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Blue Spring Ride
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Score

7.5 / 10

Status

Finished Airing

Episodes

12

Studio

Production I.G

Blue Spring Ride

Also known as アオハライド | Ao Haru Ride

TVSummer 2014Source MangaPG-13 - Teens 13 or older
DramaRomanceSlice of Life

7.5/10

Community score

#1617

Rank

1M

Members

11.5K

Favorites

Synopsis

Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image & life as a new high school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has ever liked, Tanaka-kun. Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?

Production Notes

Ao Haru Ride is the anime adaptation of the manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka, which was serialized in the shoujo magazine Bessatsu Margaret between 2011 and 2015. It has sold over 5.84 million copies, and released in Germany, France, Italy, Taiwan and Poland. It was adapted into a live action film directed by Takahiro Miki and released on 13 December 2014. The anime is licensed for release in North America with English subtitles by Sentai Filmworks.

Cast Highlights

Mabuchi, Kou

Mabuchi, Kou

Main

Voice: Kaji, Yuuki (Japanese)

Yoshioka, Futaba

Yoshioka, Futaba

Main

Voice: Uchida, Maaya (Japanese)

Asumi

Asumi

Supporting

Voice: Inoue, Marina (Japanese)

Chie

Chie

Supporting

Voice: Shiraishi, Ryouko (Japanese)

Doctor

Doctor

Supporting

Voice: Kirimoto, Takuya (Japanese)

Kikuchi, Touma

Kikuchi, Touma

Supporting

Voice: Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu (Japanese)

Kominato, Aya

Kominato, Aya

Supporting

Voice: KENN (Japanese)

Mabuchi, Mother

Mabuchi, Mother

Supporting

Voice: Hisakawa, Aya (Japanese)

Core Staff

Kiyouno, Hiroyuki

Kiyouno, Hiroyuki

Producer

Kuroki, Rui

Kuroki, Rui

Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo

Maruyama, Hiroo

Producer

Oowada, Tomoyuki

Oowada, Tomoyuki

Producer

Shimizu, Norie

Shimizu, Norie

Producer

Takei, Katsuhiro

Takei, Katsuhiro

Producer

Theme Songs

Openings

"Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru (世界は恋に落ちている)" by CHiCO with HoneyWorks

Endings

"Blue (ブルー)" by Fujifabric

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Quick Facts

FormatTV
Episodes12
Duration23 min per ep
SourceManga
RatingPG-13 - Teens 13 or older
SeasonSummer 2014
AiredJul 8, 2014 to Sep 23, 2014
StatusFinished Airing
Recommended
Monetizing Content

Ranking And Reach

Popularity#186
Scored by539.4K
BroadcastTuesdays at 00:00 (JST)
ApprovedYes

Title Variants

English title

Blue Spring Ride

Romaji title

Ao Haru Ride

Japanese title

アオハライド

Synonyms

Aoharaido

Production Team

Main studio

Production I.G

Producers

Mainichi Broadcasting System, Movic, Sony Music Entertainment, TOHO animation, Shueisha, BS11, Animatic, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Sony PCL

Licensors

Sentai Filmworks

Japanese title

アオハライド

Themes And Audience

Love PolygonSchoolShoujo