is a Japanese/Chinese
anime television series animated by BLADE and produced by
Emon. It is based on Gemini Xin Luo's novel ''Zuobi Yishu'' (). The anime series premiered on October 5, 2016 as a short anime and ran alongside ''
To Be Hero
is a Japanese-Chinese animated comedy television series produced by Emon and animated by Studio LAN and supervised by Shinichi Watanabe. The production was produced in China, with modifications to the show for the Japanese broadcast. The sho ...
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Plot
In a world where people have been sorted since childhood by exams, only those who excel obtain happiness. L (Learning) Types, who prioritize study, and C (Cheating) Types, those who choose not to study to pass, will battle and team up in exams. C Type protagonist Muming Zhuge 诸葛睦明 and L Type heroine Qiaoyi Huang battle together to pass tests.
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Media
Anime
The anime is directed by Keitaro Motonaga, with animation by
Haoliners Animation League
Haoliners Animation League is a Chinese animation company based in Shanghai and established in 2013. Its subsidiary Animation Company Emon operates in Japan and South Korea, and Haoliners maintains a Korean animation branch as well.
The studio i ...
. Mai Matsuura and Norie Tanaka designed the characters. They also serve as chief animation directors, alongside Ryousuke Tanigawa. Yasunori Ebina is in charge of the sound effects and Go Sakabe is the composer of the series. Takamitsu Kouno collaborates on the writing of scenarios. Yutaka Kamogawa is credited as the main animator. Kenichi Ohnuki and Hisashi Saito are credited with design works, while Goichi Iwahata is credited with prop design. Kei Ichikura is the art director, while Hideki Imaizumi is the director of photography. Aiko Shinohara is in charge of the color designs.
The female idol group
Kamen Joshi performs the opening theme "Kasoku Suru Trial," while
Aina Kusuda
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture. Kusuda is currently affiliated with Just Pro. Kusuda is best known as Nozomi Toujou in ''Love Live! School Idol Project'' series, and has worked with the other ''Love Live!'' girls in ...
performs the ending theme song "Welcome Future," with lyrics by Saori Kodama, composition by
Takahiro Yamada, and arrangement by Shinya Saitou.
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Tokyo MX original programming
Fiction about education
Chinese web series
Chinese animated television series
2016 Chinese television series debuts
Haoliners Animation League
2016 Chinese television series endings
2016 Japanese television series endings