Series synopsis
Rifle Is Beautiful, also known as ライフル・イズ・ビューティフル is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on October 13, 2019. It ended on January 19, 2020. It stars Saya Aizawa, Akane Kumada, Anna Yamaki and Machico.
Competitive sharpshooter Hikari Kokura hopes to join the Chidori High School light-beam rifle shooting club — but the club has been disbanded! If she wants to hone her skills, she'll have to recruit fellow students and save the club!
Premise
Competitive sharpshooter Hikari Kokura hopes to join the Chidori High School light-beam rifle shooting club — but the club has been disbanded! If she wants to hone her skills, she'll have to recruit fellow students and save the club!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Saya Aizawa as Kozakura Konno (voice)
- Akane Kumada as Izumi Shibusawa (voice)
- Anna Yamaki as Yukio Igarashi (voice)
- Machico as Hikari Kokura (voice)
- Saki Minami as Erika Meinohama (voice)
- Mao Ichimichi as Rei Asakura (voice)
- Arisa Sakuraba as Komachi Enomoto (voice)
- Kaori Nazuka as Nodoka Kokura (voice)
Supporting cast
- Reina Ueda as Misa Kuroi (voice)
- Manaka Iwami as Ryouko Mochizuki (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | December 1, 2019 | December 1, 2019 |
| Season 1 | 12 | October 13, 2019 | January 19, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nationals Are Right Before Us The Chidori RSC team has come such a long way. It's time to look to the past so they can aim for the future once again! |
December 1, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
What are Beam Rifles? Hikari just started at Chidori High School, and she's gonna join the Rifle Shooting Club — but only if she can find four students to join the club before the day is over! |
October 13, 2019 |
| 2 |
Club is Funny Hikari knows what she’s aiming for: the Olympics! Before she can hope to compete there, however, she’ll need to try competing against other shooting clubs to gain experience. |
October 20, 2019 |
| 3 |
Our Competitors are Powerful The Chidori RSC's first practice match is here, and their opponents attend none other than Asaka Academy High School — home of last year's Nationals' runner-up! |
October 27, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 13, 2019 |
| Last aired | January 19, 2020 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 23:00:00 |