Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
Also known as Kannagi
かんなぎ
Based on a shounen manga by Takenashi Eri, serialised in Comic REX.
Our unlucky protagonist, Jin, uses the trunk of a sacred tree to carve a statue for a school project. When he takes it outside, to his surprise it begins absorbing the surrounding earth and transforms into, hold your breath on this one, a girl! So like all similar setups this guardian deity is pretty pissed that her tree was cut down and lives with Jin while she takes out her anger on squashing bugs....er, cleaning the "Impurities".
TV anime, 13 episodes, Fall 2008, A-1 Pictures. Episode guide with the official trailer and links to licensed services. Studio A-1 Pictures. Genres: Comedy, Supernatural. Season: Fall 2008.
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Characters and voice cast
- Nagi (ナギ) - main character, voiced by Haruka Tomatsu (戸松遥)
- Jin Mikuriya (御厨仁) - main character, voiced by Hiro Shimono (下野紘)
- Tsugumi Aoba (青葉つぐみ) - main character, voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro (沢城みゆき)
- Zange (ざんげ) - main character, voiced by Kana Hanazawa (花澤香菜)
- Daitetsu Hibiki (響大鉄) - supporting character, voiced by Takanori Hoshino (星野貴紀)
- Meguru Akiba (秋葉巡) - supporting character, voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原徹也)
- Takako Kimura (木村貴子) - supporting character, voiced by Risa Hayamizu (早水リサ)
- Shino Ookouchi (大河内紫乃) - supporting character, voiced by Mai Nakahara (中原麻衣)
- Suikan Oji-san (酔漢おじさん) - supporting character, voiced by Norio Wakamoto (若本規夫)
- Anna Yoshida (吉田アンナ) - supporting character, voiced by Ryouko Ono (小野涼子)
- Dokusasori (毒蠍) - supporting character, voiced by Jouji Yanami (八奈見乗児)
- Hagashima (芳賀島) - supporting character, voiced by Yuuji Ueda (うえだゆうじ)
- Lolikko Cutie (ロリッ子キューティー) - supporting character, voiced by MAKO (まこ )
- Maid Cafe Tenchou (メイドカフェ店長) - supporting character, voiced by Houchuu Ootsuka (大塚芳忠)
- Miipu (みーぷ) - supporting character, voiced by Miho Miyagawa (宮川美保)
- Kamimori no Oji-san (上森のおじさん) - supporting character, voiced by Fumihiko Tachiki (立木文彦)
- Kamimori no Oba-san (上森のおばさん) - supporting character, voiced by Kujira (くじら)
- Reiri Suzushiro (涼城怜悧) - supporting character, voiced by Kenta Miyake (三宅健太)
Staff
- Original Creator: Eri Takenashi (武梨えり)
- Director: Yutaka Yamamoto (山本寛)
- Series Composition: Hideyuki Kurata (倉田英之)
- Character Design: Kakeru Mima (三間カケル)
- Prop Design: Keiko Nakaji (中路景子)
- Title Logo Design: Hideki Satomi (里見英樹)
- Assistance: Toshiyuki Kanazawa (金沢利幸)
- Assistance: Koutarou Sudou (須藤幸太郎)
- Art Director: Atsushi Morikawa (森川篤)
- Art Design: Emi Kesamaru (袈裟丸絵美)
- Color Design: Kazuko Nakashima (中島和子)
- Director of Photography: Gaku Hirooka (廣岡岳)
- Editing: Kentarou Tsubone (坪根健太郎)
- Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta (菊田浩巳)
Production: Aniplex, A-1 Pictures (animation), Bandai Entertainment, Ordet, Sony Music Entertainment.
Rankings on AniList: #37 highest rated 2008, #32 most popular 2008, #17 highest rated fall 2008, #15 most popular fall 2008.
AniList members score Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens 70/100. On their lists: 1,845 watching, 15,863 completed, 17,995 planning to watch, 972 dropped; 264 favourites.
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- Lucky☆Star - TV, 2007
- Kannagi: Moshimo Kannagi ga Attara... - OVA, 2009
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Episodes
- Episode 1: The Shrine Maiden
- Episode 2: Gyokuon Attack!
- Episode 3: School Goddess
- Episode 4: Sisters
- Episode 5: Revelation! Love the Spirits of Dining Table
- Episode 6: Nagi's Heartpounding Craziness
- Episode 7: Cutie in a Big Pinch! Revenge of the Super Spicy Hitsumabushi (Part 2)
- Episode 8: Straying Wuthering Heights
- Episode 9: Embarrassing School Comedy
- Episode 10: Karaoke Warrior Mike Takako
- Episode 11: But, Uncertain
- Episode 12: It's Really Ephemeral
- Episode 13: Jin, Lovestruck