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Symphogear (TV)

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Alternative title:
Senki Zesshō Symphogear (Japanese)
戦姫絶唱シンフォギア (Japanese)
Themes: yuri
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: Two years ago, a pair of idols, Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amō, collectively known as ZweiWing, fought against an alien race known as Noise using armor known as Symphogear. To protect a girl named Hibiki Tachibana, who got severely wounded by the Noise, Kanade sacrificed herself. Two years later, as Tsubasa has fought the Noise alone, Hibiki ends up gaining the same power as Kanade.
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Ratings: 318 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 24 votes (sub:20, dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Excellent: 44 votes (sub:41, dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 68 votes (sub:66, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 81 votes (sub:76, dub:3, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 43 votes (sub:43)
 So-so: 22 votes (sub:20, raw:2)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Czech subtitled
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:3, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (raw:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 534 s, rank: #2051 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.962 (Good), std. dev.: 2.0184, rank: #4275 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.820 (Good−), rank: #4653 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.09 / seen some: 5.28 / won't finish: 3.39)
Bayesian estimate: 6.846 (Good), rank: #4182 (of 7635)
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2012-01-06 to 2012-03-30
Opening Theme:
#1: "Synchrogazer" by Nana Mizuki
#2: "Meteor Light" by Ayahi Takagaki (ep 12)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Meteor Light" by Ayahi Takagaki
#2: "Gekishou - Gungnir (撃槍・ガングニール;Attacking Spear: Gungnir)" by Aoi Yuki (ep 4)
#3: "Synchrogazer" by Nana Mizuki (ep 12)
#4: "Gyakkou no Flugel" (逆光のフリューゲル; The Flugel of Backlight) by Mizuki Nana & Minami Takayama (ep 13)
Insert song:
"FIRST LOVE SONG" by Aoi Yūki & Nana Mizuki & Ayahi Takagaki (ep 13)
"FLIGHT FEATHERS" by Nana Mizuki (ep 9)
"Gekishou・Gungnir (撃槍 - ガングニール;Attacking Spear: Gungnir)" by Aoi Yuki (eps 2-5)
"Gyakkou no Flugel" (逆光のフリューゲル) by Mizuki Nana & Minami Takayama (ep 1)
"Kimi to Iu Oto Kanade Tsukiru Made (君ト云ウ 音奏デ 尽キルマデ; Until the Sound Playing Called You Burns Out)" by Minami Takayama (ep 1)
"Koi no Okehazama (恋の桶狭間;A Hole in the Bucket of Love)" by Nana Mizuki (ep 9)
"Makyuu - Ichival (魔弓・イチイバル; Evil Arrow: Ichival)" by Ayahi Takagaki (eps 7-8,10-11)
"ORBITAL BEAT" by Mizuki Nana & Minami Takayama (ep 1)
"Synchrogazer" by Nana Mizuki (ep 13)
"Tsunaida Te dake ga Tsumugu Mono (繋いだ手だけが紡ぐもの;What Only Hands Entwined Can Weave" by Ayahi Takagaki (ep 10)
"Watashi to Iu Oto Hibiki Sono Saki Ni (私ト云ウ 音響キ ソノ先ニ; The Sound & Echo That is Me, And Beyond)" by Aoi Yūki (eps 6-8,10)
"Zettou Ameno Habakiri (絶力・天羽々斬;Abstaining Blade: Ameno Habakiri)" by Nana Mizuki (eps 1-4,12)
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tatsufumi Itō
Series Composition: Akifumi Kaneko
Script: Akifumi Kaneko (eps 1-13)
Storyboard:
Yousuke Kabashima (OP)
Episode Director:
Yoshihiro Mori (ep 11)
Unit Director:
Takahiko Kyōgoku (OP)
Original creator:
Noriyasu Agematsu
Original Character Design: Dan Yoshii
Character Design: Satoshi Koike
Art Director:
Thomas Romain
Chief Animation Director:
Satoshi Koike
Animation Director:
Yumenosuke Tokuda (ep 2)
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
Director of Photography:
Takaharu Ozaki
Executive producer:
Takanori Aki
Producer:
Yusuke Morii

2nd Key Animation:
Miki Takemoto (7 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-7, 9-10, 13
)

Youichi Sakai (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8-10, 12-13
)

Yuya Iwashita (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 10-11
)

Action Director:
Tomohiro Furukawa (assistant; ep 9)
Animation producer: Fumio Kaneko
Art Board Assistance:
Sayuri Honda (CoMix Wave Films)
Assistant Animation Director:
Yūko Yamada (ep 13)
Assistant Episode Director:
Naomichi Yamato (ep 13)
Associate producer: Kenichi Kobayashi
Background Art:
Yutaro Sato (Bic Studio)
Background Assistance:
Yuki Funagakure (Inspired)
CGI Designer:
Yūta Hatayama (Satelight)
Color Check:
Yukie Nakajima (Artemis)
Color design: Mayu Saitō
Color Key:
Yukiko Yamaguchi
Creature Design: Okama
Editing: Gō Sadamatsu
Finish Animation:
Yukie Nakajima (Artemis)
Finish Check Assistance:
Yukie Nakajima
Future Visuals:
Yann Le Gall
In-Between Animation:
Yuichiro Mizutani (Diomedea)
In-Between Check:
Yoshiyuki Ōkubo
Insert Song Performance:
Ayahi Takagaki (5 episodes
eps 7-8, 10-11, 13
)

Nana Mizuki (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 9, 12-13
)

Item/Clothing Design: Miki Yoshikawa
Key Animation:
Akihiro Taniguchi (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 13
)

Yūichi Nakazawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 11, 13
)

Yūya Kumagai (eps 5, 12)
Licensing:
Minae Tada
Logo Design: Akane Fujii
Music producer: Noriyasu Agematsu
Offline Editing Assistant: Ryoko Kaneshige
Photography:
Yuki Maruo
Photography Advancement:
Noriyuki Teruya
Production Advancement:
Yuuji Kanno (eps 8, 11)
Production Assistant: Shōjirō Endō (Witchcraft)
Production Cooperation: Shigenobu Satō (Qwaras)
Production Desk: Kenji Sasaki
Publicity:
Manabu Jingūji (Aniplex)
Recording Adjustment: Shōji Hata (Sound Team Don Juan)
Recording Assistant: Mai Sunaniwa
Sales Promotion: Natsuko Moro
Scenario Assistance:
Ken Sekitani (Witchcraft)
Setting Production: Takato Ishizuka
Sound Coordination: Asami Fukita
Sound Effects: Emi Takanashi
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Effects:
Hideaki Yanagida
Supervision:
Toshiaki Satō
Theme Song Performance:
Nana Mizuki (OP)
Video Editing:
Tomomi Takemura
Weapon/Equipment Design: Masahisa Suzuki
Aoi Yūki as Hibiki Tachibana
Ayahi Takagaki as Chris Yukine
Nana Mizuki as Tsubasa Kazanari

Asami Seto as Aoi Tomosato
Hideo Ishikawa as Genjūrō Kazanari
Kenji Akabane as Sakuya Fujitaka
Miyuki Sawashiro as Ryōko Sakurai
Sōichirō Hoshi as Shinji Ogawa
Yuka Iguchi as Miku Kohinata

Ai Orikasa as Okonomiyaki Lady (eps 6, 8)
Chinatsu Akasaki as
Student C (ep 1)
Yumi Itaba
Eiji Miyashita as Staff (ep 4)
Ereki Maruyama as
Audience 1 (ep 1)
Brother and Sister's Father (ep 7)
People (ep 8)
Section 2 Staff (ep 10)
Soldier (ep 11)
SP (ep 5)
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Tony Glaser (ep 9)
Hiroaki Tajiri as Staff (ep 4)
Ichitarō Ai as Operator (ep 11)
Inori Minase as
High School Girl Trio (ep 6)
Researcher B (ep 1)
Woman (ep 10)
Kenji Akabane as People (ep 8)
Kentarō Tone as
Intelligence Officer (ep 7)
US Intelligence Officer (ep 5)
Kōichi Kuriyama as Special Forces Captain (eps 5, 10)
Kōji Seki as Researcher A (ep 1)
Kumi Sakuma as
Girl's Mother (eps 2, 12)
Woman (ep 13)
Kumiko Nakane as
Homeroom Teacher (eps 1-7 odd)
Newscaster (ep 2)
Manabu Sakamaki as
Doctor (eps 5, 9)
Doctor in Charge (ep 4)
Mikako Komatsu as
Kuriyo Andō
Student B (ep 1)
Minami Takayama as Kanade Amou
Nao Tōyama as
Shiori Terashima
Student A (ep 1)
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Audience 2 (ep 1)
Rumi Okubo as
Girl (eps 1-2, 12-13)
High School Girl Trio (ep 6)
Ryota Seki as Spectator (ep 1)
Satoshi Miyabe as Spectator (ep 1)
Suzuko Mimori as
Girl 1 (ep 1)
High School Girl Trio (ep 6)
Lost Sister (ep 7)
Tetsujo Keino as Spectator (ep 1)
Tomohisa Hashizume as
1st Division Staff (ep 11)
Commander (ep 1)
Yasunori Masutani as Defense Minister Hiroki (ep 5)
Yukiyo Fujii as
Girl 2 (ep 1)
Nurse (ep 5)
Public Announcement (ep 2)
Yumi Uchiyama as Lost Brother (ep 7)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Yuhodo
Animation Planning: Encourage Films
Animation Production:
Satelight
Art Board Assistance:
Kusanagi
Background Art:
Studio Loft
Background Assistance: Inspired
Broadcaster:
Tokyo MX (2012-01-06)
CG Production:
Wao World
Finish Animation:
xenron
In-Between Animation:
xenron
Key Animation:
GK Entertainment (ep 9)
Logo Design: Witchcraft
Photography: MADBOX
Photography Assistance:
SILVER LINK.
Production:
Project Symphogear
Production Assistance:
Studio Pastoral (eps 3, 8, 11)
Recording Studio: Studio 2010:
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Video Editing: Sony PCL
English staff
English companies
Translation: Noelle Siddall (Discotek)

Subtitle Editor: Laura Wyrick
Internet Streaming:
YouTube (via Crunchyroll; Limited Time)
Licensed by: Discotek Media
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: Kevin Stocker (Crunchyroll)
(none)
French companies
(none)

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