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Haganai NEXT (TV)



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Alternative title:
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT (Japanese) 
僕は友達が少ないNEXT (Japanese) 
Genres: slice of life 
Themes: tsundere 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: The adventures of the Neighbor's Club continue, with more understanding of their , new friends, and of course, lots of laughs. 
Ratings: 1106 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 66 votes (sub:53, dub:9, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 232 votes (sub:182, dub:38, raw:1, ?:1, others:10
7 Spanish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 333 votes (sub:266, dub:48, ?:1, raw:1, others:17
7 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Good: 267 votes (sub:225, dub:28, raw:1, others:13
8 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Chinese(Mandarin) subtitled
)
 Decent: 99 votes (sub:79, dub:14, ?:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 39 votes (sub:33, dub:4, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 29 votes (sub:26, dub:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 24 votes (sub:23, dub:1)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1860 s, rank: #655 (of 9997)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.488 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6558, rank: #1983 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.407 (Good+), rank: #2053 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.42 / seen some: 7.69 / won't finish: 3.72)
Bayesian estimate: 7.408 (Good+), rank: #1746 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 12 
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2013-01-10 
Opening Theme:
"Be My Friend" by Marina Inoue, Kanae Ito, Nozomi Yamamoto, Misato Fukuen, Kana Hanazawa and Yuka Iguchi 
Ending Theme:
"Bokura no Tsubasa" (僕らの翼) by Marina Inoue, Kanae Ito, Nozomi Yamamoto, Misato Fukuen, Kana Hanazawa and Yuka Iguchi 
Trivia: We have 3
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends NEXT (BD+DVD) 2014-05-13 (from $50.37)
    Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends NEXT [Anime Classics] (BD+DVD) 2016-11-22 (from $66.91)
    Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends NEXT [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2014-05-13 (from $45.20)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tōru Kitahata 
Series Composition:
Yomi Hirasaka 
Script:
Tatsuhiko Urahata (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 11-12
) 
Storyboard:
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (ep 8) 
Episode Director:
Yoshihito Nishōji (ep 7) 
Unit Director:
Tōru Kitahata (OP) 
Music: Tom-H@ck 
Original creator: Yomi Hirasaka 
Original Character Design: Buriki 
Character Design: Yoshihiro Watanabe 
Art Director:
Toshihiro Kohama (BIHO) 
Chief Animation Director:
Yuka Takashina (eps 4-5, 8, 12) 
Animation Director:
Yuichi Hirano (ep 8) 
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama 
Cgi Director: Mitsutaka Iguchi 
Producer:
Takeya Kinbara 

2nd Key Animation:
Mikako Uchimura (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7, 10, 12
)Takuya Gotō (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 11-12
)Yuu Fujimori (ep 8) 
Animation producer: Jiyū Ōgi 
Art Setting: Saaya Kaneshiro (BIHO) 
Assistant Animation Director:
Kazuya Morimae (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-11
)Keita Hagio (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 10, 12
)Takaaki Nagano (7 episodes
eps 1, 5-7, 10-12
)Yukinori Umetsu (eps 2, 5-6) 
Background Art:
Yumiko Kirimoto (BIHO) 
BL Book Illustration: Maki Fujii (ep 11) 
Casting Management: Wataru Matsuoka 
Clothing Design:
Yukiko Nakatani (ep 11) 
Color design: Aiko Matsuyama 
Color setting:
Yasuko Katayama 
Composite:
Yuzuru Funakoshi 
Composite Director: Chiaki Tokuda 
Copyright Manager: Motofumi Nakajō 
Editing: Shota Migiyama 
End Card Illustration:
Yuu Kamiya (ep 10) 
Finish Animation:
Yūji Yoshikawa (AIC) 
In-Between Animation:
Yuka Yoshiki (AIC) 
In-Between Check:
Takuya Gotō 
Key Animation:
Hiroyuki Kaji (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 10-12
)Kenichiro Kasuya (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 10-11
)Kōichi Hayami (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 10, 12
)Mina Ōtaka (OP; ED; 4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 10, 12
)Shinichi Wada (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 10, 12
)Yukihiko Miwa (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 10-12
)Yūta Kiso (ep 3) 
Layout Constructor: Hideki Okamoto 
Music producer:
Kōsuke Fukai (F.M.F.) 
Music Production Director: Atsushi Yamamori 
Online Editor:
Okihiko Kojima 
Planning:
Tōru Miura 
Planning Assistant:
Yoshimi Nakajima 
Production Advancement:
Yusuke Katsuragi (ep 8) 
Production Desk: Naoto Awano 
Production producer: Naoto Kasahara 
Prop Design: Kazutaka Ema 
Publicity:
Mizuho Tanaka 
Publicity Producer: Takuya Nakayama 
Recording Adjustment: Erina Watanabe 
Recording Assistant: Yuki Sawamura 
Setting Production: Kengo Matsumoto 
Sound Effects: Yuji Furuya 
Sound Production: Keisuke Naruse 
Special Effects: Tomoki Murakami 
Technical Engineer: Yuta Matsuda 
Theme Song Arrangement:
yamazo (ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
yamazo (ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yomi Hirasaka (OP; ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Yuka Iguchi (OP; ED) 
Kanae Itō as Sena Kashiwazaki 
Marina Inoue as Yozora Mikazuki 
Misato Fukuen as Rika Shiguma 
Ryōhei Kimura as Kodaka Hasegawa 

Emiri Katō as Kate Takayama 
Kana Hanazawa as Kobato Hasegawa 
Mariya Ise as Aoi Yusa 
Nozomi Yamamoto as Yukimura Kusunoki 
Yōko Hikasa as Hinata Hidaka 
Yuka Iguchi as Maria Takayama 

Akiko Seri as Taka (eps 3, 5, 8) 
Aya Suzaki as
Gal (ep 11) 
Galge (ep 6) 
Ayane Sakura as Sora (eps 3, 5, 8) 
Chihiro Kawakami as Haruko (ep 10) 
Hibiku Yamamura as Yōko Fuyuki (ep 5) 
Hideki Nakanishi as Game narration (eps 1, 3) 
Hiroo Sasaki as Delinquent A (ep 5) 
Itaru Yamamoto as
French movie man (ep 8) 
Lloyd El Doran (eps 1, 3) 
Station announcement (ep 7) 
Subordinate (ep 4) 
Jun Fukushima as Ōji Sasanomori (ep 5) 
Katsuyuki Konishi as Hayato Hasegawa (ep 3)  (eps 3-4) 
Kazuyoshi Shiibashi as Takeo (ep 10) 
Kenji Kitamura as Astaroth (ep 4) 
Kenta Miyake as Koyomi Fujioka (ep 2) 
Kiyohito Yoshikai as Teacher (ep 2) 
Makoto Yasumura as Misao Asakura (ep 2) 
Mami Fujita as
Park broadcast (ep 4) 
Yayoi (ep 9) 
Mana Hirata as Miki (ep 10) 
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Eiji Mizutani (ep 5) 
Noriko Obata as
Female student A (ep 1) 
Guernica (ep 3) 
Risa Taneda as Shenhua (ep 1) 
Ryōka Yuzuki as Stella (ep 1) 
Ryōta Asari as Delinquent C (ep 5) 
Ryōta Ōsaka as Tōma Suzutsuki (ep 5) 
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Pegasus Kashiwazaki (eps 1, 9) 
Shinji Kawada as Fumio Kusakabe (ep 2) 
Tomoko Nakamura as Wraith (ep 3) 
Toshiki Iwasawa as Sena-sama (ep 9) 
Yūko Iida as
French movie woman (ep 8) 
Rui (ep 9) 
Yūko Takayama as
Female student (ep 9) 
Young woman (ep 4) 
Yumi Uchiyama as Yozora Mikazuki (otomege protagonist; ep 5) 
Yūta Odagaki as Delinquent B (ep 5) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Tokyo Animation Center 
Animation Production: AIC Build 
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc. 
Broadcaster:
Tokyo Broadcasting System 
Finish Animation:
Seven Arcs Pictures (ep 3) 
Finish Animation Assistance:
xenron 
In-Between Animation:
Seven Arcs Pictures (ep 3) 
In-Between Animation Assistance:
xenron 
In-between Check: Big Owl (eps 4, 9) 
Key Animation:
Studio Mu (ep 12) 
Key Animation Assistance:
SynergySP (ep 1) 
Logo Design: blue 
Music Production: Media Factory 
Production:
Tokyo Broadcasting System 
Production Assistance:
Studio Pastoral (eps 4, 9) 
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center 
Sound Effects: Swara Pro 
Sound Production: Magic Capsule 
Video Editing: Sony PCL 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Joel McDonald 
Script:
Leah Clark (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10-11
) 
Translation: Meredith Anderson 
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga 
Producer:
Michael Harcourt 

ADR Engineer:
Peter Hawkinson (eps 1-6) 
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton 
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Trace Furniss 
Blu-Ray Compression:
Jacob Martin 
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez 
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Andrew Manson 
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Walter Parenton 
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp 
Blu-ray Production Assistant: Monica Crespo 
Blu-Ray Quality Control:
Sharon Randall 
Commentary:
Whitney Rodgers (ep 12) 
DVD Authoring:
Trace Furniss 
DVD Compression:
Jacob Martin 
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez 
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia 
DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon 
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp 
DVD Production Assistant: Monica Crespo 
DVD Quality Control:
Sharon Randall 
Head Writer: John Burgmeier 
Language Asset Coordinator: Sarah Alys Lindholm 
Language Asset Manager: Susie Nixon 
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps 
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons 
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez 
Subtitling:
Summer Berdin 
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams 
Video Editing:
Josh Tyler 
Video Engineer:
Jason Weems 
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp 
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara 
Alexis Tipton as Rika Shiguma 
Jad Saxton as Sena Kashiwazaki 
Jerry Jewell as Kodaka Hasegawa 
Whitney Rodgers as Yozora Mikazuki 

Alison Viktorin as Kobato Hasegawa 
Ashleigh Domangue as Yukimura Kusunoki 
Brina Palencia as Kate Takayama 
Brittney Karbowski as Hinata Hidaka 
Felecia Angelle as Aoi Yusa 
Kristi Kang as Maria Takayama 

Aaron Roberts as Touma Suzutsuki (ep 5) 
Bill Jenkins as Hayato Hasegawa (eps 3-4) 
Brandon Potter as Pegasus Kashiwazaki (eps 1, 9) 
Bryn Apprill as Rui (ep 9) 
Caitlin Glass as
Carol (ep 3) 
Stella (ep 1) 
Christopher R. Sabat as Koyomi Fujioka (ep 2) 
Eric Panter as Misao Asakura (ep 2) 
Erin Stevenson as Yoko Fuyuki (ep 5) 
Jamie Marchi as Guernica (eps 3, 11) 
Jarrod Greene as Eiji Nagatani (ep 5) 
Joel McDonald as Fumio Kusakabe (ep 2) 
Keith Kubal as Ouji Shinomori (ep 5) 
Kristen McGuire as Female Announcer (ep 4) 
Matt Thurston as Astaroth (eps 4, 11) 
Megan Shipman as
Haruko (ep 10) 
Yayoi (ep 9) 
Nick Haley as Takeo (ep 10) 
Sara Ragsdale as Miki (ep 10) 
Trina Nishimura as Raysis (eps 1, 3) 

Aaron Roberts 
Ben Charlson 
Brad Hawkins 
Brina Palencia 
Bryn Apprill 
Caitlin Glass 
Corey Cleary-Stoner (ep 9) 
Derrick Ward 
Eric Panter 
Erin Stevenson 
Grace Neeley 
Gregory Lush 
Hunter Scott 
Ian Stack 
Jackie Hughes 
Jamie Marchi 
Keith Kubal 
Kristen McGuire 
Lydia Mackay 
Marie Charlson 
Matt Thurston 
Megan Shipman 
Morgan Garrett 
Nick Haley 
Sara Ragsdale 
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia 
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment 
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: AniMoon Publishing 
German cast
(none)

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