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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'' (TV series)}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name      = Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
| image     = Love Chunibyo Other Delusions logo (US).svg
| caption   = 
| ja_kanji  = 中二病でも恋がしたい!
| ja_romaji = Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!
| genre     = [[Romantic comedy]]<ref name="australia">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-13/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-now-streaming-in-australia|title=Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! REN now streaming in Australia|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 13, 2014|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113033038/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-13/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-now-streaming-in-australia|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = tv series
| director     = [[Tatsuya Ishihara]]
| producer     = {{ubl|Eharu Ōhashi|Shigeru Saitō|Shinichi Nakamura}}
| writer       = [[Jukki Hanada]]
| music        = Nijine
| studio       = [[Kyoto Animation]]
| licensee     = {{English anime licensee
 | AUS = [[Crunchyroll LLC|Crunchyroll]]{{efn|via [[Madman Anime]]}}
 | NA  = [[Sentai Filmworks]]
 | UK  = [[Animatsu Entertainment]]
}} 
| network      = [[Tokyo MX]], [[Sun Television|Sun TV]], [[Kyoto Broadcasting System|KBS]], [[TV Aichi]], [[Animax]], [[Nippon BS Broadcasting|BS11]]
| network_en   = {{English anime network|US=[[Anime Network]]|SEA=[[Animax|Animax Asia]]}}
| first        = October 4, 2012
| last         = March 26, 2014
| episodes     = 24 + 2 OVA
| episode_list = List of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions episodes#Episode list
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type     = film 
| title    = Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Rikka Version
| director = Tatsuya Ishihara
| producer = 
| writer   = Jukki Hanada
| studio   = Kyoto Animation
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA=Sentai Filmworks (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/news/sentai-filmworks-licenses-love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-rikka-version |title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions!: Rikka Version" |access-date=2023-08-13 |archive-date=2022-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013232224/https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/news/sentai-filmworks-licenses-love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-rikka-version |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| released = September 14, 2013
| runtime  = 96 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = ona
| title        = {{ubl|Lite {{noitalic|(season 1)}}|Lite Ren {{noitalic|(season 2)}}}}
| director     = Tatsuya Ishihara
| producer     = 
| writer       = Jukki Hanada
| music        = Nijine
| studio       = Kyoto Animation
| licensee     = {{English anime licensee
 | AUS = Crunchyroll (Madman)
 | NA  = Sentai Filmworks
 | UK  = Animatsu Entertainment
}}
| network      = 
| first        = September 27, 2012
| last         = March 13, 2014
| episodes     = 11
| episode_list = List of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions episodes#Lite episodes 2
| runtime      = 3-4 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title   = Anime film
| content =
*''[[Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me]]'' (2018)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
'''''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!''''',{{efn|{{langx|ja|中二病でも恋がしたい!|Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!|"Even with [[Chūnibyō|Eighth Grader Syndrome]], I Want to Be in Love"}}}} also known as ''Chū-2'' for short, is a Japanese [[anime]] television series based on Torako's [[light novel]] of the [[Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions|same name]] and produced by [[Kyoto Animation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-27/kyoto-animation-plans-chuni-byo-demo-koi-shitai-anime|title=Kyoto Animation Plans Chū-2 Byō Demo Koi ga Shitai! Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 27, 2011|accessdate=July 9, 2012|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526013114/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-27/kyoto-animation-plans-chuni-byo-demo-koi-shitai-anime|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first season aired in Japan from October 4 to December 19, 2012,<ref name="Anime News Network">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-01/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-slated-for-october-3|title=''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!'' Slated for October 3|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 1, 2012|accessdate=September 26, 2012|archive-date=May 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519224849/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-01/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-slated-for-october-3|url-status=live}}</ref> and the second one from January 8 to March 26, 2014.<ref name="animenewsnetwork.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-02/2nd-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-season-title-key-visual-revealed|title=2nd ''Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai'' Season's Title, Key Visual Revealed|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 2, 2013|accessdate=December 4, 2013|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125161532/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-02/2nd-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-season-title-key-visual-revealed|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was simulcast by [[Crunchyroll]].<ref name="Crunchyroll to Stream Love, Chuni">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-sequel-anime|title=Crunchyroll to Stream ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions REN'' Sequel Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 6, 2014|accessdate=January 7, 2020|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203202757/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-sequel-anime|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Fandom Post">{{cite web|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/08/madman-entertainment-adds-love-chunibyo-other-delusions-ren-anime-simulcast-home-video-rights/|title=Madman Entertainment Adds 'Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Ren' Anime Simulcast, Home Video Rights|publisher=The Fandom Post|date=January 8, 2014|accessdate=January 9, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814001601/https://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/08/madman-entertainment-adds-love-chunibyo-other-delusions-ren-anime-simulcast-home-video-rights/|url-status=live}}</ref> The first episode for a second set of ''Lite'' episodes was released on December 26, 2013,<ref name="Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Li">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-26/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-lite-ii-short-1st-episode-stars-nibutani-kumin|title=Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite II Short's 1st Episode Stars Nibutani, Kumin|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 26, 2013|accessdate=December 27, 2013|archive-date=June 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611131929/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-26/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-lite-ii-short-1st-episode-stars-nibutani-kumin|url-status=live}}</ref> and the second series of shorts, ''Heated Table Series: Kotatsu'', accompanied on Blu-ray and DVD, were released on March 19, 2014. [[Sentai Filmworks]] licensed the series. It is later streamed on [[HIDIVE]].

==Synopsis==
A group of high school students have signs of [[chūnibyō]] syndrome. They run a [[Club (organization)|club]] under supervision of their [[head teacher]].

== Series overview ==
{{main|List of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions episodes}}
{{:List of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions episodes}}

==Voice cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Character
!Japanese
!English
|-
| Yūta Togashi
| [[Jun Fukuyama]]
| [[Leraldo Anzaldua]]
|-
| Rikka Takanashi
| [[Maaya Uchida]]
| [[Margaret McDonald (voice actress)|Margaret McDonald]]
|-
| Sanae Dekomori
| [[Sumire Uesaka]]
| [[Brittney Karbowski]]
|-
| Shinka Nibutani
| [[Chinatsu Akasaki]]
| [[Maggie Flecknoe]]
|-
| Kumin Tsuyuri
| [[Azumi Asakura]]
| [[Emily Neves]]{{efn|Also serves as the ADR Director for the English dub.}}
|-
| Makoto Isshiki
| [[Sōichirō Hoshi]]
| [[Greg Ayres]]
|- 
| Satone Shichimiya
| [[Juri Nagatsuma]]
| [[Christina Kelly]]
|-
| Tōka Takanashi
| [[Eri Sendai]]
| [[Genevieve Simmons]]
|- 
| Kuzuha Togashi
| [[Kaori Fukuhara]]
| [[Monica Rial]]
|-
| Kazari Kannagi
| Manami Shirakawa
| [[Molly Searcy]]
|}

==Release==
===''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions''===
{{main|Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions season 1}}
In December 2011, Kyoto Animation announced that the series has received its anime adaptation and would run on television in the August issue of the ''[[Newtype]]'' magazine in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-07/kyoto-animation-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-to-run-on-tv|title=Kyoto Animation's Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! to Run on TV|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 7, 2012|access-date=September 6, 2023|archive-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424145453/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-07/kyoto-animation-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-to-run-on-tv|url-status=live}}</ref> The series aired in Japan from October 4 to December 19, 2012.<ref name="Anime News Network"/> The series of six [[original net animation]] shorts titled ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite'' were streamed weekly on [[YouTube]] between September 27 and November 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-27/kyoani-streams-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-lite-no.1|title=KyoAni Streams ''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! 'Lite{{'}}'' #1|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 27, 2012|accessdate=October 3, 2012|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125160439/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-27/kyoani-streams-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-lite-no.1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANN-OVA-news">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-01/7th-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bd-adds-unaired-anime|title=7th ''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!'' BD/DVD Adds Unaired Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 1, 2012|accessdate=November 1, 2012|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102233221/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-01/7th-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bd-adds-unaired-anime|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was released on six [[Blu-ray]] and DVD compilation volumes by [[Pony Canyon]] between December 19, 2012 and May 15, 2013.<ref name=vol1>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009A5R31K|title=中二病でも恋がしたい! (1) [Blu-ray] (2012)|date=19 December 2012|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Amazon.co.jp]]|accessdate=June 30, 2013|archive-date=30 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630200301/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009A5R31K|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=vol6>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009KGCDKU|title=中二病でも恋がしたい! (6) [Blu-ray]|date=15 May 2013|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Amazon.co.jp]]|accessdate=June 30, 2013|archive-date=30 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630200205/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009KGCDKU|url-status=live}}</ref> The volumes contained bonus shorts titled {{Nihongo|''Depth of Field: Ai to Nikushimi Gekijō''|Depth of Field ～ 愛と憎しみ劇場||Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-03/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bds/dvds-to-have-unaired-shorts|title=''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!'' BDs/DVDs to Have Unaired Shorts|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 3, 2012|accessdate=October 3, 2012|archive-date=June 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611140903/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-03/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bds/dvds-to-have-unaired-shorts|url-status=live}}</ref> A seventh volume with the [[original video animation]] episode and the ''Lite'' shorts, was released on June 19, 2013.<ref name="ANN-OVA-news"/> The series is licensed in North America by [[Sentai Filmworks]] and was streamed on [[The Anime Network]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-30/sentai-filmworks-adds-kyoani-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds KyoAni's ''Chūnibyō Demo Koi Ga Shitai''|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 30, 2012|accessdate=September 30, 2012|archive-date=March 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307082935/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-30/sentai-filmworks-adds-kyoani-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-02/the-anime-network-to-stream-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-busou-shinki-anime|title=The Anime Network to Stream ''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!'', ''Busou Shinki'' Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 2, 2012|accessdate=October 3, 2012|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004235010/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-02/the-anime-network-to-stream-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-busou-shinki-anime|url-status=live}}</ref> The opening theme is "Sparkling Daydream" by [[Zaq]], and the ending theme is "Inside Identity" by Black Raison d'être ([[Maaya Uchida]], [[Chinatsu Akasaki]], [[Azumi Asakura]] and [[Sumire Uesaka]]). There are also three insert songs: {{nihongo|"Hajimari no Tane"|始まりの種||The Seed of Start}} by Zaq in episode eight, {{nihongo|"Kimi no Tonari ni"|君のとなりに||Next to You}} by Zaq in episode ten and {{nihongo|"[[Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o]]"|見上げてごらん夜の星を||Look Up at the Stars in the Night}} by Maaya Uchida in episode ten. The single for "Sparkling Daydream" was released on October 24, 2012 and the single for "Inside Identity" on November 21, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-chu-2.com/product/2/|title=音楽CD|trans-title=Music CD|publisher=[[Kyoto Animation]]|accessdate=October 3, 2012|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006234727/http://www.anime-chu-2.com/product/2/|archivedate=October 6, 2012 }}</ref> For the ''Lite'' episodes, the opening theme is {{nihongo|"Kimi e"|君へ||To You}} and the ending theme is {{nihongo|"Shikkoku ni Odoru Haōbushi"|漆黒に躍る弧濁覇王節||The Melody of Conqueror Dancing in Jet Black}}; both are sung by Zaq.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-chu-2.com/news/?id=24|script-title=ja:ボーカルミニアルバム・オリジナルサウンドトラック発売決定!|trans-title=Vocal Mini Album / Original Soundtrack to be Released!|publisher=[[Kyoto Animation]]|accessdate=January 16, 2013|language=Japanese|date=19 October 2012|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225222552/http://www.anime-chu-2.com/news/?id=24|url-status=live}}</ref> An animated film served as a retelling of the series was released on September 14, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-09/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-gets-film-in-september|title=''Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!'' Gets Film in September|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 9, 2013|accessdate=June 9, 2013|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207154740/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-09/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-gets-film-in-september|url-status=live}}</ref>

===''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-''===
{{main|Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Heart Throb}}
A second series, ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-'' (''Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai: Ren'') aired on television from January 8 to March 26, 2014.<ref name="animenewsnetwork.com"/> It was simulcast by [[Crunchyroll]].<ref name="Crunchyroll to Stream Love, Chuni"/><ref name="The Fandom Post"/> The first episode of a second set of ''Lite'' episodes was released on December 26, 2013 and a second series of shorts called ''Heated Table Series: Kotatsu'' accompanied each BD/DVD release, starting on March 19, 2014.<ref name="Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Li"/> The opening theme is "Voice" by Zaq and the ending theme is "Van!shment Th!s World" by Black Raison d'être. The ending theme for the ''Lite'' episodes is {{nihongo|"Shin'en ni Mau Senritsu Shanikusai"|深淵に舞う戦慄謝肉祭|A Hair-Raising Carnival Dancing in the Abyss}} by Zaq. Sentai Filmworks licensed and released the second season in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/august-releases|title=August 2015 releases|publisher=[[Sentai Filmworks]]|accessdate=May 8, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070620/http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/august-releases|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.anime-chu-2.com/ Anime official website] {{in lang|ja}}
*Kyoto Animation page: [http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuni/ LC&OD], [http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuniMovie/ LC&ODRV], [https://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuni02/ LC&ODHT], [http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuniTOM/ LC&ODTOM]′
*Sentai Filmworks page: [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions LC&OD], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-ova LC&OD OVA], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-rikka-version LC&ODRV], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-heart-throb- LC&ODHT], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-heart-throb-ova LC&ODHT OVA], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-take-on-me LC&ODTOM]
*Madman Entertainment page: [http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/61092/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-collection-s1-s2-movie-bluray LC&ODCBR]. [http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/61093/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-collection-s1-s2-movie LC&ODCDVD]
*{{anime News Network|anime|14448}}

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