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Higehiro (TV)

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Alternative title:
Hige o Soru. Soshite Joshi Kōsei o Hirō (Japanese)
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
Higehiro: Fiz a barba e acolhi uma menina (Portuguese)
ひげを剃る。そして女子高生を拾う。 (Japanese)
Genres: romance
Themes: tragedy
Plot Summary: 26-year-old Yoshida is an employee at a major IT company. He meets a high school girl on his way home after drinking. Yoshida's crush had decisively rejected him after he pined for her for five years, and he had decided to drink his sorrow. Sayu, the runaway high school girl he meets, says they could sleep together if he lets her stay with him. Yoshida chides the girl for the suggestion but eventually lets her stay with him. (from manga)
Ratings: 186 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 9 votes (sub:6, raw:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 27 votes (sub:24, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 34 votes (sub:31, dub:3)
 Good: 56 votes (sub:47, dub:5, ?:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 30 votes (sub:24, dub:3, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 367 s, rank: #2674 (of 9997)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.968 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7625, rank: #4257 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.898 (Good), rank: #4318 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.00 / seen some: 3.73 / won't finish: 4.38)
Bayesian estimate: 6.936 (Good), rank: #3784 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2021-04-05
Opening Theme:
"Omoide Shiritori" (おもいでしりとり) by Dialogue+
Ending Theme:
"Plastic Smile" by Kaori Ishihara
Reviews: Show:
Higehiro ‒ Episode 13 (Jun 29, 2021)
Higehiro ‒ Episode 12 (Jun 22, 2021)
Higehiro ‒ Episode 11 (Jun 17, 2021)
Higehiro ‒ Episode 9 (Jun 1, 2021)
Higehiro ‒ Episode 8 (May 26, 2021)
Higehiro ‒ Episode 7 (May 18, 2021)
Higehiro ‒ Episode 6 (May 12, 2021)
Higehiro ‒ Episode 5 (May 4, 2021)
Higehiro ‒ Episode 4 (Apr 27, 2021)
Higehiro (Apr 19, 2021)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Manabu Kamikita (上北学)
Series Composition: Deko Akao
Scenario:
Deko Akao (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-8, 11-13
)

Yūsuke Kaneko (eps 4-5, 9-10)
Storyboard:
Masayuki Takahashi (OP; 4 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 12
)

Yūya Horiuchi (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Yūya Horiuchi (ep 6)
Unit Director:
Masayuki Takahashi (OP)
Original creator: Shimesaba
Original Character Design: booota
Character Design: Takayuki Noguchi
Art Director: Lin Ge
Chief Animation Director:
Hiromi Ogata (5 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 12-13
)

Katsuyuki Sato (8 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9-13
)

Yae Ōtsuka (eps 3, 10-13)
Animation Director:
Yūta Masaki (eps 1, 5, 8, 11)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography:
Tomoya Kamijō (project No.9)
2D Work: Toshirō Hamamura (Wired; eps 1-13)
2nd Key Animation:
Hitoshi Kaizawa (4 episodes
eps 7, 10-11, 13
)

Yumika Akimoto (Advance Shakujii; ep 4)
3D Animation:
Yasuhiro Makino (Wired; eps 1-13)
Animation producer: Tomoji Kojiya
Art Setting: Maho Takahashi
Assistant Art Director: Xiao Miao Li (eps 1-13)
Assistant Chief Animation Director:
Yae Ōtsuka (eps 1, 6)
Assistant Director: Masayuki Takahashi
Assistant Director of Photography: Maki Yamaguchi (project No.9; eps 1-13)
Background Art:
Ayaka Kameyama (Studio Tulip; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 11
)

Daisuke Suzuki (Studio Tulip; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 12
)

Han Qing Zhao (Studio Tulip; 6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 11-12
)

Keigo Shimizu (Studio Tulip; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 11-12
)

Maika Hosoda (Studio Tulip; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7-8, 13
)

Masahiro Kama (Studio Tulip; 5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8-9, 12
)

Rong He (Studio Tulip; 6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 12-13
)

Xing Zi Li (Studio Tulip; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 13
)

Ya Yu Zhu (Studio Tulip; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9, 13
)

Yūta Toyosaki (Studio Tulip; 5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8-9, 12
)

Ze Chen Yang (Studio Tulip; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 12
)

Background Art Assistant:
Yuri Mukumoto (Studio Tulip; eps 9-12)
CG Line Director: Kenji Saitō
Chief Producer:
Toyota Todoroki
Clothing Design: Yōko Naeki
Color design: Yoko Suzuki
Color setting:
Moe Ohara (TMS Photo; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10, 13
)

Noriyo Koike (TMS Photo; eps 1, 8, 12)
Comic Editor:
Yoshinori Katsumura (Shonen Ace Editorial Dept.)
Distribution Manager:
Mariko Ogino
Editing: Kentarō Tsubone (REAL-T)
In-Between Animation:
Takumi Matsumoto (project No.9; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 11, 13
)

In-Between Check:
Sachiyo Hiraide (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 11-12
)

Yukiko Kawamoto (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 10, 13
)

Key Animation:
Takahiro Mizuno (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 11, 13
)

Yasunori Yamaguchi (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-8, 11, 13
)

Zako (ep 7)
Logo Design: Daisuke Umino (DABHANDdesigns)
Music producer: Kōji Sawahata
Original Character Design Assistant: Imaru Adachi (comicalize)
Original Novel Editor:
Shinya Sasaki (Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko Editorial Dept.)
Overseas Licensing:
Yūki Kōtari
Paint:
Aiko Yamagami (TMS Photo; 11 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-13
)

Junko Nagaoka (TMS Photo; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-8, 10, 12-13
)

Moe Ohara (TMS Photo; 7 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8, 11-12
)

Natsumi Tamamura (TMS Photo; 11 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-13
)

Noriyo Koike (TMS Photo; 6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 10-11, 13
)

Rieko Akamatsu (TMS Photo; 11 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-13
)

Yoko Tomizawa (TMS Photo; 11 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-13
)

Yukina Tan'o (TMS Photo; 11 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-13
)

Paint Check:
Moe Ohara (TMS Photo; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10, 13
)

Noriyo Koike (TMS Photo; eps 1, 8, 12)
Photography:
Emi Sakurai (project No.9; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-13
)

Shōta Harada (project No.9; eps 1-13)
Production Advancement:
Yūsuke Shibata (eps 12-13)
Production Cooperation: Yoshitaka Suzuki (Yomiuri Agency)
Production Desk: Takashi Horie (eps 1-10)
Prop Design: Haruo Miyagawa
Publicity:
Wataru Kobayashi
Publicity Assistant:
Takahiro Yūki (KADOKAWA)
Recording Adjustment: Kimitaka Shindō
Recording Assistant: Shō Satō
Setting Production: Yūsuke Kaneko (eps 1-13)
Sound Effects: Rei Ueno
Sound Production Manager:
Rie Tanaka
Special Effects: Tomomi Ishihara (eps 1-13)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Shuhei Mutsuki (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Tomoya Tabuchi (UNISON SQUARE GARDEN; OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yoshie Isogai (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Yurina Uchiyama (OP; as a member of Dialogue+)
Video Editing:
Takuto Saiki (Q-Tec; eps 2-13)
Kana Ichinose as Sayu Ogiwara
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Yoshida

Hisako Kanemoto as Airi Gotō
Kaori Ishihara as Yuzuha Mishima
Kōsuke Toriumi as Issa Ogiwara
Natsumi Kawaida as Asami Yūki
Ryōta Ōsaka as Kyōya Yaguchi
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Hashimoto

Akito Obune as Crowd noises (ep 9)
Anna Yamaki as Voice navigation (ep 10)
Aoi Goda as erby (ep 5)
Ayaka Takamura as Girl (ep 9)
Chinami Hashimoto as Clerk (ep 2)
Jun Inoue as enger (ep 13)
Kanako Sakuragi as Clerk (ep 11)
Kazuki Miyagi as Customer (ep 4)
Kengo Kawanishi as Endō (eps 3, 10)
Kento Shiraishi as Employee (ep 10)
Kotaro Shinohara as Spectator (ep 8)
Manaka Iwami as Yuko Masaka (eps 4, 9)
Manatsu Murakami as Girl (ep 9)
Mari Hino as Office lady (ep 13)
Mari Kawano as Customer in the department store (ep 2)
Marina Shibasaki as Customer (ep 4)
Masaki Saitō as enger (ep 13)
Mayu Iizuka as erby (ep 5)
Miho Wataya as Older brother (ep 8)
Miki Hasuda as Izakaya guest (ep 1)
Mirika Kawa as Izakaya guest (ep 1)
Naoki Kuwata as Customer (ep 4)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Sayu's mother (eps 9, 12-13)
Saki Kobari as Customer (ep 4)
Sara Kitano as Office lady (ep 13)
Sayaka Kaneko as Customer (ep 6)
Sayumi Watabe as Announcer (ep 13)
Shōta Yamamoto as Office worker (ep 9)
Souru Saito as Spectator (ep 8)
Taito Ban as Employee (ep 10)
Takahiro Ayase as
Crowd noises (ep 9)
Izakaya guest (ep 1)
Takeshi Shimada as Izakaya guest (ep 1)
Takushi Fujikawa as Customer in the department store (ep 2)
Tsubasa Miyoshi as Customer in the department store (ep 2)
Yoshiyuki Matsuura as Staff member (ep 13)
Yū Okano as
enger (ep 13)
erby (ep 5)
Yuka Nukui as Younger brother (ep 8)
Yuna Ogata as erby (ep 5)
Yuriko Hanamiya as Customer in the department store (ep 2)
Yurina Uchiyama as Girl (ep 9)
Japanese companies
2D Works:
Wired (eps 1-13)
2nd Key Animation:
project No.9 (4 episodes
eps 6, 10-11, 13
)

Tsumugi Animation Research Institute (5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 8, 10
)

WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio (eps 1-3, 5-6)
3d Animation: Wired (eps 1-13)
Animation Direction:
Studio Massket (ep 7)
Animation Production: project No.9
Background Art: Studio Tulip (eps 1-13)
Color Setting: TMS Photo (T.D.I; 11 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-13
)

Editing: REAL-T
In-Between Animation:
One Order (4 episodes
eps 2, 10-11, 13
)

project No.9 (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13
)

Tsumugi Animation Research Institute (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7-8, 10
)

Key Animation:
Studio Massket (eps 4, 11)
Logo Design: DABHANDdesigns
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Paint:
CJT (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 13
)

TMS Photo (T.D.I; 11 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-13
)

Tsumugi Animation Research Institute (eps 2-3, 6-7)
Paint Check: TMS Photo (T.D.I; 11 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-13
)

Photography:
project No.9 (eps 1-13)
Production Assistance:
ENGI (uncredited; ep 12)
Production Cooperation: Yomiuri Agency
Publicity Assistance: Kadokawa
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Video Editing:
Q-Tec (eps 1-13)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jonathan Rigg
Translation: Pramudhana Saputra (Muse Communication)
ADR Script: Jessica Sluys

ADR Engineer: Derric Benavides
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Subtitle Timing: Krzysztof Kunc (Crunchyroll)
Alex Hom as Yoshida
Jill Harris as Sayu Ogiwara

Ben Balmaceda as Hashimoto
Bradley Gareth as Issa Ogiwara
Kelsey Maher as Asami Yuki
Macy Anne Johnson as Yuzuha Mishima
Ry McKeand as Kyōya Yaguchi
Sarah Roach as Airi Gotou

Emily Fajardo as Yuko Masaka (eps 4, 9)
Jesse Pinnick as Endou (eps 3, 10)
Lindsay Seidel as Issa and Sayu's Mother (eps 9, 12-13)
Marisa Duran as Female Bully (ep 9)
Monet Tatianna Lerner as Clerk (ep 2)

English companies
Internet Streaming:
Muse Asia (SEA)
Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd. (Asia)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Latin America and Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
Quality Check: Richy Dick
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (German-speaking countries)
German cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil and Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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