Rifle is Beautiful, also known as Chidori RSC, is a 2019 anime series based on the manga with the same name written and illustrated by Salmiakki. It was serialized and published in Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump magazine from April 9, 2015 to July 2, 2020, with a total of 6 volumes.
The anime was announced on October 18, 2018. It was animated by Studio 3Hz, directed by Masanori Takahashi, and it premiered in Japan from October 13, 2019 to January 18, 2020, consisting of 12 episodes. Sentai Filmworks announced the licensing of the anime before it premiered. They later announced the cast for the English Dub on December 1, 2020. They released the Blu-ray of the anime on December 15, 2020. They later premiered the dub onto HIDIVE on December 28, 2020 [1].
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Chidori High School | |||
| Hikari Kokura | Machiko Saitō | Brittney Karbowski | |
| Izumi Shibusawa | Akane Kumada | Juliet Simmons | |
| Erika Meinohama | Saki Minami | Patricia Duran | |
| Yukio Igarashi | Anna Yamaki | Genevieve Simmons | |
| Yūko Tsurumaki | Yukiyo Fujii | Avery Smithhart | |
| Asaka Academy | |||
| Akira Shinonome | Natsumi Fujiwara | Alissa Simmons | |
| Misa Kuroi | Reina Ueda | Maggie Flecknoe | |
| Karen Sakashita | Minami Takahashi | Christina Kelly | |
| Ryōko Mochizuki | Manaka Iwami | Natalie Rial | |
| Mutsumi Okahata | Hazuki Ogino | ¿? | |
| Iseoka Academy | |||
| Kozakura Konno | Saya Aizawa | Mai Le | |
| Haruna Tani | Runa Narumi | Teresa Zimmerman | |
| Chiyo Satō | Minami Shinoda | Taylor Fono | |
| Kiritani Daiichi High School | |||
| Rei Asakura | M.A.O. | Olivia Swasey | |
| Komachi Enomoto | Arisa Sakuraba | Molly Searcy | |
| Ushio Sanada | Yō Taichi | Christie Guidry | |
| Minesumi High School | |||
| Maho Kogomori | Keiko Watanabe | Elissa Cuellar | |
| Sayu Kaijima | Akiho Suzumoto | Kara Greenberg | |
| Serena Nitta | Sayumi Suzushiro | Allison Sumrall | |
| Yakinuma High School | |||
| Neneko Wada | Ayasa Itō | Lindsey Sweeney | |
| Tōko Yosomiya | Ayaka Fukuhara | Margaret McDonald | |
| Saiga Girls' High School | |||
| Ruri Hachigō | Aoi Koga | Hilary Haag | |
| Yayoi Hayamine | Yuka Saitō | Chelsea Ryan McCurdy | |
| Suzu Kayamori | Eri Yukimura | Taylor Fono | |
| Chidori High School Officials | |||
| Marina Tsuji | Azusa Tadokoro | Melissa Molano | |
| Ako Tōma | Hiyori Kōno | Heidi Hinkel | |
| Kazumi Hiiragi | Nozomi Nakazato | ¿? | |
| Relatives | |||
| Anri Meinohama (Erika's Mother) |
Sayaka Ōhara | Joanne Bonasso | |
| Nodoka Kokura (Hikari's Mother) |
Kaori Nazuka | ||
| Eiichi Kokura (Hikari's Father) |
Hiroshi Tsuchida | ¿? | |
| Kō Shibusawa (Izumi's Father) |
Eiji Takemoto | Kyle C. Jones | |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| Megumi Kittaka | Kaoru Sakura | Skyler Sinclair | 9 | |
| Yukari Tomomatsu | Harumi Sakurai | ¿? | ||
| Tae Nakagawa | Karin Isobe | Teresa Zimmerman | 12 |
Additional Voices[]
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Content | Country | |
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December 28, 2020 | Anime | Digital | 12 Episodes | United States | 
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Sentai Filmworks | 2020 | 
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Episodes 1-12 | A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 2 Discs | ||||||
References[]
External Links[]
- Chidori RSC at the Internet Movie Database
- Chidori RSC (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia