List of Rent-A-Girlfriend episodes
Rent-A-Girlfriend is an anime television series adapted from the manga series of the same title by Reiji Miyajima. A total of three seasons has been produced. The first season aired from July 11 to September 26, 2020, on the Super Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS and other networks.[1][2][a] The second season aired from July 2 to September 17, 2022.[3][4][b] A third season aired from July 8 to September 30, 2023.[5][c] A fourth season is set to premiere in 2025.[7]
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 12 | July 11, 2020 | September 26, 2020 | |
| 2 | 12 | July 2, 2022 | September 17, 2022 | |
| 3 | 12 | July 8, 2023 | September 30, 2023 | |
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (2020)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title [8][d] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date [9][a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Rent-a-Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Rentaru Kanojo" (Japanese: レンタル彼女) | Fumihiro Ueno | Mitsutaka Hirota | Kazuomi Koga | July 11, 2020 |
| 2 | 2 | "Ex-Girlfriend and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Moto Kano to Kanojo" (Japanese: 元カノと彼女) | Takashi Tanasawa | Mitsutaka Hirota | Motoki Nakanishi | July 18, 2020 |
| 3 | 3 | "Beach and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Umi to Kanojo" (Japanese: 海と彼女) | Taku Yamada | Mitsutaka Hirota | Naoyuki Kuzuya | July 25, 2020 |
| 4 | 4 | "Friends and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Tomodachi to Kanojo" (Japanese: 友達と彼女) | Akira Yamada | Mitsutaka Hirota | Masaki Ōzora | August 1, 2020 |
| 5 | 5 | "Hot Springs and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Onsen to Kanojo" (Japanese: 温泉と彼女) | Taku Yamada | Fumi Tsubota | Naoyuki Kuzuya | August 8, 2020 |
| 6 | 6 | "Girlfriend and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Kanojo to Kanojo" (Japanese: 彼女と彼女) | Shinya Une | Rie Uehara | Masaki Ōzora | August 15, 2020 |
| 7 | 7 | "Provisional Girlfriend and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Kari Kano to Kanojo" (Japanese: 仮カノと彼女) | Kazuomi Koga | Mitsutaka Hirota | Naoyuki Kuzuya | August 22, 2020 |
| 8 | 8 | "Christmas and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Kurisumasu to Kanojo" (Japanese: クリスマスと彼女) | Hidehiko Kadota | Fumi Tsubota | Naoyuki Kuzuya | August 29, 2020 |
| 9 | 9 | "Lies and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Uso to Kanojo" (Japanese: 嘘と彼女) | Naoyuki Kuzuya | Mitsutaka Hirota | Masaki Ōzora | September 5, 2020 |
| 10 | 10 | "Friend's Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Tomodachi no Kanojo" (Japanese: 友達の彼女) | Takashi Tanasawa, Yoshitsugu Kimura | Rie Uehara | Naoyuki Kuzuya | September 12, 2020 |
| 11 | 11 | "Truth and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Shinjitsu to Kanojo" (Japanese: 真実と彼女) | Taku Yamada | Rie Uehara | Yamasaki Osamu | September 19, 2020 |
| 12 | 12 | "Confession and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Kokuhaku to Kanojo" (Japanese: 告白と彼女) | Kazuomi Koga | Mitsutaka Hirota | Kazuomi Koga | September 26, 2020 |
Season 2 (2022)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title [10][d] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date [11][b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "Dream and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Yume to Kanojo" (Japanese: 夢と彼女) | Kazuomi Koga | Mitsutaka Hirota | Kazuomi Koga | July 2, 2022 |
| 14 | 2 | "The Usual Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Itsumo no Kanojo" (Japanese: いつもの彼女) | Kyōhei Suzuki | Mitsutaka Hirota | Kyōhei Suzuki | July 9, 2022[e] |
| 15 | 3 | "The Return of the Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Sairai no Kanojo" (Japanese: 再来の彼女) | Yoshitsugu Kimura | Rie Uehara | Naoyuki Kuzuya | July 16, 2022[e] |
| 16 | 4 | "Night and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Yoru to Kanojo" (Japanese: 夜と彼女) | Fumio Maezono | Rie Uehara | Naoyuki Kuzuya | July 23, 2022[f] |
| 17 | 5 | "Birthday and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Tanjōbi to Kanojo" (Japanese: 誕生日と彼女) | Shinya Une | Rie Uehara | Shinya Une | July 30, 2022 |
| 18 | 6 | "Booze and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Sake to Kanojo" (Japanese: 酒と彼女) | Yūki Morita | Mitsutaka Hirota | Masaki Ōzora | August 6, 2022 |
| 19 | 7 | "Ex and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Moto Kano to Kanojo" (Japanese: 元カノとカノジョ) | Ken Andō, Fumio Maezono | Rie Uehara | Naoyuki Kuzuya | August 13, 2022 |
| 20 | 8 | "Youth and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Seishun to Kanojo" (Japanese: 青春と彼女) | Mizuki Iwadare | Rie Uehara | Kazuomi Koga | August 20, 2022 |
| 21 | 9 | "Kiss and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Kisu to Kanojo" (Japanese: キスと彼女) | Yurika Fukaya | Fumi Tsubota | Yurika Fukaya | August 27, 2022 |
| 22 | 10 | "Ring and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Yubiwa to Kanojo" (Japanese: 指輪と彼女) | Shūto Yamanaka, Shinya Une, Yurika Fukaya | Fumi Tsubota | Naoyuki Kuzuya | September 3, 2022 |
| 23 | 11 | "Guide and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Omotenashi to Kanojo" (Japanese: お饗しと彼女) | Fumio Maezono | Fumi Tsubota | Masaki Ōzora | September 10, 2022 |
| 24 | 12 | "Girlfriend and Me" Transliteration: "Kanojo to Ore" (Japanese: 彼女と俺) | Kazuomi Koga | Mitsutaka Hirota | Kazuomi Koga | September 17, 2022 |
Season 3 (2023)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title [16][d] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date [17][c] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "Home Cooking and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Teryōri to Kanojo" (Japanese: 手料理と彼女) | Shinya Une | Mitsutaka Hirota | Shinya Une | July 8, 2023 |
| 26 | 2 | "Girlfriend Next Door" Transliteration: "Rinshitsu no Kanojo" (Japanese: 隣室の彼女) | Akira Mano | Mitsutaka Hirota | Shinya Une | July 15, 2023[g] |
| 27 | 3 | "Expert and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Keikensha to Kanojo" (Japanese: 経験者と彼女) | Kyōhei Suzuki | Mitsutaka Hirota | Yumeko Iwaoka | July 22, 2023 |
| 28 | 4 | "D-Day and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Saishūbi to Kanojo" (Japanese: 最終日と彼女) | Taiki Nishimura | Mitsutaka Hirota | Koichi Ohata | July 29, 2023 |
| 29 | 5 | "Filming and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Satsuei to Kanojo" (Japanese: 撮影と彼女) | Yorihide Mada | Rie Uehara | Tetsuji Takayanagi | August 5, 2023 |
| 30 | 6 | "Final Scene and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Rasuto Shīn to Kanojo" (Japanese: ラストシーンと彼女) | Akira Mano | Mitsutaka Hirota | Koichi Ohata | August 12, 2023[h] |
| 31 | 7 | "Kazuya and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Kazuya to Kanojo" (Japanese: 和也と彼女) | Kyōhei Suzuki, Naoyuki Kuzuya | Rie Uehara | Kyōhei Suzuki | August 19, 2023[h] |
| 32 | 8 | "Family and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Kazoku to Kanojo" (Japanese: 家族と彼女) | Hidehiko Kadota | Rie Uehara | Masaki Ōzora | September 2, 2023[i] |
| 33 | 9 | "Parting and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Owakare to Kanojo" (Japanese: お別れと彼女) | Akira Mano | Mitsutaka Hirota | Masaki Ōzora | September 9, 2023 |
| 34 | 10 | "Spontaneous Trip and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Toppatsu Ryokō to Kanojo" (Japanese: 突発旅行と彼女) | Hisaya Takabayashi | Rie Uehara | Tetsuji Takayanagi | September 16, 2023[h] |
| 35 | 11 | "Girlfriend and Boyfriend" Transliteration: "Kanojo to Kareshi" (Japanese: 彼女と彼氏) | Akira Mano | Mitsutaka Hirota | Koichi Ohata | September 23, 2023[h] |
| 36 | 12 | "Ideal Girlfriend and Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Risō no Kanojo to Kanojo" (Japanese: 理想の彼女と彼女) | Shinya Une | Mitsutaka Hirota | Shinya Une | September 30, 2023[j] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b MBS listed the series premiere at 25:25 on July 10, 2020, which is effectively July 11 at 1:25 a.m.[1][2]
- ^ a b MBS listed the season premiere at 25:25 on July 1, 2022, which is effectively July 2 at 1:25 a.m.[12]
- ^ a b MBS listed the season premiere at 25:23 on July 7, 2023, which is effectively July 8 at 1:23 a.m.[6]
- ^ a b c English translated titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
- ^ a b This episode aired at 1:45 a.m. JST, 20 minutes after the original air time.[13][14]
- ^ This episode aired at 1:30 a.m. JST, 5 minutes after the original air time.[15]
- ^ This episode aired at 1:38 a.m. JST, 15 minutes after the original air time.[18]
- ^ a b c d This episode aired at 1:28 a.m. JST, 5 minutes after the original air time.[19][20][21][22]
- ^ Episode 32 was delayed a week from its originally scheduled air date of August 26, 2023.[23]
- ^ This episode aired at 1:43 a.m. JST, 20 minutes after the original air time.[24]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 15, 2020). "Rent-A-Girlfriend Anime Listed With 12 Episodes". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "ONAIR | TVアニメ「彼女、お借りします」公式サイト". kanokari-official.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ Harding, Daryl (January 14, 2022). "Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 2 Starts in July 2022, New Trailer, Visual Released". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ Loo, Egan (May 14, 2022). "Rent-A-Girlfriend Anime Season 2's Chizuru Video Announces July 1 Premiere". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ^ 『彼女、お借りします』第3期、桜沢墨デートシーンビジュアル＆高橋李依さんコメント公開！ Opテーマはhalcaさんが担当. Animate Times (in Japanese). June 10, 2023. Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "ONAIR | TVアニメ「彼女、お借りします」公式サイト". kanokari-official.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ Loo, Egan (July 11, 2024). "Rent-A-Girlfriend Anime Gets 4th Season in 2025". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Story | TVアニメ「彼女、お借りします」公式サイト. kanokari-official.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ 彼女、お借りします | MBS動画イズム. MBS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ Story | STORY｜TVアニメ『彼女、お借りします』第2期公式サイト. kanokari-official.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ 彼女、お借りします Season2 | スーパーアニメイズム | MBS 毎日放送. MBS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ ONAIR | TVアニメ「彼女、お借りします」公式サイト. kanokari-official.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (July 1, 2022). ✨ご視聴ありがとうございました！✨ いよいよ始まった第2期！9月までよろしくお願いします🙌 📺次回 #彼女お借りします 満足度14「いつもの彼女-オフカノ-」7/8深夜1:45〜放送！（⚠️通常より20分遅くなります）💻満足度13、まもなく配信開始！26:00〜、dアニメストア / ひかりTVほかにて (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 26, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (July 14, 2022). ✨本日放送！✨ 2期の3話目！満足度15のあらすじ、先行場面カットを公開中！▶︎ https://kanokari-official.com/story/ もうご覧いただけましたか？👀 📺 #彼女お借りします 満足度15は本日放送！深夜1:45〜 MBS・TBS系全国28局ネット“スーパーアニメイズム”枠にて (⚠️通常より20分遅くなります) (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 26, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (July 21, 2022). ✨本日放送！✨ 2期の4話目！満足度16のあらすじ、先行場面カットを公開中！▶︎ https://kanokari-official.com/story/ もうご覧いただけましたか？👀 📺 #彼女お借りします 満足度16は本日放送！深夜1:30〜 MBS・TBS系全国28局ネット“スーパーアニメイズム”枠にて (⚠️通常より5分遅くなります) (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 26, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Terebi Anime "Kanojo, Okarishimasu" Dai 3-ki Kōshiki Saito" TVアニメ『彼女、お借りします』第3期公式サイト [TV Anime "Rent-A-Girlfriend" Season 3 Official Website]. kanokari-official.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ 彼女、お借りします Season3 | スーパーアニメイズム | MBS 毎日放送. MBS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 6, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (July 14, 2023). ✨3期2話目の放送まで、あと10分！✨ #彼女お借りします 3期 満足度26「隣室の彼女-トナカノ-」は本日放送！涙を流す、みに。その理由とは…！？ 📺本日深夜1:38〜 MBS・TBS系全国28局ネット“スーパーアニメイズム”枠にて kanokari-official.com/onair/ ⚠️放送時間に変更があります (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 25, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (August 11, 2023). ✨3期6話目の放送まで、あと30分！✨ 満足度30「ラストシーンと彼女-ラスカノ-」は本日放送！カメラが捉えた千鶴。その演技にもご注目ください！👀 📺 #彼女お借りします 3期 本日満足度30放送日！深夜1:28〜、MBS・TBS系全国28局ネットにて kanokari-official.com/onair/ ⚠️放送時間に変更があります (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 25, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (August 17, 2023). ✨3期7話目、本日放送！✨ 満足度31は本日より放送/配信！あらすじ、先行場面カット、予告映像を公開中！▶︎ kanokari-official.com/story/ お楽しみに！👀 📺 #彼女お借りします 満足度31 本日深夜1:28〜放送！MBS・TBS系全国28局ネット“スーパーアニメイズム”枠にて ⚠️放送時間に変更があります (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 25, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (September 15, 2023). ✨3期10話目の放送まで、あと30分！✨ 満足度34「突発旅行と彼女-トツカノ-」は本日放送！和也を引っ張っていく墨。向かった先は、まさかの海！📺 #彼女お借りします 3期 本日満足度34放送日！深夜1:28〜、MBS・TBS系全国28局ネットにて kanokari-official.com/onair/ ⚠️放送時間に変更があります (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved September 17, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (September 15, 2023). ✨ご視聴ありがとうございました！✨ 決意を固めた和也。次回、千鶴との励ましデート！最終回まであと2話。お見逃しなく！👀 📺次回 #彼女お借りします 満足度35「彼女と彼氏-カノカレ-」9/22(金)深夜1:28〜放送！💻単独先行配信がスタート！DMM TVにて kanokari-official.com/onair/ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved September 17, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (August 18, 2023). ✨ご視聴ありがとうございました！✨ 瑠夏たっぷりでお届けした満足度31！いかがでしたか？🙌 📺次回 #彼女お借りします 満足度32「家族と彼女-ツミカノ-」 9/1(金)深夜1:23〜放送！⚠️8/25は放送休止です 💻単独先行配信がスタート！DMM TVにて kanokari-official.com/onair/ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 25, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 [@kanokari_anime] (September 23, 2023). ✨ご視聴ありがとうございました✨ 次回、いよいよ3期も最終回！ぜひご覧ください！📺次回 #彼女お借りします 満足度36「理想の彼女と彼女-カレカノ-」 9/29(金)深夜1:43〜放送！※放送時間はさらに変更になる可能性があります 💻単独先行配信がスタート！DMM TVにて kanokari-official.com/onair/ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved September 23, 2023 – via Twitter.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)