Lovely Complex

Lovely Complex is a 2007 anime series directed by Kōnosuke Uda and animated by Toei Animation.

It aired between April 7, 2007 and August 29, 2007 for 24 episodes. On October 17, 2023, Discotek Media announced that an English dub of the series by Sound Cadence Studios would be included on the Blu-Ray release which was released on January 30, 2024.

Synopsis Everybody in school knows the very tall Risa Koizumi and extremely short Atsushi Otani – their constant bickering is basically comic relief for everyone else in class. But things between them take a turn during the Christmas of their freshman year, when Otani comforts Risa during a rough moment. Otani is too dense to notice, but by the time their Sophomore year cultural festival rolls around, Risa is ready to confess love! Will these two manage to get together by the time they graduate?

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Risa Koizumi	Akemi Okamura	Amber Lee Connors
	Atsushi Otani	Akira Nagata	Howard Wang
	Nobuko Ishihara	Saori Higashi	Hayden Daviau
	Heikichi Nakao	Yasuhiko Tokuyama	Alejandro Saab
	Chiharu Tanaka	Kazuko Kojima	Sarah Wiedenheft
	Ryoji Suzuki	Kenjirō Tsuda	Aaron Dismuke
Secondary Characters
	Haruka Fukagawa	Masaya Onosaka	Tom Laflin
		¿? (young)	Elsie Lovelock (young)
	Seiko Kotobuki	Fujiko Takimoto	Siv Ryan
	Kazuki Kohori	Hiroki Shimowada	Kdin Jenzen
	Mimi Yoshioka	Kae Araki	Marissa Lenti
	Mayu Kanzaki	Yuki Matsuoka	Elizabeth Quedenfeld
	Kuniumi Maitake	Junichi Suwabe	Gianni Matragrano
Minor Characters
	Umibozu	Smokey Tetsuni	Brent Mukai
	Kazuko Matsubara	¿?	Natalie Van Sistine
	Takato Koizumi	Kōsuke Takaguchi	Brendan Blaber
	Risa's Mother	Niina Kumagaya	Kayleigh McKee
	Risa's Father	Satoshi Taki	Mark Allen Jr.
	Otani's Mother	Michiyo Yanagisawa	Dom Dinh
	Murochi	¿?	Christopher Guerrero
	Abe	¿?	Mike Haimoto
	Endo	¿?	Aaron Campbell
	Lida	¿?	J. Michael Tatum
	Omachi	¿?	Kevin Thelwell
	Ueno	¿?	David Matranga

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
Kiyoji Nakano	Masashi Hirose	Marc Swint	1, 8
Mrs. Umibozu	Mayumi Shō	Corey Pettit	9
Umibozu Jr.	Kokoro Kikuchi	Caleb Morphy
Cane Osugi	Daisuke Kirii	Charles White	11, 14
Otani's Sister	Satsuki Yukino	Ciarán Strange	13
Nobuko's Grandma	Makoto Kousaka	Kay Eluvian	21
Akechi	Madoka Yonezawa	Anairis Quiñones	19
Nakahara	Kyōko Hikami	Meli Grant	24

Additional Voices[]

Mark Allen Jr. Yoshi Amao Quinn Angell Bryn Apprill Wyatt Baker Ben Balmaceda Josh Bangle Richard C. Barcenas Emily Bauer Hollis Beck Dawn M. Bennett Edward Bosco Anthony Bowling Kate Bristol Kira Buckland Benji Buckley Aaron Campbell Charles Campbell Casey Casper Dani Chambers Clifford Chapin Luci Christian Leah Clark Bindy Coda Amber Lee Connors Matthew Corcoran Jordan Dash Cruz Michelle Deco Anthony DiMascio David J. Dixon John Van Doren Samuel Drake Alyssa Dumas Justin Duncan Marisa Duran Daniel J. Edwards Jacob Eiseman Caitlyn Elizabeth Hope Endrenyi Emily Ernst Christopher Escalante Sandra Espinoza Emily Faith Ricco Fajardo Jim Foronda Eli Farmer Kieran Flitton Emily Frongillo Stephen Fu Shawn Gann Morgan Garrett Caitlin Glass Rachel Glass Wayne Grayson Jarrod Greene Jessie James Grelle Alexander Gross Christopher Guerrero Ellen-Ray Hennessy Matt Holmes Kestin Howard Xanthe Huynh Devante' Johnson Macy Anne Johnson Steven Kelly Kiane Chula King Shara Kirby Nola Klop Michele Knotz Michael Kovach

Krystal LaPorte Amanda Lee Marissa Lenti Jason Liebrecht Emi Lo Nicholas Andrew Louie Zack Maher Alex Mai Jamie Marchi Jason Marnocha Gianni Matragrano Elizabeth Maxwell Kalyn McCabe Brandon McInnis Daman Mills Kayli Mills Siddhartha Minhas Dylan Mobley Patrick Morphy Moxxi Travis Mullenix Anastasia Muñoz Paloma Ortiz Corey Pettit Ben Phillips Kyle Phillips Bryce Papenbrook Sara Ragsdale Monica Rial Sarah Roach Lindsay Roberts Devin Rochford Michelle Rojas Kathryn Taylor Rose Linsay Rousseau Christopher Sabat Phillip Sacramento Anthony Sardinha Cody Savoie Jad Saxton Tom Schalk Erica Schroeder Molly Searcy Courtney Shaw Lindsay Sheppard Megan Shipman Aimee Smith Derick Snow Michael Stimac Valentine Stokes Sonny Strait Corinne Sudberg Nazeeh Tarsha Kevin Thelwell Ashley Thereon Austin Tindle Alexis Tipton Minh Ton Felicia Valenti Victoria Vitti David Wald Joshua Waters Justice Washington Kent Williams Lara Woodhull Caleb Yen Suzie Yeung YongYea Apphia Yu Molly Zhang

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
	2024		A DVB-T	United States

Notes[]

• The dub for this anime received a lot of controversy when Brendan Blaber, the translator for this anime along with Marissa Lenti, wrote on social media that he and fellow writer Marissa Lenti hated the original show, criticized its writing and voice acting, and changed the script and character personalities in an attempt to make the show watchable. He also stated they re-wrote transphobic parts of the show. Due to this, Discotek and Sound Cadence Studios would later fire him and Blaber's said changes didn't even appear on this anime at all.

External Links[]

• Lovely Complex at the Internet Movie Database
• Lovely Complex (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia