Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love
Also known as Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
世界一初恋 TV
Onodera Ritsu has just transferred from his father's publishing company to Marukawa Shoten. Assigned to the shoujo manga division, he crosses path with the person he'd least expected to meet. Takano Masamune is the editor-in-chief of the division Ritsu's been assigned to, and the two seem get off on the wrong foot right from the very start when Takano unexpectedly kisses him. However, there is more to than what meets the eye: Takano is actually Saga, Ritsu's senpai and high school love, whom Ritsu had thought to have played him for a fool by taking his affections for granted when he confessed and summarily dumped him.
TV anime, 12 episodes, Spring 2011, Studio DEEN. Episode guide with the official trailer and links to licensed services. Studio Studio DEEN. Genres: Comedy, Romance. Season: Spring 2011.
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Characters and voice cast
- Ritsu Onodera (小野寺律) - main character, voiced by Takashi Kondou (近藤隆)
- Masamune Takano (高野政宗) - main character, voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi (小西克幸)
- Yoshiyuki Hatori (羽鳥芳雪) - main character, voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura (中村悠一)
- Shouta Kisa (木佐翔太) - main character, voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto (岡本信彦)
- Kou Yukina (雪名皇) - main character, voiced by Tomoaki Maeno (前野智昭)
- Chiaki Yoshino (吉野千秋) - main character, voiced by Shinnosuke Tachibana (立花慎之介)
- Ryuuichirou Isaka (井坂龍一郎) - supporting character, voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa (森川智之)
- Yuu Yanase (柳瀬優) - supporting character, voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷浩史)
- Kanade Mino (美濃奏) - supporting character, voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa (緑川光)
- Takafumi Yokozawa (横澤隆史) - supporting character, voiced by Kenyuu Horiuchi (堀内賢雄)
- Saiki (佐伯) - supporting character, voiced by Mai Nakahara (中原麻衣)
- Otoko (男) - supporting character, voiced by Kouji Yusa (遊佐浩二)
- Yukina Mutou (武藤 雪菜) - supporting character, voiced by Shiho Kawaragi (河原木志穂)
Staff
- Original Creator: Shungiku Nakamura (中村春菊)
- Original Creator: Miyako Fujisaki (藤崎都)
- Director: Chiaki Kon (今千秋 )
- Series Composition: Rika Nakase (中瀬理香)
- Character Design: Youko Kikuchi (菊地洋子)
- Art Director: Junko Shimizu (清水順子)
- Editing: Masahiro Matsumura (松村正宏)
- Music: Hijiri Anze (安瀬聖)
- Theme Song Performance: Shuhei Kita (喜多修平)
- Script: Michiko Yokote (横手美智子)
- Chief Animation Director: Youko Kikuchi (菊地洋子)
- Theme Song Performance (ending song ~ "Ashita Boku wa Kimi ni Ai ni Yuku"): Wakaba (ワカバ)
- Storyboard (OP, ED): Chiaki Kon (今千秋 )
- Animation Director (OP, ED): Youko Kikuchi (菊地洋子)
Production: Studio DEEN (animation), Lantis.
Rankings on AniList: #42 highest rated 2011, #51 most popular 2011, #13 highest rated spring 2011, #17 most popular spring 2011.
AniList members score Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love 70/100. On their lists: 1,036 watching, 24,363 completed, 7,360 planning to watch, 1,110 dropped; 684 favourites.
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Episodes
- Episode 1: First impressions are the most lasting.
- Episode 2: A man has free choice to begin love but not to end it.
- Episode 3: In love there is both dotage and discretion.
- Episode 4: Adversity makes a man wise.
- Episode 5: Love is lawless.
- Episode 6: Go to the sea, if you would fish well.
- Episode 7: Coming events cast their shadows before them.
- Episode 8: Looks breed love.
- Episode 9: The die is cast.
- Episode 10: Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- Episode 11: It never rains but it pours.
- Episode 12: After a storm comes a calm.