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A-Channel + smile (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Aチャンネル + smile (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Run, Tooru, Yuuko and Nagi are very close high school friends who go through their lives together. Their friendship goes beyond the classroom and academics with ranging from a pancake outing to a new year's shrine visit together.
User Ratings: 122 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Very good: 30 votes (sub:28, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 41 votes (sub:39, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 18 votes (sub:18)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:7, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 265 users, rank: #3266 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.238 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.4657, rank: #2765 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.157 (Good), rank: #2913 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.16)
Bayesian estimate: 7.190 (Good+), rank: #2562 (of 7289)
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 2012-03-21
Opening Theme:
"Balloon Theater (バルーンシアター)" by Marina Kawano
Ending Theme:
"Smile Houteishiki (スマイル方程式; Smile Equation)" by Kaori Fukuhara, Aoi Yūki, Yumi Uchiyama and Minako Kotobuki,
News: Show:
'A Channel' TV Anime's Blu-ray Disc Box to Include New Video Anime (Mar 26, 2017)
A-Channel + smile Video Anime's Textless Ending Posted (Feb 23, 2012)
A-Channel + smile Video Anime's Textless Opening Posted (Feb 16, 2012)
A-Channel + smile Video Anime's Commercial Streamed (Dec 28, 2011)
A-Channel Original Video Anime Titled, Slated for March (Dec 23, 2011)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Manabu Ono
Script: Tatsuhiko Urahata (eps 1-2)
Storyboard:
Kenji Seto (ED; ep 1)
Manabu Ono (OP; ep 2)
Episode Director:
Fumiya Kitajou (ep 2)
Kenji Seto (ep 1)
Unit Director:
Kenji Seto (ED)
Manabu Ono (OP)
Music:
monaca
Satoru Kōsaki
Original creator: bb Kuroda
Character Design: Masakatsu Sasaki
Art Director: Hiroki Matsumoto
Chief Animation Director: Masakatsu Sasaki
Animation Director:
Hiroyuki Kaidou (ep 1)
Hong Shen (ep 1)
Masakatsu Sasaki (OP; ED)
Takahiro Sakai (ep 2)
Yūma Yokomatsu (ep 2)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Kōjirō Hayashi
Producer:
Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Shinitirou Kashiwada
Tetsuya Endo
Toshihiro Maeda

2D Design:
Mariko Kishi
Megumi Himeno
Miyuki Kawakita
2nd Key Animation:
Akira Ono (OP)
Chinami Kudou (Pioneer Production; ep 2)
Haruna Gōzu (Graphinica; OP; ep 2)
Hideyuki Kataoka
Hiroko Seigan (ep 2)
Hiroshi Kosuga (OP)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 1)
Kimiharu Obata (Pioneer Production; ep 2)
Kiyomi Itakura (ep 1)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (OP)
Masateru Inada (Asahi Production; ep 2)
Mizuki Satō (ep 1)
Naoko Shōkin (ep 1)
Ryūhei Aoyagi (OP)
Saki Takahashi (ep 1)
Sayuri Ishii (Pioneer Production; ep 2)
Sayuri Ōsato (OP)
Yasunori Matsumura (OP)
3D CG:
Daisuke Suzuki
Kentarō Ijima
Mai Nakazono
Natsumi Nishio
3D Layout:
Arisa Matsuura (Domerica; eps 1-2)
Kazuya Ichikawa
Mayumi Kamada
Yusa Matsuura 
Animation producer: Tomonori Shibata
Assistant Animation Director:
Hayato Hashiguchi (ep 1)
Hiroshi Kosuga (ep 2)
Kenji Ōta (ep 2)
Makoto Koga (ep 2)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 2)
Mayumi Watanabe (ep 2)
Minoru Tanaka (ep 2)
Rondo Mizukami (ep 2)
Sayuri Sugitou (ep 1)
Yasunori Matsumura (ep 2)
Assistant Director: Kenji Seto
Associate producer:
Makoto Furukawa
Takao Aoki
Background Art:
Eriko Nakamura
Etsuko Abe
Hyung Suk Ju
Mie Kasai
Mirai Saito (ep 2)
Mizuka Ueda
Seung Hyun Lee
Tomoe Ookubo
Toshie Honda
Yuka Ohashi
Yuki Maeda
Yukihiro Watanabe
CG Line Director: Garyo Tanaka
Clothing Texture:
Eriko Murata
Toshie Suzuki
Color design:
Hitomi Ikeda
Keiko Kai
Color Key:
Hitomi Ikeda
Keiko Kai (ED)
Kouta Shiraishi
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Finish Animation:
Aiko Shinohara (Studio Easter)
Emiko Onodera (Studio Easter)
Hitomi Ikeda (Studio Easter)
Keiko Kai (Studio Easter; eps 1-2)
Kouta Shiraishi (Studio Easter)
Kumiko Anno (Studio Easter)
Shun Hasegawa (Studio Easter)
Tomoe Takaya (Studio Easter)
Yuka Funayama (Studio Easter)
Yūta Sakaino (Studio Easter)
Finish Check: Keiko Kai (ED)
Finish Check Assistance:
Ayako Shimagata
Miyoko Kobayashi
Satoko Kimura
Yoshimi Mogi
In-Between Animation:
Kenji Sawada (Studio Gokumi)
Mari Kikuchi (Studio Gokumi)
Shigeki Takano (Studio Gokumi)
In-Between Check:
Masahito Wada
Yuzumi Enosawa
Key Animation:
Aimei Sugai (ep 2)
Akira Ono (eps 1-2)
Asami Masuda (ep 1)
Asami Sodeyama (ep 2)
Atsushi Kasano (ep 2)
Chisato Kawaguchi (ED)
Chūji Nakajima (ep 2)
Haruna Katsu (ep 2)
Hayato Hashiguchi (ep 1)
Hideyuki Kataoka (ep 2)
Hiroshi Kosuga (ep 2)
Hiroshi Kuri (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 2)
Isao Sugimoto (ED)
Jouji Sawada (ED)
Kaori Ikeda (ep 1)
Kaori Urata (ep 1)
Kōki Sugawara (ep 2)
Kōta Sera (ep 1)
Maki Ando (ep 1)
Manabu Ono (OP)
Mariko Iwasaki (ep 1)
Masafumi Tayori (ep 1)
Masahito Wada (ep 1)
Masaki Tanigawa (ep 2)
Masashi Wakayama (ep 2)
Mayumi Watanabe (ED)
Minoru Tanaka (ep 2)
Mitsuaki Takabe (ep 1)
Ryūhei Aoyagi (eps 1-2)
Sachiyo Matsubayashi (ep 2)
Saori Sakiguchi (ep 1)
Satoshi Harayama (ep 1)
Shunryō Yamamura (ep 2)
Tetsuro Uetake (ep 1)
Tomoko Hamanaka (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (ep 2)
Yasunori Matsumura (ep 1)
Yasunori Yamaguchi (ep 2)
Yoshihiro Yoshioka (ep 1)
Yuta Ito (ep 1)
Yūta Masaki (ep 1)
Music producer: Shinji Yamauchi
Photography:
Ayumi Ushijima
Bu Chul Kim
Haruhide Ishiguro
Haruka Gotō
Hiromi Uchibayashi
Hiroo Yoshioka
Hisayoshi Yamamoto
Kōji Hayashi
Mariko Kishi
Megumi Himeno
Miyuki Kawakita
Shinya Katō
Su Jung Hyun
Takao Saito
Tetsuji Sakamaki
Tetsuya Kawada
Toshihiro Fujita
Yoshiki Obata
Planning:
Atsuhiro Iwakami
Atsushi Higashiyama
Hiroo Maruyama
Hisashi Takasu
Planning Assistant: Yumiko Kobayashi
Production Advancement:
Akira Ōtani (ep 2)
Kenta Washizaki (ep 1)
Kōichi Tamino (ep 2)
Tetsuya Tomioka (ep 2)
Special Effects:
Kanako Yamada (Graphinica)
Natsuko Satō (Graphinica)
Texture Works:
Bu Chul Kim
Shōko Harada
Takashi Horiuchi
Tetsuji Sakamaki
Theme Song Performance: Marina Kawano (OP)
Aoi Yūki as Ichii Tōru (young)

Kaori Fukuhara as Momoki Run (young)
Minako Kotobuki as Yūko Nishi
Yumi Uchiyama as Tennōji Nagisa

Ai Matayoshi as Imai Yutaka
Daisuke Ono as Satō Sachiyo
Minori Chihara as Kitō Kimiko
Miyuki Sawashiro as Kamate Taki
Momoko Saito as Noyama Miho
Yuka Iguchi as Keiko
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