Aho Girl
Summary
Aho Girl: Clueless Girl is a slice-of-life shounen anime adaptation of the four-panel manga Aho Girl by manga creator Hiroyuki. The story follows energetic high schooler Yoshiko Hanabatake who lacks both academic and social smarts. Thankfully she has a couple of friends that keep her from making too much of a fool of herself.
Characters
Yoshiko Hanabatake
Main character Yoshiko loves bananas and is very energetic despite her constant failing at academic and social life.
Akuru Akutsu
Neighbor and childhood friends of Yoshiko, Akuru is a polar opposite of her. He is serious, smart, and prefers to spend his time studying above all other activities.
Sayaka Sumino
Classmate and friend of Akuru and Yoshiko, Sayaka is level-headed although she has been known to lose her patience and can be quite sensitive.
Public Morals Chairman
No one knows her name, but everyone knows she doesn’t like Yoshiko one bit. However, she does stalk and have lewd fantasies about Akuru. She’s unaware of her weird reputation.
Yoshie Hanabatake
Worryful mother of Yoshiko, Yoshie hope her daughter will marry Akuru and even purposefully creates opportunities for them to flirt which often are unsuccessful.
Dog
A dog both Yoshiko and Akuru like.
Ryuichi Kurosaki
A shy delinquent who sees Yoshiko as his big sister.
Atsuko Oshieda
Yoshiko’s homeroom teacher who tries her best to teach Yoshiko despite her efforts being fruitless. She is unhappily single.
Ruri Akutsu
Akuru’s little sister who hopes she won’t become as dumb as Yoshiko one day.
Akane Eimura
The leader of a trio of gyaru girls in Yoshiko’s class. She doesn’t like Yoshiko despite being as dumb as her.
Kii Hiiragi
Another gyaru girl in Yoshiko’s class.
Kuroko Shiina
Another gyaru girl in Yoshiko’s class and the only one of the three with a boyfriend whom she is shy about.
Broadcast Information
- TOKYO MX: every Tue. from July 4 at 11:00 p.m.
- SUN-TV: every Tue. from July 4 at 12:00 midnight
- BS11: every Tue. from July 4 at 2:00 a.m.
Episodes are planned to be 15 minutes long.
Music
- Opening Theme: “Zenryoku ☆ Summer!” by Angel
- Ending Theme: TBA by Sumire Uesaka
Cast
Aoi Yuki as Yoshiko Hanabatake
Notable roles include Madoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Tanya von Degurechaff in Saga of Tanya the Evil.
Tomokazu Sugita as Akuru Akutsu
Notable roles include Gintoki in Gintama and Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Sayaka Harada as Sayaka Sumino
Notable roles include Erza Scarlet in Fairy Tail and Irisviel in Fate/Zero.
Sumire Uesaka as Public Morals Chairman
Notable roles include Anastasia in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls and ChuChu in Show by Rock!!.
Yoko Hikasa as Yoshie Hanabatake
Notable roles include Mio Akiyama in K-On! and Rias Gremory in High School DxD.
Daisuke Namikawa as Dog
Notable roles include North Italy in Hetalia: Axis Powers and Toru Oikawa in Haikyu!!.
Taku Yashiro as Ryuichi Kurosaki
Notable roles include Hayato in Shonen Maid and Orion in Show by Rock!!.
Rina Sato as Atsuko Oshieda
Notable roles include Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Magical Index and Rei Hino/Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon Crystal.
Sayaka Senbongi as Ruri Akutsu
Notable roles include AnchoR in Clockwork Planet and Kohana Aigasaki in Magic★Kyun! Renaissance.
M・A・O as Akane Eimura
Notable roles include Papika in Flip Flappers and Vorona in Durarara!! x2.
Rena Maeda as Kii Hiiragi
Past notable roles include Kinue Yamashita in Sekko Boys and Mariya Saijo in My Love Story!!.
Yuka Iguchi as Kuroko Shiina
Past notable roles include Index in A Certain Magical Index and Tsukihi Araragi in Monogatari.
Staff
- Original Work: Hiroyuki
- Animation Studio: Diomedéa
- Chief Director: Keizou Kusakawa
- Director: Shingo Tamaki
- Scriptwriter: Takashi Aoshima
- Character Designer: Masakazu Ishikawa
- Editing: Toshihiko Kojima
- Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
- Background Artist: Tsukasa Ohira
- Color Designer: Shuji Kamimura
- Music: Gin (BUSTED ROSE)
- Photography: Yasuyuki Itou
- Production: NAS