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Kyoto Animation TV series, adapted Honobu Yonezawa's Classic Literature Club novels into 22 episodes aired Apr 23 to Sep 17, 2012 (Spring 2012, Mondays 00:00 JST), adapted from a novel of about 26 minutes, directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto with series composition by Shoji Gatoh, character design by Futoshi Nishiya and music by Kōhei Tanaka; Yonezawa acted as adaptation consultant Houtarou Oreki (Yūichi Nakamura) is forced to save the Classics Club, where Eru Chitanda, Chitanda (Satomi Satō), Satoshi Fukube (Daisuke Sakaguchi) and Mayaka Ibara (Ai Kayano) join him in solving everyday mysteries Scored 8.04 The fictional city of Kamiyama is modeled on MyAnimeList Takayama in Gifu, with Hida High School as the model for the school; the series premiered with a special screening of episode 1 at Kadokawa Cinema Shinjuku on 14 April 2012, then aired from April to September 2012 on Tokyo MX, BS11 and other stations, plus a bonus OVA streamed on 8 July 2012 Yonezawa asked for classical music in the score, which uses Fauré's "Sicilienne" and Bach's "Air on the G String"; the openings are "Yasashisa no Riyu" by 696,723 users, ChouCho and, from episode 12, "Mikansei Stride" by Saori Kodama, and both endings are sung by Satomi Satō and Ai Kayano Funimation licensed it in North America in 2017 (home video on 4 July 2017, with an English dub directed by Mike McFarland and Cris George), and it later moved to Crunchyroll; Anime Limited and Madman have held UK and Australian rights Reception praised the animation, lighting and backgrounds and Chitanda as a well-developed lead, though some reviewers found it dull; it ranked #69025th in NHK's Best Anime 100 poll, Blu-ray volume 6 reached number 1 on Oricon in late November 2012, and ANN users average 8.01 from 1,379 ratings against 8.04 on MyAnimeList