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Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts (TV)

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Alternative title:
Baka to Test to Shōkanjū (Japanese)
バカとテストと召喚獣 (Japanese)
笨蛋、測驗、召喚獸 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: ©2007 Kenji Inoue・Yui Haga/ENTERBRAIN, INC./Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Production Committee
Plot Summary: Advanced placement into a school of higher grade proof-reading is determined by the results of the Promotion Test strictly for class type. Ranging from A class with the best facilities anyone can offer all the way down to F Class which is composed of low dining tables, rotten tatami mats and other worn out facilities. Students can change classes by competing using the Examination Summons Battle system or ESB. Students summon characters with their equivalent test mark scores and use them to compete with other classes.
User Ratings: 1990 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 200 votes (sub:145, dub:44, raw:4, ?:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 487 votes (sub:339, dub:120, raw:4, edit.dub:3, others:21
15 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 560 votes (sub:379, dub:150, raw:7, ?:2, edit.dub:2, others:20
8 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Korean subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Mandarin subtitled
1 Chinese(Mandarin) subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 411 votes (sub:281, dub:113, raw:2, ?:1, others:14
7 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 czech subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 173 votes (sub:110, dub:50, raw:4, ?:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 77 votes (sub:50, dub:25, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 41 votes (sub:32, dub:8, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:14, dub:5)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 3921 users, rank: #240 (of 9508)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.746 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5938, rank: #1156 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.612 (Very good−), rank: #1316 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.75 / seen some: 6.22 / won't finish: 3.84)
Bayesian estimate: 7.611 (Very good−), rank: #1044 (of 7263)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2010-01-06 to 2010-03-31
Opening Theme:
"Perfect-area complete!" by Natsuko Aso
Ending Theme:
#1: "Baka Go Home" (バカ・ゴー・ホーム) by milktub and Baka Test All Stars [chorus; Hiro Shimono, Hitomi Harada, Kaori Mizuhashi, Emiri Katō, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Kōki Miyata, and Tomomi Isomura] (eps 1-6, 10-13)
#2: "Hare Tokidoki Egao" (晴れときどき笑顔) by Hitomi Harada, Kaori Mizuhashi, Emiri Katou and Tomomi Isomura (eps 7-9)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 31
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Baka and Test - Series 1 Collection [AU] (Blu-ray) 2011-12-14
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Baka and Test - The Complete First Season (BD+DVD) 2011-08-02 (from $88.75)
    Baka and Test - The Complete First Season [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2011-08-02 (from $66.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Baka and Test - The Complete First Season [S.A.V.E.] (DVD) 2014-09-02 (from $19.99)
DVD (Region 2)
    Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts - Complete Series One (DVD) 2012-05-28
DVD (Region 4)
    Baka and Test - Series One Collection (DVD) 2011-11-16

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shin Ōnuma
Series Composition: Katsuhiko Takayama
Script: Katsuhiko Takayama (eps 1-13)
Storyboard:
Ei Aoki (ep 4)
Goichi Iwahata (ep 6)
Keiichiro Kawaguchi (ep 13)
Naoto Hosoda (ep 9)
Shin Ōnuma (OP/ED2; eps 1, 7, 11)
Shinichi Watanabe (4 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 12
)

Yoshinari Saito (eps 2, 8)
Yukiko Ban (ED1)
Episode Director:
Jun Fukuda (eps 5, 12)
Shin Ōnuma (OP/ED2; eps 1, 13)
Shinichi Watanabe (eps 3, 10, 12)
Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto (eps 4, 9)
Yasuro Tsuchiya (ep 6)
Yoshifumi Sasahara (eps 7, 11)
Yoshinari Saito (eps 2, 8, 11)
Music: Nijine
Original creator: Kenji Inoue
Original Character Design: Yui Haga
Character Design: Miwa Oshima
Art Director: Kohji Azuma
Chief Animation Director:
Megumi Noda (ep 6)
Miwa Oshima
Animation Director:
Asami Watanabe (eps 4, 9)
Kazuya Morimae (4 episodes
eps 7, 10, 12-13
)

Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (eps 5, 7, 10-13)
Keiichi Ishida (eps 7, 10-12)
Keita Watabe (eps 2, 8, 11-12)
Kimiko Yashiro (eps 1, 3)
Megumi Noda (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10-13
)

Michio Hasegawa (7 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 10-13
)

Miwa Oshima (OP/ED2)
Natsuko Suzuki (ep 13)
Satomi Matsuura (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10, 12-13
)

Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 6, 10, 12)
Takahiro Sasaki (eps 2, 8, 11)
Yoshiaki Tomita (eps 5, 7)
Yoshikatsu Inoue (eps 6, 12)
Yoshinari Saito (eps 11, 13)
Yuka Takemori (7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

3D Director: Takeshi Sanada
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography:
Kousuke Nakanishi
Yuuichirou Nagata (assistant)
2nd Key Animation:
Aki Kuki (ep 1)
Azuma Sugawara (ep 6)
Eiji Kaneda (ep 5)
Haru Yanagida (ep 12)
Hiroya Kamakura (eps 6-7, 11)
Kimiko Yashiro (ep 7)
Kōji Kamakura (ep 5)
Mari Shirakawa (ep 6)
Sachiyo Matsumoto (ep 6)
Takahiro Sōda (ep 7)
Takayuki Chiba (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Arai (ep 12)
Toshiharu Kumaoka (ep 8)
Toshitaka Higata (ep 12)
Yasunori Aoki (eps 1, 5)
Yuko Kimura (ep 12)
Yūko Kobori (eps 6, 11)
Yuta Ito (ep 6)
Animation producer: Hayato Kaneko
Assistant Animation Director:
Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 8)
Yayoi Kamigaki (ep 8)
Assistant producer: Sachi Kawamoto
Color design: Miyuki Kibata
Digital Work:
Ayumi Kamo (D-Station)
Eri Ohtsuka (D-Station)
Kazu Sato (D-Station)
Yasuyo Yaegashi (D-Station)
Editing: Jun Takuma
Endcard Illustration: Mako Aboshi
Finish Animation:
Daisuke Yoshizawa (Dream Force)
Ikuko Kitagawa
Kazuyoshi Hatakenaka (Silver Link)
Kōjirō Fujii
Mami Hirai (Silver Link)
Megumi Koishikawa
Miho Koike
Moemi Fuda (Silver Link)
Tomoko Saitō (Dream Force)
Yasuko Hisaoka (Dream Force)
Yūsuke Satō
Finish Check: Kumiko Sone (Studio Road)
In-Between Animation:
Aiko Utsumi (Silver Link)
Haru Yanagida
Maiko Shibata (Silver Link)
Minao Otsuki (Silver Link; ep 13)
Miyuki Nakajima (Silver Link)
Ryōsuke Yamamoto (Silver Link)
Shima Katō
Takanori Yonekura (Silver Link)
Tamae Iwabe (Silver Link)
Tomoyuki Arai
Toshitaka Higata
Yūta Takahashi (Silver Link)
Key Animation:
Ani Katō (ep 12)
Asami Moriya (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 13
)

Asami Moromasa (ep 8)
Asami Watanabe (eps 4, 9, 13)
Asuka Shinbo (ep 4)
Atsushi Yamamoto (eps 1, 5)
Aya Maeda (ep 13)
Beom Seok Hong (ep 8)
Chie Yamazaki (ep 10)
Chie Yoshimoto (eps 3, 7, 10-13)
Chūji Nakajima (ep 8)
Daisuke Endō (eps 4, 9)
Daisuke Kurose (Azeta Pictures; ep 12)
Eigo Nomura (eps 3, 7)
Eiichi Kuboyama (ep 8)
Eisuke Matsubara (ep 12)
Eitaro Abe (ep 2)
Futoshi Suzuki (Studio Cosmo; ep 3)
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 2)
Hiroaki Tomita (ED2; ep 11)
Hiroko Shigekuni (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 10, 12
)

Hiromi Ariga (ep 8)
Hironori Sawada (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12
)

Hiroo Shigeta (ep 6)
Hiroshi Hariki (Studio Cosmo; eps 5, 7, 10-13)
Hiroshi Ishiyama (ep 8)
Hiroya Kamakura (eps 3, 10, 12)
Hiroyasu Oda (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Honda (ep 7)
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (ep 5)
Junko Matsushita (4 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 12
)

Kaoru Maehara (ep 6)
Kaoru Suzaki (Rising Force; eps 1, 3)
Katsuya Shigehara (Studio Gamei; ep 2)
Kazuhiro Muto (eps 6, 12)
Kazuhiro Ono (Studio Gamei; ep 2)
Kazunori Ozawa (eps 10, 12-13)
Kazuya Hirata (Last House; eps 1, 5)
Kazuya Morimae (ep 1)
Kazuya Tsukamoto (Studio Gamei; ep 2)
Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (OP/ED1/ED2; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 11, 13
)

Ken Takahashi (eps 7, 11, 13)
Ken'ichi Hirata (ep 8)
Kenji Fukazawa (Studio Cosmo; ED2; 7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

Kenji Inoue (ep 3)
Kenji Kodama (eps 2, 8)
Kimiko Yashiro (ED2; eps 1, 5, 11-13)
Kōhei Yamazaki (eps 5, 7, 11)
Kōji Furuya (ep 8)
Koji Maruoka (ep 2)
Kōji Miura (Rising Force; ep 1)
Kumiko Katō (eps 4, 9)
Kunihiko Kimura (ep 8)
Kyoko Kotani (OP/ED2; eps 1, 13)
Maki Hashimoto (ep 12)
Makoto Iino (eps 2, 8)
Mao Yamazaki (eps 4, 9)
Mariza Hakurei (ep 2)
Masahiko Komino (ep 2)
Masakazu Sunagawa (ep 8)
Masaki Tanigawa (OP; ep 5)
Masako Yumoto (eps 4, 9)
Masayuki Fujita (eps 2, 8)
Masayuki Uchiyama (Last House; eps 1, 3, 7)
Megumi Noda (ep 1)
Michio Hasegawa (OP)
Michitaka Yamamoto (eps 6, 10)
Miho Imoto (eps 4, 9)
Misato Takasaki (eps 2, 8)
Miwa Oshima (ED2; eps 7-8, 13)
Mizue Ogawa (ep 8)
Motohiro Taniguchi (OP/ED2; 8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10-13
)

Mutsumi Sasaki (ep 9)
Naoki Mishiba (ep 3)
Natsue Chibayama (Last House; ep 1)
Natsuko Suzuki (OP/ED2)
Nobuharu Ishido (ep 8)
Noriko Tsutsumiya (eps 4, 9)
Noriko Yamashita (ED1; eps 2, 7-8)
Reiko Sato (ep 2)
Rika Kato (eps 2, 13)
Rika Sugano (Studio Cosmo; 7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

Ritsuko Kondō (eps 4, 9)
Rui Kondou (ep 12)
Rutarō (eps 10, 13)
Ryosuke Kimiya (eps 2, 8)
Satomi Matsuura (eps 1, 5, 7, 13)
Satomi Naitou (eps 4, 9)
Seiko Sakai (eps 6, 10, 12)
Shigeki Sato (ep 12)
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 6, 10, 12)
Shin Komatsu (ep 11)
Shin'ya Kitamura (eps 6, 12)
Shintaro Tsubota (eps 6-8, 11, 13)
Shinya Sasaki (eps 6, 12)
Shusuke Morita (Rising Force; eps 1, 3)
Taeko Ōgi (ep 8)
Takaaki Itō (ep 6)
Takahiro Miura (ep 2)
Takahiro Sasaki (ep 2)
Takanori Suzuki (eps 6, 10, 12)
Takayuki Chiba (eps 11, 13)
Takeo Ōhira (8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10-13
)

Tatsuya Ikeda (Rising Force; ep 1)
Teruyo Katō (Last House; ep 1)
Tomoe Nishio (ep 13)
Tomoko Ishida (ep 9)
Tomomi Kumata (Studio Cosmo; 7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

Tomoyuki Kinoshita (ep 13)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 8)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 8)
Yasuko Chiba (Studio Cosmo; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-11, 13
)

Yasunori Aoki (ep 8)
Yōko Iijima (ep 12)
Yoritada Shigesa (ep 12)
Yoshiaki Tomita (6 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 10-12
)

Yoshihiro Matsumoto (eps 6, 10, 12)
Yoshihiro Tanaka (ep 8)
Yoshikatsu Inoue (eps 6, 12)
Yoshiki Mizuno (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 11-13
)

Yoshinari Saito (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 11, 13
)

Yoshinori Deno (eps 7, 13)
Yosuke Kobashi (ep 2)
Youko Kuboyama (ep 8)
Yuka Takemori (Studio Cosmo; ED2; 7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

Yūki Morikawa (eps 5, 7, 10-13)
Yukihide Oku (ep 5)
Yuko Kimura (ED1; 9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10-11, 13
)

Yuta Shiraishi (Studio Cosmo; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-11, 13
)

Yuuka Tanaka (ep 12)
Yūya Kumagai (eps 6, 10, 12)
Literature Production: Ayumi Sekine
Music producer: Shigeru Saitō
Planning Assistant:
Keiko Kawanishi (Enterbrain Famitsu Bunko Editorial)
Keisuke Nagashima (Enterbrain Famitsu Bunko Editorial)
Takuya Kawasaki (Enterbrain Famitsu Bunko Editorial)
Yoshihito Utsumi (Kadokawa Shoten Monthly Shonen Ace Editorial)
Yoshinori Kenno (eps 1-13)
Yoshinori Mino (Kadokawa Shoten Monthly Shonen Ace Editorial)
Plug-in Assistance: Kengo Watanabe
Production Advancement:
Hideaki Muraoka (eps 4, 9)
Kazutaka Kawamoto (ep 6)
Kousuke Onizuka (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12
)

Nobuto Fushimi (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 13
)

Shin Mizuno (eps 5, 10, 12)
Shin'ichi Fukuda (ep 8)
Takashi Aritō (eps 2, 8)
Yuki Sugano (eps 2, 8)
Yūsuke Fukumura (eps 7, 11, 13)
Production Desk:
Sadamasa Fujii
Takeshige Oshima (assistant)
Program Manager:
Tomomi Kyōtani (TV Tokyo)
Yoshikazu Beniya (TV Tokyo)
Public Relations: Atsushi Ōta (eps 3-13)
Setting Production: Takayoshi Morimiya
Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino (Sound Ring)
Sound Engineer: Tohru Kumakura
Sound Production Manager: Kei Mayama
Theme Song Arrangement:
Katsuhiko Kurosu (ED2)
Kenichi Maeyamada (OP)
Kyōichi Miyazaki (ED1)
Theme Song Composition:
Ichibanboshi Hikaru (ED1)
Kenichi Maeyamada (OP)
yozuca* (ED2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hata (OP)
bamboo (ED1)
yozuca* (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
bamboo (ED;as milktub)
Emiri Katō (ED2)
Hitomi Harada (ED2)
Kaori Mizuhashi (ED2)
milktub (ED)
Natsuko Aso (OP)
Tomomi Isomura (ED2)
Emiri Katō as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Hiro Shimono as Akihisa Yoshii
Hitomi Harada as Mizuki Himeji
Kaori Mizuhashi as Minami Shimada
Kōki Miyata as Kōta "Muttsuriini" Tsuchiya
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Yūji Sakamoto
Tomomi Isomura as Shōko Kirishima

Akio Ōtsuka as Sōichi Nishimura
Ayana Taketatsu as Miharu Shimizu
Takuma Terashima as Toshimitsu Kubo
Yoshino Nanjō as Aiko Kudō

Akio Ōtsuka as Narration①
Daisuke Kageura as
Hasegawa (eps 1-2, 11)
Student A (ep 12)
Emiri Katō as Yūko Kinoshita
Hiromi Igarashi as Yūka Koyama
Hiromu Miyazaki as
Kyōji Nemoto
Male student (eps 1-2)
Kaori Nakamura as Kaoru Tōdō
Keiko Manaka as
Takeuchi-sensei (ep 3)
Yoshiko Mikami
Keisuke Goto as Ryō Sugawa
Kenjiro Tsuda as
Announcement (eps 7-8)
Announcer
Narration②
Shin Fukuhara
Kikuko Inoue as Akira Yoshii
Mami Fujita as Riko (ep 7)
Mana Hirata as
Hazuki Shimada
Miho Satō
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Genji Hiraga (eps 11-12)
Shinya Takahashi as
Male student (ep 1)
Mr. Takenaka (ep 11)
Takuma Terashima as Proctor (ep 1)
Toshinobu Iida as Ryōta (ep 7)
Yūko Takayama as Hiromi Nakabayashi
Yumi Kakazu as Yōko Takahashi
Japanese companies
Animation Production: SILVER LINK.
Backgrounds: Studio Tulip
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2010-01-06)
AT-X (2010-01-14)
TV Osaka (2010-01-08)
TV Tokyo (2010-01-06)
Digital Works: D-Station
Music Assistance: TV Tokyo Music
Music Production: Lantis
Photography: Asahi Production
Photography Assistance:
D-Station (eps 4, 9)
Line Farm
Trans Arts Co.
Planning Assistance: Famitsu Bunko Henshūbu (eps 1-13)
Production Assistance:
AZETA PICTURES (ep 6)
D-Station (eps 4, 9)
Studio Blanc. (eps 2, 8)
Publicity Assistance: Tokyo Animator Gakuin (eps 1-13)
Recording Studio: OP Requiem Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Ring
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
Video Works: Q-Tec
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Terri Doty
Script:
Chuck Huber (eps 1-2)
Jamie Marchi (eps 1-2)
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer: Joseph Tompkins
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Sarah Mueller
Line Producer: Mike McFarland
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Post-Production Assistant:
Aya Spann
Jason Weems
Production Assistant:
Gino Palencia
Trenton Jons
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler
Alexis Tipton as Mizuki Himeji
Brina Palencia as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Greg Ayres as Kouta Tsuchiya
Jamie Marchi as Shouko Kirishima
Josh Grelle as Akihisa Yoshii
Leah Clark as Minami Shimada
Scott Freeman as Yuuji Sakamoto

Joel McDonald as Toshimitsu Kubo
Kent Williams as Soichi Nishimura
Kristi Bingham as Miharu
Trina Nishimura as Aiko Kudo

Anastasia Munoz as Hiromi Nakabayashi
Anthony Bowling as Shin Fukuhara
Brina Palencia as Yuuko Kinoshita
Carli Mosier as Akira Yoshii
Chris Burnett as Ryo Sugawa
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Yoko Takahashi
David Trosko as Oliver (ep 11)
Ian Sinclair as Hasegawa
J. Michael Tatum as Ryuta (ep 7)
Jerome Fifty-Seven as Mark (ep 11)
Josh Grelle as
Angel (ep 4)
Devil (ep 4)
Lindsay Seidel as Hazuki Shimada
Maeghan Albach as Takeuchi (ep 3)
Micah Solusod as Genji Hiraga
Monica Rial as Riko (ep 7)
Ryan Reynolds as Yoshiko Mikami
Scott Freeman as Proctor (ep 1)
Sean Michael Teague as Buddha (ep 12)
Sonny Strait as Takenaka (ep 11)
Terri Doty as
Young Yuuji (ep 2)
Yuuka Koyama
Tia Ballard as Miho Sato
Todd Haberkorn as Kyoji Nemoto
Tyson Rinehart as James (ep 11)
Wendy Powell as Kaoru Toudou

English companies
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment (UK and Ireland)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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