Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
2015 · TV Series · TV-14 · 25 min · ★ 6.8
An anime-loving student decides to make the ultimate visual novel and pulls together a small team of talented friends to help. As deadlines loom, their creative clashes, awkward feelings, and everyday school life turn the project into a messy but heartfelt push to build something they can be proud of.
Based on Saekano
Also known as How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend .flat · Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend .flat · How to Train the Ordinary Girl to be a Heroine · Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend 2
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Streaming on Crunchyroll.
9 hours to watch · 23 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- 冴えない彼女の育てかた
- Years
- 2015–2017
- Release date
- 2015-01-16
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (91 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a rom-com about making games, friendship, and creative drive with plenty of laughs and feelings, similar to The Pet Girl of Sakurasou or My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU; Not for you if you dislike harem setups or slow starts.
Pros: funny self-aware rom-com; heartfelt creative ambition; lovable supporting cast | Cons: slow first season; forced conflicts at times; dense lead behavior
Themes
- harem
- romance
- computer game
- school life
- ecchi
- anime
- game development
- based on light novel
Cast & crew
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
as Aki Tomoya (voice)
Kiyono Yasuno
as Megumi Kato (voice)
Saori Onishi
as Eriri Spencer Sawamura (voice)
Ai Kayano
as Utaha Kasumigaoka (voice)
Sayuri Yahagi
as Michiru Hyodo (voice)
Chinatsu Akasaki
as Izumi Hashima (voice)
Tetsuya Kakihara
as Iori Hashima (voice)
- KN
Keiko Nemoto
as Female Teacher (voice)
- NK
Nobuaki Kanemitsu
as Mister (voice)
- MN
Mina Nagashima
as Female Student A (voice)
Directed by Yuki Ogawa, Michiru Itabisashi
Episodes2 seasons · 23 episodes
Season 112 episodes
- S1E1An Error-Ridden Prologue23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2A Girlfriend Without a Raised Flag23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Retake the Climax23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4Budget, Deadline and New Development23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5The Date Event of Crossing Paths23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6Deciding the Night for Two23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7Friend, Foe or a New Character23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8A Wingman's Traumatic Recollection Mode23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9One-on-one Route After 8 Years23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10A Melody of Reminiscing and Support23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E11Ready to Start Resolving the Subplots23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E12The Ups and Downs at the End of Each Day23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
Season 211 episodes
- S2E1The Way of Two Boring Rivals' Encounter23m
- S2E2Turning Point of Earnest and Real23m
- S2E3First Draft, Second Draft and Great Long Thinking23m
- S2E4New Route of Two Nights and Three Days23m
- S2E5Deadline or Awakening23m
- S2E6The Deadline Buried in Snow23m
- S2E7The New Plan of Revenge23m
- S2E8The Girl Who Didn't Break the Flag23m
- S2E9Graduation with a Twist23m
- S2E10And the Rivals Will Challenge God23m
- S2E11Resume and Start the Game23m