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Sweet Blue Flowers (TV)

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Alternative title:
Aoi Hana (Japanese)
青い花 (Japanese)
青之花 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, romance
Plot Summary: Fumi Manjoume, an introverted, bookish teenage girl, is beginning her first year of high school at Matsuoka Girls' High School. She enters the school year with her heart broken by a previous relationship. At about the same time, she reconnects with her best friend from ten years ago, Akira Okudaira, who is now attending Fujigatani Girls' Academy as a first-year high school student. As they reconnect, they both deal with their own respective romantic problems, and help each other get through them.
User Ratings: 536 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 32 votes (sub:28, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 125 votes (sub:115, dub:3, raw:1, others:6
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 151 votes (sub:144, ?:1, raw:1, dub:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 125 votes (sub:114, dub:2, raw:2, ?:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Mandarin subtitled
)
 Decent: 62 votes (sub:57, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 26 votes (sub:23, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 991 users, rank: #1240 (of 9508)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.612 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4464, rank: #1456 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.551 (Very good−), rank: #1485 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.64 / seen some: 6.68 / won't finish: 4.59)
Bayesian estimate: 7.549 (Very good−), rank: #1204 (of 7268)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2009-07-01 to 2009-09-09
Opening Theme:
"Aoi Hana" (青い花) by Kukikodan
Ending Theme:
"Centifolia" (センティフォリア) by Ceui
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 3
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Sweet Blue Flowers (Sub.Blu-ray) 2018-07-03 (from $24.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Sweet Blue Flowers - Complete Series (Sub.DVD) 2013-04-02 (from $29.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kenichi Kasai
Series Composition: Fumihiko Takayama
Script:
Fumihiko Takayama (eps 1-6, 11)
Seishi Minakami (eps 7-9)
Yuniko Ayana (eps 5-6, 10)
Storyboard:
Kai Uzumaki (eps 5-6, 11)
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 4)
Kazu Yokota (ep 9)
Kenichi Kasai (eps 1, 3, 11)
Kouichi Takada (eps 3, 10)
Kunihiko Ikuhara (OP)
Saya Aoi (ep 7)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (ep 2)
Youhei Suzuki (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 4)
Kazu Yokota (ep 9)
Kenichi Kasai (ep 1)
Kentarō Suzuki (ep 5)
Saya Aoi (ep 7)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (ep 2)
Tomoyuki Kawamura (eps 6, 11)
Toshikazu Hashimoto (eps 3, 10)
Youhei Suzuki (ep 8)
Unit Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara (OP)
Original creator: Takako Shimura
Character Design: Masayuki Onji
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Chief Animation Director:
Kazunori Iwakura (assistant; ep 9)
Masayuki Onji
Animation Director:
Akiko Kumada (ep 7)
Akiko Matsuo (ep 7)
Fusako Nomura (eps 5, 10)
Hiromitsu Hagiwara (ep 5)
Hiroshi Tomioka (eps 3, 8, 11)
Hiroshi Yakou (eps 2, 7)
Kazunori Iwakura (eps 3, 8)
Kazuyuki Ueda (eps 4, 10)
Masayuki Onji (OP)
Mika Saitō (ep 9)
Shigeki Kimoto (eps 1, 6, 11)
Yukiyo Komito (ep 9)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Yoshio Ōkouchi
2D Graphics: Yoshihide Mukai
2nd Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada (ep 7)
Akiko Matsuo (ep 7)
Arisa Matsuo (ep 11)
Asuka Shimizu (ep 1)
Atsushi Ooniwa (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7-8, 10
)

Ayako Satō (ep 6)
Emiko Kobayashi (ep 10)
Ena Nishikawa (eps 1, 5, 7, 11)
Fusako Nomura (ep 11)
Hayato Hashiguchi (ep 1)
Hidenori Hasaka (ep 4)
Hideo Kawaguchi (ep 9)
Hiroko Oohata (eps 1, 8)
Hiroshi Tomioka (ep 2)
Kaori Yamada (eps 1, 5, 11)
Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (eps 2, 8)
Keita Nagasaka (ep 5)
Kenji Shibata (eps 7-8)
Kurea Narumi (eps 3-4)
Masami Yamashita (ep 9)
Mayumi Ueda (eps 6-8)
Miho Sekimoto (ep 8)
Mika Hironaka (eps 3, 11)
Naoko Koyama (eps 6, 8-9)
Nobuhiro Arai (ep 10)
Risako Yoshida (ep 9)
Ryota Itoh (ep 9)
Ryūtarō Minagawa (ep 2)
Sachiko Oniwa (ep 7)
Satomi Kawashima (ep 9)
Sayuri Tanaka (eps 8-9)
Shintaro Tsubota (ep 3)
Takahito Suzuki (eps 1-2, 8, 11)
Takeo Ōhira (ep 2)
Tomoko Kameyama (ep 11)
Tomoko Kawauchi (ep 6)
Toshiyuki Satō (eps 4, 8)
Yōko Itō (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11
)

Yoshihiro Ono (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 9-10
)

Yu Murakami (eps 5, 9, 11)
Yūki Kōrai (ep 9)
Yuu Kaneshiro (eps 7-9)
Animation Check:
Arisa Matsuo (eps 1-2, 5-6)
Hiroki Okamoto (eps 1-8, 10-11)
Kaori Yamada (eps 1-2, 4, 11)
Kaoru Hattori (ep 9)
Mayumi Yamamoto (eps 4-7, 11)
Nobuko Ogino (eps 1-8, 10-11)
Risa Takai (eps 7, 11)
Takako Kōno (eps 1-8, 10-11)
Tomoko Kameyama (eps 1, 4)
Yu Murakami (eps 1-2, 4)
Yūki Kōrai (eps 1, 5-6)
Animation producer: Masao Ōhashi
Assistant Animation Director: Shigeki Kimoto (ep 2)
Background Art:
Aoi Shimada (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11)
Ayae Kanbe (Kobayashi Production; eps 1, 3-11)
Ayumi Kugawa (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11)
Ikuyo Kiyota (Kobayashi Production; eps 2-3, 10)
Kaori Hagiwara (Moon Flower; eps 4, 7)
Kuniko Iwatani (Moon Flower; ep 4)
Sachiho Motoda (Moon Flower; eps 4, 7)
Sanae Morooka (Kobayashi Production; eps 3-11)
Satomi Nagasawa (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11)
Taro Goto (Moon Flower; ep 4)
Tomotaka Kubo (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11)
Yoshio Ito (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-11)
Yuka Kawai (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-2)
Color design: Miyuki Ishida
Color Key:
Asami Saitō (ep 9)
Ayako Suenaga (eps 4, 7)
Maya Muranaga (eps 2, 5, 8, 10)
Miyuki Ishida (eps 1, 11)
Rika Nishio (ep 9)
Tomomi Andō (eps 3, 6)
Compliation: Masato Seino (Fuji TV)
Digital Paint:
Akiko Uchida (eps 2, 6, 11)
Asuka Hino (eps 1, 6, 11)
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (ep 11)
Mami Hirai (eps 1-2, 6, 11)
Miho Kimura (eps 2, 6, 11)
Mika Funahashi (eps 1, 6)
Miyuki Ishida (eps 4, 6-7)
Tomomi Andō (eps 1, 7)
Yuka Kojima (eps 1, 4, 6)
Editing: Masahiro Gotō
Editing Assistant: Hitomi Sudō
Finish Check:
Asami Saitō (ep 9)
Ayako Suenaga (eps 1-2, 6)
Maya Muranaga (eps 1, 4, 7, 11)
Miyuki Ishida (eps 2-3, 5, 8)
Rika Nishio (ep 9)
Tomomi Andō (ep 10)
In-Between Animation:
Asami Endo (eps 1, 4-5)
Atsumi Sakai (eps 1-2, 4-6)
Chisa Shibata (ep 6)
Eri Uchiyama (eps 6, 8)
Haruka Sano (eps 4-6)
Hiromi Takada (ep 6)
Konomi Umemura (eps 2, 5-6)
Makiko Inoue (eps 2, 6)
Masanobu Uchida (eps 2, 6)
Masayuki Nonaka (eps 1, 4-6, 10)
Mayumi Yamamoto (ep 1)
Mitsutaka Koshigo (eps 1-2, 4-5)
Nana Mori (eps 2, 6)
Risa Takai (eps 4, 6)
Ruka Sawano (eps 2, 6, 8)
Satomi Nakai (eps 2, 4-6)
Takae Yamaguchi (eps 6, 8, 11)
Tetsuya Sakamoto (eps 2, 4-6)
Yasuna Kobayashi (eps 6, 8)
Yū Suzuki (ep 4)
Key Animation:
Akihide Miya (eps 3, 8)
Akiko Kumada (ep 1)
Akiko Matsuo (ep 5)
Akio Kitahara (ep 9)
Akiori Kozue (ep 2)
Asuka Shinbo (ep 11)
Atsushi Nishigori (OP)
Atsushi Saitō (ep 11)
Aya Kanou (eps 4, 10)
Aya Nagumo (eps 5-6)
Ayako Satō (ep 2)
Ayami Watanabe (ep 11)
Chikara Sakurai (ep 11)
Daisuke Endō (ep 11)
Daisuke Tsumagari (ep 9)
Emi Tezuka (eps 2, 6)
Eriko Uchiyama (ep 2)
Fujio Suzuki (ep 5)
Fumiko Kon (eps 1, 7)
Fusako Nomura (eps 1, 5, 10)
Hayato Hashiguchi (eps 2, 6-7, 10)
Hidekazu Yamana (ep 2)
Hideo Nakamura (ep 9)
Hiroki Harada (ep 1)
Hiroko Oohata (eps 6-7)
Hiroko Tanaka (ep 9)
Hiromi Ariga (ep 9)
Hiromi Ogata (ep 5)
Hiromitsu Hagiwara (eps 5, 10)
Hironori Tanaka (eps 1-8, 10-11)
Hiroshi Tomioka (eps 3, 8)
Hiroshi Yakou (eps 2, 7)
Hirotaka Nii (eps 3, 8)
Hitomi Fujii (eps 3, 8)
Ikuko Satō (ep 10)
Ikuma Fujibe (eps 1, 7, 11)
Issei Aragaki (ep 3)
Izumi Seguchi (ep 1)
Kaori Itō (eps 5, 7, 11)
Kaoru Maehara (ep 9)
Kazuyuki Ueda (ep 10)
Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (eps 4, 10)
Kenji Matsuoka (ep 4)
Kensuke Matsuoka (ep 3)
Kōichi Takai (ep 2)
Kōta Michishita (ep 6)
Kumiko Ozawa (ep 4)
Kurea Narumi (ep 10)
Kyouhei Tezuka (ep 7)
Mai Matsuura (ep 5)
Mai Toda (eps 1, 7, 11)
Makoto Sawazaki (eps 2, 6, 11)
Mari Asada (ep 9)
Mari Tominaga (eps 3, 8)
Masaaki Kitahara (eps 1, 7, 11)
Masafumi Sato (eps 2, 6)
Masahito Onoda (OP; eps 2, 5)
Masaya Yasutome (eps 3, 8)
Mayumi Ueda (eps 5, 11)
Michihiko Ozawa (eps 3, 8)
Mika Saitō (ep 2)
Mika Takazawa (eps 2, 6)
Mineko Ueda (ep 5)
Minoru Watanabe (eps 4, 10)
Mitsuhiro Okumura (ep 9)
Miyuki Goto (ep 5)
Nao Higa (ep 10)
Naoko Yoshimori (eps 1-2, 6)
Naoya Takahashi (eps 4, 10)
Nobuhiro Arai (ep 8)
Nobuhiro Okazaki (ep 9)
Rai Takemi (eps 4, 6)
Rika Kanetaka (ep 9)
Risako Yoshida (eps 2, 6)
Ryō Iwasaki (ep 6)
Ryota Itoh (ep 4)
Ryou Kodama (eps 1, 7, 11)
Satomi Naitou (ep 11)
Shigeki Kimoto (eps 1, 6, 11)
Shigeru Chiba (eps 3, 7)
Shingo Nakamura (eps 2, 6)
Shinichi Toda (ep 9)
Shogo Morishita (ep 5)
Sono Kato (ep 5)
Takahiro Sasaki (eps 2, 6)
Takahito Suzuki (ep 7)
Takashi Ueno (ep 10)
Takeo Ōhira (eps 4, 7, 10)
Takeshi Otani (eps 3, 8)
Tanehiko Ōta (eps 4, 6)
Tenkichi Maekawa (ep 8)
Tomoe Sahashi (ep 8)
Tomohiro Shinoda (ep 7)
Tomohito Taira (ep 6)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (ep 9)
Toshiya Washida (ep 4)
Tsubasa Ito (ep 4)
Yasuhisa Kai (ep 3)
Yasuhito Murakami (ep 4)
Yōko Itō (eps 4, 10)
Yoshiisa Kanezaki (ep 3)
Yoshio Ameno (eps 3, 8)
Yoshiyuki Takayanagi (eps 2, 7)
Yōsuke Kobuchi (eps 1, 6, 11)
Yousuke Okuda (eps 1, 3)
Yousuke Toyama (ep 4)
Yu Murakami (eps 3-4, 6, 10)
Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 6)
Yuki Imoto (ep 5)
Yukie Hiyamizu (OP; eps 1, 8, 11)
Yukiko Aikei (ep 8)
Yukiko Matsumoto (ep 3)
Yūko Hineno (ep 9)
Yumiko Komiyama (ep 8)
Yūto Shindō (eps 4, 6, 10)
Yuuko Yoshida (ep 5)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Planning Cooperation: Akira Kamimura (Ohta Publishing Co.)
Production Advancement:
Emi Kashimura (ep 5)
Hiromi Chikamatsu (ep 9)
Kazuhiro Nishinosono (eps 1, 7, 11)
Kōji Okada (chief; eps 2, 6)
Masato Sasaki 
Naoya Gotō (eps 4, 10)
Yū Hashimoto (ep 9)
Yūto Sasaki (eps 3, 8)
Production Advancement Chief:
Kaoru Suzuki (ep 7)
Kazuhiro Nishinosono (eps 1, 3, 8, 11)
Kōji Okada (6 episodes
eps 2, 4-6, 9-10
)

Prop Design: Yukie Hiyamizu
Publicity:
Kyoko Tanaka (Fuji TV; eps 3-11)
Maiko Suzuki (Fuji TV; eps 1-2)
Sachi Kawamoto
Saori Takeyama
Shinichi Tsuchiya
Publicity Cooperation: Yoshiya Kamimura
Recording Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai
Recording Assistant: Chokujou Takeda
Sound Effects:
Katsuhiro Nakano
Kenji Koyama (eps 4-11)
Sound Production Manager: Rie Tanaka
Special Effects: Atsushi Satō
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kōtarō Odaka (ED)
Kukikodan (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Kōtarō Odaka (ED)
Yukari Yamazaki (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ceui (ED)
Yukari Yamazaki (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Ceui (ED)
Kukikodan (OP)
Video Editing: Yōhei Yamamoto (Tokyo Laboratory)
Ai Takabe as Fumi Manjoume
Yuko Gibu as Akira Okudaira

Aki Toyosaki as Miwa Motegi
Ayumi Fujimura as Yoshie Manjoume (Fumi's mother)
Chiemi Ishimatsu as Yasuko Sugimoto
Fuyuka Oura as Chizu Hanashiro
Junko Kitanishi as Sakiko Okudaira (Akira's mother)
Kenji Hamada as Masanori Kagami
Mai Nakahara as Kuri Sugimoto
Mamiko Noto as Shinako Sugimoto
Mitsuru Ogata as Akio Manjoume (Fumi's father)
Ryōko Ono as Ayako Kawasaki
Sayuri Yahagi as Yoko Hon'atsugi
Shinji Kawada as Shinobu Okudaira
Shintarō Asanuma as Kō Sawanoi
Tsutomu Densaka as Yoshimichi Okudaira (Akira's father)
Yui Horie as Kyouko Ikumi
Yuka Iguchi as Misako Yasuda
Yukari Fukui as Kazusa Sugimoto

Akiko Tanaka as
club member A (ep 5)
young Kou (ep 9)
Atsushi Ono as father (ep 10)
Ayumi Fujimura as
club member A (ep 7)
Hindley (ep 6)
Fuyuka Oura as Yamabuki (ep 7)
Izumi Kitta as
club member C (ep 6)
salesclerk (ep 4)
waitress (ep 2)
Kana Hanazawa as
child (ep 4)
primary school student A (ep 1)
The Little Prince (eps 5-6)
Kana Uetake as club member F (ep 5)
Kanae Oki as Kaori Ueno
Kiyoko Miyazawa as Fumi's grandmother (ep 1)
Mako as
child (ep 4)
primary school student B (ep 1)
The Flower (eps 5-6)
Mina Kobayashi as
female teacher (ep 8)
helper (ep 7)
Misaki Sekiyama as
club member A (ep 6)
club member B (ep 5)
female teacher (ep 1)
student (ep 4)
theatre club member (ep 11)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Ogino (ep 7)
Sachiko Kojima as Hanae (ep 9)
Satomi Akesaka as
Amy (ep 6)
club member C (ep 5)
Satomi Satou as
female student (ep 4)
Fujigaya student (ep 1)
Kudou (ep 7)
Meg (ep 6)
student (eps 5, 8)
Shoko Tsuda as mother (eps 7-8, 10)
Shunzou Miyasaka as
Chizu's fiance (ep 2)
English teacher (ep 7)
friend A (ep 3)
Tomoko Nakamura as Kaori Miura
Tsutomu Aoki as teacher (ep 4)
Tsuyoshi Aoki as old clerk (ep 10)
Yoriko Nagata as club member E (ep 5)
Yuka Saitō as nun (ep 1)
Yuka Tanishita as
club member B (ep 6)
club member D (ep 5)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
AIC Spirits (ep 2)
Bee Train (eps 6, 9-10)
Ekura Animal (ep 8)
Jinbun (ep 9)
Last House (ep 3)
Studio Liberty (ep 6)
TNK (eps 3, 8)
TYO Animations (eps 3-4)
Wao World (eps 2-3, 9-11)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Backgrounds:
Kobayashi Production
Moon Flower (eps 4, 7)
Broadcaster:
BS Fuji
Fuji Television Network (2009-07-01)
Digital Paint:
Atelier Rabbit (ep 9)
Jinbun (eps 1-11)
Niandai Animation (eps 1-3, 7-11)
Studio Core (ep 9)
Studio Elle (ep 5)
Triple A (eps 1-8, 10)
Editing Studio: REAL-T
In-Between Animation:
Atelier Rabbit (ep 9)
Jinbun (eps 1-11)
Niandai Animation (eps 1-3, 7-11)
Studio Core (ep 9)
Triple A (eps 1-8, 10)
Key Animation:
FAI (ep 9)
Jinbun (ep 2)
Niandai Animation (ep 2)
Planning Cooperation: Ohta Publishing
Production Assistance: Artland (ep 9)
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Producer:
David Olsen (Blu-ray)
Kris Gero

Assistant producer:
David Olsen
Matt Luhn (Blu-ray)
Design: Greg Hillsman
Packaging Design: Kris Gero (Blu-ray)
QC Assistance:
Judy Albert
Lisa Cooper
Senior Producer: Kris Gero (Blu-ray)
(none)
English companies
Distributor:
Lucky Penny Entertainment (DVD)
Nozomi Entertainment (Blu-ray)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
FUNimation Entertainment (US and Canada)
Tubi TV (USA)
Viewster
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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