Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (2015)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

Tomoya Aki is an otaku who has a dream. His dream is to create the best visual novel game ever. The main heroine for this game and the inspiration for this dream is a background character named Megumi Kato who somehow stumbles into main character-esque traits in his eyes. To complete the game in time he has to call upon the aid of his anime loving professional friends who aren't so keen on the choice of his main heroine.

• Released: 2015-01-16
• Genres: Animation, Comedy
• Seasons: 2, 23 episodes
• Episode length: 23m
• Network: Fuji TV
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 95 votes

Top cast

• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Aki Tomoya (voice)
• Kiyono Yasuno as Megumi Kato (voice)
• Saori Onishi as Eriri Spencer Sawamura (voice)
• Ai Kayano as Utaha Kasumigaoka (voice)
• Sayuri Yahagi as Michiru Hyodo (voice)
• Chinatsu Akasaki as Izumi Hashima (voice)
• Tetsuya Kakihara as Iori Hashima (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

• United States: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
• United Kingdom: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
• India: stream on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
• Canada: stream on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Crunchyroll
• Australia: stream on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

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