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Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts (TV)

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Alternative title:
Baka to Test to Shōkanjū (Japanese)
バカとテストと召喚獣 (Japanese)
笨蛋、測驗、召喚獸 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: slice of life
Themes: school war
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: ©2007 Kenji Inoue・Yui Haga/ENTERBRAIN, INC./Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Production Committee
Plot Summary: Advanced placement into a school of higher grade proof-reading is determined by the results of the Promotion Test strictly for class type. Ranging from A class with the best facilities anyone can offer all the way down to F Class which is composed of low dining tables, rotten tatami mats and other worn out facilities. Students can change classes by competing using the Examination Summons Battle system or ESB. Students summon characters with their equivalent test mark scores and use them to compete with other classes.
Ratings: 1992 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 200 votes (sub:145, dub:44, raw:4, ?:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 487 votes (sub:339, dub:120, raw:4, edit.dub:3, others:21
15 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 563 votes (sub:382, dub:150, raw:7, ?:2, edit.dub:2, others:20
8 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Korean subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Mandarin subtitled
1 Chinese(Mandarin) subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 409 votes (sub:279, dub:114, raw:2, ?:1, others:13
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 czech subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Decent: 173 votes (sub:110, dub:50, raw:4, ?:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 78 votes (sub:50, dub:25, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 41 votes (sub:32, dub:8, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:14, dub:5)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 3925 s, rank: #240 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.746 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.594, rank: #1210 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.611 (Very good−), rank: #1392 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.75 / seen some: 6.20 / won't finish: 3.84)
Bayesian estimate: 7.610 (Very good−), rank: #1090 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2010-01-06 to 2010-03-31
Opening Theme:
"Perfect-area complete!" by Natsuko Aso
Ending Theme:
#1: "Baka Go Home" (バカ・ゴー・ホーム) by milktub and Baka Test All Stars [chorus; Hiro Shimono, Hitomi Harada, Kaori Mizuhashi, Emiri Katō, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Kōki Miyata, and Tomomi Isomura] (eps 1-6, 10-13)
#2: "Hare Tokidoki Egao" (晴れときどき笑顔) by Hitomi Harada, Kaori Mizuhashi, Emiri Katou and Tomomi Isomura (eps 7-9)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 31
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Baka and Test - Series 1 Collection [AU] (Blu-ray) 2011-12-14
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Baka and Test - The Complete First Season (BD+DVD) 2011-08-02 (from $41.73)
    Baka and Test - The Complete First Season [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2011-08-02
DVD (Region 1)
    Baka and Test - The Complete First Season [S.A.V.E.] (DVD) 2014-09-02 (from $20.99)
DVD (Region 2)
    Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts - Complete Series One (DVD) 2012-05-28
DVD (Region 4)
    Baka and Test - Series One Collection (DVD) 2011-11-16

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shin Ōnuma
Series Composition: Katsuhiko Takayama
Script: Katsuhiko Takayama (eps 1-13)
Storyboard:
Shinichi Watanabe (4 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 12
)

Yukiko Ban (ED1)
Episode Director:
Yoshinari Saito (eps 2, 8, 11)
Music: Nijine
Original creator: Kenji Inoue
Original Character Design: Yui Haga
Character Design: Miwa Ōshima
Art Director: Kohji Azuma
Chief Animation Director:
Miwa Ōshima
Animation Director:
Kazuya Morimae (4 episodes
eps 7, 10, 12-13
)

Megumi Noda (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10-13
)

Michio Hasegawa (7 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 10-13
)

Satomi Matsuura (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10, 12-13
)

Yuka Takemori (7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

3D Director: Takeshi Sanada
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography:
Yuuichirou Nagata (assistant)
Producer:
Yōsuke Wada

2nd Key Animation:
Yūta Itō (ep 6)
Animation producer: Hayato Kaneko
Art Supervision:
Naotake Ichiyanagi
Assistant Animation Director:
Yayoi Kamigaki (ep 8)
Assistant producer: Sachi Kawamoto
Background Art:
Yukiko Ashino
Color design: Miyuki Kibata
Color Key:
Yūsuke Satō
Digital Work:
Yasuyo Yaegashi (D-Station)
Editing: Jun Takuma
Endcard Illustration: Mako Aboshi
Finish Animation:
Yūsuke Satō
Finish Check: Kumiko Sone (Studio Road)
In-Between Animation:
Yūta Takahashi (Silver Link)
In-Between Check:
Yūsuke Satō
Key Animation:
Asami Moriya (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 13
)

Hiroko Shigekuni (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 10, 12
)

Hironori Sawada (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12
)

Junko Matsushita (4 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 12
)

Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (OP/ED1/ED2; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 11, 13
)

Kenji Fukazawa (Studio Cosmo; ED2; 7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

Motohiro Taniguchi (OP/ED2; 8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10-13
)

Rika Sugano (Studio Cosmo; 7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

Takeo Ōhira (8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10-13
)

Tomomi Kumata (Studio Cosmo; 7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

Yasuko Chiba (Studio Cosmo; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-11, 13
)

Yoshiaki Tomita (6 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 10-12
)

Yoshiki Mizuno (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 11-13
)

Yoshinari Saito (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 11, 13
)

Yuka Takemori (Studio Cosmo; ED2; 7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-13
)

Yuko Kimura (ED1; 9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10-11, 13
)

Yuta Shiraishi (Studio Cosmo; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-11, 13
)

Yūya Kumagai (eps 6, 10, 12)
Literature Production: Ayumi Sekine
Music producer: Shigeru Saitō
Photography:
Yuki Teramoto
Planning:
Yui Shibata
Planning Assistant:
Yoshinori Mino (Kadokawa Shoten Monthly Shonen Ace Editorial)
Plug-in Assistance: Kengo Watanabe
Production Advancement:
Kousuke Onizuka (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12
)

Nobuto Fushimi (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 13
)

Yūsuke Fukumura (eps 7, 11, 13)
Production Desk:
Takeshige Oshima (assistant)
Program Manager:
Yoshikazu Beniya (TV Tokyo)
Public Relations: Atsushi Ōta (eps 3-13)
Publicity:
Yōsei Sako
Setting Production: Takayoshi Morimiya
Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino (Sound Ring)
Sound Engineer: Tohru Kumakura
Sound Production Manager: Kei Mayama
Special Effects:
Yoshitaka Murakami
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kyōichi Miyazaki (ED1)
Theme Song Composition:
yozuca* (ED2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
yozuca* (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Tomomi Isomura (ED2)
Video Works:
Takashi Kubota
Emiri Katō as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Hiro Shimono as Akihisa Yoshii
Hitomi Harada as Mizuki Himeji
Kaori Mizuhashi as Minami Shimada
Kōki Miyata as Kōta "Muttsuriini" Tsuchiya
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Yūji Sakamoto
Tomomi Isomura as Shōko Kirishima

Akio Ōtsuka as Sōichi Nishimura
Ayana Taketatsu as Miharu Shimizu
Takuma Terashima as Toshimitsu Kubo
Yoshino Nanjō as Aiko Kudō

Akio Ōtsuka as Narration①
Daisuke Kageura as
Hasegawa (eps 1-2, 11)
Student A (ep 12)
Emiri Katō as Yūko Kinoshita
Hiromi Igarashi as Yūka Koyama
Hiromu Miyazaki as
Kyōji Nemoto
Male student (eps 1-2)
Kaori Nakamura as Kaoru Tōdō
Keiko Manaka as
Takeuchi-sensei (ep 3)
Yoshiko Mikami
Keisuke Goto as Ryō Sugawa
Kenjirō Tsuda as
Announcement (eps 7-8)
Announcer
Narration②
Shin Fukuhara
Kikuko Inoue as Akira Yoshii
Mami Fujita as Riko (ep 7)
Mana Hirata as
Hazuki Shimada
Miho Satō
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Genji Hiraga (eps 11-12)
Shinya Takahashi as
Male student (ep 1)
Mr. Takenaka (ep 11)
Takuma Terashima as Proctor (ep 1)
Toshinobu Iida as Ryōta (ep 7)
Yūko Takayama as Hiromi Nakabayashi
Yumi Kakazu as Yōko Takahashi
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Whisker's
Animation Finish:
Triple A
Animation Production: SILVER LINK.
Backgrounds: Studio Tulip
Broadcaster:
TV Tokyo (2010-01-06)
Digital Works: D-Station
Editing:
Taguma Henshūshitsu (eps 1-13)
In-Between Animation:
Triple A
Key Animation:
Studio Gimlet
Music Assistance: TV Tokyo Music
Music Production: Lantis
Photography: Asahi Production
Photography Assistance:
Trans Arts Co.
Planning Assistance: Famitsu Bunko Henshūbu (eps 1-13)
Production:
T.O Entertainment
Production Assistance:
Studio Blanc. (eps 2, 8)
Publicity Assistance: Tokyo Animator Gakuin (eps 1-13)
Recording Studio: OP Requiem Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Ring
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
Video Works: Q-Tec
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Terri Doty
Script:
Jamie Marchi (eps 1-2)
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer: Joseph Tompkins
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Sarah Mueller
Line Producer: Mike McFarland
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Post-Production Assistant:
Jason Weems
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Robert Bell
Video Engineer:
Michael Rivas
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler
Alexis Tipton as Mizuki Himeji
Brina Palencia as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Greg Ayres as Kouta Tsuchiya
Jamie Marchi as Shouko Kirishima
Josh Grelle as Akihisa Yoshii
Leah Clark as Minami Shimada
Scott Freeman as Yuuji Sakamoto

Joel McDonald as Toshimitsu Kubo
Kent Williams as Soichi Nishimura
Kristi Bingham as Miharu
Trina Nishimura as Aiko Kudo

Anastasia Munoz as Hiromi Nakabayashi
Anthony Bowling as Shin Fukuhara
Brina Palencia as Yuuko Kinoshita
Carli Mosier as Akira Yoshii
Chris Burnett as Ryo Sugawa
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Yoko Takahashi
David Trosko as Oliver (ep 11)
Ian Sinclair as Hasegawa
J. Michael Tatum as Ryuta (ep 7)
Jerome Fifty-Seven as Mark (ep 11)
Josh Grelle as
Angel (ep 4)
Devil (ep 4)
Lindsay Seidel as Hazuki Shimada
Maeghan Albach as Takeuchi (ep 3)
Micah Solusod as Genji Hiraga
Monica Rial as Riko (ep 7)
Ryan Reynolds as Yoshiko Mikami
Scott Freeman as Proctor (ep 1)
Sean Michael Teague as Buddha (ep 12)
Sonny Strait as Takenaka (ep 11)
Terri Doty as
Young Yuuji (ep 2)
Yuuka Koyama
Tia Ballard as Miho Sato
Todd Haberkorn as Kyoji Nemoto
Tyson Rinehart as James (ep 11)
Wendy Powell as Kaoru Toudou

English companies
Broadcaster:
FUNimation Channel
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment (UK and Ireland)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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