K-On! (TV series)
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The English logo of the series. | |
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| Created by | Kakifly |
| Based on | K-On! by Kakifly |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida (series composition) |
| Directed by | Naoko Yamada |
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| Music by | Hajime Hyakkoku |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 39 + 2 OVAs (list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | Rin Yamamoto |
| Animator | Kyoto Animation |
| Editor | Kengo Shigemura |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Kyoto Animation Movic Pony Canyon TBS |
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| Release | April 3, 2009 – September 28, 2010 |
| Related | |
| Tamako Market Kokoro Connect | |
K-On! (Japanese: けいおん!, Hepburn: Keion!) is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga K-On! written and illustrated by Kakifly. Produced by Kyoto Animation, it aired in Japan between April and June 2009. An additional original video animation (OVA) episode was released in January 2010. A 26-episode second season, titled K-On!! (with two exclamation marks), aired in Japan between April and September 2010, with an OVA episode released in March 2011. An anime film adaptation was released in Japan in December 2011. Bandai Entertainment had licensed the first season until their closure in 2012. Sentai Filmworks has since re-licensed the first season, in addition to acquiring the rights to the second season and film, and is currently streaming at first on Anime Network Online then later Hidive.
The main series focuses on four young Japanese high school girls who join their school's light music club to try to save it from being dissolved. However, they are the only four members of the club, one of which has little experience with guitar playing.