Series synopsis
Aoharu x Machinegun, also known as 青春×機関銃 is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on TBS on July 3, 2015. It ended on September 18, 2015. It stars Tomoaki Maeno, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Mikako Komatsu and Eri Kitamura.
When Hotaru moves into a new apartment alone, there's a mysterious man standing nearby the apartment. Hotaru decides to confront the man, who turns out to live in the neighboring apartment. The next day at school, Hotaru's best friend Kanae tells Hotaru that a host tricked her out of her money. When Hotaru goes to confront the host, he happens to be none other than Hotaru's neighbor, Masamune?!
Premise
When Hotaru moves into a new apartment alone, there's a mysterious man standing nearby the apartment. Hotaru decides to confront the man, who turns out to live in the neighboring apartment. The next day at school, Hotaru's best friend Kanae tells Hotaru that a host tricked her out of her money. When Hotaru goes to confront the host, he happens to be none other than Hotaru's neighbor, Masamune?!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tomoaki Maeno as Masamune Matsuoka (Main Character)
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tohru Yukimura (Main Character)
- Mikako Komatsu as Hotaru Tachibana (Main Character)
- Eri Kitamura as Ichi Akabane
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Nagamasa Midori
- Ryohei Kimura as Takatora Fujimoto
- Yui Horie as Kanae Yajima
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | December 25, 2015 | December 25, 2015 |
| Season 1 | 12 | July 3, 2015 | September 18, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
[TV Special] This Is a Battlefield for Beasts! Episode 13 unair episode |
December 25, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Let's Start This Deathless Death Match Hotaru Tachibana, a lively headstrong student council president, meets a strange mysterious man on her way home, waiting by her apartment door. On learning that her best friend was conned by a Host, Hotaru goes over to the Host club to deal with the person in question, who in turn challenges her to a Gun game called "The Survival Game". |
July 3, 2015 |
| 2 |
Didn't I Tell You I Don't Need Friends? Toru Yukimura, an S&M ero-manga artist is introduced as the third member of "Team Toy Gun Gun". Yukimura seems rather displeased with his new team mate, but will they manage to pull it off and win as a team despite everything? |
July 10, 2015 |
| 3 |
It'll Become Your Greatest Partner The black envelop is a special invitation given to a chosen few who have earned the right to be in a special Survival Game tournament, those given to the members of Team Toy Gun Gun and to a certain man dressed in a white lab coat, who works as a pediatrician. |
July 17, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 3, 2015 |
| Last aired | September 18, 2015 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 01:45:00 |