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A Certain Scientific Railgun (TV)

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Alternative title:
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (Japanese)
とある科学の超電磁砲(レールガン) (Japanese)
科學超電磁砲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
어떤 과학의 초전자포 (Korean)
Themes: superpowers
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Academy City is a highly developed place in of technology. It is said to be 20 to 30 years ahead of the rest of the world. Eighty percent of its 2.3 million residents are students. The focus of studies here is directed towards esper powers. Misaka Mikoto, one of the top level espers in town, shares a room with Kuroko Shirai, another high level esper who is a member of Judgement, a law enforcing agency composed of students. Both attend to Tokiwadai, a private school reserved for the high-leveled and the rich. Kuroko's partner at Judgement, Kazari Uiharu, is a low level esper who studies at Sakugawa middle school. Her best friend and classmate there is Ruiko Saten, a level zero (no esper powers). Together the four encounter several adventures in the exciting scientific town.
Ratings: 2091 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 179 votes (sub:147, dub:19, raw:3, ?:1, others:9
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Mandarin subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 468 votes (sub:379, dub:64, raw:10, ?:3, others:12
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Very good: 618 votes (sub:511, dub:76, raw:8, ?:1, others:22
6 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 Korean subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 czech subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 358 votes (sub:294, dub:43, raw:5, others:16
10 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 193 votes (sub:166, dub:20, raw:1, ?:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 117 votes (sub:106, dub:8, ?:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 76 votes (sub:72, dub:3, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Weak: 38 votes (sub:35, dub:2, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Bad: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Awful: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 3528 s, rank: #286 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.490 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8451, rank: #1976 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.363 (Good+), rank: #2213 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.73 / seen some: 7.10 / won't finish: 4.91)
Bayesian estimate: 7.364 (Good+), rank: #1923 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage: 2009-10-02 to 2010-03-19
Opening Theme:
#1: "only my railgun" by fripSide (eps 2-14)
#2: "LEVEL5-judgelight-" by fripSide (eps 15-23)
Ending Theme:
#1: "only my railgun" by fripSide (ep 1)
#2: "Dear My Friend—Mada Minu Mirai e" (Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ-) by ELISA (eps 2-11, 13-14, 24)
#3: "Smile -You & Me-" by ELISA (ep 12)
#4: "Real Force" by ELISA (eps 15-23)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 21
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Trailer: Inu x Boku SS (Jun 20, 2013)
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    A Certain Scientific Railgun - Season One [UK] (Blu-ray) 2015-10-05
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    A Certain Scientific Railgun - Season 1 (BD+DVD) 2015-01-20 (from $34.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    A Certain Scientific Railgun - Season 1 Part 1 (DVD 1) 2013-04-16
    A Certain Scientific Railgun - Season 1 Part 1 [Limited Edition] (DVD 1) 2013-04-16 (from $7.49)
    A Certain Scientific Railgun - Season 1 Part 2 (DVD 2) 2013-04-16
DVD (Region 2)
    A Certain Scientific Railgun - Season One [UK] (DVD) 2015-10-05

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Series Composition: Seishi Minakami
Script:
Hiroshi Ōnogi (5 episodes
eps 2, 9-10, 15-16
)

Kurasumi Sunayama (4 episodes
eps 3, 11, 17, 22
)

Miya Asakawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 14, 20, 23
)

Seishi Minakami (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 12, 21, 24
)

Shogo Yasukawa (ep 13')
Storyboard:
Yūichi Nihei (6 episodes
eps 6, 11, 15-16, 20, 22
)

Episode Director:
Yoshitaka Koyama (ep 18)
Unit Director: Hideki Tachibana (OP 1-2)
Music: Maiko Iuchi
Original creator: Kazuma Kamachi
Original Manga: Motoi Fuyukawa
Original Character Design: Kiyotaka Haimura
Character Design: Yūichi Tanaka
Art Director: Tomonori Kuroda
Chief Animation Director:
Yūichi Tanaka
Animation Director:
Eiji Tominaga (4 episodes
eps 7, 16, 21, 23
)

Eri Sano (5 episodes
eps 7, 13, 17, 21, 24
)

Shinsuke Ishikawa (4 episodes
eps 17, 20, 22, 24
)

Yū Yamashita (eps 1, 24)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Shingo Fukuyo
Producer:
Satoshi Fujita

2nd Key Animation:
Moe Usami (6 episodes
eps 11, 13, 17, 20, 23-24
)

Yumiko Ōmae (Studio Liberty)
3D CG:
Yūya Shiraishi (SANZIGEN)
Additional Production Design: Ryuuichi Mizuno (ep 18)
Animation producer: Shinitirou Kashiwada
Assistant Animation Director:
Eiji Tominaga (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 11, 17-18, 20, 24
)

Hiroshi Ogawa (7 episodes
eps 13, 16-17, 20-22, 24
)

Tomohiro Kamitani (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 21-22, 24
)

Yoshiko Nakajima (ep 6)
Assistant Chief Animation Director: Naoto Nakamura (ep 14)
Assistant Music Producer: Hiromi Suzuki
Assistant producer: Mami Toida
Assistant Production Manager: Ryuuichi Mizuno (ep 7)
Background Art:
Yuki Ikenoue (J.C. Staff Art Dept.)
CG Creative Director: Yoshikazu Kon
CG Line Director: Reina Kawabata
CG Producer: Hiroaki Matsuura
Color design: Tomomi Andō
Color Key:
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (4 episodes
eps 2, 11, 16, 21
)

Yukiko Itō
Crayon Drawing: Haruhito Komori (ep 11)
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama (REAL-T)
Editing Assistant: Tamori Suizu
Effect Animation Director:
Takafumi Yanagi
Finish Animation:
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (8 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 9, 12, 20, 22, 24
)

Yukiko Itō
Finish Check:
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 13, 19-20, 23
)

Taeko Mizuno (Studio Road)
In-Between Animation:
Yasuna Kobayashi (12 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7, 9, 11-12, 19-21, 24
)

Yū Suzuki
In-Between Check:
Yūki Kōrai
Key Animation:
Daisuke Tokudo (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 19, 24
)

Emiko Kobayashi (OP; 9 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17, 20, 22, 24
)

Fumiko Kon (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 20, 22
)

Fuyumi Toriyama (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 19, 24
)

Hideaki Tsukioka (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 11, 13, 20, 23
)

Hidekazu Yamana (4 episodes
eps 4, 13, 19, 24
)

Hiroshi Yamamoto (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 11, 16, 20-21
)

Hisatake Hayashi (OP; 7 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 16, 20, 22-23
)

Kaori Yamada (9 episodes
eps 4, 6, 11-12, 16, 19, 22-24
)

Keiichi Ishida (6 episodes
eps 9, 12, 16, 19, 23-24
)

Megumi Ueda (5 episodes
eps 4, 12, 19, 22, 24
)

Mika Takazawa (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 12, 19, 24
)

Naoko Koyama (4 episodes
eps 5, 7, 12, 17
)

Naoto Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 16, 23
)

Nozomu Abe (OP; 10 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 11-12, 16, 20, 22-24
)

Ryosuke Kimiya (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 12, 19, 22, 24
)

Ryuuta Yanagi (6 episodes
eps 4-5, 11-12, 16, 24
)

Satoshi Iwataki (OP; 4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 12, 24
)

Seiji Masuda (4 episodes
eps 7, 16, 19-20
)

Shingo Nakamura (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 19, 24
)

Tomohiro Kamitani (5 episodes
eps 5, 12-13, 21, 24
)

Tomoki Hara (ep 17)Tsurugi Katō (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 11, 16, 21, 23-24
)

Yōko Itō (OP; 9 episodes
eps 5-11 odd, 12, 16-17, 21, 23
)

Yuriko Ikehara (eps 2, 6, 23)
Layout Supervision: Katsushi Sakurabi
Logo Design: Norihiko Nezu (G-Square)
Mechanical animation Director: Yukinobu Tuneki
Music producer: Jun Nishimura
Photography:
Yutaka Kurosawa
Planning:
Yasuhiro Mikami
Planning Assistant: Kentarō Ogino
Production Advancement:
Ryō Watanabe (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 16, 21
)

Yukiko Katō (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 19, 24
)

Production Cooperation:
Takashi Watanabe (ASCII Media Works)
Production manager: Jiro Nakagawa
Production producer:
Yuji Matsukura
Prop Design: Nozomu Abe
Publicity:
Teruhiko Satō
Recording Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai
Recording Assistant: Hideaki Kizu
Setting Production: Naho Aoi
Sound Effects: Ijo Okuda
Sound Production Manager: Takatoshi Hamano
Special Effects: Yoshihide Mukai
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kaoru Okubo (ED1)
Theme Song Composition:
Takuya Watanabe (ED1)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yuki-ka (OP1)
Theme Song Performance:
Yoshino Nanjō (OP; as fripSide; OP2; as fripSide)
Video Editing:
Masaki Fujimura
Rina Satō as Mikoto Misaka
Satomi Arai as Kuroko Shirai

Aki Toyosaki as Kazari Uiharu
Atsuko Tanaka as Harumi Kiyama
Kana Ueda as Mii Konori
Kanae Itō as Ruiko Saten
Minako Kotobuki as Mitsuko Kongō

Akiko Tanaka as
Boy (ep 11)
Children (ep 1)
Nurse (ep 12)
Atsushi Abe as Tōma Kamijō
Aya Endō as Tsuduri Tessou
Ayana Taketatsu as
Bag Girl (ep 6)
Girl (ep 7)
Binbin Takaoka as Gensei Kihara (Professor Kihara; eps 11, 22)
Chikara Ōsaka as
Bad Guy (ep 8)
Bank robbery (ep 5)
Hoodlum C (ep 14)
Daichi Endō as Hoodlum A (ep 9)
Haruka Tomatsu as Kinuho Wannai (eps 2, 13, 19)
Hideki Nakanishi as Male Student (ep 3)
Hirofumi Nojima as Hatsuya Kaitabi (eps 6-7, 12)
Hiromu Miyazaki as
Bad Guy (eps 4, 8)
Doctor (ep 12)
Hitomi Nabatame as Dorm Supervisor
Hitoshi Yanai as
Subordinate (ep 16)
Subordinate B (ep 15)
Izumi Kitta as
Boarding Student (ep 19)
Female Student (ep 3)
Girl (ep 11)
er-by (ep 7)
Salesgirl (ep 8)
Schoolgirl (ep 1)
Waitress (ep 6)
Junji Majima as Teacher Daigo (eps 18, 20)
Junko Minagawa as Haruki Kōnoe (ep 17)
Kana Hanazawa as Erii Haruue (eps 17, 20)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Wataru Kurozuma
Kazuyuki Okitsu as
Anti-Skill Group (ep 11)
Bank Robber (ep 1)
Tamezou (eps 15-16)
Kenji Takahashi as
Bad Guy (ep 8)
Bank robbery (ep 5)
Hoodlum B (ep 14)
Young Man (ep 19)
Kensuke Nishi as Kikuhiko Koujun (eps 9, 12, 14)
Kimiko Koyama as Komoe Tsukuyomi
Kiyohito Yoshikai as
Bad Guy (ep 6)
Communications (ep 23)
Kōta Nishime as Communications (ep 23)
Kouzou Douzaka as Thief (ep 5)
Makoto Yasumura as Tsuguo Hebitani (eps 15-16)
Mami Nishikawa as Boy (ep 6)
Mamiko Noto as Aisa Himegami
Manabu Sakamaki as
Power s (ep 15)
Subordinate (ep 16)
Masumi Asano as Woman Gang Boss (eps 8, 14)
Miku Kaneko as
Boy (ep 18)
Girl (ep 11)
Mina Kobayashi as Heaster (ep 18)
Misaki Sekiyama as Children (ep 1)
Misato Fukuen as Maika Tsuchimikado
Momoko Ishikawa as
Girl (ep 6)
Mako-chin (eps 9-10, 14)
Momoko Saito as Girl (eps 18-19)
Naoko Sugiura as Store Interior Announcer (ep 7)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Janitor (ep 17)
Rei Yamahata as
Subordinate (ep 16)
Subordinate C (ep 15)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Aomi Yanagisako (eps 15-16)
Ryōkichi Takahashi as
Bad Guy (eps 4, 7-8)
Sightseer (ep 20)
Subordinate (ep 16)
Subordinate A (ep 15)
Thief (ep 5)
Saori Seto as Bus Guide (ep 1)
Satomi Satō as
Edasaki Banri (eps 11-12, 22)
Girl (ep 6)
Sayaka Ōhara as Therese Tina
Sayuri Yahagi as Akemi (eps 9-10, 14)
Seirō Ogino as Anti-Skill Group (ep 11)
Shohei Yamaguchi as
Student A (ep 15)
Subordinate (ep 16)
shougo yasuda as Anti-Skill Group (ep 11)
Shun Takagi as Bad Guy (ep 7)
Shunzō Miyasaka as
Bad Guy (ep 6)
Communications (ep 23)
Takashi Oohara as
Anti-Skill (ep 17)
Bank robbery (ep 1)
Hoodlum A (ep 14)
Okahara Ryouta (ep 12)
Teacher (eps 7-8)
Takayuki Kondō as Trick (ep 9)
Takuya Satō as Bad Guy (ep 4)
Tomo Adachi as Boy (ep 6)
Tomoko Kobashi as
Female Student (ep 4)
Muu-chan (eps 9-10, 14)
Tomoyuki Higuchi as Bad Guy (ep 6)
Tsuyoshi Aoki as
Hoodlum B (ep 9)
Robber (ep 17)
Yasuhiro Mamiya as Bank Robber (ep 1)
Yoriko Nagata as
Boy (ep 6)
Girl (ep 18)
Nakamura (ep 13)
Underclassmen (ep 19)
Yoshino Nanjō as Maaya Awatsuki (eps 2, 13, 19)
Yu Shimamura as Female Student (ep 4)
Yuka Iguchi as Index
Yuka Nishigaki as Boy (ep 11)
Yuka Saitō as Customer (ep 5)
Yukari Tamura as Miho Jufuku (eps 3, 14)
Yukito Souma as Bad Guy (ep 4)
Yūko Kaida as Aiho Yomikawa
Yurie Kobori as Sightseer (ep 20)
Yutaka Nakano as Frog doctor (ep 10)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Yuhodo
3DCGI:
SANZIGEN
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Broadcaster:
Tokyo MX (2009-10-02)
Finish Animation:
Triple A
In-Between Animation:
Wish
Key Animation:
Studio Bambino
Production:
Project Railgun
Production Assistance:
C2C (eps 3, 14)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Zach Bolton
Translation: Steven J. Simmons
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
Commentary:
Zach Bolton (ep 24)
DVD Authoring:
Trace Furniss
DVD Compression:
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia
DVD Menu Design: Diana Zaky
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
DVD Quality Control:
Rob Schindlbeck
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Jacob Martin
Line Producer: Zach Bolton
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez
Subtitling:
Jon Uzzel
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Robert Bell
Video Engineer:
Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
Alison Viktorin as Kuroko Shirai
Brittney Karbowski as Mikoto Misaka

Anastasia Munoz as Harumi Kiyama
Brina Palencia as Ruiko Saten
Cherami Leigh as Kazari Uiharu
Jamie Marchi as Mitsuko Kongo
Trina Nishimura as Mii Konori

Brad Hawkins as Wataru Kurozuma
Carrie Savage as Eri Haruue
Charles Campbell as Gensei Kihara
Chris Burnett as Haruki Konoe (ep 17)
Cole Brown as Heaven Canceller (Doctor Frog)
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Therestina
Cynthia Cranz as Head Resident
Ed Blaylock as Pops (ep 17)
Eric Vale as Daigo
Jad Saxton as Komoe Tsukuyomi
Jeremy Inman as Tsuguo Hebitani
Jerry Jewell as Kikuhiko Koujun
Josh Grelle as Hatsuya Kaitabi
Kara Edwards as Tsuduri Tesso
Kristi Kang as Kinuho Wannai
Lara Woodhull as Maika Tsuchimikado (ep 19)
Leah Clark as Miho Jufuku
Lindsay Seidel as Aisa Himegami (ep 17)
Luci Christian as Edasaki Banri
Martha Harms as Aiho Yomikawa
Maxey Whitehead as Aomi Yanagisako
Micah Solusod as Toma Kamijo
Monica Rial as Index (ep 17)
Stephanie Sheh as Nakamura (ep 13)
Terri Doty as Mako
Tia Ballard as Maaya Awatsuki
Vic Mignogna as Trick (ep 9)

English companies
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Subtitle Translation:
Silvia Gallardo (Netflix; Spain; ep 24)
(none)
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming:
Netflix
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Italian cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Dubbing Director: Grischa Olbrich
ADR Script: Grischa Olbrich
Alina Freund as Mikoto Misaka
Katharina von Daake as Kuroko Shirai

Kerstin Julia Dietrich as Kazari Uiharu

Amira Leisner as Index
Maximilian Belle as Tōma Kamijō
German companies
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Carlo Landrito
Translation: Sherwin Revestir

Channel Head: Ruel Ferrer
Channel Producer: Diana Jean S. Hernandez
Blair Arellano as Accelerator
Klariz Magboo as Kuroko Shirai
Pinky Rebucas as Mikoto Misaka

Nelieza Magauay as Kazari Uiharu
Sherwin Revestir as Ruiko Saten

Klariz Magboo as Index
Ryan Bondoc as Tōma Kamijō

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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