
Kaori Ohara (ep 6)
Kasumi Higuchi (eps 4, 6, 8)
Katsumi Shimazaki (ep 2)
Lan Xi Liu (ep 8)
Miho Kusanagi (eps 1, 4)
Mikako Hoshi (eps 1, 6)
Rintarō Takeguchi (ep 9)
Ririka Yamazaki (ep 1)
Yasuka Ōtaki (eps 5, 7-9)
Youko Kuboyama (ep 8)
Yūta Ogikubo (OP)
Advertising Producer: Rinko Furudate
Assistant Director of Photography: Wen Xin He
Background Art:
Hiroyuki Tsubaki (KLAS for ep 7; OP; eps 1, 4, 7, 10)
Junko Shimada (KLAS for all but eps 1,4; OP, ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 7, 9-10
)

Li Yu (KLAS for all but eps 1,4; OP, ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 7, 10
)

Mayumi Okawa (KLAS for all but ED and ep 4; ED; eps 2, 4, 9-10)
Shinji Saitō (齋藤信二; OP, ED; eps 1, 10)
Yukako Ogawa (KLAS for all but eps 1,4; OP; eps 1, 4, 7, 9)
Yuri Takagi (髙木佑梨; KLAS; OP, ED; eps 4, 7, 9-10)
Color Check: Eri Oga (OP, ED; eps 5, 10)
Color design: Shuji Kamimura
Color Specification: Eri Oga (OP, ED; eps 5, 10)
Cooperation:
Chiho Shibayama
Chizuko Kuroki
Kousuke Motomura (Katsushika Video Production Studio)
Mari Onodera
Masakatsu Umeda
Takahiro Masuda (増田高大)
Distribution License: Ryōta Tomizuka
Editing: Ami Ishii (石井亜美; different person; Asahi Production)
Finish Animation: Eri Oga (ED)
In-Between Animation:
Chisato Suzuki (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10
)

Kaori Ohara (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 10
)

Miho Kusanagi (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 10
)

Mikako Hoshi (eps 5, 7-8)
Ryo Masui (ep 1)
Yukina Saitō (ED; ep 1)
In-Between Check:
Chisato Suzuki (Asahi Production; ep 11)
Miho Kusanagi (Asahi Production; ep 11)
Mikako Hoshi (Asahi Production; ep 11)
Ririka Yamazaki (Asahi Production for all but eps 7,12; 9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10-12
)

Ryo Masui (OP)
Insert Song Performance:
NACHERRY (ep 13)
Yuka Aisaka (as Loco Musica; eps 8-9)
Key Animation:
Aoi Mori (OP; eps 1, 3, 5, 8)
Chisato Suzuki (OP; eps 1, 3, 9)
Fumino Fujii (ep 5)
Hironori Izu (OP; eps 3, 6)
Junko Matsushita (ep 3)
Kaori Ohara (OP; ep 3)
Kasumi Higuchi (ep 3)
Mariko Aoki (ep 11)
Miho Kusanagi (OP; ep 1)
Mikako Hoshi (OP; eps 1, 6, 9)
Rintarō Takeguchi (OP; eps 1-3, 13)
Ririka Yamazaki (OP)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 3)
Shinsuke Kasahara (ep 3)
Tadato Suzuki (OP; ep 1)
Toshinari Abe (eps 1, 3, 12-13)
Yasuka Ōtaki (ED; ep 1)
Yūta Ogikubo (ep 6)
Music producer: Mai Kawashima
Original Cooperation: Ginpei Tada
Overseas License:
Hideyuki Tanigawa (Shuka)
Mari Nakazawa (Shuka)
Ruo Ying Shi (Shuka)
Photography:
Ryō Kujirai (OP)
Wen Xin He (ED)
Planning Cooperation: Junichiro Miyata
Production Desk: Masayu Watanabe
Production manager: Tatsushi Matsushita
Prop Design: Eriko Kubokawa
Recording Adjustment: Ryō Hattori
Recording Assistant: Eimi Hiroshima
Setting Production: Katsuya Ishida
Sound Effects: Yoko Sakurai
Sound Work Manager: Ayumi Okamura (岡村歩美)
Theme Song Performance:
Aoi Koga (as Enormeeta; ED)
Fūka Izumi (as Enormeeta; ED)
Minami Tsuda (as Enormeeta; ED from ep 10 on)
NACHERRY (OP)
Shiori Sugiura (as Enormeeta; ED)
Yuka Aisaka (as Enormeeta; ED from ep 10 on)
Title Logo Design: Shota Kojima (5GAS DESIGN STUDIO)
Video Editing:
Ayato Yasuda (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services)
Reo Nakamura (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; ep 10)
Satoshi Kura (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 1-9, 11-13)
Video Editing Desk:
Masashi Yoshimura
Teru Ogawa
Videogram Manufacturing: Satoshi Yamazaki
Web Production: Takeshi Furuuchi
Fūka Izumi as Utena Hiiragi/Magia Baiser
Kaori Maeda as Haruka Hanabishi/Magia Magenta
Misato Fukuen as Venalita

Aoi Koga as Kiwi Araga / Leopard
Kana Asumi as Vatz
Kikuko Inoue as Sister Gigant
Mayuko Kazama as Sayo Minakami / Magia Azul
Minami Tsuda as Nemo Anemo/Leberblume
Misaki Ikeda as Kaoruko Tenkawa / Magia Sulfur
Shiori Sugiura as Korisu Morino / Nero Alice
Yōko Hikasa as Lord Enorme
Yuka Aisaka as Matama Akoya/Loco Musica

Ai Kaneta as Kaiju (ep 12)
Aya Hisakawa as Mipurun (ep 7)
Aya Kawakami as
Utena's Mother (ep 4)
Utena's mother (Ep 3)
Chiyuki Miura as Produce Store Lady (ep 6)
Erina Goto as Woman 2 (ep 7)
Junichi Yanagita as Flower Monster (eps 1-2, 13)
Kana Ogino as
Child C (ep 6)
Woman 1 (ep 7)
Maya Akane as
Audience A (ep 9)
Girl Child (ep 10)
Natsumi Oshita as
Gal A (ep 13)
Woman (ep 8)
Nodoka Hasegawa as Teacher (eps 1-2)
Nozomi Furuki as Child B (ep 2)
Rie Hikisaka as Child B (ep 4)
Rio Toyosu as Student (ep 1)
Ru Thing as
Korisu's Mother (ep 5)
Mifuyu Hanabishi (ep 12)
Sachiko Honma as Child C (ep 2)
Saki Kobari as
Child C (ep 4)
Natsuna Hanabishi (ep 12)
Sakura Tange as Mimiru (ep 7)
Satsuki Hatori as
Audience B (ep 9)
Salesperson (ep 13)
Sayuri Yahagi as Kaijin (ep 7)
Shizuki Hiyama as Child A (ep 2)
Yua Nagae as Child A (ep 4)
Yurie Funato as Child A (ep 6)
Yurika Moriyama as
Akiho Hanabishi (ep 12)
Child B (ep 6)
Gal B (ep 13)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Alpha Animation (ep 1)
Asahi Production (eps 1, 3-11)
Buyuu (ep 1)
Ikumatsu Animation Production (eps 1, 7, 9, 11)
Jumondou Wuxi (eps 7, 12-13)
Laplace Animation (eps 1, 4, 9, 11)
Nakamura Production (ep 4)
One Order (eps 1-3)
RadPlus (ep 1)
Shanghai Xuanzhou Culture Media (eps 4, 7, 12)
Studio CL (eps 5, 9-10)
Animation Direction:
Ikumatsu Animation Production (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 9, 11
)

Jumondou Wuxi (eps 2, 7, 12-13)
Laplace Animation (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-7, 9, 11
)

Ritera Pictures (5 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9, 13
)

Shanghai Xuanzhou Culture Media (eps 2, 4, 7, 12)
Studio CL (eps 2, 9-10)
Animation Production: Asahi Production
Background Art:
GK Sales (eps 1-3)
KLAS (OP; ED; 5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 9-10
)

Domestic License: MAGNET
Editing: Asahi Production
Finish Animation:
Alpha Animation (ep 1)
Asahi Production (OP; eps 1-11)
Buyuu (ep 1)
Ikumatsu Animation Production (eps 1-2, 7, 11)
Jumondou Wuxi (ep 2)
Laplace Animation (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-7, 11
)

One Order (eps 1-3)
RadPlus (eps 1, 4)
Shanghai Xuanzhou Culture Media (eps 2, 4, 7, 12)
Studio CL (eps 2, 5, 9-11)
In-Between Animation:
Alpha Animation (ep 1)
Asahi Production (OP; eps 1-11)
Buyuu (ep 1)
Ikumatsu Animation Production (eps 1-2, 7, 11)
Jumondou Wuxi (ep 2)
Laplace Animation (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-7, 11
)

One Order (eps 1-3)
RadPlus (eps 1, 4)
Ritera Pictures (ep 9)
Shanghai Xuanzhou Culture Media (eps 2, 4, 7, 12)
Studio CL (eps 2, 5, 9-11)
In-between Check:
Asahi Production (ED; eps 1-6, 8-11)
Key Animation:
Alpha Animation (eps 1-2)
Asahi Production (eps 2, 11)
Buyuu (ep 1)
Ikumatsu Animation Production (eps 1-2)
Jumondou Wuxi (ep 7)
One Order (ep 1)
RadPlus (eps 1, 4)
Ritera Pictures (ep 6)
Shanghai Xuanzhou Culture Media (ep 7)
Studio CL (eps 2, 10)
Music Production: Lantis
Overseas License: Shuka (different company; 朱佳)
Recording Studio: Three S Studio
Sound Production: Dax Production
Title Logo Design: 5GAS Design studio
Web Production: WEB SMITH
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Jonu Play (Spain)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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