List of One Week Friends episodes

List of One Week Friends episodes
Cover of the third Blu-ray volume released by Square Enix in Japan on August 20, 2014, featuring (left to right) Kaori Fujimiya, Saki Yamagishi, Yuki Hase and Shogo Kiryu.
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkTokyo MX
Original releaseApril 6 (2014-04-06) –
June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)

One Week Friends is a 2014 romantic comedy Japanese anime series based on the manga series written by Matcha Hazuki and serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine.[1][2] One day, high school sophomore Yuki Hase happens to notice that his classmate, Kaori Fujimiya always seems to spend much of her time all by herself. Mustering up his courage, Yuki approaches Kaori and attempts to befriend her which she reluctantly allows. However, after the pair share many meaningful and fun conversations, Kaori denies her friendship with Yuki, stating that she loses the memories of any friends she makes each week. Despite this, the story follows Yuki and his determination to become Kaori's friend over and over again as the weeks go by.[3]

The anime is produced by Brain's Base and directed by Tarou Iwasaki, with script writing by Shōtarō Suga, character designs by Eri Yamazaki and soundtrack music by Nobuko Toda.[4] The series premiered on Tokyo MX on April 6, 2014 and ran for twelve episodes until June 22, 2014, with later airings on MBS, TVA, AT-X and BS11.[5] The series was picked up by Crunchyroll for online simulcast streaming in North America and other select parts of the world.[6][7] Square Enix began releasing the series in Japan on Blu-ray and DVD volumes starting on June 18, 2014.[8] The anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks for distribution via select digital outlets and a home media release in North America.[9] This was followed by its acquisition by Madman Entertainment for Australian distribution.[10]

The opening theme is "Niji no Kakera" (虹のかけら, lit. "A Piece of the Rainbow") by Natsumi Kon.[11][12] The ending theme is a cover of Sukima Switch's 2004 single, "Kanade" (奏(かなで), lit. Melody) by Kaori Fujimiya (Sora Amamiya).[13][12]

  1. ^ "Isshūkan Friends Manga Gets Anime Adaptation". Anime News Network. November 20, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Isshūkan Friends Anime's 1st Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "『一週間フレンズ。』TVアニメ公式サイト ｜ イントロダクション" (in Japanese). Brains Base. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "『一週間フレンズ。』TVアニメ公式サイト ｜ スタッフ&キャスト" (in Japanese). Brains Base. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference On air was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Macias, Patrick (April 3, 2014). "Crunchyroll to Stream "One Week Friends" Anime". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  7. ^ "Crunchyroll to Stream One Week Friends Anime". Anime News Network. April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference OWF Products was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Adds One Week Friends". Anime News Network. March 27, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  10. ^ "Madman's 12 Days of Christmas has New Announcements". Anime News Network. December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  11. ^ "One Week Friends Anime's 3rd Promo Features Natsumi Kon Theme Song". Anime News Network. March 17, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  12. ^ a b Komatsu, Mikikazu (April 7, 2014). "VIDEO: CMs for "One Week Friends" OP&ED Songs, Blu-ray/DVD". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  13. ^ "Sora Amamiya, Yoshitaka Yamaya Star in Isshūkan Friends Anime". Anime News Network. January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2020.