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School Days
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Daisuke Hirakawa
Makoto Itou (voice)
12 eps
Tae Okajima
Kotonoha Katsura (voice)
12 eps
Shiho Kawaragi
Sekai Saionji (voice)
12 eps
Kei Imoto
Setsuna Kiyoura (voice)
12 eps
Nana Furuhara
Natsumi Koizumi (voice)
7 eps
Minami Kuribayashi
Minami Obuchi (voice)
7 eps
Eri Saita
Kumi Mori (voice)
6 eps
Yoko Abe
Uzuki (voice)
1 eps
Yoshiro Matsumoto
Taisuke Sawanaga (voice)
10 eps
Keiichi Takahashi
Teacher (voice)
1 eps
Ryuusaku Chijiwa
Announcer (voice)
7 eps
Haruka Nagami
Otome Kato (voice)
6 eps
Megu Ashiro
Kokoro Katsura (voice)
9 eps
Misaki Sekiyama
Amelia (voice)
1 eps
Hikaru Isshiki
Hikari Kuroda (voice)
8 eps
Kenichi Mine
Student Council Member (voice)
4 eps
Chiaki Takahashi
Nanami Kanroji (voice)
6 eps
Yuka Tanaka
Schoolgirl (voice)
6 eps
Shiho Hisajima
Kotonoha's Mother (voice)
1 eps
Junji Goto
Zombie (voice)
2 eps
Marie Miyake
Girl (voice)
1 eps
Tatsuya Hayama
Boy (voice)
1 eps
Nozomi Masu
Schoolgirl (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How School Days actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
School Days reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A rumor states that if you take a photo of someone you like with your cellphone and keep it hidden, they'll fall for you. Will Makoto win his love by taking a picture of Kotonoha without anyone knowing?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
Confession
During the freshmen orientation, Makoto Itou met Kotonoha Katsura and immediately developed a crush on her. They would ride on the same train together every morning, and all Makoto could do was make himself look busy by looking at the standby screen on his cell phone...
- Directed by Keitaro Motonaga
- Written by Makoto Uezu
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E03
Magical Heart Kokoro-chan
- Directed by Keitaro Motonaga
- Written by Makoto Uezu
S00E02
Valentine Days
- Directed by Keitaro Motonaga
- Written by Makoto Uezu
S01E12
School Days
- Directed by Keitaro Motonaga
- Written by Hiro Akizuki, Makoto Uezu
S01E11
The Truth about Everyone
- Directed by Kazunobu Shimizu
- Written by Hiro Akizuki, Makoto Uezu
S01E10
Mind and Body
- Directed by Tetsuya Watanabe
- Written by Hiro Akizuki, Makoto Uezu
S01E09
Last Day of the School Festival
- Directed by Masakazu Amiya
- Written by Yutaka Nada, Makoto Uezu
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Makoto ItoProducer
- Masanori GotoProducer
- Katsumi KoikeProducer
Writing
- Chabo HigurashiWriter
- Hiro AkizukiWriter
- Yutaka NadaWriter
- Makoto UezuWriter
Direction
- Tetsuya WatanabeDirector
- Shunji YoshidaDirector
- Takao YotsujiDirector
- Tooru KitahataDirector
- Masakazu AmiyaDirector
- Keitaro MotonagaDirector
Cinematography
- Naoto SawaDirector of Photography
Music
- Kaoru OkuboOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
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