Lovely★Complex (Lovely Complex)

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English: Lovely Complex

Synonyms: Love★Com, Love Com

Japanese: ラブ★コン

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 24

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 7, 2007 to Sep 29, 2007

Premiered: Spring 2007

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: TBS, TAP, Sony Music Entertainment, Shueisha, Nichion

Licensors: Discotek Media

Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shoujo

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.05¹ (scored by 229,218 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #479²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #316

Members: 460,439

Favorites: 7,809

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Ranked #479Popularity #316Members 460,439

Spring 2007TVToei Animation

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Synopsis

Love is unusual for Koizumi Risa and Ootani Atsushi, who are both striving to find their ideal partner in high school—172 cm tall Koizumi is much taller than the average girl, and Ootani is much shorter than the average guy at 156 cm. To add to their plights, their crushes fall in love with each other, leaving Koizumi and Ootani comically flustered and heartbroken. To make matters worse, they're even labeled as a comedy duo by their homeroom teacher due to their personalities and the stark difference in their heights, and their classmates even think of their arguments as sketches.

Lovely★Complex follows Koizumi and Ootani as they encourage each other in finding love and become close friends. Apart from their ridiculous antics, they soon find out an unexpected similarity in their music and fashion tastes. Maybe they possess a chemistry yet unknown, but could love ever bloom between the mismatched pair?

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Characters & Voice Actors

Koizumi, Risa

Main

Okamura, Akemi
Japanese

Ootani, Atsushi

Main

Nagata, Akira
Japanese

Ishihara, Nobuko

Supporting

Higashi, Saori
Japanese

Kohori, Kazuki

Supporting

Shimowada, Hiroki
Japanese

Kotobuki, Seishiro

Supporting

Takimoto, Fujiko
Japanese

Kuniumi, Maitake

Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi
Japanese

Nakao, Heikichi

Supporting

Tokuyama, Yasuhiko
Japanese

Umibouzu

Supporting

Smokey, Tetsuni
Japanese

Fukagawa, Haruka

Supporting

Onosaka, Masaya
Japanese

Suzuki, Ryouji

Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou
Japanese

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Staff

Seki, Hiromi

Producer

Uda, Kounosuke

Director, Episode Director

Fukutomi, Hiroshi

Episode Director

Yamada, Takashi

Script, Screenplay

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Opening Theme

#1: "Kimi + Boku = Love?" by Tegomass (eps 1-13)
#2: "Hey! Say!" by Hey!Say! 7 (eps 14-24)

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Ending Theme

#1: "Kiss ~ Kaerimichi no Love Song" by Tegomass (eps 1-13)
#2: "BON BON" by Hey! Say! 7 (eps 14-24)

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Reviews

Aug 31, 2007

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

lowell (All reviews)

612 people found this review helpful

I really, really, really loved LoveCom.

It was cute, insightful, hilarious and endearing. It was my most anticipated episode every week. I always wanted more. I want more now even though I know it's over!

The story is about the tallest girl and the shortest boy in class and their search for love in high school. It turns out they're both kooky, funny and energetic. They're also perfect for each other... too bad they don't see that. The story isn't complicated or new, but it was told so well that it crawled into right into that soft spot in my heart.

The romance is built slowly over time and by the end, you're head over heels for them because the creators did such a great job of laying down the foundation and actually showing you how their feelings grow over time. It's not like a lot of shows where all of a sudden in a haze of fuzzy lighting and rose petals, love magically sprouts out of nowhere. Instead, you see a friendship begin, a moment happens, interest blossoms, awareness grows... the whole nine yards. You really get to know Koizumi and Otani over the course of the show and I was rooting like crazy for them.

The characters are so over the top and out of control that it's hard not to laugh. They exaggerate, make ridiculous faces and they over-react to everything. It's really kind of hammy, but that's part of the fun. And it's refreshing to see a female lead who isn't some stereotype of a dominatrix-in-training or a weak, helpless nitwit. She seems like a real human being with strong points and weak points. She isn't afraid to get ugly and imperfect sometimes and I think it's really great that they made her (and, really, him too) full of all these flaws and not-so-attractive traits... and yet so completely charming and loveable. It makes them really... human. I would say that if you like the relationship (without the music and with a lot more actual focus on romance) of Nodame and Chiaki from Nodame Cantabile, you might like this too because there's a similarity in the way that the relationships go both ways and the strength that each of them brings to the relationship.

The art is great too. First of all, they took the time and effort to change the characters appearances day to day and give them all a sense of their own style, which I really appreciate. It's just really thorough and well-executed. I completely agree with YoshikoHatake, there is something about the style that brings Bokura Ga Ita to mind, even though the tone of the story is completely different (BGI felt a lot more serious and the colors and style reflect that somewhat, I think). Music-wise, it's also nice. I don't normally notice the openings and endings that much (I've always hated credits), but LoveCom's are really good in a perky, energetic kind of way, which suits the show perfectly, and I find myself singing along w/ the karaoke. ;)

Enjoy! =)

P.S. I really haven't seen very many romances that do this good of a job at being funny and sweet and tender and honest. If you have, I'd love suggestions!

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Apr 17, 2010

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

360ken (All reviews)

216 people found this review helpful

I'm actually quite surprised to think that this will be the first negative review of Lovely Complex on MAL. Every single review I read gives this show a 7 or higher, which I think is outrageous. I really have a lot of bad things to say about this show but I'll warn you if it gets too spoiler-laden. Here starts the review.

STORY- 2 (Dreadful)
Lovely Complex is about two high school kids, Risa and Otani. They are a comedy duo because whever they're together they fight, argue, make fun of each other, and cause a scene, which makes bystanders laugh. Risa is taller than read more

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Apr 21, 2009

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

kiriska (All reviews)

154 people found this review helpful

Girl meets boy and girl likes boy. But girl is also half a foot taller than boy and thus, epic drama ensues!

S T O R Y - I don't read/watch a lot of shoujo, but from the start, I figured it was a pretty basic plot and as a result, probably a pretty generic story. I was right -- it's a lot of what you would typically expect from shoujo: lots of silly romantic drama, lots of hilarious shenanigans, and the your handful of cute, fluffy moments scattered throughout that always feel like an shot of diabetic sweetness straight to your black, black heart. And read more

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Oct 14, 2007

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

DragonsWhip (All reviews)

94 people found this review helpful

You love love? Then you're going to love this anime!

The story itselves seems very standard at first glance, but it isn't. Risa, the main character, is an girl who is taller than the average girl. She wants an boy that's longer than her, but then something happens. She and Otani, a very short boy from her class, are often being laughed at, because they look and act like an popular comedy duo. Although the fact they're being laughed at and are bickering all the time, their friendships start to grow and Risa even starts to like Otani. From here on the story has a lot read more

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