Akikan! (TV)
Alternative title:
アキカン! (Japanese)
空罐少女! (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
Daichi Kakeru is a sixteen-year-old high school student who has never had a girlfriend. Little did he know that everything was about to change when he bought a melon soda on his way home from school. His first sip became his first kiss, as the can came to life in the form of a beautiful girl, whom he calls "Melon". The can is part of a government project called "Akikan", where certain empty cans turn into beautiful girls.
User Ratings:
810 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2008-12-22 (Advanced Broadcast)
2009-01-03
Opening Theme:
#1: "Miracle Plan ga Dekichatta!" (ミラクル♡プランができちゃった!) by CHARMY♡QUEEN (eps 1-6)
#2: "Juicy Extacy" by Little Non (eps 7-12)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Melon Soda" (恋空リサイクリング featuring メロンソーダ) by Nomiko (ep 1)
#2: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Tsubuiri Grape Juice" (恋空リサイクリング featuring 粒入りグレープジ��ース) by Nomiko (ep 2)
#3: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Ginger Ale (Dry)" (恋空リサイクリング featuring ジンジャーエール[ドライ]) by Nomiko (ep 3)
#4: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Oolong Cha [Tokkyū]" (恋空リサイクリング featuring 烏龍茶[特級]; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Oolong Tea [High Grade]") by Nomiko (ep 4)
#5: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Nippon Cha [Ryokucha]" (恋空リサイクリング featuring 日本茶[煎茶]; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Japanese Tea [Green Tea]") by Nomiko (ep 5)
#6: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Cola" (恋空リサイクリング featuring コーラ) by Nomiko with k. moriya (ep 6)
#7: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Energy Drink" (恋空リサイクリング featuring エナジードリンク) by Nomiko with Little Non [special ep.—making of?]
#8: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Oden Kan" (恋空リサイクリング featuring おでん缶; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Canned Oden") by Nomiko (ep 7)
#9: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Peach Nectar" (恋空リサイクリング featuring ピーチネクター) by Nomiko with CHARMY♡QUEEN (ep 8)
#10: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Afternoon Kōcha" (恋空リサイクリング featuring Afternoon紅茶; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Afternoon Black Tea") by Nomiko (ep 9)
#11: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Coffee [Black, Mutō]" (恋空リサイクリング featuring コーヒー[ブラック、無糖]; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Black, Sugarless Coffee") by Nomiko (ep 10)
#12: "Koisora Recycling Featuring Oshiruko" (恋空リサイクリング featuring お汁粉; "Koisora Recycling Featuring Sweet Red-bean Soup") by Nomiko (ep 11)
#13: "Koisora Recycling featuring Mikkuchu Jūchu" (恋空リサイクリング featuring みっくちゅじゅーちゅ) by Nomiko featuring Miku Hatsune (ep 12)
Official website:
アキカン! (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
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Akikan Anime TV Ad Streamed for January 3 Premiere (Nov 18, 2008)
Press Release:
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DVD (Region 1) |
Akikan! - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2012-01-10 (from $99.00) |
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Director: Yuji Himaki
Series Composition: Hideaki Koyasu
Script:
Hideaki Koyasu (6 episodes eps 1-2, 6-7, 11-12 )Kenji Sugihara (eps 3, 8, 10) Osamu Segawa (eps 5, 10) Sawako Hirabayashi (eps 4, 9-10)
Storyboard:
Hisayasu Shiba (ep 10) Nanako Sasaki (eps 4, 12) Norihiko Nagahama (eps 2, 5) Royden B (ep 8) Takashi Yamamoto (eps 7, 11) Yuji Himaki (eps 1, 6, 9) Yūji Yanase (ep 3)
Episode Director:
Matsuo Asami (ep 7) Nanako Sasaki (eps 4, 12) Norio Kashima (ep 10) Shizutaka Sugahara (eps 6, 11) Takahiro Kimura (eps 2, 8) Yuji Himaki (ep 1) Yuji Hiraki (eps 5, 9) Yūji Yanase (ep 3)
Music: Nijine
Original creator: Riku Ranjo
Original Character Design: Hiro Suzuhira
Character Design: Ryō Tanaka
Art Director: Katsufumi Hariu
Chief Animation Director: Ryō Tanaka
Animation Director:
Akira Takeuchi (ep 3) Hitoshi Morikawa (ep 10) Junichi Hashimoto (ep 9) Keiya Nakano (ep 7) Kentarō Matsumoto (ep 11) Konomi Sakurai (ep 10) Michiyuki Nōjō (eps 5, 9) Ryō Tanaka (eps 1, 6, 12) Sadahiko Sakamaki (eps 2, 8) Tsutomu Ōno (ep 10) Wataru Abe (ep 4) Yūki Morimoto (ep 4)
Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
Director of Photography: Yoshiaki Ōkuma
2nd Key Animation:
Ai Kuwabara (eps 2, 8) Atsuko Matsushita (ep 10) Chikae Kuwahara (ep 11) Hiroyuki Oshima (eps 2, 8) Hiroyuki Uehara (ep 11) Kanako Hiroo (ep 11) Kaoru Suzaki (ep 10) Kazuhide Kondo (eps 4, 6, 11) Keisuke Ogura (ep 7) Ken Itakura (ep 9) Ken'ichi Hirata (ep 7) Kenta Mizusaki (ep 11) Kentarō Matsumoto (eps 6, 8) Kōji Furuya (ep 7) Maki Nishi (eps 2, 8) Mamiko Matsumoto (ep 11) Manami Itō (ep 11) Marie Yukiko Miyano (ep 4) Masanao Bessho (ep 6) Miyuki Kobayashi (ep 12) Motohiro Taniguchi (eps 2, 8) Naoko Takahashi (ep 7) Rumi Abe (eps 11-12) Saiji Kawanishi (ep 7) Takashi Kojima (eps 4, 11-12) Takayoshi Hayashi (ep 7) Tomohito Taira (ep 11) Yeo So Yun (ep 11) Yukichi Igeta (ep 11) Yūsuke Nakamura (ep 4) Yūsuke Suzuki (ep 9)
Art Assistant: Yasuyuki Yuzawa
Background Art:
Emi Kitahara (eps 1-12) Junko Shimada (eps 1-12) Kiyoshi Samejima (eps 1-7, 10-12) Mina Nakayama (eps 1-12) Taiichi Toki (eps 1-12) Yoichi Matsuyama (eps 6-12) Yoshio Harisaki (eps 6-12) Yuho Akagami (eps 8-12)
Can Design: Kosuke Endo
CG: Ako Kadota (ep 5)
Color Check:
Akihiro Nakagawa (ep 10) Hiroyuki Mori (5 episodes eps 2-8 even, 11 )Kazuya Otani (eps 5, 9) Shūichi Satō (ep 7) Takashi Hasegawa (ep 3) Yukiko Harada (eps 1, 12)
Color design: Yukiko Harada
Color setting:
Akihiro Nakagawa (ep 10) Hiroyuki Mori (5 episodes eps 2-8 even, 11 )Kazuya Otani (eps 5, 9) Shūichi Satō (ep 7) Takashi Hasegawa (ep 3) Yukiko Harada (eps 1, 12)
Digital Manager: Masaaki Nanbe
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Editing Assistant: Yasutaka Ikeda
Finish Animation:
Akihiro Nakagawa (ep 10) Keita Hara (ep 10) Kenji Hasegawa (ep 10) Mariko Kawai (Brains Base; ep 4) Satoko Suzuki (ep 10) Takeshi Matsuo (ep 10) Yūko Fukuda (Brains Base; ep 4)
In-Between Animation:
Ayumu Takano (ep 10) Kaoru Suzaki (ep 10) Ken Itakura (eps 5, 9) Takuya Tokuda (eps 5, 9) Yoshie Takahashi (eps 5, 9) Yuzumi Enosawa (ep 7)
In-Between Check:
Hiroki Tsuji (eps 5, 9) Kaoru Suzaki (ep 10) Masato Inomata (ep 10) Yoshihiro Tanaka (eps 5, 9) Yuji Kikuta (eps 5, 9) Yūsuke Suzuki (eps 5, 9)
Key Animation:
Ai Hiromi (OP, ED; eps 4, 7, 11) Ai Sugano (ep 10) Akiko Konno (eps 1, 11) Akiko Nakano (eps 5, 9) Akira Kikuchi (eps 1, 6) Asami Imamura (eps 5, 9) Asami Moromasa (Studio Bambino; eps 5, 9) Atsushi Komatsu (Anime R; eps 5, 9) Atsushi Usui (ep 10) Beom Seok Hong (Arcturus; ep 4) Chizuru Kiuchi (Studio Bambino; eps 5, 9) Eiji Kaneda (ep 11) Fuyumi Toriyama (ep 10) Gap Min Lee (ep 12) Haruyo Sakai (ep 10) Hiromasa Ōmichi (OP, ED) Hiromasa Satō (OP, ED; 5 episodes eps 1, 4, 6-7, 11 )Hiroshi Matsumura (AI; ep 4) Hiroshi Tabe (ep 10) Hiroyuki Itai (ep 4) Hiroyuki Oshima (OP, ED; 6 episodes eps 1, 4, 6-7, 11-12 )Hisayasu Shiba (OP, ED) Hitomi Kaiho (AI; ep 4) Itsuki Takemoto (Arcturus; ep 4) Jun Ishikawa (ep 4) Junichi Hashimoto (eps 5, 9) Junichi Kigawa (ep 10) Kaoru Suzaki (ep 10) Katsuji Matsumoto (eps 4, 7, 12) Katsunori Shibata (ep 12) Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (ep 7) Kazuhiro Kumura (AI; ep 4) Kazushi Matsumoto (ep 9) Keiji Gotō (ep 11) Keiya Nakano (OP, ED; eps 7, 11) Kentarō Matsumoto (OP, ED; ep 4) Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 10) Kiyoshi Nohji (Anime R; ep 9) Mami Shimizu (ep 10) Masanobu Aoyama (ep 12) Masanori Katō (AI; ep 4) Masao Ōhashi (ep 9) Masao Takeda (ep 10) Mayumi Hidaka (eps 7, 12) Megumi Itoi (ep 3) Michio Satō (ep 5) Michiyuki Nōjō (ep 9) Minoru Yamazawa (eps 5, 9) Miwako Asahi (ep 10) Motohiro Taniguchi (OP, ED; 6 episodes eps 1, 4, 6-7, 11-12 )Naoto Nakamura (ep 12) Nobuyoshi Souzaki (ep 1) Ryō Tanaka (ep 11) Ryōsuke Tanigawa (ep 6) Sachiko Oniwa (ep 7) Sadahiko Sakamaki (Delta Peak Production; eps 2, 8) Sai Yamane (eps 4, 6, 12) Saiji Kawanishi (eps 1, 6, 12) Satomi Higuchi (eps 1, 11) Sawa Fukami (AI; ep 4) Setsuko Unno (ep 3) Shigeru Uchihara (ep 7) Shingo Kurakari (ep 11) Shingo Nishiyama (AI; ep 4) Shinkirō Hattori (ep 10) Shinya Kokaji (ep 10) Shōsuke Ishibashi (ep 12) Shou Sugai (ep 1) Taeko Ōgi (Studio Bambino; eps 5, 9) Takaaki Izumo (ep 12) Takashi Hirabayashi (ep 10) Takashi Nishikawa (ep 7) Takeshi Okada (eps 4, 11) Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 1) Tetsuya Satō (ep 3) Tomomi Kawamura (ep 5) Tomomi Murayama (ep 10) Toshiaki Satō (OP, ED; ep 10) Toshiharu Kumaoka (ep 7) Toshiyuki Tomaru (ep 10) Tsuguo Sakamoto (ep 6) Tsuyoshi Kandō (Arcturus; ep 4) Yōko Nomura (ep 10) Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; eps 5, 9) Yoshinobu Aohachi (ep 10) Yoshinori Deno (ep 3) Yōsuke Imakubo (ep 7) Yousuke Nakajima (Anime R; eps 5, 9) Yuji Araki (Studio Bambino; eps 5, 9) Yūki Kawamura (ep 7) Yūki Morimoto (eps 1, 12) Yukie Hiyamizu (ep 12) Yukinori Kawamura (ep 7)
Line Producer: Tatsuyo Kobayashi
Music producer: Yuka Sakurai
Photography:
Jin Tokumaru (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12) Mayumi Kurimoto (Brains Base Digital; eps 6-12) Miki Tachibana (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12) Seigo Egami (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12) Shinichiro Tate (Brains Base Digital; eps 6-12) Yorinobu Oda (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12) Yūya Sakuma (Brains Base Digital; eps 1-12)
Planning Cooperation:
Hiroyasu Miura (Shueisha Super Dash Bunko) Yukiharu Marutomi (Shueisha Super Dash Bunko)
Production Advancement:
Kenta Sasaki (ep 12) Ryōji Tanaka (eps 4, 7, 11) Satoshi Ohkawa (eps 2, 6) Shigehisa Iida (eps 1, 8, 12) Takanari Sakai (ep 3) Yuki Fujita (eps 5, 9)
Production manager: Tsuyoshi Hirano
Publicity: Teppei Nojima
Sound Editor: Masahito Miyamoto
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Sound Mixing: Nobuhira Hirano
Sound Producer: Tōru Nakano
Sound Production Manager: Yūsuke Watanabe
Subtitle Design: Kosuke Endo
Theme Song Arrangement:
Little Non (OP2) Masaki Suzuki (OP2) Masaya Koike (OP1) TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND (ED)
Title Design: Yuko Mucadeya (musicago graphics)
Written Characters: Reina Fujie (AKB48; ep 10)
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2nd Key Animation:
AI (ep 10) APPP (ep 4) Ashi Productions (ep 10) Big Bang (eps 10-12) Buyuu (ep 10) Doga Kobo (ep 10) Garan (ep 10) Mouse (eps 10-11) Nakamura Production (ep 12) Noside (ep 7) Orange (eps 7, 11) Seigasha (ep 10) Tokyo Animation Center (eps 7, 12) Wai-Wai Company (ep 4) Whisker's (ep 6) Yuhodo (ep 12)
Animation Production: Brain's Base
Background Art: Studio Fuga
Cooperation: Nippon Sangaria Beverage Company
Finish Animation:
Brain's Base (eps 4, 11) Fan Out (ep 1) Frontline (ep 3) Hayashi (ep 3) I&S Factory (ep 10) Mizo Planning (8 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 11-12 )Phoenix Animation (eps 5, 9) R.I.C (eps 2, 10-12) Studio Elle (eps 1-2, 7-8) Studio Road (ep 2) Studio T&B (ep 3) Tamazawa Dogasha (ep 1) Triple A (eps 7-8, 12) VENET (eps 4, 7)
In-Between Animation:
APPP (ep 4) asread (ep 4) Big Bang (ep 8) Brain's Base (ep 2) Delta Peak Production (ep 6) Frontline (ep 3) Hal Film Maker (ep 2) Hayashi (ep 3) I&S Factory (eps 1, 8, 10) Mizo Planning (8 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 11-12 )Nakamura Production (eps 1, 7) Noside (eps 1, 7) Phoenix Animation (eps 5, 9) R.I.C (eps 2, 10-12) Studio Izena (ep 8) Studio T&B (ep 3) Triple A (eps 7-8, 12) Xebec (ep 8)
Key Animation:
AI (ep 4) Anime R (eps 3, 5, 9) ARCTURUS (ep 4) Def.c (ep 3) Delta Peak Production (eps 2, 8) Frontline (ep 3) Hayashi (ep 3) Seigasha (ep 3) Studio Bambino (eps 5, 9) Studio Create (ep 10) Studio Wanpack (ep 3)
Music Production: Lantis
Offline Editing: Brains Base Digital
Offline Editing Cooperation: Seki Editing Studio
Online Editing: Good Job Tokyo
Photography:
Brains Base Digital Cyan (eps 10-11) Falcon, Inc. (6 episodes eps 4, 7-9, 11-12 )Ryūsei (ep 9) Southern Cross (eps 4, 9, 11-12) Studio Easter (ep 11) Tatsunoko Production (ep 9) Trans Arts Co. (eps 11-12)
Planning Cooperation: Shueisha Super Dash Bunko
Recording Studio: HALF H·P STUDIO
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
special effects: Studio Easter (eps 1-2, 4-12)
Title Design: musicago graphics
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Translation: Adam Lensenmayer
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Subtitle Editor: Emily Sorensen
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Translation Supervisor: Sam Pinansky
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Distributor: Section23 Films (North America)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
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