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Oshi no Ko (TV)

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Alternative title:
Oshi no Ko: Mein*Star (German)
【Oshi No Ko】 (Japanese)
【推しの子】 (Japanese)
Genres: psychological
Themes: tragedy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Goro Amamiya is an obstetrician-gynecologist in a rural Japanese town tasked in assisting idol singer Ai Hoshino, who has taken a secret hiatus from her role in the idol group B-Komachi after becoming pregnant with twins. On the night of Ai's delivery, Goro is murdered by a deranged fan of Ai and is reincarnated as Ai's son Aquamarine. In addition, Aqua's twin sister Ruby is a reincarnation of Sarina Tendoji, one of Goro's patients and a fan of Ai. Four years later, Ai is murdered by the deranged fan before he commits suicide, and Aqua deduces that it was their biological father who planned the murder. As Aqua and Ruby reach their teenage years, they struggle to find their father and avenge their mother.
Ratings: 368 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 52 votes (sub:45, raw:3, dub:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 80 votes (sub:67, dub:7, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 82 votes (sub:73, dub:6, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 70 votes (sub:63, dub:4, raw:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Decent: 37 votes (sub:35, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 19 votes (sub:19)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:10, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 693 s, rank: #1696 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.562 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.9439, rank: #1676 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.584 (Very good−), rank: #1467 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.62 / seen some: 6.96 / won't finish: 3.31)
Bayesian estimate: 7.580 (Very good−), rank: #1168 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2023-04-12
Opening Theme:
"Idol" (アイドル) by YOASOBI
Ending Theme:
"Mephisto" (メフィスト) by Queen Bee
Insert song:
"Full moon...!" by Kana Arima [Megumi Han] (ep 9)
"HEART's♡KISS -Ai Solo Ver-" by Ai [Rie Takahashi] (ep 1)
"Pieyon Boot Dance" (ぴえヨンブートダンス) by Pieyon [Taishi Murata] (ep 5)
"Piment Taisou" (ピーマン体操; Bell Pepper Exercises) by Kana Arima [Megumi Han] (ep 9)
"Sign wa B -Ai Solo Ver-" (サインはB -アイ Solo Ver.-) by Ai [Rie Takahashi] (ep 1)
"Sign wa B -New Arrange Ver-" (サインはB -New Arrange Ver.-) by B-Komachi [Yurie Igoma, Megumi Han, Rumi Ōkubo] (ep 11)
"STAR☆T☆RAIN -Ai Solo Ver-" by Ai [Rie Takahashi] (ep 1)
"STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" by B-Komachi [Yurie Igoma, Megumi Han, Rumi Ōkubo] (ep 11)
Reviews: Show:
Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 9 (Jun 15, 2023)
Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 7 (May 25, 2023)
Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 6 (May 18, 2023)
Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 5 (May 11, 2023)
Oshi no Ko ‒ Episode 3 (Apr 27, 2023)
Oshi no Ko (Apr 20, 2023)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Oshi no Ko - Season 1 Collection (Blu-ray) 2024-06-25 (from $29.49)
    Oshi no Ko - Season 1 [Collector's Edition] (Blu-ray) 2024-07-23 (from $64.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Daisuke Hiramaki
Series Composition: Jin Tanaka
Script:
Jin Tanaka (eps 1-11)
Storyboard:
Yūsuke Yamamoto (OP)
Episode Director:
Yûji Tokuno (ep 10)
Unit Director:
Yūsuke Yamamoto (OP)
Music: Takurō Iga
Original creator:
Mengo Yokoyari
Character Design: Kanna Hirayama
Art Director: Tetsuya Usami (Studio Easter)
Chief Animation Director:
Kanna Hirayama (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 11
)

Tomoya Atsumi (eps 3, 6, 9)
Animation Director:
Asami Hayakawa (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-11
)

Atsushi Soga (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-8, 10-11
)

Haruka Inade (5 episodes
eps 2, 7-8, 10-11
)

Honoka Yokoyama (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 11
)

Masaaki Yamano (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 10-11
)

Noritaka Tateguchi (5 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 10-11
)

Shun Sawai (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-9, 11
)

Shuta Sato (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-11
)

Takeshi Osame (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 8, 11
)

Tomoko Uno (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 11
)

Tomoya Hiratsuka (5 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 10-11
)

Yūsuke Murata (ep 9)
Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
Director of Photography: Takafumi Kuwano
Executive producer:
Shōtarō Usui
Producer:
Yusuke Aomura 

2D Work: Hiromi Iwase (eps 2-11)
2nd Key Animation:
Michiko Oda (Doga Kobo; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 10
)

Zakuro (eps 1, 4)
Animation producer: Ryo Kobayashi
Animation Training Director:
Michiko Oda (eps 1-11)
Art Setting: Kōta Mizumoto (Studio Easter)
Assistant Chief Animation Director:
Tomoya Atsumi (eps 10-11)
Assistant Director: Ciao Nekotomi
Assistant Director of Photography: Yasushi Kudō
Background Art: Ayuumu Sakurai (Studio Easter; eps 1-11)
Character Supervision:
Kanna Hirayama (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-7, 9-10
)

Color design: Kei Ishiguro
Color Script:
Kuniyasu Nishina (eps 4, 6, 11)
Cooperation:
Tomoyo Inoue (eps 4-11)
Digital In-between Animation:
Zi Hao Wang (DR MOVIE; ep 1)
Distribution Licensing:
Yukiko Ishibashi
Domestic Licensing:
Ryunosuke Kadota
HD Editing Desk: Yōsuke Ariyama (McRAY)
In-Between Animation:
Michiko Oda (Doga Kobo; 9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-11
)

Yume Kitajima (studio daisy; ep 1)
In-Between Check: Makoto Oohara (OP, ED; eps 1-11)
Insert Song Arrangement:
Yūsuke Shirato ("Sign wa B -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11)
Insert Song Choreography Collaboration:
Sho Suehiro (from YZ Entertainment; "Pieyon Boot Dance" ep 5; "Piment Taisou" ep 9; "STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11; "Sign wa B -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11)
Insert Song Composition:
Yūsuke Onodera ("STAR☆T☆RAIN -Ai Solo Ver-" ep 1; "STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11)
Insert Song Lyrics:
Yūsuke Onodera ("STAR☆T☆RAIN -Ai Solo Ver-" ep 1; "STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11)
Insert Song Performance:
Yurie Igoma (as Ruby; "STAR☆T☆RAIN -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11; "Sign wa B -New Arrange Ver-" ep 11)
Key Animation:
Iori Fukuya (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 11
)

Zi Yi Zhuo (Doga Kobo, OP; eps 1, 3, 7, 11)
Key Animaton: Honoka Yokoyama (ep 4) 
Live Part Storyboard: Ciao Nekotomi (ep 11)
Live Part Unit Director: Ciao Nekotomi (ep 11)
Main Animator:
Takeshi Osame
Music producer: Chieko Mizutori
Official Site Management:
Shōta Inoue (Maverica)
Online Editor:
Yuzuka Sugiura (McRAY; eps 4, 6-11)
Original Work Assistant:
Yoshikazu Masuzawa (Weekly Young Jump Editorial Dept.)
Overseas Licensing:
Yuna Kishita
Photography:
Yui Fukuoka (eps 1-12)
Planning:
Takeshi Kikuchi
Production Advancement:
Takurō Masuda (eps 1, 7, 11)
Production Advancement Assistant: Takumi Ochi (eps 10-11)
Production Chief: Takurō Masuda
Production Desk: Daiki Maeda
Prop Design:
Nanami Hakoda
Publicity:
Manuela Leon
Publicity Assistant:
Kenta Tajima
Publicity Producer:
Rinko Furudate
Recording Adjustment: Hiroyuki Suzuki
Recording Assistant: Keisuke Taira
Sales Promotion:
Yōhei Ōki
Setting Production:
Saori Tanaka
Sound Effects: Kiyotaka Kawata
Sound Production Manager:
Yūsuke Uchimura
Studio Management:
Tazuko Fukudo
Sub-Character Design: Shun Sawai
System Management: Kazuto Okada
Theme Song Arrangement:
Queen Bee (ED)
Theme Song Collaboration: Kenta Tasaka (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Ayase (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ayase (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
YOASOBI (OP)
Vehicle Cooperation: Hiroki Watanabe
Megumi Han as Kana Arima
Rie Takahashi as Ai Hoshino
Takeo Ōtsuka as Aquamarine Hoshino
Yurie Igoma as Ruby Hoshino

Lynn as Miyako Saitō
Manaka Iwami as Akane Kurokawa
Rumi Okubo as Memcho

Akihiro Mine as Policeman (ep 7)
Asaki Yuikawa as Idol (ep 11)
Asami Seto as Frill Shiranui (eps 4, 9)
Atsushi Tamaru as Ryōsuke (ep 1)
Ayano Shibuya as Lala (ep 2)
Daichi Hayashi as Drama Director (eps 3-4)
Erina Koga as Female High School Student (ep 8)
Genta Nakamura as Rookie Actor (ep 3)
Hana Satō as Kana's Mother (ep 10)
Hina Koyanagi as Idol (ep 11)
Hina Natsume as Assistant (ep 4)
Hina Yomiya as Minami Kotobuki (eps 4-5, 9)
Hisao Egawa as Ichigo Saitō (ep 1)
Hiyori Nitta as Mana Suzushiro (ep 11)
Junichi Yanagita as SNS Voice (ep 6)
Kanna Nakamura as SNS Voice (ep 6)
Kenichi Suzumura as Sumiaki Raida (ep 11)
Kenichirō Matsuda as Agency President (ep 6)
Kent Itō as Gorō Amemiya
Kimiko Saitō as Taishi's Mother (eps 2-3)
Kōhei Yanagi as Male Student (ep 4)
Kōji Okino as Rookie Actor (ep 3)
Konomi Inagaki as Female Student (ep 4)
Kōseki Kogure as Fan (ep 11)
Kōsuke Tanabe as SNS Voice (ep 6)
Marie Ōi as Akane's Mother (eps 6-7)
Masahide Yamaguchi as Kanzaki (ep 2)
Masaki Terasoma as Masaya Kaburagi (6 episodes
eps 3-5, 8-9, 11
)
Masaya Fukunishi as Fan (ep 11)
Mayuko Kazama as Female Student (ep 4)
Minami Kurisaka as Idol (ep 10)
Naoya Miyase as Child Actor Agency Manager (ep 10)
Natsu Yorita as Female Student (ep 2)
Natsuki Miwa as MEM-cho's Mother (ep 9)
Reo Osanai as SNS Voice (ep 6)
Ryōko Maekawa as Female High School Student (ep 8)
Saki Takahashi as Idol (ep 11)
Saori Ōnishi as Yuki Sumi (eps 5-8)
Seiji Maeda as Melt Narushima (eps 3-4)
Seina Katō as Idol (ep 10)
Seiyū Fujiwara as Music Producer (ep 10)
Shizuka Itō as Yoriko Kichijouji (ep 4)
Sōhei Horikane as Staff (ep 11)
Taishi Murata as Pieyon (eps 5, 10)
Taito Ban as Kengo Morimoto (eps 5-8)
Takeo Ōtsuka as Pieyon (Aqua; ep 10)
Tomohiro Ōno as Nobuyuki Kumano (eps 5-8)
Tomohito Takatsuka as Fan (ep 11)
Tomomi Tanaka as SNS Voice (ep 6)
Tomoyo Takayanagi as Sarina Tendoji
Yasuhiro Kikuchi as Manager (eps 6, 11)
Yasuyuki Kase as Taishi Gotanda (eps 1-4)
Yū Okano as Male Student (ep 4)
Yū Wakabayashi as Drama Assistant Director (ep 4)
Yui Hashimoto as
Assistant (ep 4)
Drama Assistant Director (ep 3)
Yumi Uchiyama as Aquamarine Hoshino (young)
Yurina Amami as SNS Voice (ep 6)
Yuuki Sanpei as Director (eps 5-8)

Hazuki Ogino (ep 1)
Hikaru Iida (ep 1)
Misa Katō (ep 1)
Tasuku Kida (ep 1)
Yu Kawada (ep 1)
Yuga Sato (ep 1)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Yostar Pictures (ep 1)
3DLO: Studio Easter (eps 1-7)
Animation Direction:
PSD Delivery (eps 6-7, 9)
Animation Production: Dōga Kōbō
Backgrounds: Studio Easter
Chief Animation Direction:
PSD Delivery (eps 6-7, 9-10)
Color Inspection: Jumondo (ep 1)
Color Specification: Jumondo (ep 1)
Digital In-between Animation: DR Movie (ep 1)
Finish Animation:
Triple A (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Triple A (ep 1)
Internet Streaming: Disney+
Key Animation:
Dōga Kōbō (ep 1)
Photography Assistance:
Triple A (ep 1)
Production:
Shueisha
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Shannon D. Reed
Translation: Jake Jung
ADR Script:
Shannon D. Reed
Executive producer: John Ledford

Audio Engineer:
Patrick Marrero (eps 8-11)
Blu-Ray Authoring: Rynn Anthony
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Sarah Cain
Business Affairs: Griffin Vance
Director of Studio Operations: Joey Goubeaud
Graphic Design Manager: Larry Koteff
Head Translator: Ian Fagen
Mixing: David Lascoe
Packaging Design: Sarah Cain
Product Manager: Angelica Pizarro
Production Assistant:
Rynn Anthony
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz
Senior Acquisitions Coordinator: Toru Iwakami (Japan)
Studio Engineer: Michael Olesch
Studio Management: Joey Goubeaud
Subtitling: Jordan Hemann
Subtitling Manager: Son Phan Le
Supervising Translator: Natalie Jones
Translation Manager: Janice Williams
Alyssa Marek as Ruby Hoshino
Donna Bella Litton as Ai Hoshino
Jack Stansbury as Aquamarine Hoshino
Natalie Rial as Kana Arima

Christina Kelly as Miyako Saitō
Juliet Simmons as Memcho
Kristen McGuire as Akane Kurokawa

Adam Gibbs as Kengo Morimoto (eps 5-8) 
Alejandro Saab as Sumiaki Raida (ep 11)
Andrew Love as Pieyon (eps 5, 10)
Annie Wild as Frill Shiranui (eps 4, 9)
Brandon Hearnsberger as Ichigo Saitō (ep 1)
Brittany Lauda as Minami Kotobuki (eps 4-5, 9)
Bryson Baugus as Melt Narushima (eps 3-4)
Chaney Moore as Aquamarine Hoshino (young)
Christie Guidry as Mem-Cho’s Mom
Ellen Evans as Mana Suzushiro (ep 11)
Gabriel Regojo as Ryōsuke (ep 1)
Greg Cote as Chief Director
Jay Hickman as Manager (ep 11)
Jeremy Gee as Gorou Amemiya
Joe Daniels as Hikaru Kanzaki (ep 2)
John Swasey as Akane’s Manager
Justin Doran as Kaburagi
Kelly Greenshield as Yoriko Kichijouji (ep 4)
Kiba Walker as Director
Mai Le as Lala
Marcy Bannor as Taishi’s Mom
Monica Rial as Akane’s Mom
Olivia Swasey as Yuki Sumi (eps 5-8)
Patricia Duran as Kana’s Mom
Rob Mungle as Company President
Savanna Menzel as Sarina Tendoji
Scott Gibbs as Nobuyuki Kumano (eps 5-8)
Ty Mahany as Taishi Gotanda

English companies
Distributor: Distribution Solutions (United States and Canada)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
Licensed by:
Sugoi Co (Australia & New Zealand)
Production: Sentai Studios
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Jessie Lambotte

Coralie Thuilier as Ruby Hoshino
Estelle Darazi as Aquamarine Hoshino (enfant)
Marie Facundo as Ai Hoshino
Martin Faliu as Aquamarine Hoshino

Audrey Sablé as Memcho
Clara Quilichini as Akane Kurokawa
Damien Boisseau as Goro Amemiya
Geneviève Doang as Sarina Tendoji
Kelly Marot as Kana Arima
Laura Préjean as Miyako Saito
Marie Nonnenmacher as Yoriko Kichijouji

Alan Aubert as Ryosuke
Alexis Tomassian as Pieyon
Anne-Charlotte Piau as Frill Shiranui
Boris Rehlinger as Taishi Gotanda
Clara Soares as Yuki Sumi
Emilie Marié as Mana
Fred Colas as Nobuyuki Kumano
Hugo Brunswick as Melt Narushima
Jérémy Prévost as Sumiaki Raida
Julie Jacovella as Mère de Memcho
Julien Kramer as Masaya Kaburagi
Martial Leminoux as Ichigo Saito
Nessym Guetat as Kengo Morimoto
Sonia Petit as Kyun
Valerie Bescht as Minami Kotobuki

French companies
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
ADR Director: Mercedes Hoyos (Spain dub)
Translation: Maite Madinabeitia (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming:
Netflix (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
Spanish cast
Gracia Comitre as Kana Arima (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video (Anime Generation)
Italian cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Dubbing Director: Bartosz Bludau
ADR Script: Bartosz Bludau
Dorothea Zwetkow as Aquamarine Hoshino (Kind)
Helen Blaschke as Ruby Hoshino
Lina Rabea Mohr as Ai Hoshino
Moira May as Kana Arima
Ricardo Richter as Aquamarine Hoshino

Anne Düe as Miyako Saitō

Daniel Kröhnert as Melt Narushima (eps 3-4)
Daniela Molina as Sarina Tendouji (ep 1)
Francis Dichmann as Minami Kotobuki (eps 4-5, 9)
Franciska Friede as Frill Shiranui (eps 4, 9)
Johannes Berenz as Masaya Kaburagi (5 episodes
eps 3-5, 8, 9 & 11
)
Judith Steinhä as Taishis Mutter (eps 2-3)
Laurine Betz as Yoriko Kichijouji (ep 4)
Marco Wittorf as Ichigo Saitō (ep 1)
Marco Sven Reinbold as Ryousuke (ep 1)
Nick Forsberg as Taishi Gotanda (eps 1-4)
Rainer Fritzsche as Pieyon (eps 5, 10)
Rajko Geith as Regisseur (eps 3-4)
Sabrina Schwarz as Lala (ep 2)
Vincent Fallow as Gorō Amemiya
German companies

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