, called ''Fastest Finger First'' in English, is a Japanese
manga series by Iqura Sugimoto. An anime television series adaptation by
TMS Entertainment
, formerly known as the , also known as or , is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946.
TMS is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as '' Lupin the Third' ...
aired from July 4 to September 19, 2017.
Plot
The daily life of Shiki Koshiyama, as he joins the
Quiz Bowl Circle club with his classmate Mari Fukami to partake in Quiz bowl matches during his freshman year in high school.
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Media
Manga
It was serialized in
Kadokawa Shoten's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Young Ace
is a monthly ''seinen'' manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 2009. A spin-off web manga magazine titled ''Young Ace UP'' began publication in December 2015.
Series ''Young Ace''
*''Akuma no Ikenie'' ('' Devil's Sacri ...
'' from 2010 to 2020.
Twenty ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
'' volumes were published.
Anime
An
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
television series adaptation is produced by
TMS Entertainment
, formerly known as the , also known as or , is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946.
TMS is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as '' Lupin the Third' ...
with Masaki Ōzora directing, Yuuko Kakihara supervised the anime's scripts and Makoto Takahoko drew the character designs.
It aired from July 4 to September 19, 2017, on
Nippon TV
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed su ...
's AnichU programming block.
The opening theme is "On My MiND" by Mrs. Green Apple and the ending theme is "◯◯◯◯◯" by Baby Raids Japan.
The series ran for 12 episodes.
Crunchyroll streamed the series.
Stage Play
The manga has inspired 2 live-action stage play adaptation with a third play to run in January 2021.
Notes
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2017 anime television series debuts
Anime series based on manga
Kadokawa Shoten manga
Kadokawa Dwango franchises
Manga adapted into television series
Nippon TV original programming
Seinen manga
TMS Entertainment