“Transfer student Jouji boldly pursues class rep Akane despite her annoyance, never giving up on his love.”
Akane Maniax
アカネマニアックス
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Synopsis
Transfer student Jouji boldly pursues class rep Akane despite her annoyance, never giving up on his love.
Jouji Gouda is a new transfer student at Hakuryo High. He fell in love at first sight and boldly proposed to Akane Suzumiya, representative of his class, on his first day at the new school. Although Akane finds him very annoying, hot-blooded and simple-minded Jouji never gives up and would do anything to express his love towards Akane.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
What 12 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.25 · split reception
4.9 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 3.4
↓ 1.58
Running avg · Feb 2007 → Feb 2021
- 10 “LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I love this series so much it's unreal. I'm insanely biased because Muv-Luv is like my favorite thing ever, but honestly what is the point of making a...”
- 9 “AKANE MANIAX is a short OVA from the main series [Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ]. To be honest, it's been years since I've seen this OVA, and the drama still hovers in my head. This show is just in that...”
- 7 “OK this will be my first review so please spare me. First of all I'll have to say that this review is extremely biased in a way. This anime makes countless references to Muv-Luv, a Visual Novel by...”
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- Format 3 × 27′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 21m all episodes
- Aired Nov 2004 – Aug 2005
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0258 catalog
Produced by
- Lantis Producer
- Media Factory Producer
- Age Producer