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Monochrome Factor (TV)

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©2008 Kaili Sorano/MAG Garden•Project Monochrome

Alternative title:
Монохромный Фактор (Russian)
モノクローム・ファクター (Japanese)
모노크롬 팩터 (Korean)
Genres: action, comedy, fantasy
Themes: shounen-ai
Plot Summary: The story revolves around high school student Akira Nikaido, a typical slacker living a normal life. That is, until he meets the mysterious Shirogane, a man who suddenly appears and tells him to meet him at the school that night. Though he is skeptical, he goes anyway, and subsequently gets attacked by a shadow monster. Shirogane convinces him that the balance between the human world and the shadow world has been distorted, and that Akira must become a "shin", which is a creature of the shadow world, in order to help restore the balance.
User Ratings: 261 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:14, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 31 votes (sub:29, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 49 votes (sub:43, dub:4, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 50 votes (sub:47, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 42 votes (sub:38, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 22 votes (sub:22)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:12, raw:1, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:13, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 11 votes (sub:10, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 688 users, rank: #1691 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.433 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.3144, rank: #5969 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 6.307 (Decent+), rank: #6297 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.73 / seen some: 6.08 / won't finish: 3.16)
Bayesian estimate: 6.367 (Decent+), rank: #5641 (of 7289)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2008-04-07
Opening Theme:
"Metamorphose" by Asriel
Ending Theme:
"Awake ~my everything~" by Daisuke Ono and Hiroshi Kamiya
#2: "Kakusei~dark & light" by Junichi Suwabe & Katsuyuki Konishi
Links: We have 1
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2nd Monochrome Factor Promo Movie Posted Online (Mar 31, 2008)
Monochrome Factor Anime's Promo Movie Posted Online (Mar 14, 2008)
HaruToki 3, Monochrome Factor Anime Formally Announced (Sep 17, 2007)
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Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces October Slate (Jun 21, 2018)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Monochrome Factor - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2018-10-16 (from $11.97)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yuu Kou
Series Composition: Yūji Kawahara
Script:
Mayori Sekijima (eps 15, 17, 20)
Yūji Kawahara (19 episodes
eps 1-14, 16, 19, 22-24
)
Yuka Yamada (eps 18, 21)
Storyboard:
Hideaki Uehara (ep 10)
Hidetoshi Yoshida (ep 20)
Kotaro Tamura (eps 4, 14)
Masahiro Sonoda (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 19, 24
)
Masahiro Takada (ep 3)
Michio Fukuda (eps 6, 18)
Nobuharu Kamanaka (ep 8)
Sanjuro Akasaka (eps 15, 23)
Shigetaka Ikeda (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Shinji Ishihira (ep 9)
Susumu Kudo (eps 16, 21)
Uron Hakujitsu (ep 11)
Yuu Kou (ep 1)
Episode Director:
Kiyoshi Murayama (eps 8, 14)
Masahiro Sonoda (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 19, 24
)
Masahiro Takada (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 23
)
Shigetaka Ikeda (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Susumu Kudo (eps 16, 21)
Yuji Uchida (eps 6, 11, 20)
Yūsuke Onoda (eps 4, 10, 18)
Music: Takeshi Abo
Original creator: Kaili Sorano
Character Design: Shigeyuki Suga
Art Director: Satoru Kuwabara
Animation Director:
Fumio Matsumoto (eps 16, 21)
Hiroaki Shimizu (ep 11)
Jong Hyun Lee (eps 17, 22)
Kazuhiro Fukuchi (ep 2)
Kenji Hattori (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 23
)
Kyoko Kotani (eps 6, 11)
Masahiro Andō (eps 19, 24)
Naomi Miyata (eps 1, 5, 13)
Sang-Jin Park (eps 7, 12)
Shinichiro Minami (eps 8, 14, 20)
Shūichi Fukushige (eps 10, 18)
Tatsuo Honda (ep 2)
Yumenosuke Tokuda (ep 4)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Masaki Nakamura

3D CG: Takeshi Sanada (Asahi Production; ep 4)
Key Animation:
Aika Kawasaki (eps 6, 11)
Asami Endo (6 episodes
eps 5, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24
)
Asami Imamura (eps 3, 6, 11)
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 11)
Atsushi Ooniwa (ep 23)
Emiko Shimamura (eps 10, 18)
Fumio Fukushima (5 episodes
eps 5, 13, 16, 19, 24
)
Fumio Matsumoto (eps 13, 16, 24)
Hideaki Yokoi (4 episodes
eps 13, 16, 19, 24
)
Hiroaki Shimizu (eps 3, 9, 23)
Hiroyuki Uchida (ep 6)
Hitoshi Kagiyama (eps 5, 19, 21)
Junko Matsushita (eps 3, 9, 15)
Kaori Nakamura (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 23
)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (ep 6)
Kenichi Umemoto (eps 15, 23)
Kentarō Suzuki (ep 3)
Kiyomi Masuda (eps 6, 11)
Kunihito Takahashi (eps 3, 15)
Makoto Itō (ep 4)
Makoto Matsui (eps 15, 18, 23)
Makoto Nakata (ep 2)
Manami Fukuyo (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24
)
Mariko Aoki (ep 6)
Mariko Goto (ep 2)
Masahiro Andō (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24
)
Masako Onozawa (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24
)
Masayuki Yagi (ep 2)
Mineko Ueda (ep 11)
Mio Inoguchi (Studio Mu; eps 6, 11)
Motoki Yagi (6 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 11, 15, 23
)
Satoshi Sakai (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 23
)
Shigeyuki Suga (eps 1, 24)
Soichi Higuchi (ep 23)
Takaaki Fukuyo (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24
)
Takafumi Furusawa (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24
)
Takeshi Iwamura (ep 3)
Takeshi Morita (ep 4)
Tatsuya Oka (eps 1, 19, 24)
Toshihiro Kawakami (eps 3, 9, 15)
Yasuko Miyazaki (eps 3, 6, 11)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; ep 10)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (ep 6)
Yuichi Hirano (Studio Mu; eps 6, 11)
Yūji Gotō (eps 3, 9, 15)
Yuji Nakao (eps 4, 10, 18)
Yūki Iwai (ep 10)
Yūko Yamamoto (Anime R; ep 10)
Photography:
Daichi Nogami (Asahi Production)
Haruaki Goto (Asahi Production)
Hiroaki Tanaka (Studio Twinkle)
Hiroyasu Fuchiden (A.C.G.T)
Hitoshi Saito (Studio Twinkle)
Katsuaki Kamata (Studio Twinkle)
Kazumi Yokoo (Asahi Production)
Kenji Takahashi (Asahi Production)
Kenji Takehara (Studio Twinkle)
Ko Hata (Asahi Production)
Manae Okubo (Asahi Production)
Mayumi Kaneko (A.C.G.T)
Megumi Yamauchi (A.C.G.T)
Min Hee Kim (A.C.G.T)
Naoya Kobayashi (A.C.G.T)
Ōhito Kawakami (Studio Twinkle)
Ryō Iijima (Asahi Production)
Ryotaro Fujii (A.C.G.T)
Satoe Yamasaki (Asahi Production)
Satoru Kuroiwa (A.C.G.T)
Takashi Aoki (Studio Twinkle)
Tatsuya Kikuchi (Studio Twinkle)
Tomomi Sekine (A.C.G.T)
Tomoya Kamijō (Asahi Production)
Wakana Moriya (Asahi Production)
Yōsuke Motoki (Asahi Production)
Yuki Teramoto (Asahi Production)
Production Advancement: Takahiro Ōtsuka (eps 3, 9)
Production manager: Takeshi Baba
Program Coordinator: Akiko Odawara (TV Tokyo)
Program PR: Yosuke Aoki (TV Tokyo)
Recording Adjustment: Yasushi Nagura
Recording Assistant: Mika Kamemoto
Theme Song Performance:
Asriel (OP)
Daisuke Ono (ED1)
Hiroshi Kamiya (ED1)
Junichi Suwabe (ED2)
Katsuyuki Konishi (ED2)
Daisuke Ono as Akira Nikaidō
Junichi Suwabe as Shirogane

Ami Koshimizu as Mayu Asamura
Hiroshi Kamiya as Kengo Asamura
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Nanaya
Katsuyuki Konishi as Kō
Masumi Asano as Aya Suzuno
Mitsuki Saiga as Haruka Kujō
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Homurabi
Wataru Hatano as Shūichi Wagatsuma
Yukari Tamura as Lulu

Akemi Kanda as Mao Kanzaki (ep 18)
Akira Harada as Gangster (ep 14)
Biichi Satō as Boxing club member (ep 17)
Chiemi Chiba as Sarasa Nishikiori (eps 20-21)
Chihiro Kusaka as High school female student (ep 4)
Chihiro Suzuki as Rin (ep 6)
Daisuke Hirakawa as Jun'ichi Kanae (ep 20)
Daisuke Kirii as Date (ep 17)
Eri Taruta as High school female student (ep 4)
Eri Yasui as Woman (ep 4)
Erina Furukawa as Juliet (actress) (ep 8)
Hikaru Hanada as Naitou (ep 17)
Hiroshi Naka as Shinnosuke Kujō
Hiroya Ishimaru as Ryuuzou Tateyama (ep 16)
Ikkyuu Juku as Kidō Hinuma (ep 9)
Jun Fukuyama as Andrew (ep 21)
Jun'ya Miura as Band member (ep 1)
Katsuhito Nomura as Tennis club member (ep 17)
Keiichi Sonobe as Haru's father (eps 16, 24)
Keikou Sakai as Shogunal vassal (ep 5)
Ken Narita as Hiroki Tsukikage (ep 4)
Kenji Nojima as Maki Kiritachi (ep 8)
Kenji Takahashi as King (actor) (ep 8)
Kenshō Ono as George (ep 21)
Kensuke Satō as Radio Voice (ep 23)
Machiko Kawana as High school female student (ep 4)
Madoka Yonezawa as Woman (ep 4)
Masayuki Shōji as Tennis club member (ep 17)
Maya Okamoto as Haru's mother (eps 16, 24)
Mayumi Yamaguchi as Yasuha Sawaguchi (ep 8)
Megumi Takamoto as Student (ep 2)
Megumi Wada as Schoolgirl (ep 5)
Miwa Kitahara as Student (ep 2)
Nami Miyahara as Yuriko Hinuma (ep 9)
Nami Okamoto as Woman (ep 4)
Osamu Mukai as Genjuurou Ookuba 
Rie Todzuka as Maid (ep 23)
Rio Natsuki as
Chihara-sensei (eps 2, 10)
Kanata Kujō (ep 24)
Risa Mizuno as Kiomi Sonobe (ep 10)
Saori Hayami as Schoolgirl (eps 5, 21)
Saori Nishimura as Schoolgirl (ep 21)
Satoshi Arai as Referee (ep 18)
Satoshi Hino as Jun Fujisaki (ep 10)
Shigeo Morikawa as Bull Man
Shinichirō Miki as Ishino Kyou (ep 15)
Shinpachi Tsuji as Gang Leader (ep 14)
Takafumi Yamaguchi as Umpire (ep 18)
Takahide Adachi as Tennis club member (ep 17)
Takahiro Mizushima as Momiji Tateyama (ep 16)
Takashi Hikida as Man (ep 4)
Takashi Kondō as Kyou (ep 6)
Takashi Nagasako as Company employee (ep 7)
Takashi Oohara as Band member (ep 1)
Takeshi Seto as Boxing club member (ep 17)
Takumi Asahina as Band member (ep 1)
Tarusuke Shingaki as Actor playing Laertes (ep 8)
Tetsu Inada as Taneda (ep 17)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Mitsuhiro Numazu (ep 14)
Tomo Adachi as Maid (ep 6)
Tomoaki Maeno as Juvenile delinquent (ep 5)
Yōko Hikasa as Schoolgirl (ep 5)
Yoriko Nagata as Maid (ep 6)
Yoshiko Okamoto as Mizue Hinuma (ep 9)
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Juvenile delinquent (ep 1)
Yoshitaka Kuremoto as Man (ep 4)
Youhei Nishina as Juvenile delinquent (ep 5)
Youhei Oobayashi as Juvenile delinquent (ep 5)
Yuka Nishigaki as Romeo (actress) (ep 8)
Yuki Tashiro as Maid (ep 23)
Yukiko Tamaki as Shō Mikami (ep 7)
Yukitoshi Tokumoto as
Juvenile delinquent (ep 1)
Queen (actor) (ep 8)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Akagumi (eps 3, 11)
Asahi Production (ep 23)
Big Bang (ep 23)
Kagura (ep 23)
Seigasha (eps 11, 23)
Studio Mark (ep 23)
Tamazawa Dogasha (ep 23)
Xuyang Animation (eps 10-11)
3D CG: Asahi Production (ep 4)
Animation Production: A.C.G.T
Backgrounds: Studio TENJIN
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2008-05-28)
TV Osaka (2008-04-09)
TV Tokyo (2008-04-07)
Cinematography:
A.C.G.T (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24
)
Asahi Production
Studio A.C.G.T. (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 16, 19
)
Studio Elle (11 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 8-11, 14-15, 18, 20
)
Studio Twinkle (7 episodes
eps 2-4, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
In-Between Animation:
A.C.G.T (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24
)
Asahi Production
JM Animation
Studio Cj
Sung San Production
Xuyang Animation
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 10)
Studio Mu (eps 6, 11)
Sung San Production (5 episodes
eps 13, 16, 19, 21, 24
)
Xuyang Animation (6 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9-11, 15
)
Paint:
Asahi Production
JM Animation
Studio Cj
Studio Targe
Sung San Production
Xuyang Animation
Production:
d-rights
GENCO
Production Cooperation:
Asahi Production (12 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 8-11, 14-15, 18, 20, 23
)
Studio Comet (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
English staff
English cast
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Maiden Japan
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America)
Licensed by: Maiden Japan (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil)
Licensed by: Maiden Japan (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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