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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (TV series)
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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!,[a] 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.[2]
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The first season aired in Japan from October 4 to December 19, 2012,[3] and the second one from January 8 to March 26, 2014.[4] The series was simulcast by Crunchyroll.[5][6] The first episode for a second set of Lite episodes was released on December 26, 2013,[7] 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 and streamed on Hidive. It is also licensed in Australia by Madman Anime for home video.
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Synopsis
A group of high school students have signs of chūnibyō, and run a club under supervision of their teacher.
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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.[8] The series aired in Japan from October 4 to December 19, 2012.[3] 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.[9][10] The series was released on six Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes by Pony Canyon between December 19, 2012 and May 15, 2013.[11][12] The volumes contained bonus shorts titled Depth of Field: Ai to Nikushimi Gekijō (Depth of Field ～ 愛と憎しみ劇場; Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater).[13] A seventh volume with the original video animation episode and the Lite shorts, was released on June 19, 2013.[10]
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.[4] 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.[7][14]
Films
The series has two films. An animated film served as a retelling story was released on September 14, 2013.[15] A second anime film, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me (映画 中二病でも恋がしたい! -Take on Me-, Eiga Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai! Take on Me), was released on January 6, 2018. It is set after the second season and served as the finale of the anime series. The staff and cast from the original anime series returned to reprise their respective roles in the second film.[16]
Music
The opening theme for the first season is "Sparkling Daydream" by Zaq, and the ending theme is "Inside Identity" by Black Raison d'être. There are also three insert songs: "Hajimari no Tane" (始まりの種; The Seed of Start) by Zaq in episode eight, "Kimi no Tonari ni" (君のとなりに; Next to You) by Zaq in episode ten and "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.[17] For the Lite episodes, the opening theme is "Kimi e" (君へ; To You) and the ending theme is "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.[18]
The second season features two pieces of music: 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 "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.
International release and distribution
Crunchyroll has streamed the series in selected regions.[5][6] In North America, Sentai Filmworks has acquired the series for home video and was streamed on the Anime Network before transferring to its nascent Hidive service with an English dub production starring the voices of Margaret McDonald, Leraldo Anzaldua, Brittney Karbowski, Maggie Flecknoe, Emily Neves and Christina Kelly.[19][20][21][22] Sentai Filmworks released the second season on August 25, 2015.[23]
In Southeast Asia, it was broadcast through Animax Asia and premiered on June 2, 2014.[24][25][26]
The second season was licensed by Animatsu Entertainment in the United Kingdom.[27] Madman Anime started streaming the series on January 7, 2014 on Madman's Screening Room in Australia and New Zealand.[1]
Following the acquisition of Crunchyroll by Sony Pictures Television, the parent company of Funimation in 2021, the series was removed from the service on March 31, 2022.[28]
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Notes
- Japanese: 中二病でも恋がしたい!, romanized: Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!, lit. '"Even with Eighth Grader Syndrome, I Want to Be in Love"'
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