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Suzuka (TV)

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Alternative title:
Судзука (Russian) 
Сузука (Russian) 
涼風 (Japanese) 
Genres: drama , romance 
Themes: sports , Track 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: Yamato Akitsuki travels to Tokyo alone to study in one of the high schools located within the area. He lives in with his aunt who operates a public bath solely for the ladies in the local district and begins his normal high-school life. One day, he chances upon a girl in school and is immediately mesmerised by her beauty. He is shocked when he realise later that the girl, Suzuka, is actually living next door to him. From then on, Yamato's ordinary life begins to change little by little. 
User Ratings: 1877 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 157 votes (sub:117, dub:34, ?:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 342 votes (sub:257, dub:71, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 503 votes (sub:364, dub:120, ?:3, edit.dub:2, others:14
8 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 467 votes (sub:341, dub:105, raw:3, edit.dub:2, others:16
5 French subtitled
3 Tagalog dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Decent: 204 votes (sub:139, dub:59, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 83 votes (sub:64, dub:18, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 36 votes (sub:25, dub:11)
 Weak: 34 votes (sub:25, dub:8, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 24 votes (sub:15, dub:7, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:6)
 Worst ever: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 3284 users, rank: #319 (of 10064)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.399 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8092, rank: #2289 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 7.255 (Good+), rank: #2662 (of 10235) (seen all: 7.37 / seen some: 6.89 / won't finish: 4.19)
Bayesian estimate: 7.256 (Good+), rank: #2395 (of 7688)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 26 
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2005-07-06 to 2005-12-28 
2006-12-03 (HERO TV Philippines) 
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
#1: "Start Line" by COACH☆ 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Aoi FIELD" by COACH☆ (eps 1-14) 
#2: "Kimi no Koto" (君のこと) by COACH☆ (eps 15-26) 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 4
Reviews:
Suzuka DVD 5 (Dec 5, 2007)
Suzuka DVD 4 (Nov 28, 2007)
Suzuka DVD 1 (Jun 22, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Suzuka (DVD 1) 2007-06-12 (from $4.86)
    Suzuka - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-06-12 (from $64.95)
    Suzuka (DVD 2) 2007-07-24 (from $12.68)
    Suzuka (DVD 3) 2007-09-04 (from $10.49)
    Suzuka (DVD 4) 2007-10-16 (from $6.99)
    Suzuka (DVD 5) 2007-11-27 (from $7.97)
    Suzuka (DVD 6) 2008-01-08
    Suzuka - The Complete Series (DVD 1-4) 2008-10-07 (from $16.95)
    Suzuka - The Complete Collection [Viridian Collection] (DVD 1-4) 2009-07-21 (from $60.00)
    Suzuka - The Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.] (DVD 1-4) 2010-06-22 (from $33.64)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi 
Series Composition: Hiroko Tokita 
ADR Director: Yūji Mitsuya 
Script:
Hiroko Tokita (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 17, 19-20, 25-26
)
 
Michiko Itou (7 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 14, 18, 22-23
)
 
Yuka Yamada (8 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 21, 24
)
 
Storyboard:
Hiromichi Matano (eps 6, 13, 20) 
Hiroshi Fukutomi (OP/ED+ep 1,4,15,22,26) 
Hiroshi Ishiodori (6 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17-18, 21, 25
)
 
Kazumi Fukushima (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 10, 19, 24
)
 
Kumiko Habara (eps 5, 12) 
Shigeru Kimiya (ep 2)  (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 23
)
 
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 14) 
Episode Director:
Ayumi Ishihara (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 17, 24
)
 
Hiromichi Matano (4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 20, 26
)
 
Hiroshi Fukutomi (ep 1) 
Hiroshi Ishiodori (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 18, 25
)
 
Kahoru Igusa (eps 14, 21) 
Ken Katō (eps 5, 12, 19) 
Minoru Yamaoka (eps 8, 15, 22) 
Shigeru Kimiya (ep 2)  (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 23
)
 
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 7) 
Music: Masanori Takumi 
Original creator: Kouji Seo 
Character Design: Tadashi Shida 
Art Director: Yasutoshi Kawai 
Animation Director:
Akio Hirakawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 18, 25
)
 
Ichizō Kobayashi (ep 23) 
Ippei Ichii (ep 22) 
Kazuya Morimae (ep 21) 
Keiichi Ishida (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 14, 21
)
 
Masami Abe (ep 22) 
Mitsunori Yamaguchi (eps 8, 15) 
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 20, 26
)
 
Shigeru Uchihara (ep 2)  (eps 2, 9, 16) 
Tadashi Shida (OP/END) 
Tomohiro Koyama (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 17, 24
)
 
Yūji Yanase (eps 5, 12, 19) 
Sound Director: Kazuzō Hamano 
Director of Photography: Kōji Aoki 
Animation producer: Koji Beppu 
Casting Cooperation: Yumiko Kikuchi 
Color Coordination: Terumi Hamahata 
Music Performance: Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp) 
Production Desk: Shūji Matsushita 
Recording: Takayuki Yamaguchi 
Setting Production: Tadashi Shiobara 
Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mitsui 
Theme Song Arrangement:
can goo (ED1) 
Kouichirou Tokinori (ED1) 
Masanori Takumi (OP, ED2) 
Theme Song Composition:
Masanori Takumi (OP) 
POM (ED) 
番組宣伝: Takae Kuroda (TV Tokyo) 
Daisuke Nakamura as Yamato Akitsuki 
Kanako Mitsuhashi as Suzuka Asahina 
Yumiko Hosono as Honoka Sakurai 

Hatsumi Miura as Megumi Matsumoto  (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 18-19, 25-26
)
 
Mamoru Miyano as Kazuki Tsuda (former track&field club senpai; eps 10, 25)  (ep 10) 
Masami Suzuki as Yuuka Saotome  (11 episodes
eps 1-6, 8, 16, 18, 25-26
)
 
Michie Kitaura as Nana Shirokawa  (4 episodes
eps 17, 19-20, 23
)
 
Miina Tominaga as Suzune Asahina (Suzuka's older sister; eps 10, 12, 25) 
Ryō Naitō as Kenji Kobayakawa  (4,8-9,11-12,17,19-20,26) 
Satomi Akesaka as Miho Fujikawa  (18 episodes
eps 1-7, 9-10, 18-26
)
 
Seika Hosokawa as Miki Hashiba  (17 episodes
eps 8-18, 20-24, 26
)
 
Takahiro Hirano as Arima Emerson  (4 episodes
eps 11, 13, 22, 24
)
 
Takanori Ohyama as Yasunobu Hattori  (eps 2-14, 16-26) 
Takeshi Maeda as Souichi Miyamoto  (16 episodes
eps 5, 7-11, 13-14, 17, 20-26
)
 
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Tetsuto Kinugasa  (track&field team captain; 14 episodes
eps 8-15, 17, 20, 22-24, 26
)
 
Yuki Kaida as Ayano Fujikawa  (17 episodes
eps 1-7, 9, 16, 18-20, 22-26
)
 

Asako Yoshida as
follower (ep 11) 
student (ep 7) 
town people (ep 18) 
track&field club member (eps 8, 13) 
white cat (ep 5) 
Hatsumi Miura as follower (ep 11) 
Hideo Nishimoto as track&field club member (ep 8) 
Hiroshi Shimozaki as
comedians duo (ep 6) 
follower (ep 11) 
student (ep 22) 
track&field club member (4 episodes
eps 13, 20, 23, 25
)
 
Hiroyuki Sawada as Follower (ep 11) 
Iori Hayashi as
classroom teacher (ep 1) 
Student  (eps 3-4) 
track&field club member (eps 9, 20, 25) 
Ken Ikeuchi as Kazuyuki Sasaki (track&field club member; eps 21-22) 
Kenji Iwama as classroom teacher (ep 1) 
Kouichi Yokota as
follower (ep 11) 
official (ep 24) 
student (eps 3-4, 7) 
timekeeper (ep 22) 
town people (ep 18) 
track&field club member (9 episodes
eps 8-10, 13-14, 16, 19-20, 23
)
 
Kouji Seo as Track & field club member (ep 8) 
mana as Rie Akizuki (ep 15) 
Mariko Nagahama as
announcer (eps 6, 11) 
shop assistant (ep 17) 
stadium announcer (ep 24) 
Student  (eps 1, 3-4) 
young woman (ep 2) 
Mayu Hayakawa as follower (ep 11) 
Mika Ishibashi as
Goro-chan (Ayano's cat; 14 episodes
eps 3-6, 8-10, 16, 19, 21-22, 24-26
)
 
Hatsuko Akizuki (Yamato's grandma; ep 15) 
Student  (ep 4) 
young woman (ep 2) 
younger student (ep 1) 
Naofumi Abe as
bus official (ep 14) 
subordinate (ep 15) 
Nina Nakamura as Hirakazu Akitsuki (Yamato's youngest brother; ep 15) 
Rie Nakagawa as newspaper saleswoman (eps 6, 12, 18) 
Ryō Naitō as
classroom teacher (ep 5) 
comedians duo (ep 6) 
Shinobu Matsumoto as
classroom teacher (ep 1) 
TV announcer (ep 24) 
umpire (ep 10) 
Shizuka Okohira as Akizuki Kotono (Yamato's mother; ep 15) 
Suzune Okabe as track&field club member (ep 10) 
Takahiro Hirano as track&field club member (eps 8-9) 
Takashi Matsuyama as Akizuki Yoshio (Yamato's father; ep 15) 
Yasuhiro Suzaki as drunk man (ep 15) 
Yayoi Nara as
follower (ep 11) 
student (eps 5, 7) 
town people (ep 18) 
track&field club member (eps 8, 13) 
Yosuke Shogawa as
Follower (ep 11) 
Okajima (ep 24) 
student (eps 7, 22) 
town people (ep 18) 
track&field club member (7 episodes
eps 8-10, 13, 16, 20, 23
)
 
Japanese companies
Animation: Mook Animation 
Animation Production: Studio Comet 
Animation Production Cooperation: Frontline 
Background Art:
Art Max 
Studio Aqua 
Studio Jack  (15 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-9, 11-25 odd
)
 
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo 
Casting Assistance: Nelke Planning 
Digital Photography: Studio Twinkle 
Editing: Okayasu Promotion 
Music Assistance: TV Tokyo Music 
Production: Marvelous Entertainment 
Publisher: Kodansha 
Recording Studio: Jinnan Studio 
Sound Effects: Sound Box 
Sound Production Cooperation: Jinnan Studio 
Theme Song Lyrics: TAPIKO (ED) 
Video Processing: Tokyo Laboratory 
制作協力:
Dangun Pictures 
Frontline 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Caitlin Glass 
ADR Script:
Eric Vale 
Leah Clark (eps 13-26) 
Matt Chaney 
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga 
ADR Engineer:
Gino Palencia (eps 15-26) 
Justin Houston 
Scott Sager 
Assistant ADR Director:
Carrie Savage 
Kevin M. Connolly 
Scott Sager 
Asst. ADR Script: Chris Cason 
Commentary:
Brina Palencia (ep 19) 
Caitlin Glass (ep 19) 
Leah Clark (ep 6) 
Robert McCollum (ep 19) 
Todd Haberkorn (ep 6) 
DVD Authoring:
Dylan Rogers (Vol. 1-4) 
Matthew O'Hara (Vol. 5-6, Complete Collection) 
Russ Coffman (Complete Collection) 
Trace Furniss (Complete Collection) 
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan (Complete Collection) 
Jacob Martin (Complete Collection) 
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez 
DVD Menu Audio: Nathan Madsen 
DVD Menu Design: Cate Arnold 
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp 
DVD Production Assistant:
Alese Johnson 
Chiye Green 
Jacob Martin (Vol. 5-6) 
Susie Nixon (Complete Collection) 
DVD Quality Control:
Anthony Benavides 
Caesar Lopez (Complete Collection) 
Christine Bertolino (Complete Collection) 
DJ Fonner (Vol. 1-6, Complete Collection) 
Jason Gee (Complete Collection) 
Rob Schindlbeck 
Head Writer: Eric Vale 
Line Producer: Mike McFarland 
Logo Animation: Chas Naylor 
Rotoscoping: Jeffrey Miller 
Subtitling:
Ben Phillips (Complete Collection) 
Chiye Green (Complete Collection) 
Shojin Bateman (Complete Collection) 
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ann Chenoweth (OP, ED) 
Mike McFarland (OP, ED) 
Theme Song Performance: Kristine Sa (OP,ED) 
Brina Palencia as Honoka Sakurai 
Leah Clark as Suzuka Asahina 
Todd Haberkorn as Yamato Akitsuki 

Carrie Savage as Megumi Matsumoto 
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Yuka Saotome 
David Trosko as Kenji Kobayakawa 
Gwendolyn Lau as Ayano Fujikawa 
Jamie Marchi as Miki Hashiba 
Kate Bristol as Miho Fujikawa 
Kevin M. Connolly as Soichi Miyamoto 
Kristine Sa as Nana Shirakawa 
Robert McCollum as Yasunobu Hattori 
Vic Mignogna as Tetsuto Kinugasa 

Anthony Bowling as
Student (ep 22) 
Track Boy A (ep 15) 
Brina Palencia as Brother (ep 15) 
Caitlin Glass as Sales Lady (ep 12) 
Cherami Leigh as Player (ep 22) 
Chris Burnett as
Inoue 
Student (ep 22) 
Track Boy B (ep 16) 
Chris Cason as
Goro 
Okajima (ep 24) 
Chuck Huber as
Dad (ep 15) 
Television Reporter 
Greg Ayres as Arima Emerson 
Jeff Johnson as
Man (ep 15) 
Student (ep 22) 
Jerry Jewell as Sasaki 
Laura Bailey as Suzune Asahina 
Maeghan Albach as
Announcer (ep 11) 
Mom (ep 15) 
Mike McFarland as Drunk (ep 15) 
Monica Rial as Stray Cat (ep 5) 
Orion Pitts as Kazuki Tsuda (ep 10) 
Pam Dougherty as Grandmother (ep 15) 
Patrick Seitz as TV Announcer (ep 24) 
Sonny Strait as Teacher (ep 4) 
Trina Nishimura as Sister (ep 15) 
Troy Baker as Coach (ep 4) 

English companies
Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel 
Digital Download: Direct2Drive 
Distributor: Revelation Films (UK) 
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand) 
FUNimation Entertainment 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment 
Translation: JN Productions 
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Black Box 
French cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: John Maylas 
Jenny Bituin as Suzuka Asahina 
Jerald Narciso as Yamato Akitsuki 
Rowena Benavidez as Honoka Sakurai 

Abby Masilongan as Suzune Asahina 
Alexx Agcaoili as
Arima Emerson 
Storeowner 
Allan Ortega as Souichi Miyamoto 
Arnold Abad as Tetsuhiko Kinugasu 
John Maylas as Kazuki Tsuda 
Khristel Mallorca as Miki Hashiba 
Leslie Paraboles as Yasunobu Hattori 
Rona Aguilar as
Miho Fujikawa 
Nana Shirakawa 
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd. 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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