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The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist (TV)

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Alternative title:
Il giovane sognatore è un realista - The Dreaming Boy is a Realist (Italian)
Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha (Japanese)
夢見る男子は現実主義者 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Watary Sajou dreams of a mutual love with his beautiful classmate Aika Natsukawa and so approaches her. However, one day he wakes up thinking that he's not good enough for her, and so starts keeping his distance, unaware of how much Aika is dismayed by this turn of events. Thus begins a romcom about two people who incorrectly believe that their love for the other isn't requited.
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Ratings: 69 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (raw:2, sub:1)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Very good: 18 votes (sub:13, dub:4, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 14 votes (sub:13, dub:1)
 Decent: 16 votes (sub:13, dub:3)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 189 s, rank: #4034 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.594 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7472, rank: #5674 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.520 (Good−), rank: #5804 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.58 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.671 (Good−), rank: #4853 (of 7635)
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2023-07-03
Opening Theme:
"Paraglider" by Kaori Ishihara
Ending Theme:
"# Yume wa Mijikashi Koiseyo Otome" (#夢は短し恋せよ乙女) by Aika Natsukawa [Akiho Suzumoto]
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuomi Koga
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
Script:
Michiko Yokote (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 10-12
)

Saori Kanaya (eps 3-4, 7-9)
Storyboard:
Tsubasa Kurashina (ep 7)
Episode Director:
Tatsuya Fujinaka (eps 4, 9)
Unit Director: Kazuomi Koga (ED)
Original creator: Okemaru
Original Character Design: Sabamizore
Character Design: Masaru Koseki
Art Director: Chikako Shibata (Studio Kanon)
Chief Animation Director:
Masaru Koseki (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 10, 12
)

Yoshiaki Tsubata (eps 4, 7, 11)
Animation Director:
Zhen Xing Sun (ep 10)
Translation:
Seong Ho Moon (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Sun Il Kim (DR Movie; ep 8)
Sound Director: Hajime Takakuwa
Director of Photography: Satoshi Yamamoto (Chiptune)
Executive producer:
Sadakazu Kikuchi
Producer:
Yūichirō Wada

2nd Key Animation:
Aoi Takahashi (AXsiZ; OP; ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11-12
)

Ji Young Sung (DR Movie; 7 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8, 11
)

Kyung Hwa Kim (DR Movie; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 11-12
)

Xu Long Wei (DR Movie; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 11-12
)

Ye Ja Ko (DR Movie; ep 8)
3D CG: Keiichi Eda (Chiptune; eps 1-12)
Accessory Design: Kakeru Tokita (ep 7)
Animation producer: Tetsuya Tomioka
Art Manager: Akimi Hirakawa (eps 1-12)
Art Setting: Michiru Odaka (Digital Noise)
Art Setting Assistant:
Marie Saka (eps 1-12)
Assistant Animation Director: Wen Shan Zhong (ep 3)
Assistant Art Director: Masakazu Miyake (eps 1-12)
Assistant producer: Kōichi Tamino
Associate producer: Tomonori Shibata
Background Art:
Xuan Khang Le (KimStoon; eps 4, 6, 8)
Background Photography: Ryō Ogawa (ED)
Co-Producer:
Yasushi Ōshima
Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi (J.C. Staff)
Color setting:
Satoshi Tsuchiya (eps 3, 8)
Design:
Aya Inuise (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12
)

Mika Kawauchi (eps 4, 10)
Digital In-between Animation Check:
Chul-Ho Jang (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Dong Jun Lan (DR Movie; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Jun Cao (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Xu Xiang Qiao (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Yu Cui (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Yun Hee Choi (DR Movie; eps 3, 8)
Digital In-Between Animation Manager:
Ji Hwan Choi (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Kwan Woo Kim (DR Movie; ep 1)
Digital Paint:
Daiki Sugaya (AXsiZ; 6 episodes
eps 5-6, 8, 10-12
)

Eun Jung Lee (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Hina Moriwaki (AXsiZ; OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 10-12
)

Jin A Lim (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Min Ju Kim (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Qing Zhen Xu (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Su Young Jung (DR Movie; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Suzuho Nitta (AXsiZ; OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6, 11
)

Wei Zhang (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Xin Chen (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Yeon Ju No (DR Movie; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Yue Wu (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Yūji Morita (AXsiZ; ep 12)
Digital Paint Check:
Hye Ra Jung (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Kyung Hwa Kim (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Digital Paint Production Manager:
Ji Hwan Choi (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Kwan Woo Kim (DR Movie; ep 1)
Distribution:
Shungo Kasai
Domestic Merchandise Licensing:
Nana Shimoda
Eyecatch Animation: Masaru Koseki (eps 1-12)
In-Between Animation:
Bai Hua Yin (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Daiki Sugaya (AXsiZ; 6 episodes
eps 5-6, 8, 10-12
)

Hina Moriwaki (AXsiZ; OP; ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 10-12
)

Jae Hee Park (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Jin Ju Go (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Ju Won Yoo (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Kwan Woo Kim (DR Movie; 7 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Li Xuan (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Ling Chen (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Lu Yao Gao (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Meng Yang Yao (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Mi Ok Lee (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Min Ji Kim (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Shun Xi (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Shun Hui Zheng (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Suzuho Nitta (AXsiZ; OP; ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6, 11
)

Tian Xiao Wang (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Xin Wang (DR Movie; 7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-8, 11-12
)

Yan Wang (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Ying Liu (DR Movie; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Young-Jin Heo (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Yu Jung Seo (DR Movie; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Zi Hao Wang (DR Movie; eps 1, 8)
In-Between Check:
Ryōta An'oku (ep 7)
Key Animation:
Naofumi Yamashita (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11-12
)

Yūsuke Tomita (ep 7)
Lab Coordinator: Kōshi Yoshimura (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 1-12)
Lab Manager: Teru Ogawa (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 1-12)
Logo Design:
Atsushi Sekoguchi (coil)
Main Prop Design:
Tom (Digital Noise)
Motion Graphics: Jun Matsuda (TWO WAIDEE; OP)
Music producer: Nao Watanabe
Online Editor: Rie Imayoshi (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services; eps 1-12)
Opening Director: Toshiyuki Yamashita (Hyperbole)
Overseas Licensing:
Yūko Hirano
Paint Check:
Satoshi Tsuchiya (eps 3, 8)
Photography:
Yūya Kimishima (Chiptune; ep 12)
Photography Assistant: Hyeon Dae Song (eps 2-3)
Planning:
Mitsugu Iwano
Planning Assistant:
Ryō Kinoshita (HJ Bunko・Novels Editorial Dept.)
Production Advancement:
Yūto Yamaguchi (ep 7)
Production Desk: Yuki Fukumoto
Program Manager: Masahiro Sugasawa
Program Publicity: Yūka Shiozuka
Program Sales:
Naomi Ozawa
Publicity: Takuto Ishigaki
Publicity Assistant:
Yuichiro Aida
Publicity Producer: Ryōta Tanaka
PV Production: Akihiro Minematsu
Recording Adjustment: Shūji Imai
Recording Assistant: Ayumi Yokota
Sales Promotion:
Rihito Takahashi
Setting Production: Masateru Nomi
Sound Effects: Yūsuke Inada
Sound Production: Xingyao He
Special Effects:
Naomasa Fukuda (eps 1-12)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hiroko Yamasaki (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Shō Watanabe (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Shō Watanabe (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Kaori Ishihara (OP)
Web Production: Hiroshi Fukuda (Caracol)
Akiho Suzumoto as Aika Natsukawa
Kaori Ishihara as Rin Shinomiya
Mikako Komatsu as Kaede Sajō
Naoya Miyase as Wataru Sajō
Yumiri Hanamori as Kei Ashida

Genki Muro as Takaaki Sasaki
Iori Saeki as Mina Ichinose
Kenta Hosoda as Takuro Yamazaki
Minami Kurisaka as Fūka Sasaki
Yukari Anzai as Yuyu Inatomi

Anzu Haruno as Airi Natsukawa (eps 2, 7, 11-12)
Ayaka Ōnishi as Sena Iiboshi (eps 2, 4, 12)
Ayumi Mano as Arisa Koga (ep 3)
Daishi Kajita as Renji Hanawa (ep 2)
Emiri Iwai as Yuri Hanaoka (eps 8-11)
Haruka Okamura as Aoi Okamoto (eps 2, 5, 12)
Haruki Asada as Male Student A (ep 11)
Hikari Sonoyama as Nonoka Shirai (eps 2, 5, 12)
Hitomi Sasaki as Yuki Sasaki (ep 3)
Issei Inoue as Male C (ep 7)
Junichi Saitō as Male A (ep 7)
Karin Nanami as Marika Shinonome Claudine (ep 5)
Kouki Arai as Takuto Kai (eps 2, 10)
Kousuke Sato as Male Student B (ep 11)
Makoto Kaneko as Male Student A (ep 1)
Masayuki Akasaka as Yu Ichinose (eps 6, 8-10)
Miria Takagishi as
Female Student B (ep 10)
Hiyori Sonoda (ep 5)
Kaori Inoue (ep 11)
Rikito Morita as Male B (ep 7)
Sara Matsumoto as Rena Aizawa (eps 1, 11)
Satoshi Kobayashi as Announcement (ep 7)
Satoshi Niwa as Hiroto Tabata (ep 6)
Satoshi Shibasaki as Male Student B (ep 1)
Seira Ryū as Mr. Otsuki (eps 1, 3, 5)
Shinobu Satou as Wife (ep 8)
Shizuku Hoshinoya as
Female Student (ep 4)
Female Student A (eps 2, 10)
Kaoruko Isokawa (ep 5)
Kyoko Nakata (ep 11)
Susumu Akagi as Manager (eps 5, 8-9)
Toshiyuki Someya as Yuuki Hayato (eps 2-3, 6, 11)
Wakana Kowaka as Natsukawa's Mother (ep 12)
Yu Kanda as
Kazuki Arimura (ep 1)
Male Student C (ep 11)
Yuki Kyoka as Clerk (ep 7)
Yūko Okui as
Ayano Mita (eps 4, 10-11)
Female student B (ep 2)
Yuuki Naruse as Male Student D (ep 11)
Japanese companies
2D Works: Digital Noise (OP; ED)
2nd Key Animation:
AXsiZ (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 10-12
)

DR Movie (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 11-12
)

ZEAL VISION (ep 10)
3DCGI: Chiptune (uncredited; eps 1-12)
Animation Direction:
Studio Massket (ep 2)
Animation Production:
Studio Gokumi
Animation Production Assistance:
Studio Leo (eps 5, 10)
Art Setting: Digital Noise
Background Art:
Sung San Production (7 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 9-12
)

Color Design: J.C. Staff
Color Setting: J.C. Staff (eps 4, 7, 9, 12)
Design: FUETE (OP)
Digital In-Between Animation Check: DR Movie (10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

Digital In-Between Animation Management: DR Movie (eps 1-4, 6-8)
Digital Paint:
DR Movie (OP; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

ZEAL VISION (ep 10)
Digital Paint Check:
DR Movie (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Digital Paint Production Management: DR Movie (eps 1-4, 6-8)
Direction: Hyperbole (OP)
Editing Studio: Chiptune
Font Assistance: Fontworks Inc.
In-Between Animation:
DR Movie (OP; ED; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
)

One Order (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9-10
)

ZEAL VISION (ep 10)
In-between Check: Studio Leo (eps 5, 10)
Key Animation:
ZEAL VISION (ep 10)
Location Coordination: Hamamatsu Film Commission
Logo Design: coil
Main Prop Design: Digital Noise
Motion Graphics: TWO WAIDEE (OP)
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Paint Check: J.C. Staff (eps 4, 7, 9, 12)
Photography:
Chiptune (OP; ED; eps 1-12)
Photography Assistance:
SAS (ep 1)
Production Assistance: Hyperbole (OP)
Recording Studio: studio tronc
Sound Production: Dax Production
Translation: DR Movie (eps 1-4, 6-8)
Web Production: Caracol
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Kyle Colby Jones

ADR Writer:
Marta Bechtol
Audio Engineer:
Patrick Marrero
Sound Design & Mix: Brent Marshall
Alyssa Marek as Aika Natsukawa
Chaney Moore as Kei Ashida
Elissa Cuellar as Rin Shinomiya
Gabriel Regojo as Wataru Sajo
Luci Christian as Kaede Sajo

Blake Shepard as Takuro Yamazaki
Emi Lo as Mina Ichinose
Joe Daniels as Takaaki Sasaki
Katelyn Barr as Fuka Sasaki
Kelley Peters as Yuyu Inatomi

Allison Sumrall as Nurse Shindo
Antonio Lasanta as
Bully Yellow
Yudai
Bobby Haworth as
Butt Cut
Kazuki Arimura (ep 1)
Student
Camryn Nunley as
Bully Gray
Takuto Kai (eps 2, 10)
Carl Masterson as Mr. Book Store
Cat Thomas as
Aoi Okamoto (eps 2, 5, 12)
Student Chatterbox
Waitress
Christie Guidry as Wataru’s Mother
Christy Guidry as
Kaoruko Isokawa (ep 5)
Student Chatterbox
Cody House as
Student
Yu Ichinose (eps 6, 8-10)
Emi Lo as
Gossip Crew
Pink Head Band
Side Bun
Yuki Sasaki (ep 3)
Hilary Haag as Rena Aizawa (eps 1, 11)
James Marler as
Bully Stocky
Childhood Jerk Friend
Renji Hanawa (ep 2)
Student
Jeran Ugokwe as
Floppy Hair
Hiroto Tabata (ep 6)
Joe Daniels as
Messy Hair Guy
Student
Train Annoucer
Julie Oliver-Touchstone as Mrs. Book Store
Kalin Coates as
Airi Natsukawa (eps 2, 7, 11-12)
Yuri Hanaoka (eps 8-11)
Kara Greenberg as
Gossip Crew
Murata
Karlii Hoch as
Fan Girl
Hiyori Sonoda (ep 5)
Kaoruko Isokawa (ep 3)
Student Chatterbox
Kelly Manison as Shopkeeper
Kimberly Yates as Marika Shinonome Claudine (ep 5)
Kira Vincent-Davis as
Ayano Mita (eps 4, 10-11)
Fan Girl
Gossip Crew
Mean Kid
Kyle Colby Jones as Mr. Hasebe
Labraska Washington as
Creepy McCreepyson
Student Chatterbox
Luci Christian as Customer
Natalie Rial as
Customer
Nonoka Shirai (eps 2, 5, 12)
Patricia Duran as
Gossip Crew
Ms. Otsuki
Scott Gibbs as Yuuki Hayato (eps 2-3, 6, 11)
Shannon Reed as Flat Top Fella
Shelley Calene-Black as History Teacher
Star Carter as
Gossip Crew
Long Braid
Mean Kid
Sena Iihoshi (eps 2, 4, 12)
English companies
Distributor: Distribution Solutions (United States and Canada)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios

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