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Maria Holic (TV)

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Alternative title:
Maria-Holic 
Maria†Holic 
まりあ†ほりっく (Japanese) 
瑪莉亞狂熱 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: comedy 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: A sophomore named Kanako who enrolls in all-girls school because she has a phobia of men and wants to find her destined yuri partner. She meets a captivating freshman named Mariya who fits her criteria—except her seemingly ideal mate happens to be a cross-dressing sadistic boy. 
User Ratings: 1188 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 77 votes (sub:75, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 260 votes (sub:242, dub:7, raw:5, others:6
2 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Very good: 290 votes (sub:244, dub:19, raw:5, ?:1, others:21
10 Spanish subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 260 votes (sub:226, dub:18, raw:5, ?:1, others:10
5 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 127 votes (sub:112, dub:8, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 67 votes (sub:61, dub:4, others:2
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 35 votes (sub:31, dub:3, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 39 votes (sub:34, dub:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 17 votes (sub:12, dub:2, others:3
2 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:7)
Seen in part or in whole by 2196 users, rank: #528 (of 10085)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.279 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.915, rank: #2732 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 7.202 (Good+), rank: #2862 (of 10238) (seen all: 7.42 / seen some: 6.00 / won't finish: 4.18)
Bayesian estimate: 7.205 (Good+), rank: #2603 (of 7689)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 12 
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2008-12-30 (Advanced Broadcast) 
2009-01-04 to 2009-03-22 
Release dates: We have 7
Opening Theme:
"HANAJI" by Yu Kobayashi 
Ending Theme:
"Kimi ni, Mune Kyun" (君に、胸キュン) by Yu Kobayashi, Asami Sanada and Marina Inoue 
Official website:
まりあ†ほりっく (Japanese) 
Trivia: We have 11
Review:
Maria Holic DVD Complete Collection (Feb 20, 2010)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Maria Holic - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2014-03-04 (from $31.00)
    Maria Holic - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2021-08-17 (from $33.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Maria Holic - Complete Collection (DVD) 2014-03-04 (from $17.92)
    Maria Holic - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2010-02-23 (from $44.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto 
Director:
Akiyuki Simbo 
Gekidan Inu Curry (ED) 
Tatsuya Oishi (OP) 
Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani 
Script:
Masahiro Yokotani (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 9-10, 12
) 
Miku Ōshima (eps 5, 7-8, 11) 
Storyboard:
Kenichi Ikuhara (ep 5) 
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-12 even
) 
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (ep 1) 
Tatsuya Oishi (OP) 
Tomoyuki Itamura (eps 4, 7, 9) 
Yasuhiro Mori (ep 11) 
Episode Director:
Kenichi Ikuhara (ep 5) 
Kenichi Ishikura (ep 9) 
Masayuki Iimura (ep 6) 
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (eps 3, 10) 
Tomoyuki Itamura (ep 4) 
Yasuhiro Mori (eps 2, 7, 11) 
Yukihiro Miyamoto (eps 1, 8, 12) 
Music: Tatsuya Nishiwaki 
Original creator: Minari Endo 
Character Design: Hideyuki Morioka 
Art Director: Hisaharu Iijima 
Chief Animation Director:
Hideyuki Morioka 
Hiroki Yamamura 
Animation Director:
Hideki Furukawa (eps 2, 7, 11) 
Hideyuki Morioka (ep 1)  (OP) 
Hiroki Yamamura (ep 1) 
Ippei Masui (ep 8) 
Kazuya Shiotsuki (3 episodes
eps 1 coop., 4, 6
) 
Nozomi Ushijima (2 episodes
eps 5, 9 assist.
) 
Rondo Mizukami (ep 6) 
Shūji Miyazaki (eps 5, 9) 
Yasutoshi Iwasaki (eps 3, 10, 12) 
Yoshiaki Itō (eps 3, 6) 
Yuka Kudō (ep 12) 
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama 
Director of Photography: Rei Egami 
Producer:
Hiromasa Minami 
Kazuya Takahashi 
Nobuhiro Ōsawa 
Toshiaki Asaka 

2nd Key Animation:
Ayumi Miyamoto (eps 1, 10) 
Hiroyuki Yoshida (ep 1) 
Masato Okada (eps 1, 3-4) 
Naoko Takahashi (eps 1, 4, 10) 
Sayaka Tokunaga (eps 1, 3-4) 
Takahito Fukuyama (ep 1) 
Yūji Shibata (ep 6) 
Animation producer: Mitsutoshi Kubota 
Assistant Animation Director: Hiroki Yamamura (OP) 
Assistant Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa 
Color design: Izumi Takizawa 
Conceptual Design: Nobuyuki Takeuchi 
Editing: Rie Matsubara 
End Card Illustration:
BLADE (ep 8) 
Eiji Usatsuka (ep 1) 
Hekiru Hikawa (ep 4) 
Jin Kobayashi (ep 2) 
Koin (ep 5) 
Kōji Kumeta (ep 9) 
Minari Endo (ep 12) 
Nozomu Tamaki (ep 11) 
Rururu Kondoh (ep 3) 
saxyun (ep 6) 
Ume Aoki (ep 7) 
Yun Kouga (ep 10) 
Ending Animation: Ayumi Shiraishi 
In-Between Animation:
Ayumi Hirayama (Magic Bus Niigata; ep 8) 
Kenta Eiji (SHAFT; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6, 10
) 
Mami Akagawa (Magic Bus Niigata; ep 8) 
Mizue Kuwamoto (eps 3, 6) 
Saori Yoshida (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Yui Kaneda (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Yuko Shibuya (Magic Bus Niigata; ep 8) 
Yūri Ichinose (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Key Animation:
Ai Maeda (ep 10) 
Akio Kitahara (ep 10) 
Ayumi Miyamoto (eps 2-3, 6) 
Beom Seok Hong (eps 4, 12) 
Chie Tanaka (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Fukuya Araki (ep 11) 
Genki Matsumoto (OP; eps 1, 3, 6, 10) 
Hideki Furukawa (ep 2) 
Hidenori Miyahara (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Hidetoshi Ōmori (eps 2, 11) 
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (OP) 
Hiroyuki Yoshida (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-6, 10, 12
) 
Itsuki Takemoto (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Junichi Hashimoto (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Kana Hashidate (eps 1, 3) 
Kaori Itō (ep 12) 
Katsunori Shibata (ep 12) 
Kazunori Ozawa (eps 9, 11) 
Keiichi Honda (ep 1) 
Keiichi Sano (ep 1) 
Keita Watanabe (ep 8) 
Kenta Mizusaki (ep 11) 
Mai Takazawa (eps 2, 5, 9) 
Maki Ando (ep 12) 
Maki Fukui (eps 6, 10) 
Mako Aboshi (eps 1, 3, 5-12) 
Manabu Morishige (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Manabu Yasumoto (ep 8) 
Mariko Kawamoto (ep 1) 
Mariko Wada (ep 12) 
Masakazu Yamazaki (ep 8) 
Mayo Koike (eps 2, 5, 8-9) 
Miai Kanazawa (eps 7, 9, 11) 
Miho Ayabe (eps 1-3, 6) 
Mika Inoue (ep 11) 
Miki Konno (ep 10) 
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 8) 
Misako Izumi (OP; eps 1, 3, 6, 12) 
Mitsuru Nakata (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Moe Miyoshi (eps 5-11 odd) 
Motoharu Taniguchi (ep 3) 
Motohiro Taniguchi (eps 6, 10) 
Naoto Nakamura (OP) 
Naoto Yoshida (ep 11) 
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (eps 1, 6) 
Nozomi Ushijima (eps 5, 9) 
Ryo Imamura (OP; eps 1, 10) 
Ryōtarō Akao (ep 3) 
Satoshi Sakai (ep 8) 
Sayaka Tokunaga (eps 10, 12) 
Shigeki Sunada (OP) 
Shinichi Iimura (ep 8) 
Shinichi Suzuki (ep 8) 
Shinpei Tomooka (OP) 
Shunta Sakamoto (ep 1) 
Takashi Kojima (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12
) 
Takayuki Chiba (ep 6) 
Takeo Yoshioka (eps 9, 11) 
Tatsuyuki Maeda (eps 2, 7, 9) 
Tetsuya Ishikawa (ep 3) 
Tetsuya Wakano (ep 8) 
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (ep 4) 
Tomoki Kōda (ep 8) 
Toshiyuki Nanto (ep 3) 
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 8) 
Tsuyoshi Sugawara (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Yasutoshi Iwasaki (eps 7, 10, 12) 
Yoh Yoshinari (OP) 
Yōko Asanuma (ep 11) 
Yoshiaki Itō (OP) 
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (ep 6) 
Yoshino Honda (ep 6) 
Yūichi Fujimaki (eps 9, 11) 
Yūji Shibata (eps 3, 12) 
Yūki Hara (ep 12) 
Yūki Yamashita (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Yumi Shimizu (ep 12) 
Yumie Wada (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Planning:
Atsushi Iwasaki 
Takeshi Oikawa 
Tarō Maki 
Yasuhiro Mikami 
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakano (Sound Box) 
Theme Song Arrengement: Dai Murai 
Theme Song Composition: Dai Murai 
Theme Song Lyrics: Satomi Arimori 
Theme Song Performance:
Asami Sanada (ED) 
Marina Inoue (ED) 
Yū Kobayashi (OP/ED) 
Visual Effects: Motoi Sakai 
Asami Sanada as Kanako Miyamae 
Marina Inoue as Matsurika Shinouji 
Yū Kobayashi as Mariya Shidō 

Akemi Kanda as Nanami Kiri 
Aya Hirano as Shizu Shidō 
Miyu Matsuki as Ayari Shiki 
Miyuki Sawashiro as Dorm Leader-sensei 
Ryoko Shintani as Sachi Momoi 
Saori Gotō as Yudzuru Inamori 
Yūko Kaida as Ryuuken Ishima 

Akeno Watanabe as Jaiano Enjouji (ep 12) 
Erino Hazuki as Natsuru Maki 
Hatsumi Takada as Honoka Tsutsui 
Megumi Toyoguchi as Fumi Kumagai 
Miyu Matsuki as Yonakuni-san 
Tomokazu Sugita as Touichirou Kanae 
Yōji Ueda as Narration 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Buyuu  (ep 1) 
Frontline 
GoHands 
Nakamura Production 
SILVER LINK. 
Studio Mark 
TNK 
Wai Wai Company 
Yumeta Company 
Animation Production: SHAFT 
Assistance: Tokyo Animator Gakuin (eps 1-12) 
Backgrounds:
FAI (ep 3) 
Ryūbidō (eps 1-12) 
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2009-01-08) 
AT-X (2009-01-08) 
Chiba Television (2009-01-04) 
Sun TV (2009-01-07) 
Television Kanagawa (2009-01-04) 
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2009-01-09) 
Tokyo MX (2009-01-06) 
Composition:
DIGITAL@SHAFT 
Studio Elle (ep 6) 
Cooperation: Tokyo Animator Gakuin 
Finish Animation:
AI 
DEXS 
Frontline 
Hayashi 
M.S.J Musashino Production 
Magic Bus Niigata 
In-Between Animation:
AI 
DEXS 
Frontline 
Hayashi 
M.S.J Musashino Production 
Magic Bus 
Magic Bus Niigata 
SHAFT 
TNK 
Music Production: Media Factory 
Production:
AT-X 
Frontier Works 
GENCO 
Media Factory 
Production Cooperation:
Magic Bus (ep 8) 
Studio Pastoral (eps 2, 5-11 odd) 
Recording Studio: OP Requiem Studio 
Sound Effects: Sound Box 
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion 
Video Editing: P's Studio 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres 
Translation: Kaoru Bertrand 
ADR Script: Clint Bickham 
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi 
John Ledford 
Toru Iwakami (2021 release) 
Producer:
David Del Rio 
Griffin Vance (2021 release) 
John Ledford 

ADR Engineer:
Adrian Heredia 
Brent Marshall 
Ricardo Contreras 
Art Manager: Larry Koteff (2021 release) 
BD Authoring: David Williams 
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Joel McCray (2021 release) 
Ryan Anthony (2021 release) 
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Sarah Cain (2021 release) 
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes 
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams 
Mixing: Brent Marshall 
Packaging Design:
Larry Koteff 
Sarah Cain (2021 release) 
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (2021 release) 
Janice Williams (2021 release) 
Joey Goubeaud (2021 release) 
Son Phan Le (2021 release) 
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (2021 release) 
Brittany Deans 
Bryson Baugus (2021 release) 
E.W. Rector, III  (2014 & 2021 releases) 
Holly Dorsett 
Iman Kibble (2021 release) 
Jessica Williams 
Kayla King 
Luke La Padula (2021 release) 
Mariana Valverde (2021 release) 
Ned Gayle (2021 release) 
Ryan Anthony (2021 release) 
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (2021 release) 
Production manager: Son Phan Le (2021 release) 
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (2021 release) 
Sound Design: Brent Marshall 
Subtitle Script & Timing: Dwayne Jones 
Subtitle Timing: Nathan Lopez (2021 release) 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch 
Caitlynn French as Matsurika Shinouji 
Jessica Calvello as Kanako Miyamae 
Monica Rial as Mariya Shidou 

Beth Lazarou as Ryuken Ishima 
Brittney Karbowski as Dorm Supervisor "God" 
Carli Mosier as Nanami Kiri 
Margaret McDonald as Sachi Momoi 
Monica Rial as Shizu Shidou 
Nancy Novotny as Ayari Shiki 
Shannon Emerick as Yuzuru Inamori 

Allison Sumrall as Honoka Tsusuri 
Beth Lazarou as Ayano Enjoji (ep 12) 
Christopher Ayres as Mr. Berlin (ep 10) 
Genevieve Simmons as
Ei Hitsosubashi 
School Nurse Tonomura 
George Manley as Narration 
Illich Guardiola as Touichiro Kanae 
Juliet Simmons as Chifumi Satsuki 
Molly Searcy as Fumi Kumagai 
Tiffany Grant as
Mii Habutae 
Yonakuni-san 
Tiffany Terrell as Maki Natsuru 

Emily Neves 
Kalin Coates 
Krystal LaPorte 
Marianne Bray 
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films 
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed) 
Hulu 
The Anime Network 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks 
Production:
Sentai Studios (2021 release) 
Seraphim Digital 
Translation: JN Productions 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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