Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei
四畳半神話大系
Synopsis
One autumn evening at a mysterious ramen stand behind the Shimogamo Shrine, a lonely third-year college student bumps into a man with an eggplant-shaped head who calls himself a god of matrimony. Meeting this man causes the student to reflect upon his past two years at college—two years bitterly spent trying to break up couples on campus with his only friend Ozu, a ghoulish-looking man seemingly set on making his life as miserable as possible. Resolving to make the most out of the rest of his college life, the student attempts to ask out the unsociable but kind-hearted underclassman Akashi, yet fails to follow through, prompting him to regret not living out his college life differently. As soon as this thought passes through his head, however, he is hurtled through time and space to the beginning of his years at college and given another chance to live his life. Surreal, artistic, and mind-bending, Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei chronicles the misadventures of a young man on a journey to make friends, find love, and experience the rose-colored campus life he always dreamed of. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Staff
Fujio, Tsutomu
Producer
Ozaki, Noriko
Producer
Takeuchi, Fumie
Producer
Yuasa, Masaaki
Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard
Kimura, Eriko
Sound Director
Choi, Eun-Young
Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation
Fujise, Junichi
Episode Director
Hosogane, Takuya
Episode Director, Storyboard
Katou, Michiya
Episode Director
Makihara, Ryoutarou
Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation
Mihara, Michio
Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation
Miyazawa, Yasunori
Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Key Animation
Natsume, Shingo
Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation
Takahashi, Tomoya
Episode Director
Yokoyama, Akitoshi
Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation
Ueda, Makoto
Script, Series Composition
Hamasaki, Hiroshi
Storyboard
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Arrangement
Ishiwatari, Junji
Theme Song Composition
Scenarioart
Theme Song Performance
Sunahara, Yoshinori
Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement
Yakushimaru, Etsuko
Theme Song Performance
Amemiya, Akira
2nd Key Animation
Asano, Naoyuki
Animation Director, Key Animation
Azuma, Ryouta
In-Between Animation
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- "Maigo Inu to Ame no Beat (迷子犬と雨のビート)" by Scenarioart (eps 1-)
- 1: "Maigo Inu to Ame no Beat (迷子犬と雨のビート)" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation (eps 1-10)
- 2: "Kamisama no Iutoori (神様のいうとおり)" by Juuji Ishiwatari & Yoshinori Sunahara + Etsuko Yakushimaru (eps 11)
Endings
- "Lovemageddon (ラブマゲドン)" by Scenarioart
- 1: "Kamisama no Iutoori (神様のいうとおり)" by Juuji Ishiwatari & Yoshinori Sunahara + Etsuko Yakushimaru (eps 1-10)
- 2: "Maigo Inu to Ame no Beat (迷子犬と雨のビート)" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation (eps 11)
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