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And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?

And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?

20166.71 Season12 EpisodesEnded

Overview

After Hideki Nishimura confesses to a girl online, he is shocked when she turns out to be a boy. Traumatized, he swears to never trust any “girl” players. That is, until one confesses to him! Ako Tamaki is a beautiful loner who has trouble differentiating between what’s reality and the online world she spends so much of her time in. Can Hideki and his guild friends help fix socially inept Ako?

Created by Tatsuya Takahashi
Written by Tatsuya Takahashi, Shibai Kineko
Produced by Kei Fukura, Takao Kiyose
NetworksTokyo MXAT-XBS11Sun TV

Top Cast

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Hideki Nishimura (Rusian [Game Name]) (Main Character)

Rina Hidaka

Rina Hidaka

Ako Tamaki (Ako [Game Name]) (Main Character)

Inori Minase

Inori Minase

Akane Segawa (Schwein [Game Name]) (Main Character)

Mao Ichimichi

Mao Ichimichi

Kyou Goshouin (Apricot [Game Name]) (Main Character)

Hitomi Ohwada

Hitomi Ohwada

Nanako Akiyama (Sette [Game Name])

Yoshino Nanjo

Yoshino Nanjo

Yui Saitou (Nekohime [Game Name])

Seiichiro Yamashita

Seiichiro Yamashita

Cloud

Koji Yusa

Koji Yusa

Black Magician

Megumi Takamoto

Megumi Takamoto

Ako's mother

Toshiki Masuda

Toshiki Masuda

Batz

Themes & Keywords

video gamehigh schoolromanceschoolecchianimeonline gamejapanese high schoolbased on light novel

About And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?

And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? is a animation, comedy series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of video game, high school, romance, school, ecchi, anime. Created by Tatsuya Takahashi, it stars Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Rina Hidaka, Inori Minase. After Hideki Nishimura confesses to a girl online, he is shocked when she turns out to be a boy. Traumatized, he swears to never trust any “girl” players. That is, until one confesses to him! Ako Tamaki is a beautiful loner who has trouble differentiating between what’s reality and the online world she spends so much of her time in. Can Hideki and his guild friends help fix socially inept Ako?

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