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AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm (Japanese)
蒼の彼方のフォーリズム (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: In a world where flying is as simple as riding a bicycle, there is a popular sport called "Flying Circus" (dogfight race). The protagonist who once hoped for a future in this sport suffered a setback due to an overwhelming defeat, and withdrew from the sport for this and some other reason. However, he met the transfer student Asuka Kurashina, and in teaching her to fly the skies, the old passion returned. He takes part in the Flying Circus again.
User Ratings: 216 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 17 votes (sub:16, raw:1)
 Excellent: 43 votes (sub:43)
 Very good: 58 votes (sub:53, dub:4, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 52 votes (sub:45, dub:4, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 26 votes (sub:22, dub:3, raw:1)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:12, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 343 users, rank: #2746 (of 9508)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.537 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5392, rank: #1681 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.508 (Very good−), rank: #1634 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.61 / seen some: 5.70 / won't finish: 3.87)
Bayesian estimate: 7.506 (Very good−), rank: #1357 (of 7268)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2016-01-11
Opening Theme:
"Contrail~Kiseki~" (~Contrail~奇跡~; Contrail~Miracle~) by Mami Kawada
Ending Theme:
"a-gain" by Ray
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2018-09-11 (from $22.70)
    AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2019-09-24 (from $11.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Fumitoshi Oizaki
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Script:
Kunihiko Okada (eps 4, 10)
Nachi Kio (eps 3, 6-7)
Reiko Yoshida (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-9, 11-12
)

Storyboard:
Fumitoshi Oizaki (eps 1-3, 6)
Hideki Okamoto (eps 5, 7)
Masaki Koiwai (ep 6)
Masami Ōbari (ep 9)
Mitsue Yamazaki (ep 4)
Sonomi Sugimura (ep 9)
Tomohiro Furukawa (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Tsukushi (eps 5, 11)
Fumitoshi Oizaki (ep 12)
Hikaru Murata (ep 3)
Hiroaki Nishimura (ep 10)
Masaki Koiwai (ep 6)
Satoshi Toba (eps 2, 8)
Sonomi Sugimura (ep 9)
Yukio Takahashi (eps 1, 7, 11)
Original Character Design:
Itsuka Yūki
Suzumori
Character Design: Keiya Nakano
Art Director: Makoto Ujiie
Chief Animation Director:
Keiya Nakano
Satoshi Koike
Shinpei Koikawa (action)
Animation Director:
Ayumi Sōgawa (eps 3, 10)
Erika Okamoto (ep 10)
Goro Taki (eps 6, 11)
Hajime Yoshida (eps 5, 10)
Hideaki Matsuoka (eps 6, 11)
Hideaki Shimada (eps 9, 11)
Hideyuki Sugiura (eps 8, 10)
Hikaru Suzuki (eps 7, 11)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 9)
Izumi Yamanaka (ep 5)
Keiya Nakano (OP; ep 12)
Koji Hirauma (eps 5, 10)
Konomi Satō (eps 3, 10)
Mariko Goto (eps 7, 10, 12)
Masakazu Okada (eps 7, 12)
Natsuo Kawamura (ep 11)
Satoshi Miyoshi (eps 2, 4)
Shinichiro Minami (eps 6, 11)
Shinpei Koikawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 6-8, 11-12
)

Taichi Nakaguma (ep 12)
Takayuki Nakao (ep 8)
Takeshi Kusaka (eps 2, 6)
Takuro Shinbo (ep 1)
Tomokazu Sugimura (eps 6, 8, 12)
Yōko Satō (ED; eps 6, 8, 12)
Yousuke Toyama (ep 12)
Yuki Kudou (eps 2, 4)
Mechanical design: Masami Ōbari (Zephryion; ep 9)
Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita
Cgi Director: Eiji Inomoto
Director of Photography: Takeo Ogiwara

2nd Key Animation:
Konomi Satō (ep 3)
Mayumi Nishida (Nakamura Production)
Naoko Tanaka (Nakamura Production)
Naomi Utsuno (Nakamura Production)
Shinpei Koikawa (ep 10)
Sonomi Sugimura
Tomie Sakai (Nakamura Production)
Tomokazu Sugimura
Animation Cooperation: Masami Ōbari (ep 9)
Animation producer: Shōko Iimuro
Assistant Animation Director:
Akiko Kumada (ep 7)
Mariko Goto (eps 2, 8-9)
Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 7)
Satoshi Miyoshi (ep 8)
Takeshi Kusaka (eps 7-8)
Yuki Kudou (ep 8)
Color design: Eriko Murata
Editing: Akari Saitō
Finish Animation: Hiromi Sato (Asahi Production)
In-Between Animation:
Kaori Ohara (Asahi Production)
Natsumi Oshima (Asahi Production)
Shinpei Koikawa (eps 6-7)
Wei Ni Huang (Asahi Production; ep 1)
Key Animation:
Atsushi Komatsu (eps 3, 10)
Aya Nishimura (ep 2)
Ayako Sone (Seigasha; ep 11)
Ayako Suzuki (ep 11)
Ayano Sugai (Nakamura Production; eps 2, 4)
Ayumi Sōgawa (ep 5)
Chie Nishio (ep 8)
Daisuke Agata (eps 5, 9-10)
Daisuke Kurose (ep 9)
Erika Okamoto (ep 5)
Hideaki Shimada (ep 1)
Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Production; eps 2, 4, 12)
Hideo Amemiya (eps 3, 10)
Hidetoshi Namura (eps 8, 11)
Hideyuki Sugiura (eps 5, 10)
Hifumi Igarashi (eps 3, 5, 10)
Hikaru Suzuki (ep 7)
Hiroki Itai (ep 10)
Hiroko Shigekuni (ep 11)
Hiromi Kurosawa (Nakamura Production; eps 1, 4, 12)
Hirotaka Nii (eps 6, 9, 11)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 9)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (eps 2, 9)
Izumi Yamanaka (ep 5)
Jun Yukawa (ep 9)
Junko Matsushita (ep 10)
Kanako Baba (Studio Wanpack; ep 3)
Kanako Ōyabu (ep 5)
Katsuji Matsumoto (ep 5)
Kayoko Suzuki (ep 9)
Kazunori Ozawa (eps 3, 5)
Kei Sato (Seigasha; ep 11)
Keita Hagio (OP; ep 9)
Kenji Kajiwara (ep 11)
Kenji Nishikawa (eps 6, 11)
Koji Hirauma (eps 3, 5)
Kōta Sera (OP)
Kozue Tanaami (ep 9)
Kumiko Matsushita (ep 7)
Kumiko Ozawa (OP)
Kyosuke Matsui (eps 2, 7)
Makoto Tsuruta (ep 7)
Mamoru Abiko (eps 6, 11)
Manabu Yasumoto (ep 7)
Mariko Goto (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 10
)

Masahiro Sunaga (ep 11)
Masato Hagiwara (ep 11)
Masaya Sekizaki (ep 2)
Masayoshi Nishida (Zephryion part; ep 9)
Midori Nakamura (ep 7)
Miki Nonaka (Studio Wanpack; eps 3, 10)
Mikirō Shiiba (ep 10)
Miyuki Inoue (eps 3, 9)
Naomi Utsuno (Nakamura Production; eps 2, 12)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 11)
Noriko Hatta (ep 6)
Rie Tamaki (OP)
Satomi Matsuura (ep 10)
Satoshi Miyoshi (Nakamura Production; eps 1-2, 12)
Sayaka Takase (ep 11)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 3, 11)
Shinichi Wada (ep 1)
Shinpei Koikawa (OP; eps 1, 6, 11)
Taeko Mitsuhashi (Nakamura Production; eps 4, 12)
Taichi Nakaguma (eps 2, 7-8, 12)
Takashi Ueno (ep 1)
Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Production; eps 1-2, 4)
Takeshi Honda (OP)
Takeshi Imai (ep 9)
Takeshi Kusaka (eps 2, 6, 8)
Tatsuhiko Komatsu (ep 10)
Tatsuo Nakajima (Nakamura Production; eps 1-2, 4)
Tomoe Kikuchi (Nakamura Production; eps 1, 4, 12)
Tomokazu Sugimura (ep 6)
Tomoyuki Tajima (Nakamura Production; eps 1-2, 4, 12)
Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production; eps 1-2, 4)
Tsukasa Sorimachi (ep 8)
Yasuko Higuchi (OP)
Yasunori Matsuki (eps 2, 7)
Yoko Komaki (ep 7)
Yōko Satō (eps 1-2, 6)
Yoshie Sakata (ep 3)
Yoshiki Mizuno (ep 8)
Yoshitaka Katō (eps 3, 5)
Yousuke Toyama (ep 7)
Yui Kinoshita (Studio Wanpack; ep 3)
Yūichirō Yamada (ep 11)
Yūji Wada (eps 8, 12)
Yuki Kudou (Nakamura Production; eps 1-2, 12)
Yukio Takahashi (eps 1, 7, 11)
Yūko Danki (ep 9)
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; eps 1-2, 4, 12)
Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 3)
Yūri Ichinose (OP)
Photography: Yoshiki Obata (Graphinica; eps 2-3)
Prop Design: Sotaro Shimizu
Theme Song Performance:
Mami Kawada (OP)
Ray (ED)
Azumi Asakura as Misaki Tobisawa
Misato Fukuen as Asuka Kurashina
Nozomi Yamamoto as Mashiro Arisaka
Ryota Ohsaka as Masaya Hinata

Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kazunari Shindō
Madoka Yonezawa as Rika Ichinose
Megumi Ogata as Aoi Kagami
Naomi Wakabayashi as Madoka Aoyagi
Risa Taneda as Reiko Satōin
Takayuki Kondō as Shion Aoyagi
Yuko Gibu as Minori Hosaka

Ai Shimizu as Minamo Shirase (eps 2, 7)
Atsuyoshi Miyazaki as Teacher (ep 8)
Fumie Mori as Misaki's grandmother (eps 2, 7-8)
Hitomi Nabatame as Botan Arisaka (eps 1, 4)
Kaori Mizuhashi as Irina Avalon
Momoka Nakajima as Female Student (ep 8)
Natsumi Takamori as
Masaya Hinata (young; ep 9)
Saki Inui
Shinya Takahashi as Referee (eps 5-7)
Shōta Chōnan as Referee (eps 11-12)
Takahiro Mizushima as Hayato Shirase (eps 2, 7)
Toshitsugu Kaku as Male Student (ep 8)
Yuki Kaida as Kasumi Kurobuchi (ep 6)
Japanese companies
2D Design:
Chiptune
Graphinica
3DCGI: Orange
Animation Direction:
Anihouse Sun (assist; ep 2)
GONZO (assist.; ep 8)
Animation Production: GONZO
Color Check: Graphinica
Color Specification: Graphinica
In-between Check: Asahi Production (ep 10)
Internet Streaming:
Docomo Anime Store
Niconico
Videx
Key Animation:
Anihouse Sun (ep 10)
Art Base Bam (ep 8)
Asahi Production (ep 11)
Be Loop (ep 8)
MK Seoul (eps 6, 8)
Nakamura Production (eps 1-2, 4, 12)
Seigasha (eps 8, 10-11)
Studio Wanpack (ep 3)
White Line (eps 8, 10)
Monitor Works: Graphinica
Original Creator:
fairys
sprite
Photography: Graphinica
Photography Assistance:
Asahi Production
Asura Film (ep 9)
Raretrick (ep 9)
Production Cooperation: Encourage Films (eps 3, 5)
special effects: Graphinica
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Caitlin Glass
Translation: Sriram Gurunathan (Crunchyroll)
ADR Script: Niki Shults
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant ADR Director: Natalie Hoover
Assistant producer:
Samantha Herek
Zach Bolton
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Lead ADR Engineer: Brandon Peters
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Engineer: Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Adam Gibbs as Masaya Hinata
Anastasia Munoz as Misaki Tobisawa
Jill Harris as Asuka Kurashina
Natalie Hoover as Mashiro Arisaka

Christopher Wehkamp as Shion Aoyagi
Cristina Vee as Rika Ichinose
Felecia Angelle as Minori Hosaka
Madeleine Morris as Madoka Aoyagi
Rachel Robinson as Aoi Kagami
Shawn Gann as Kazunari Shindō
Tia Ballard as Reiko Satōin

Alex Moore as Arika
Alexis Tipton as Irina Avalon
Amanda Lee as Saki Inui
Apphia Yu as Masaya Hinata (young; ep 9)
Bryce Papenbrook as Referee (eps 5-7, 11-12)
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Kasumi Kurobuchi (ep 6)
Linda Leonard as Misaki's Grandmother (ep 2)
Marissa Lenti as Botan Arisaka (eps 1, 4)
Mikaela Krantz as Minamo Shirase (eps 2, 7)
Oscar Contreras as Hayato Shirase (eps 2, 7)

English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
German cast
German staff
ADR Director: Martin May
Script: Peer Pfeiffer
Annett Perka as Rika Ichinose
Julia Fölster as Mashiro Arisaka
Leonie Landa as Asuka Kurashina
Nina Witt as Misaki Tobisawa
Tim Kreuer as Masaya Hinata

Angela Quast as Aoi Kagami
Franciska Friede as Madoka Aoyagi
Jannika Jira as Reiko Satouin
Marcus Just as Shion Aoyagi
Mia Diekow as Minori Hosaka
Nils Rieke as Kazunari Shindou

Alina Degener as Minamo Shirase (eps 2, 7, 12)
Arlette Stanschus as Arika Okoze (eps 5, 7, 11-12)
Christine Kutschera as Botan Arisaka (eps 1, 4, 11)
Jenny Maria Meyer as Saki Inui (6 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 10-12
)
Jonas Minthe as Hayato Shirase (eps 2, 7, 11-12)
Josephine Schmidt as Irina Avalon (6 episodes
eps 5, 7-8, 10-12
)
Lena Münchow as Mayu Ganeko (eps 5, 7, 11-12)
Martin May as Referee (eps 5-7)

German companies
Distributor: KSM

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