{"id":481178,"date":"2022-08-04T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/feature-breaking-down-every-new-simulcast-from-spring-2022-on-crunchyroll\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:00:00","slug":"feature-breaking-down-every-new-simulcast-from-spring-2022-on-crunchyroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/feature-breaking-down-every-new-simulcast-from-spring-2022-on-crunchyroll\/","title":{"rendered":"#FEATURE: Breaking Down Every New Simulcast from Spring 2022 on Crunchyroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a360d40b814a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a360d40b814a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/feature-breaking-down-every-new-simulcast-from-spring-2022-on-crunchyroll\/#%E2%80%9CFEATURE_Breaking_Down_Every_New_Simulcast_from_Spring_2022_on_Crunchyroll%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;FEATURE: Breaking Down Every New Simulcast from Spring 2022 on Crunchyroll&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFEATURE_Breaking_Down_Every_New_Simulcast_from_Spring_2022_on_Crunchyroll%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;FEATURE: Breaking Down Every New Simulcast from Spring 2022 on Crunchyroll&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis header\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/85ec1fa87da31d87495a68168b170f481658112925_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>121,629 cells and 7,574 rows of data registered. Beginning diagnostic analysis&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Examination of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anime<\/a><\/strong>: <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Complete!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Examination of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theme<\/a> Songs<\/strong>: <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Complete!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Examination of <strong>Characters<\/strong>: <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Complete!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Examination of <strong>Voice Actors<\/strong>: <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Complete!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Outputting summative report to main screen&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Anime\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Anime<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Anime Dataset\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>Dataset<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Anime Titles\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Titles<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Anime Calendar\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Anime Time Waited\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Time Waited<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Anime Type\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Type<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Anime Source\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Source<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Anime Setting\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>Setting<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Theme Songs\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Theme Songs<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Theme Songs Dataset\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em>Dataset<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Theme Songs Openings\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em>Openings<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Theme Songs Endings\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>Endings<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Cast &amp; Characters\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Cast &amp; Characters<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Cast &amp; Characters Dataset\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em>Dataset<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Cast &amp; Characters Protagonists\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em>Protagonists<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Cast &amp; Characters Voice Actors\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em>Voice Actors<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#Cast &amp; Characters An Experiment\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>An Experiment<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>For a refresher of all the anime Crunchyroll streamed last season, check out the simulcast announcement post <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><big><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Anime\" name=\"Anime\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:36px\">Anime<\/span><\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Anime Dataset\" name=\"Anime Dataset\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Dataset<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Anime Dataset\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire2\/7cf45df1f822adadbea95e7c500b68b31658113032_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 489px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From <em><strong><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These<\/span> &#8211; Collision<\/strong><\/em>&#039;s debut on March 18 to the data collection cutoff point on June 24, 439 episodes across 39 unique titles were launched on Crunchyroll. If you tried to watch them all in one go (yes, OPs and EDs included!), it would take 162 hours, 44 minutes and 44 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>On the production end, five studios produced multiple titles and eight were collaborative productions, while three directors made their full directorial debut.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Anime Titles\" name=\"Anime Titles\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Titles<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Anime Title Lengths\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/ead396bb4655acc1e36550f24f6022e01658113068_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 511px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;!&#8211;{C}%3C!%2D%2Dtd%20%7Bborder%3A%201px%20solid%20%23ccc%3B%7Dbr%20%7Bmso-data-placement%3Asame-cell%3B%7D%2D%2D%3<\/p>\n<p>Ignoring sequel buffers, <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong>Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s Is Tough for Mobs<\/strong><\/em><\/span> tops the list of the longest Spring 2022 titles at 67 characters in length.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sequel suffix creativity peaked with <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It<\/strong><\/em>&#039;<\/span>s &quot;r=1-sin&theta;,&quot; a graphical formula that creates a heart shape. It truly was the season of &quot;Love&quot;, since four other anime also had the word in their title. Or, perhaps even more oddly, two &quot;Healer&quot; anime!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Anime Calendar\" name=\"Anime Calendar\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Calendar<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Calendar\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire2\/fb31e195ed2897b362bdba08addc97b31658113109_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 1452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>* Dates according to individual episode pages<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saturday morning cartoons were bigger and better than ever, thanks to ten new episodes every Saturday morning that were then followed by nine on Sunday, which occasionally flickered due to delays. Wednesdays offered some midweek respite with six new episodes, making up for a completely empty Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Anime Time Waited\" name=\"Anime Time Waited\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Time Waited<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Time Waited Adaptation\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/bb0192a6770440156921a9dee78bd52b1658113162_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 883px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you thought waiting days or a full week for episodes was agonizing enough, there was a whole decade between when <strong><em><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Love All Play<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>and <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Tomodachi<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> Game<\/em><\/strong><\/span> were first published and when the first episode of their anime adaptation premiered. Down the other end, <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>A Couple of Cuckoos<\/em><\/strong><\/span> is continuing into a second cour despite the manga only being in print since January 2020!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As for waiting on sequels&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Time Waited Sequel\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire2\/53cab402a0d53137ab01d44cd6dc59821658113189_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For fans of preexisting anime, the longest wait was just three years for <strong><em><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Date A Live IV<\/span><\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">The Rising of the Shield Hero<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>Season 2<span>\u2060, while nearly half of sequels were only a year or less of wait time \u2060&mdash; which certainly pales in comparison to the long-awaited return of <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>The Devil is a Part-Timer!<\/em><\/strong><\/span> in Summer 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Anime Type\" name=\"Anime Type\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Type<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Anime Type\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire1\/6073022e37e1dd1fa96b74f317bf4d8d1658114101_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of the 14 sequels, seven were either a second season or second part, four were a third and three were a fourth!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Anime Source\" name=\"Anime Source\"><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Source<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Anime Source\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire1\/702f92eec29646f7dabe76da67c3488f1658114575_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Precedents for &quot;Source: Other&quot; include everything from live-action films to international comics. In Spring 2022, there was the charming <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Heroines Run the Show<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, which was based on a song. The equally rare &quot;Source: Anime&quot; also showed up for <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong>KAGINADO<\/strong><\/em><\/span> Season 2, which brought together a cavalcade of characters from anime adaptations of Key&#039;s visual novels <em>and<\/em> original projects (such as <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Angel Beats<\/em><\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Anime Setting\" name=\"Anime Setting\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Setting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Anime Setting\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire3\/68d35f7f55b3a493c26c53a34a5e1e231658114613_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 955px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In my 2021 Year in Review piece <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.funimation.com\/2022\/02\/10\/year-in-review-breaking-down-2021-anime-on-funimation\/\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">on Funimation<\/span><\/a>, there was an amusing crossover under &quot;When Did They Take Place?&quot; between <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Vivy -Fluorite Eye&#039;s Song<\/em><\/strong><\/span> and <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, which were both initially set in the year 2061. Now, in 2022, Part 2 of the latter intersects with <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Date A Live IV<\/em><\/strong><\/span> in featuring Eurasia as an area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><big><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Theme Songs\" name=\"Theme Songs\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:36px\">Th<\/span><\/big><\/strong><strong><big><span style=\"font-size:36px\">eme Songs<\/span><\/big><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Theme Songs Dataset\" name=\"Theme Songs Dataset\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Dataset<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Theme Songs Dataset\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/0a771280ca0736dfa9e253520b4fd8231658114673_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The superstar artist of the season was Sora Amamiya, who performed three theme songs with all-female group TrySail (<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Aharen-san wa Hakarenai<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Magia Record<\/em><\/strong><\/span>) and two as a solo artist (<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Heroines Run the Show<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, <em><strong><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It<\/span> r=1-sin&theta;<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A total of twelve theme songs, evenly split between opening and ending, were a full anime debut for the artist, joined by ten with a mixed group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Theme Songs Openings\" name=\"Theme Songs Openings\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Openings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Opening Theme Songs\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire2\/161c52ca2e5a82cb4ec24b25a2a7704e1658121540_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 832px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two out of three &quot;Solo Male&quot; opening themes were anime debuts, with the most notable inclusion of PelleK, a longtime anime cover artist who performed an original song for <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Skeleton Knight in Another World<\/em><\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Theme Songs Endings\" name=\"Theme Songs Endings\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Endings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Ending Theme Songs\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/f3feb65cd2e3e208057010054afef2a91658114730_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 832px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>+1 Instrumental (missing credit)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s hard to come close to the sheer boost from <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, a show about an isolated village of female ninja teams, having a version of its ending theme performed by three different cast members each episode. However, as shown by the disparity between the adjacent bars, only four of the twelve songs had at least one member performing their first anime theme song.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><big><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Cast &amp; Characters\" name=\"Cast &amp; Characters\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:36px\">Cast &amp; Characters<\/span><\/strong><\/big><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Cast &amp; Characters Dataset\" name=\"Cast &amp; Characters Dataset\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Dataset<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Cast Dataset\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/ca2fe8a2493f1f8ad27f25840127d0fe1658114818_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 481px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Designating a protagonist can be unfortunately subjective, so I mostly stuck to who was listed first in the anime&#039;s credits; three anime had no distinct single protagonist (e.g. <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>KAGINADO<\/em><\/strong><\/span> Season 2).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As for voice actors, some quick definitions to make sure they&#039;re clear:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Credits:<\/em> An individual listing in an episode&#039;s end-credits.<\/li>\n<li><em>Role: <\/em>An individual part in an anime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I could&#039;ve cheated my way over the desired 7,000-credit mark by including episodes outside the aforementioned window, but I wanted to memorialize the chuckle I got when I put in the last few credits and checked the row count. Given the high amount and how they were transcribed manually, factor in little margin for error.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Cast &amp; Characters Protagonists\" name=\"Cast &amp; Characters Protagonists\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Protagonists<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Cast Protagonists\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/f6f828d13f00b55b61c43fe3df91c63f1658114845_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 1980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#039;re a human teenager with brown hair and brown eyes, then congratulations, you might just be an anime protagonist! But if you&#039;re a <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">baby ghost<\/span> or <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">silver-haired elf<\/span>, there&#039;s still a chance you fit that category.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Cast &amp; Characters Voice Actors\" name=\"Cast &amp; Characters Voice Actors\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:26px\">Voice Actors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Analysis Voice Actors\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/7163b79b82627579da0f50ab3a625e581658116126_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 1233px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To further define the earlier definitions:<\/strong> More roles but fewer credits <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly means the voice actor plays a lot of fill-in parts, while the reverse generally means they played central characters. Tetsu Inada is a particularly interesting case, since he appeared in the second-most amount of anime in Spring 2022, yet each role was no more than four appearances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As for the graph leaders, which demonstrate the different ways one can measure a voice actor&#039;s presence in a season, Rina Hidaka had 52 credits from eight roles across seven anime, while Shinya Takahashi had 20 credits from 16 roles across nine anime. Deep in the rest of the pack, 395 voice actors, or nearly a third, had just one credit, role and anime. The next highest combo &mdash; two credits from one role in one anime &mdash; classified 90 voice actors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There&#039;s a lot of cool stuff that can be unpacked from the dataset, but I&#039;ve bored you enough already, so here are a few random tidbits that I thought were super fun to round this out:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anna Mugiho voiced a white cat in <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club<\/em><\/strong><\/span> and a black cat in <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Heroines Run the Show<\/em><\/strong><\/span> &mdash; two idol-based shows<\/li>\n<li>Natsuki Hanae&#039;s cat Konpei was in the cast for <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Love All Play<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>SPY x FAMILY<\/em><\/strong><\/span> had the most extensive multi-roling of any Spring 2022 show, with&nbsp;<em>eight <\/em>voice actors taking on 6+ <s>parts<\/s> identities\n<ul>\n<li><em>e.g.<\/em> Motoki Sakuma played Bondman&#039;s Commander, Chief Aquarist, Eden College Maths Teacher, Politician, Rehabilitation Patient and Vice Minister of Finance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Eight shows had a narrator<\/li>\n<li>Four shows had a main character named &quot;Yu&quot; (and eight had a &quot;Yui&quot; variety)<\/li>\n<li>19 characters had a young version of themselves appear<\/li>\n<li>Maria Naganawa played eight different roles in one episode of <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki<\/em><\/strong><\/span> had a &quot;???&quot; role, while <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Love After World Domination<\/em><\/strong><\/span> had a &quot;???&quot; voice actor<\/li>\n<li>Hiroshi Shirokuma, who played Riz in <strong><em>Beastars<\/em><\/strong>, played a bear again in <span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong><em>Don&#039;t Hurt Me, My Healer!<\/em><\/strong> <\/span>(&quot;Shirokuma&quot; is the same as the word for &quot;polar bear&quot;)<\/li>\n<li>There were 61 &quot;Male Student&quot; credits and 101 &quot;Female Student&quot; credits<\/li>\n<li>There were 22 &quot;Boy&quot; credits and 36 &quot;Girl&quot; credits<\/li>\n<li>There were 29 &quot;Father&quot; and 58 &quot;Mother&quot; credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And so on&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which stat did you find most interesting? Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/got.cr\/PremiumTrial-NewsBanner4\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/78f5441d927cf160a93e037b567c2b1f1611659043_main.png\" style=\"width: 640px;height: 43px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Der shy man behind <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shymander\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><strong>@Shymander<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Liam is a timezone-fluid Aussie with a distinct fondness for anime, Eurovision and creating odd stats projects despite hating math.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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