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Aoharu x Machinegun (TV)

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Alternative title:
Aoharu x Kikanjū (Japanese)
Aoharu x Machine Gun (Japanese)
青春×機関銃 (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Themes: survival game
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Hotaru Tachibana is a girl disguised as a boy. Through strange circumstances she finds herself drawn into the world of survival games by a host, Masamune Matsuoka. The two form a team with ero-manga artist Tohru Yukimura and aim to be the be the best in Japan.
Ratings: 186 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 Very good: 40 votes (sub:33, dub:4, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 68 votes (sub:61, dub:5, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:23, dub:2)
 So-so: 16 votes (sub:14, raw:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 398 s, rank: #2511 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.737 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6657, rank: #5109 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.650 (Good−), rank: #5316 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.76 / seen some: 6.27 / won't finish: 4.46)
Bayesian estimate: 6.704 (Good−), rank: #4728 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2015-07-02
Opening Theme:
"The Bravest Destiny" by Toy☆Gungun
Ending Theme:
"Gunjō Survival" (群青サバイバル; Ultramarine Survival) by Mikako Komatsu
"Tic Tac" (チクタク) by Mikako Komatsu [eps 8]
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Aoharu x Machinegun - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2016-11-15 (from $33.00)
    Aoharu x Machinegun - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2022-10-18 (from $27.49)
DVD (Region 1)
    Aoharu x Machinegun - Complete Collection (DVD) 2016-11-15 (from $65.59)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hideaki Nakano
Series Composition: Kenji Konuta
Script: Kenji Konuta (eps 1-13)
Storyboard: Tatsuya Yoshihara (OP)
Episode Director: Noriyoshi Sasaki (ep 2)
Original creator: Naoe
Character Design: Junko Yamanaka
Art Director: Masaki Mayuzumi
Chief Animation Director: Junko Yamanaka
Sound Director: Tōru Nakano
Director of Photography: Shigeki Asakawa

Action Animation Director: Yasuhiro Saiki
Assistant Art Director: Narumi Kudo (eps 11, 13)
Color Coordination: Rie Katō
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
In-Between Animation: Itsuki Tsuchigami (OP)
Key Animation:
Yuusuke Noma (ep 1)
Photography:
Yuri Hirokawa (Raretrick)
Prop Design: Tomokazu Sugimura
Sub-Character Design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Supervision: Itto Sara
Theme Song Performance:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (OP)
Mikako Komatsu as Hotaru Tachibana
Tomoaki Maeno as Masamune Matsuoka
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tohru Yukimura

Eri Kitamura as Ichi Akabane
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Nagamasa Midori
Ryōhei Kimura as Takatora Fujimoto

Atsushi Taniguchi as Gamer (ep 8)
Ayaka Imamura as Female Student (ep 9)
Azumi Waki as Female Student (ep 9)
Daichi Hayashi as
Driver (ep 12)
Real Gamer (ep 13)
Daichi Marutaka as Abe (ep 2)
Daiki Hamano as
Male Staff (ep 10)
Watanabe (ep 2)
Daisuke Motohashi as Male Student (ep 9)
Eiji Takeuchi as
Black suit (eps 1, 9)
Cosplay Corps (ep 13)
Player (eps 6-7)
Eri Suzuki as Female customer (ep 1)
Hayato Kashiwazaki as Gamer (ep 5)
Hiroki Tōchi as Soji Kamenashi (eps 6-8, 13)
Ikumi Hayama as PE Teacher (ep 9)
Ikuto Kanemasa as
Delinquent (eps 1, 9)
Real Gamer (ep 13)
Jun Fukushima as Cosplay Corps (ep 13)
Jun Inoue as Student (ep 1)
Kaede Hondo as
Daughter (ep 10)
Female customer (ep 1)
Kana Ueda as Sagara (eps 4-5, 10)
Kazuki Narumi as Delinquent (eps 1, 9)
Kazutaka Ishii as Real Gamer (ep 13)
Kosuke Onishi as
Player (ep 6)
Surivival gamer 
Survival Gamer (ep 4)
M.A.O as Female Gamer (ep 5)
Masahiko Jin as Gamer (ep 8)
Maya Enoyoshi as Maid (eps 10-11)
Mayu Harumiya as Female customer (ep 1)
Miho Masaka as Clerk (eps 2, 4-5)
Minami Chura as Mother (ep 10)
Nana Hamasaki as Woman (ep 2)
Naoe as Panda (eps 5-6)
Naoko Komatsu as Mother (ep 3)
Reiji Kawashima as Real Gamer (ep 13)
Reina Kondo as Female student (ep 9)
Satoshi Inomata as Player (ep 13)
Sayaka Gomi as Female Customer (ep 13)
Shō Kawaguchi as
Master (ep 10)
Player (eps 6-7)
Sho Nogami as Yamaguchi (ep 2)
Tadanori Date as Real Gamer (ep 13)
Taichi Ichikawa as
Gamer (ep 5)
Real Gamer (ep 13)
Surivival gamer
Survival Gamer (ep 4)
Takeyuki Shimada as
Male Student (ep 9)
Player (ep 13)
Tetsu Inada as Store manager (eps 3-4, 6)
Tomoki Atsuta as Real Gamer (ep 13)
Yoshiaki Hasegawa as Cop (ep 3)
Yoshiki Matsumoto as Real Gamer (ep 13)
Yoshiyuki Matsuura as Gamer (ep 8)
Yū Ayase as
Female customer (eps 1, 4, 13)
Gamer (ep 5)
Yui Horie as Kanae Yajima (eps 1, 3, 9)
Yukitoshi Kikuchi as
Delinquent (eps 1, 9)
Gamer (ep 8)
Real Gamer (ep 13)
Yūko Iida as Woman (ep 11)
Yuna Yoshino as Woman (ep 2)
Yurika Kubo as Daughter (ep 3)
Yūya Hirose as Gamer (ep 5)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Zero-G
Animation Production: Brain's Base
Backgrounds:
Studio Jack (eps 11-12)
Broadcaster:
Tulip-TV
Color Key: Teddy
Editing: MADBOX
In-Between Animation:
TAP
Key Animation:
Wafū Animation (ep 6)
Paint:
Teddy
Photography: Raretrick
Photography Assistance: MADBOX
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres
Translation:
Rika Takahashi
ADR Script: Katelyn Barr
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Additional Translation: Jessica Kim
Assistant Director: Shannon Reed
Audio Engineer: Brent Marshall
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Menu Design: Kris Saltiel
Packaging Design: Kris Saltiel
Production:
Luke Patterson
Production Assistant:
Yesenia Torres
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
Subtitle Timing: Joshua Arce
Subtitling:
Nathan Lopez (home video release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Chris Patton as Toru Yukimura
Corey Hartzog as Masamune Matsuoka
Monica Rial as Hotaru Tachibana

Allison Sumrall as Ichi Akabane
Greg Ayres as Nagamasa Midori
Scott Gibbs as Takatora Fujimoto

Adam Barr as Watanabe
Allen Titel as Abe (ep 2)
Allison Keith-Shipp as Hanako Saga (eps 4-5, 10)
Andrew Love as Manager
David Wald as Kamenashi (eps 6-8, 13)
Greg Cote as
Driver
Yamaguchi (ep 2)
Katelyn Barr as Michiru
Natalie Rial as Maid (eps 10-11)
Robin Nennig as Hiromi
Shanae'a Moore as Kanae Yajima
Tiffany Grant as Yuka

English companies
Distributor: Man Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Viewster (UK & Ireland)
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
(none)
Jannika Jira as Hotaru Tachibana
Tim Kreuer as Tooru Yukimura
Tobias Diakow as Masamune Matsuoka

Benjamin Stolz as Takatora Fujimoto
Jenny Maria Meyer as Kanae Yajima
Leoni Oeffinger as Ichi Akabane
Rasmus Borowski as Nagamasa Midori

Alexander Merbeth as Abe (ep 2)
Ivo Möller as Yamaguchi (ep 2)
Mike Olsowski as Souji Kamenashi (eps 6-8)
Sarah Madeleine Tusk as Sagara (eps 4-5, 10)

German companies
Distributor: KSM

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