Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (TV series)

{{Infobox television

| image = Love Chunibyo Other Delusions logo (US).svg

| caption = English language logo of the series

| native_name = 中二病でも恋がしたい!
Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!

| genre = Romantic comedy{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-13/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-now-streaming-in-australia|title=Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! REN now streaming in Australia|website=Anime News Network|date=January 13, 2014|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113033038/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-13/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-now-streaming-in-australia|url-status=live}}

| creator = Torako

| based_on = {{Based on|Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!|Torako}}

| director = Tatsuya Ishihara

| producer = {{ubl|Eharu Ōhashi|Shigeru Saitō|Shinichi Nakamura}}

| developer = Jukki Hanada

| music = Nijine

| voices =

{{ubl|

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| open_theme = {{ubl|

"Sparkling Daydream" by Zaq ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})
"Voice" by Zaq ({{Abbr|S2|Season 2}})

}}

| end_theme = {{ubl|

"Inside Identity" by Black Raision D'Étre ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})
"Vanishment This World" by Black Raision D'Étre ({{Abbr|S2|Season 2}})

}}

| company = Kyoto Animation
Lantis
Pony Canyon
TBS

| editor = Kengo Shigemura

| cinematography = Rin Yamato

| executive_producer = Hideaki Hatta

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| runtime = 24 minutes

| network = {{ubl|

}}

| first_aired = {{Start date|2012|10|04}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2014|03|26}}

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 24 + 2 OVA

| list_episodes = List of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions episodes

}}

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!,{{efn|{{langx|ja|中二病でも恋がしたい!|Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!|"Even with Eighth Grader Syndrome, I Want to Be in Love"}}}} also known as Chū-2 for short, is a Japanese anime television series based on Torako's light novel of the same name and produced by Kyoto Animation.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-27/kyoto-animation-plans-chuni-byo-demo-koi-shitai-anime|title=Kyoto Animation Plans Chū-2 Byō Demo Koi ga Shitai! Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 27, 2011|accessdate=July 9, 2012|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526013114/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-27/kyoto-animation-plans-chuni-byo-demo-koi-shitai-anime|url-status=live}}

The first season aired in Japan from October 4 to December 19, 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-01/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-slated-for-october-3|title=Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! Slated for October 3|publisher=Anime News Network|date=September 1, 2012|accessdate=September 26, 2012|archive-date=May 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519224849/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-01/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-slated-for-october-3|url-status=live}} and the second one from January 8 to March 26, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-02/2nd-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-season-title-key-visual-revealed|title=2nd Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai Season's Title, Key Visual Revealed|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 2, 2013|accessdate=December 4, 2013|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125161532/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-02/2nd-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-season-title-key-visual-revealed|url-status=live}} The series was simulcast by Crunchyroll.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-sequel-anime|title=Crunchyroll to Stream Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions REN Sequel Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 6, 2014|accessdate=January 7, 2020|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203202757/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-sequel-anime|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/08/madman-entertainment-adds-love-chunibyo-other-delusions-ren-anime-simulcast-home-video-rights/|title=Madman Entertainment Adds 'Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Ren' Anime Simulcast, Home Video Rights|work=The Fandom Post |date=January 8, 2014|accessdate=January 9, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814001601/https://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/08/madman-entertainment-adds-love-chunibyo-other-delusions-ren-anime-simulcast-home-video-rights/|url-status=live}} The first episode for a second set of Lite episodes was released on December 26, 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-26/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-lite-ii-short-1st-episode-stars-nibutani-kumin|title=Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite II Short's 1st Episode Stars Nibutani, Kumin|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 26, 2013|accessdate=December 27, 2013|archive-date=June 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611131929/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-26/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-lite-ii-short-1st-episode-stars-nibutani-kumin|url-status=live}} and the second series of shorts, Heated Table Series: Kotatsu, accompanied on Blu-ray and DVD, were released on March 19, 2014. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series. It is also streamed on Hidive.

Synopsis

A group of high school students have signs of chūnibyō, and run a club under supervision of their teacher.

Series overview

Voice cast

class="wikitable"
Character !Japanese !English
Yūta Togashi \|Jun Fukuyama \|Leraldo Anzaldua
Rikka Takanashi \|Maaya Uchida \|Margaret McDonald
Sanae Dekomori \|Sumire Uesaka \|Brittney Karbowski
Shinka Nibutani \|Chinatsu Akasaki \|Maggie Flecknoe
Kumin Tsuyuri \|Azumi Asakura \|Emily Neves{{efn\|Also serves as the ADR Director for the English dub.}}
Makoto Isshiki \|Sōichirō Hoshi \|Greg Ayres
Satone Shichimiya \|Juri Nagatsuma \|Christina Kelly
Tōka Takanashi \|Eri Sendai \|Genevieve Simmons
Kuzuha Togashi \|Kaori Fukuhara \|Monica Rial
Kazari Kannagi \|Manami Shirakawa \|Molly Searcy

class="wikitable"

Character

!Japanese

!English

Yūta Togashi

Rikka Takanashi

Sanae Dekomori

Shinka Nibutani

Kumin Tsuyuri

|Emily Neves{{efn|Also serves as the ADR Director for the English dub.}}

Makoto Isshiki

Satone Shichimiya

Tōka Takanashi

Kuzuha Togashi

Kazari Kannagi

|Manami Shirakawa

|Molly Searcy

Release

=''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions''=

In December 2011, Kyoto Animation announced that the series has received its anime adaptation and would run on television in the issue of the Newtype magazine in August 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-07/kyoto-animation-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-to-run-on-tv|title=Kyoto Animation's Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! to Run on TV|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=July 7, 2012|access-date=September 6, 2023|archive-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424145453/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-07/kyoto-animation-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-to-run-on-tv|url-status=live}} The series aired in Japan from October 4 to December 19, 2012. The series of six original net animation shorts titled Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite were streamed weekly on YouTube between September 27 and November 1, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-27/kyoani-streams-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-lite-no.1|title=KyoAni Streams Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! 'Lite{{'}} #1|publisher=Anime News Network|date=September 27, 2012|accessdate=October 3, 2012|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125160439/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-27/kyoani-streams-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-lite-no.1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-01/7th-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bd-adds-unaired-anime|title=7th Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! BD/DVD Adds Unaired Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=November 1, 2012|accessdate=November 1, 2012|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102233221/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-01/7th-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bd-adds-unaired-anime|url-status=live}} The series was released on six Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes by Pony Canyon between December 19, 2012 and May 15, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009A5R31K|title=中二病でも恋がしたい! (1) [Blu-ray] (2012)|date=19 December 2012|language=Japanese|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=June 30, 2013|archive-date=30 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630200301/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009A5R31K|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009KGCDKU|title=中二病でも恋がしたい! (6) [Blu-ray]|date=15 May 2013|language=Japanese|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=June 30, 2013|archive-date=30 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630200205/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009KGCDKU|url-status=live}} The volumes contained bonus shorts titled {{Nihongo|Depth of Field: Ai to Nikushimi Gekijō|Depth of Field ～愛と憎しみ劇場||Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-03/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bds/dvds-to-have-unaired-shorts|title=Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! BDs/DVDs to Have Unaired Shorts|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 3, 2012|accessdate=October 3, 2012|archive-date=June 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611140903/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-03/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bds/dvds-to-have-unaired-shorts|url-status=live}} A seventh volume with the original video animation episode and the Lite shorts, was released on June 19, 2013. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and was streamed on the Anime Network.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-30/sentai-filmworks-adds-kyoani-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds KyoAni's Chūnibyō Demo Koi Ga Shitai|publisher=Anime News Network|date=September 30, 2012|accessdate=September 30, 2012|archive-date=March 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307082935/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-30/sentai-filmworks-adds-kyoani-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-02/the-anime-network-to-stream-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-busou-shinki-anime|title=The Anime Network to Stream Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!, Busou Shinki Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 2, 2012|accessdate=October 3, 2012|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004235010/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-02/the-anime-network-to-stream-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-busou-shinki-anime|url-status=live}} The opening theme is "Sparkling Daydream" by Zaq, and the ending theme is "Inside Identity" by Black Raison d'être. There are also three insert songs: {{nihongo|"Hajimari no Tane"|始まりの種||The Seed of Start}} by Zaq in episode eight, {{nihongo|"Kimi no Tonari ni"|君のとなりに||Next to You}} by Zaq in episode ten and {{nihongo|"Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o"|見上げてごらん夜の星を||Look Up at the Stars in the Night}} by Maaya Uchida in episode ten. The single for "Sparkling Daydream" was released on October 24, 2012 and the single for "Inside Identity" on November 21, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-chu-2.com/product/2/|title=音楽CD|trans-title=Music CD|publisher=Kyoto Animation|accessdate=October 3, 2012|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006234727/http://www.anime-chu-2.com/product/2/|archivedate=October 6, 2012 }} For the Lite episodes, the opening theme is {{nihongo|"Kimi e"|君へ||To You}} and the ending theme is {{nihongo|"Shikkoku ni Odoru Haōbushi"|漆黒に躍る弧濁覇王節||The Melody of Conqueror Dancing in Jet Black}}; both are sung by Zaq.{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-chu-2.com/news/?id=24|script-title=ja:ボーカルミニアルバム・オリジナルサウンドトラック発売決定!|trans-title=Vocal Mini Album / Original Soundtrack to be Released!|publisher=Kyoto Animation|accessdate=January 16, 2013|language=Japanese|date=19 October 2012|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225222552/http://www.anime-chu-2.com/news/?id=24|url-status=live}} An animated film served as a retelling story was released on September 14, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-09/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-gets-film-in-september|title=Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai! Gets Film in September|publisher=Anime News Network|date=June 9, 2013|accessdate=June 9, 2013|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207154740/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-09/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-gets-film-in-september|url-status=live}}

=''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-''=

A second series, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-, aired in Japan from January 8 to March 26, 2014. It was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The first episode of a second set of Lite episodes was released on December 26, 2013 and a second series of shorts called Heated Table Series: Kotatsu accompanied each BD/DVD release, starting on March 19, 2014. The opening theme is "Voice" by Zaq and the ending theme is "Van!shment Th!s World" by Black Raison d'être. The ending theme for the Lite episodes is {{nihongo|"Shin'en ni Mau Senritsu Shanikusai"|深淵に舞う戦慄謝肉祭|A Hair-Raising Carnival Dancing in the Abyss}} by Zaq. Sentai Filmworks licensed the second season in August 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/august-releases|title=August 2015 releases|publisher=Sentai Filmworks|accessdate=May 8, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070620/http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/august-releases|url-status=live}}

Notes

References

External links

[http://www.anime-chu-2.com/ Anime official website] {{in lang|ja}}
Kyoto Animation page: [http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuni/ LC&OD], [http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuniMovie/ LC&ODRV], [https://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuni02/ LC&ODHT], [http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuniTOM/ LC&ODTOM]′
Sentai Filmworks page: [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions LC&OD], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-ova LC&OD OVA], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-rikka-version LC&ODRV], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-heart-throb- LC&ODHT], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-heart-throb-ova LC&ODHT OVA], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-take-on-me LC&ODTOM]
Madman Entertainment page: [http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/61092/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-collection-s1-s2-movie-bluray LC&ODCBR]. [http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/61093/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-collection-s1-s2-movie LC&ODCDVD]
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