ハイスコアガール

2018 - 2019

ROUND 1

Episode 1

The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.

ROUND 2

Episode 2

Akira brings Haruo his homework when he misses school with a fever. In return, Haruo lets her play with his collection of PC Engine games.

ROUND 3

Episode 3

With summer vacation coming to an end, Haruo and Akira join their classmates on a trip to the flower park, but eye the amusement park next door.

ROUND 4

4th August 2018

Episode 4

Haruo invites classmate Hidaka to play a game of Street Fighter II Dash when she's caught in a snowstorm on her way home from school.

ROUND 5

11th August 2018

Episode 5

Haruo is taken aback after witnessing Hidaka eliminate Sub-Zero with a complex "FATALITY" move while playing Mortal Kombat for the first time.

ROUND 6

18th August 2018

Episode 6

As Haruo pulls off Guile's super combo moves on the newly added Super Street Fighter II X machine, a familiar face returns to the local arcade scene.

ROUND 7

25th August 2018

Episode 7

Eager to play with Haruo, Hidaka buys a copy of Final Fight for the Super Famicom console. Haruo and class head to Kyoto for an overnight school trip.

ROUND 8

1st September 2018

Episode 8

With tours of historic landmarks over for the day, Haruo sneaks off alone to the city of Osaka to compete in the Super Street Fighter II X tournament.

ROUND 9

8th September 2018

Episode 9

With high school entrance exams coming up next year, Haruo fears his time playing fighting games at the arcade with Akira will soon come to an end.

ROUND 10

15th September 2018

Episode 10

Now in his first year of high school, Haruo realizes his time playing the new Sega Saturn console at home have greatly diminished his arcade skills.

ROUND 11

22nd September 2018

Episode 11

Hidaka asks Akira about her feelings toward Haruo while playing Virtua Cop in co-op mode. Out of his funk, Haruo searches for Akira at local arcades.

ROUND 12

29th September 2018

Episode 12

Stranded out late with Akira, Haruo asks his mother to help him find a place to stay. Hidaka visits Haruo's house to lend him her PlayStation console.

Top Cast

Sayumi Suzushiro•Daiki Yamashita•Satomi Arai

Comedy Animation

The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.

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Full Cast

Sayumi Suzushiro Image

Sayumi Suzushiro

Akira Ōno (voice)

Daiki Yamashita Image

Daiki Yamashita

Genta Doi (voice)

Satomi Arai Image

Satomi Arai

Namie Yaguchi (voice)

Cho Image

Cho

Jiiya (voice)

Chinatsu Akasaki Image

Chinatsu Akasaki

Makoto Ōno (voice)

Hochu Otsuka Image

Hochu Otsuka

Narrator (voice)

Yuuki Hirose Image

Yuuki Hirose

Hidaka Koharu (voice)

Kohei Amasaki Image

Kohei Amasaki

Yaguchi Haruo (voice)

Kazuyuki Okitsu Image

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Kōtarō Miyao (voice)

Full Crew

Masafumi Watanabe Image

Masafumi Watanabe

Foley Artist

Yuuya Hatano

Character Modelling Supervisor

Shingo Fukuyo

Director of Photography

Yusuke Suzuki

CGI Director

Mitsuru Kuwabata

Character Designer

sora tob sakana Image

sora tob sakana

Theme Song Performance

Etsuko Yakushimaru

Theme Song Performance

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