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Little Busters! EX (OAV)

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Alternative title:
リトルバスターズ！EX (Japanese)
Plot Summary: This isn't a straight series where each episode connects to the next. It’s divided into 3 arcs. First we meet Saya Tokido. A girl who fights mysterious shadow people trying to find a mysterious treasure. This story takes place before the events of Refrain. Next we have Sasami Sasasegawa who for some reason changes into a cat that only Rikki can understand. These events occur after Refrain. Finally we meet Kanata Futaki, Haruka Saigusa's sister it takes place after Refrain. However the first half of her story does not start here it takes place before the events in Refrain. It ends here and takes place after the events in Refrain.
User Ratings: 79 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:6, raw:1, dub:1)
 Excellent: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Very good: 27 votes (sub:18, dub:5, raw:2, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 18 votes (sub:10, dub:4, raw:2, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 143 users, rank: #4514 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.582 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5312, rank: #1547 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.515 (Very good−), rank: #1612 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.54 / seen some: 8.00 / won't finish: 6.39)
Bayesian estimate: 7.510 (Very good−), rank: #1347 (of 7288)
Episode titles: We have 8
Vintage: 2014-01-29
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Little Busters! EX" by Rita
Ending Theme:
#1: "Mezameta Asa ni wa Kimi ga Tonari ni" (目覚めた朝にはきみが隣に; Next to You, When You Awoke in the Morning) by Suzuyu (eps 1-3, 5, 7)
#2: "Saya's Song" by Lia (ep 4)
#3: "Alicemagic" (Rockstar Ver.) by Rita (ep 6)
#4: "Alicemagic" by Rita (ep 8)
Comment:
Anime was bundled with the Blu-ray/DVD releases of Little Busters Refrain anime series.
News: Show:
Kud Wafter Anime Film's Screenings Delayed to July 16 Due to COVID-19 (May 11, 2021)
Kud Wafter Anime Delayed by 1 Year With Director Change (Mar 26, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 4-10 (Dec 6, 2016)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Little Busters EX OVA Series (Aug 3, 2016)
1st Little Busters! EX Episode's Ad Features Narration by Heroines (Dec 26, 2013)
1st Little Busters! EX Episode Previewed in Ad (Nov 25, 2013)
Little Busters! Refrain Blu-rays/DVDs to Bundle Game, EX Anime (Oct 19, 2013)
Hanabee Adds Little Busters (Oct 18, 2013)
Harumi Sakurai, Keiko Suzuki, Sora Tokui Lead Little Busters! EX Anime's Cast (Oct 9, 2013)
Crunchyroll to Stream Little Busters! Refrain Sequel Anime (Oct 3, 2013)
Little Busters! Refrain Anime's TV Spot Aired (Sep 21, 2013)
Little Busters! EX Anime Green-Lit (Sep 16, 2013)
New Strike Witches Manga to Launch in Comp Ace in June (Mar 28, 2010)
Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces December Slate (Aug 25, 2016)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Little Busters EX" (Aug 4, 2016)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Little Busters! EX - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2016-12-06 (from $149.99)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Little Busters! EX - Complete Collection [UK] (Blu-ray) 2017-06-19
DVD (Region 1)
    Little Busters! EX - Complete Collection (DVD) 2016-12-06 (from $23.72)
DVD (Region 2)
    Little Busters! EX - Complete Collection [UK] (DVD) 2017-06-19

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Composition: Michiru Shimada
Script:
Michiru Shimada (eps 1-4)
Yuniko Ayana (eps 5-8)
Storyboard:
Chikara Sakurai (ep 3)
Kazuya Sakamoto (OP)
Kentarō Suzuki (eps 7-8)
Masahiro Okamura (ep 1)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (ED)
Tomohiro Furukawa (eps 5-6)
Yoshiki Yamakawa (eps 3-4)
Youhei Suzuki (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Kentarō Suzuki (eps 7-8)
Masahiro Okamura (ep 1)
Toshikazu Hashimoto (eps 5-6)
Yoshiki Yamakawa (ep 4)
Youhei Suzuki (eps 2-3)
Unit Director:
Kazuya Sakamoto (OP)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (ED)
Character Design: Haruko Iizuka
Art Director: Toshiharu Mizutani
Chief Animation Director:
Haruko Iizuka (OP; eps 4, 6-8)
Kazunori Iwakura (eps 1-3, 5)
Animation Director:
Eisuke Matsubara (ep 2)
Ena Nishikawa (eps 3, 8)
Haruka Sano (ep 7)
Haruko Iizuka (ED)
Hiromitsu Hagiwara (eps 3-4)
Hiroyuki Saita (ep 5)
Ikuko Matsushita (eps 1, 3-4)
Ikuo Yoshida (OP)
Kaori Itō (ep 1)
Kyoko Kametani (eps 5-6)
Mariko Iguchi (eps 3-4)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 2)
Masato Anno (eps 5, 7)
Masayuki Onji (ep 5)
Mineko Ueda (ep 6)
Mitsuharu Kajitani (eps 1, 3-4, 8)
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 5)
Shiori Kobayashi (ep 2)
Yuuko Yoshida (ep 3)

2nd Key Animation:
Ai Kato (ep 6)
Ayaka Yakaku (ep 5)
Azusa Miyanaga (eps 2-3, 6-7)
Chisa Shibata (eps 2-3, 7)
Eiji Shirai (ep 3)
Emi Matsunaga (ep 2)
Ena Nishikawa (eps 2, 4-5)
Haruka Okutani (eps 1-4, 6)
Hatsune Kurusugawa (ep 2)
Hideaki Tsukioka (ep 6)
Hideyuki Onoue (eps 3, 5)
Hiroko Yasutome (eps 1-2)
Hiromi Daimi (ep 3)
Junko Yamano (ep 5)
Kazumasa Shimoe (eps 4-7)
Kazunari Araki (OP)
Kenji Taketani (OP)
Kiyoshi Komatsubara (ep 2)
Koichi Morishima (eps 4, 7)
Kōki Sugawara (ep 2)
Mai Furuki (ep 6)
Maki Ando (eps 5, 7)
Masaaki Yamamoto (ep 7)
Masato Anno (eps 1, 8)
Michiyo Sugawara (ep 2)
Miho Horiuchi (ep 1)
Mineko Ueda (ep 2)
Ryoko Kawamura (ep 5)
Sana Komatsu (eps 2, 5, 7)
Sōichi Honda (ep 3)
Takahito Suzuki (ep 7)
Takayoshi Hayashi (eps 2-3, 7)
Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 7)
Tetsuya Sakamoto (eps 2, 5, 7)
Wan Qian Xie (ep 6)
Wen Long Xu (OP)
Yoshiki Kubota (ep 2)
Yoshiyuki Nogami (eps 4, 6-7)
Yuka Shibata (ep 2)
Yuri Nakajima (ep 8)
3D Animation:
Daigo Fujiaki (eps 1-4, 6-8)
Jun Shiota (eps 1, 5)
Assistant Animation Director:
Masayuki Onji (ep 6)
Mineko Ueda (ep 2)
Background Art:
Chika Ishida (Moon Flower; eps 5, 8)
Chinatsu Arima (Moon Flower; eps 5-6, 8)
Fumie Nuibe (Studio Pinewood; ep 2)
Hisayoshi Takahashi (Studio Pinewood; eps 1-4, 7)
Katsumi Akimoto (Studio Pinewood; eps 1-4, 7)
Kazuki Ikeda (ep 8)
Ken Okada (Moon Flower; eps 5-6, 8)
Kiwami Hatta (Studio Tenjin; ep 6)
Manami Masuda (Studio Tenjin; ep 6)
Mariko Saito (Studio Pinewood; eps 1-4, 7)
Nami Ogata (Moon Flower; eps 5-6, 8)
Noriyo Gōroku (ep 8)
Saori Iwatani (Studio Pinewood; eps 1-4, 7)
Tadashi Kudo (eps 1-4, 7)
Taro Goto (Moon Flower; eps 5-6, 8)
Yasuhiro Okumura (Moon Flower; eps 5-6, 8)
Yoko Kuwahara (Moon Flower; eps 5-6, 8)
Chief Assistant Animation Director: Haruko Iizuka (ep 2)
Color Coordination:
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (eps 3, 5-8)
Mayumi Tanahashi (eps 1-2)
Miho Kimura (eps 1-4)
Yuka Kojima (eps 4-5, 7)
Color design: Kyōsuke Ishikawa
Finish Animation:
Asuka Hino (eps 1, 3-6, 8)
Ayaka Ichihara (eps 1-8)
Kana Tanabe (eps 1-2, 4-6, 8)
Keishi Okada (eps 1-8)
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (eps 1, 4)
Mai Nakamura (eps 1, 3-7)
Maya Muranaga (eps 1, 3-6, 8)
Mayumi Tanahashi (eps 3-4, 6, 8)
Miho Kimura (eps 7-8)
Mika Funahashi (eps 1-5, 7-8)
Miyuki Ishida (eps 1, 8)
Shiho Mizoe (eps 1-2, 5, 7-8)
Tomomi Andō (eps 1, 4-5, 7-8)
Tomomi Shishido (ep 8)
Yuka Kojima (eps 1, 6)
Yukiko Itou (eps 1-2, 5, 8)
Yuu Kubota (ep 8)
Finish Animation Assistance: Kanna Terawake (ep 3)
Finish Check:
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (eps 2-3, 5, 7)
Mai Nakamura (eps 2, 8)
Mayumi Tanahashi (ep 1)
Miho Kimura (eps 1, 3-4, 6)
Yuka Kojima (eps 4-5, 7)
In-Between Animation:
Azusa Miyanaga (ep 1)
Emiko Yamada (eps 1, 3-8)
Katsuya Matsumoto (eps 1, 3-8)
Kenichirō Aoki (eps 1, 3-5, 7-8)
Kenta Fujimaki (ep 8)
Kenta Nagahashi (eps 1, 3-5, 7-8)
Kumiko Nakata (eps 1, 3-5)
Kyōko Saitō (eps 1, 3, 5-7)
Makoto Murata (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8
)
Miki Matsumoto (eps 1, 3-6, 8)
Namiko Iwasa (eps 1, 3-5, 7-8)
Nanami Takahashi (eps 1, 3-8)
Riho Higuchi (eps 1, 3-5)
Rina Kitahara (eps 1, 3-5, 7-8)
Saya Hashidate (eps 1-7 odd, 8)
Shizuka Izumi (eps 1, 3)
Soon Chan Yi (ep 1)
Souki Okada (eps 1, 3-8)
Teru Ikumi (eps 1, 3-5, 8)
Yuki Yanagisawa (eps 1, 3-4, 6-8)
In-Between Animation Assistance: Kento Shintani (ep 1)
In-Between Check:
Ai Kato (eps 1, 4)
Ayako Isokawa (eps 3-4, 8)
Eri Uchiyama (eps 3, 5-6)
Hiroki Okamoto (ep 6)
Kazumasa Shimoe (ep 1)
Kenji Ooe (ep 2)
Kouji Ukawa (eps 3, 7)
Kumiko Nakata (eps 6-8)
Mai Furuki (eps 1, 5, 7)
Shizuka Izumi (eps 5-6, 8)
Soon Chan Yi (eps 4, 7-8)
Takako Kōno (ep 5)
Yoshiyuki Nogami (ep 1)
Yuka Shibata (ep 2)
Yuriko Maeda (eps 3-4)
Key Animation:
Ai Asari (ep 8)
Ai Yamazaki (ep 4)
Aimei Sugai (ep 6)
Asami Shimizu (ep 7)
Asuka Shimizu (ep 6)
Atsushi Itou (ep 3)
Azusa Miyanaga (eps 4-5)
Beom Seok Hong (eps 1, 3, 7)
Chisa Shibata (eps 1, 6, 8)
Eiji Shirai (ep 5)
Eisuke Matsubara (ep 2)
Ena Nishikawa (eps 3, 8)
Eri Sano (eps 5-6)
Eriko Haga (OP)
Etsushi Mori (ep 5)
Fujiko Aoyagi (ep 4)
Fumi Ōsuga (ep 8)
Fumiko Kikuta (ep 2)
Haruka Okutani (eps 5, 7-8)
Haruka Sagawa (OP)
Haruka Sano (eps 3, 5-7)
Haruko Iizuka (ep 8)
Hayato Torii (OP)
Hideaki Tsukioka (eps 3-4)
Hikaru Kodama (ep 1)
Hirofumi Maeshima (Whisker's; ep 7)
Hiroko Oguri (eps 1, 5)
Hiromi Ogata (eps 1, 3-4, 6)
Hironori Sawada (ep 7)
Hiroshi Nishimura (eps 4, 8)
Hirotoshi Arai (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Saita (ep 5)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 3)
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 2)
Hitoshi Miyajima (eps 1, 5, 7)
Junko Matsushita (ep 2)
Junko Yoshigai (ep 3)
Kaori Itō (ep 6)
Kaori Oka (eps 3, 6)
Kaoru Nagakawa (ep 7)
Kasumi Fukagawa (ep 8)
Kazuko Matsumura (ep 6)
Kazuya Sakamoto (OP)
Keiichi Ishida (eps 1, 7)
Keiichi Sugiura (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Keisuke Katayama (ep 5)
Ken Mukaigawara (ep 1)
Kenichi Kutsuna (ED)
Kensuke Ishikawa (ep 4)
Kunihiko Inoue (ep 7)
Makoto Aida (OP)
Makoto Matsui (ep 2)
Makoto Nakata (ep 2)
Manabu Shioda (OP)
Mari Aizawa (ep 2)
Masaaki Yamamoto (eps 3-4, 6)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 2)
Masaki Inada (ep 2)
Masanao Bessho (ep 5)
Masato Anno (ep 5)
Masato Hagiwara (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Mayumi Funakoshi (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Megumi Nagayama (ep 7)
Midori Yoshii (ep 4)
Mineko Ueda (ep 6)
Misao Abe (ep 8)
Mitsuharu Kajitani (eps 1, 3)
Mitsuhiro Iida (ep 3)
Motoki Yagi (ep 2)
Nagisa Takahashi (eps 1, 5)
Nanako Ninomiya (ep 5)
Naoko Ise (ep 8)
Naoko Takada (OP)
Naoko Yamaoka (ep 8)
Naoto Yoshida (ep 6)
Natsuo Kawamura (eps 4-5)
Nobuko Shinohara (ep 1)
Raku Nishikimi (ep 4)
Reina Kawasaki (ep 5)
Rie Aoki (Studio Graffiti; ep 7)
Ryōichi Nakano (OP)
Ryoko Kawamura (ep 6)
Sachiyo Matsubayashi (eps 7-8)
Sana Komatsu (5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6, 8
)
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 1, 7)
Shigeru Uchihara (eps 1, 6)
Shiho Tanaka (Studio Graffiti; ep 7)
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 1)
Shinobu Yoshioka (OP)
Shintaro Muraki (ep 6)
Shintaro Tsubota (ep 7)
Shōichi Funaki (ep 6)
Sōta Suwa (eps 5, 7)
Sotaro Shimizu (ep 8)
Takashi Iwao (ep 1)
Takashi Tsuda (eps 1, 5)
Takayoshi Hayashi (ep 5)
Tamako Horiuchi (ep 5)
Tatsunori Sakamoto (ep 1)
Tetsuya Ishii (ep 4)
Tetsuya Sakamoto (5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6, 8
)
Tomohide Kikunaga (ep 2)
Tomohito Hira (ep 3)
Tomoki Mizuno (eps 1, 7)
Tomoo Kusaka (OP)
Tsurugi Katō (eps 3, 6, 8)
Tsuyoshi Moride (ep 7)
Yasuhiro Ueno (ep 2)
Yohei Yaegashi (eps 3-8)
Yoshiki Yamakawa (eps 4, 8)
Yoshiko Minamihara (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Yoshio Usuda (ep 3)
Yuichiro Masuda (ep 2)
Yuji Hosogoe (eps 1, 3)
Yuka Koichi (Studio Graffiti; ep 7)
Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 1)
Yuki Kinoshita (Studio Graffiti; ep 7)
Yukio Okano (ep 7)
Yuriko Maeda (ep 1)
Prop Design: Ken'ichi Hamazaki
Theme Song Performance:
Rita (OP)
Suzuyu (ED)
Harumi Sakurai as Saya Tokido
Keiko Suzuki as Kanata Futaki
Sora Tokui as Sasami Sasasegawa
Yui Horie as Riki Naoe

Hikaru Midorikawa as Kyōsuke Natsume
Keiko Suzuki as Haruka Saigusa
Naomi Wakabayashi as Kudryavka Nōmi
Natsumi Yanase as Komari Kamikita
Nobutoshi Canna as Masato Inohara
Ryōko Tanaka as Yuiko Kurugaya
Shiho Kawaragi as Mio Nishizono
Tomoe Tamiyasu as Rin Natsume
Yusei Oda as Kengo Miyazawa

Asami Seto as
Disciplinary Committee member B (ep 7)
Student A (ep 1)
Eimi Okada as Kuro (eps 5-6)
Junichi Yanagita as Student (eps 7-8)
Kana Akutsu as Disciplinary Committee member A (ep 7)
Riko Hirai as A-chan-senpai (eps 7-8)
Taishi Murata as Student B (ep 1)
Takayuki Kondō as Aya's Father (ep 4)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
acca effe (ep 4)
Ace Company (ep 2)
Actas (ep 3)
APPP (ep 5)
Art Base Bam (ep 2)
Asahi Production (ep 2)
Ashi Productions (ep 8)
Beat Frog (ep 1)
BEEP (ep 2)
D-Motion (eps 2, 7)
G&G Direction (ep 5)
Graphinica (eps 3, 7)
HEBARAKI (ep 2)
I&S Factory (ep 2)
Jumondo (eps 2-5, 7-8)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 6, 8)
Nakamura Production (eps 2-3, 7)
Peace & Kindness (eps 2, 4)
project No.9 (ep 5)
Rising Force (ep 8)
Seigasha (ep 8)
SILVER LINK. (ep 6)
Studio 4°C (ep 7)
Studio Boomerang (eps 3, 5)
Studio Elle (ep 5)
Studio Gram (eps 3, 7)
Sunshine Corporation (eps 3, 5, 7)
SynergySP (ep 1)
Taekwan Anime (ep 2)
Toei Animation Philippines (eps 2-3, 5)
UEC (ep 7)
Zero-G (eps 4-5, 8)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Background Art:
Moon Flower (eps 5-6, 8)
Studio Pinewood (eps 1-4, 7)
Studio TENJIN (eps 5-6)
Finish Animation: Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio (ep 2)
Finish Animation Assistance:
Ace Company (eps 2, 4)
AI (eps 3, 7)
Artemis (eps 1, 3-4, 7)
Artland (eps 1, 4)
Asahi Production (ep 3)
Assez Finaud Fabric. (eps 1, 3-5)
BEEP (ep 7)
Brain's Base (ep 7)
Caramel Art (eps 4-5)
Core (eps 4-5, 7)
D-COLORS (eps 1, 3, 7)
D-Motion (eps 2, 4-8)
diomedéa (ep 5)
drop (ep 2)
Jumondo (eps 2-8)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 4-5)
Media Lab (eps 5, 7)
Seven Arcs Pictures (ep 3)
Studio Elle (eps 1, 5, 8)
Taekwan Anime (ep 2)
Triple A (eps 1-8)
UEC (eps 3-5, 7)
Xebec (ep 7)
In-Between Animation: Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio (ep 2)
In-Between Animation Assistance:
Ace Company (eps 2, 4)
AI (ep 3)
Asahi Production (ep 3)
BEEP (ep 7)
C2C (eps 3, 5)
Caramel Art (eps 4-5)
Core (eps 4-5, 7)
D-Motion (eps 2, 4-8)
Daume (ep 6)
diomedéa (ep 6)
drop (ep 2)
J.C. Staff (ep 2)
Jumondo (eps 2-8)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 4-5)
Media Lab (eps 5, 7)
Nakamura Production (eps 1, 3, 5)
Sakura Create (eps 1, 6)
Satelight (ep 1)
Seven Arcs Pictures (ep 1)
SHAFT (ep 6)
Studio DEEN (ep 5)
Taekwan Anime (ep 2)
Triple A (eps 4-8)
UEC (eps 3-5, 7)
ufotable (ep 1)
Zero-G (ep 3)
ZEXCS (eps 3, 5)
Key Animation:
Studio Graffiti (ep 7)
Studio Wanpack (ep 5)
UEC (ep 2)
Whisker's (ep 7)
Original Work: Visual Arts/Key
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres
ADR Script: Katelyn Barr
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
Allison Sumrall as Sasami Sasasegawa
Genevieve Simmons as Kanata Futaki
Hilary Haag as Saya Tokido
Shannon Emerick as Riki Naoe

Blake Shepard as Kyosuke Natsume
Brittney Karbowski as Rin Natsume
Caitlynn French as Mio Nishizono
Carli Mosier as Yuiko Kurugaya
Greg Ayres as Masato Inohara
Leraldo Anzaldua as Kengo Miyazawa
Margaret McDonald as Haruka Saigusa
Tia Ballard as Komari Kamikita
Tiffany Grant as Kudryavka Nomi

Christopher Ayres as Saya's Father (ep 4)
Tiffany Terrell as A-chan (eps 7-8)
English companies
Licensed by:
MVM (UK & Ireland)
Sentai Filmworks

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