Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii OVA
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku OVA / ヲタクに恋は難しい OAD / Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii: Youth / It's Difficult to Love an Otaku OVA / Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku OVA
Genres: Adult Cast, Otaku Culture, Romance, Workplace | |
Themes: Adult Cast, Otaku Culture, Workplace | |
Studios: A-1 Pictures, Lapin Track | |
Producers: Aniplex, Fujipacific Music, Half H.P Studio | |
Rating: 7.94 / 10 | |
Rank: #773 | |
Popularity: #1191 | |
Users Listed: 225,816 | |
Users Scored: 113,101 | |
NSFW: No | |
Last Updated: 01/19/2023 | |
Aired: March 29, 2019 – October 14, 2021 (Winter) | |
Type: ova | |
Source: Web Manga | |
Age Rating: PG 13 | |
Episodes: 3 |
Synopsis:
The story centers around Tarou Kabakura, a high school volleyball captain whose competitive spirit is challenged by Hanako Koyanagi, the spirited manager of the girls' volleyball team. Koyanagi leverages a personal secret to secure court time for her team’s upcoming match, leading to an unusual arrangement where Kabakura provides coaching in exchange for access to the volleyball facilities. As they work together, a complex relationship develops, bridging the gap between the traditionally separate worlds of the boys' and girls' teams. The series explores themes of personal vulnerability, unexpected connection, and finding common ground through shared passion. The narrative unfolds with a focus on character development and the evolving dynamic between two individuals navigating social pressures and hidden interests.
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Episodes:
- Episode 1: It Appeared Suddenly=Love (Aired: 03/29/2019)
- Episode 2: Friend's Distance (Aired: 02/26/2021)
- Episode 3: Company Outing (Aired: 10/14/2021)
Characters:
- Kabakura, Tarou (Main) - Voice Actors: Sugita, Tomokazu
- Koyanagi, Hanako (Main) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Miyuki
- Momose, Narumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Date, Arisa
- Nifuji, Hirotaka (Main) - Voice Actors: Itou, Kent
- Aiba (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yashiro, Taku
- Baba (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Terashima, Takuma
- Ichijou, Yoshiki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Akabane, Kenji
- Mitsui, Kensuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okamoto, Nobuhiko
- Nifuji, Naoya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaji, Yuuki
- Sakuragi, Kou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yuuki, Aoi
Staff:
- Suzuki, Kenta (Producer)
- Nagayama, Asami (Assistant Producer)
- Shibata, Misaki (Assistant Producer)
- Hiraike, Yoshimasa (Director, Series Composition)
- Takano, Yayoi (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
- Koga, Kazuomi (Episode Director)
- Takeshita, Ryouhei (Episode Director, Storyboard)
- Shinozuka, Tomoko (Script)
- Utsumi, Teruko (Script)
- Watanabe, Satoru (Storyboard)
- Date, Arisa (Theme Song Performance)
- Itou, Kent (Theme Song Performance)
- Kataoka, Kenta (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
- Kawasaki, Tomoya (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
- Miyajima, Junko (Theme Song Lyrics)
- halca (Theme Song Performance)
- sumika (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance)
- Akimoto, Yuki (Color Design)
- Akita, Hideto (Animation Director)
- Araki, Mio (Chief Animation Director)
- Fujita (Original Creator)
- Fujiyama, Naokado (Planning)
- Fukuyo, Manami (Key Animation)
- Hirayama, Kanna (Key Animation)
- Honda, Miyuki (Key Animation)
- Honma, Akimitsu (Music)
- Isuta (Key Animation)
- Jinguuji, Takashi (Planning)
- Kawaguchi, Hiroaki (Animation Director)
- Kesamaru, Emi (Background Art)
- Kikuchi, Youko (Key Animation)
- Konuma, Yoshii (2nd Key Animation)
- Masuda, Shunsuke (Key Animation)
- Miyake, Masanori (Chief Producer)
- Morokuma, Michiko (Background Art, Art Director)
- Nakamura, Yumi (Chief Animation Director, Character Design)
- Nakazono, Hitoshi (2nd Key Animation)
- Ninomiya, Nanako (Key Animation)
- Ochiai, Hitomi (Key Animation)
- Ochikoshi, Tomonori (Planning)
- Oogi, Ayako (Key Animation)
- Sekimukai, Yayoi (Music)
- Shiokawa, Tomoyuki (Director of Photography)
- Shiromanta (Production Assistant)
- Sudou, Tomoko (Animation Director)
- Sugizono, Maki (Animation Director)
- Takase, Yukiko (Chief Producer)
- Taniguchi, Junki (Art Director)
- Tsubone, Kentarou (Editing)
- Tsuchiya, Masanori (Music)
Reviews:
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User lemo_nemily (Score: 7/10):
If you're a fan of the main series, it's impossible not to enjoy these OVAs. While the focus is shifted away from our main couple, these episodes are undeniably sweet, and delve deeper into some of the side relationships that didn't get as much focus in the main series. My only complaint was that the second episode ended on a pretty unsatisfying note, though I can only hope that might be rectified in the future with another season. Overall though, the OVAs are very similar in tone to previous episodes, so there's no reason not to give them a watch. -
User Guts-Valley (Score: 7/10):
This works on it's own. I have not seen the show or plan to watch it, but I decide to watch this ova. The ova tells the background story of one of the couple of the show. It is sweet and funny. There is more romance in this 22 min ova than multiple episode anime. You don't need to watch the show to enjoy it. This is one of more realistic couple i have seen in anime too. They argue and fight, he isn't the most handsome and she isn't the most prettiest, they are a real couple instead of your princesmeet princess anime. nnIf you are looking for something original you won't find it here i praise it for having realistic couple but it been done before. What it does it does right. They played safe with the story but it was still much fun. -
User Shole (Score: 8/10):
A story on its own in the universe of the hard love life of nerds. I love it honestly, a very heart-racing story of falling in love, their first exchanges. You can clearly see how the connection grows from team captains to something more. The story is well written, a nice flashback on high school life of the two main characters of the show, the only thing that's sad is that we didn't get more episodes out of this, as it could easily be a story on its own. When it comes to OVA's I really don't like them as most of the time theydon't really give you anything important to the story, but this one just blew my mind.nExpecting just some random side story, I got to experience when the main characters were in high school and had their first contacts.nnAll in all worth watching even if you didn't watch the show. It will spoil a few things just a warning. - ... and 8 more reviews
News:
- PV Collection for Sep 20 - 26 (09/26/2021)
- Second 'Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii' OVA Announces New Staff (10/19/2020)
- Manga 'Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii' Bundles Second OVA (08/04/2020)
- PV Collection for Mar 4 - 10 (03/10/2019)
- TV Anime 'Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii' Gets OVA (09/17/2018)
Related Anime/Manga:
- Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (anime - Prequel)
- Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (manga - Adaptation)