Chio's School Road (ちおちゃんの通学路, Chio-chan no Tsūgakuro) is a 2018 anime series based on the manga with the same name written and illustrated by Tadataka Kawasaki. It was serialized and published in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine from April 5, 2014 to September 5, 2018, with a total of 9 volumes.
The anime series was animated by Diomedéa, directed and series composition by Takayuki Inagaki, composed by Tomotaka Ohsumi, and it premiered in Japan from July 6, 2018 to September 21, 2018, consisting of 12 episodes. It was originally scheduled to premiere in April 2018.
Crunchyroll licensed and simulcasted the series on their streaming service, while FUNimation Entertainment produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered as a SimulDub on their FunimationNow streaming service on July 25, 2018.[1][2] The Blu-ray of the series was released by Funimation on May 28, 2019.
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Cast[]
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Chio Miyamo | Naomi Ōzora | Mikaela Krantz |
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Manana Nonomura | Chiaki Omigawa | Emily Fajardo |
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Yuki Hosokawa | Kaede Hondo | Kristin Sutton |
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Momo Shinozuka | Minori Suzuki | Kristi Rothrock |
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Madoka Kushitori | Yō Taichi | Marissa Lenti |
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Gotō | Hiroki Takahashi | Robert McCollum |
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Mayuta Andō | Rikiya Koyama | Marcus D. Stimac |
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Chiharu Andō | Saya Aizawa | Alison Viktorin |
| Recurring Characters | |||
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Master | Ken Uo | R. Bruce Elliott |
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Chio’s Mother | Risa Hayamizu | Jessica Cavanagh |
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George the Cat | Chiaki Omigawa | Clifford Chapin |
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Takkun | Minami Shinoda | Felecia Angelle |
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Takkun's Mother | Yūko Minaguchi | Mallorie Rodak |
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Toshio Ushida | Nobuo Tobita | Sonny Strait |
| Narration | |||
| Narration | Shinya Takahashi | Aaron Roberts | |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Bald Man | Takashi Matsuyama | Jeremy Inman | 1 |
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Mob (Male) | Tadanori Date | ¿? | |
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Ikuto Kanemasa | ¿? | ||
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Takeru Kikuchi | ¿? | ||
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Mob (Female) | Sayaka Harada | ¿? | |
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Nanami Yamada | ¿? | ||
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Marin Mizutani | ¿? | ||
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Yuki Yagi | ¿? | ||
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Old Woman | Seiko Tamura | Marissa Lenti | |
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Chop | Rikiya Koyama | Clifford Chapin | 1, 11 |
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Businessman | Junji Majima | John Burgmeier | 1, 12 |
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Salaryman | Kensuke Tamura | ¿? | 2 |
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Female Student | Rena Maeda | ¿? | |
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Haruki | Yūsuke Ōta | Stephen Fu | 2, 12 |
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Biker Gang Members | Tadanori Date | Garret Storms Orion Pitts Tyson Rinehart |
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Kanehira Yamamoto | |||
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Shinya Takahashi | |||
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Girl | Mio Hoshitani | ¿? | |
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Biker Gang Member | Chado Horii | Phil Parsons | 3, 10 |
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Girl | Natsumi Yamada | ¿? | 3, 12 |
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Old Woman | Fumie Mori | ¿? | 4 |
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Male Student | Taito Ban | ¿? | |
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Sakaguchi Family Aunt | Kimiko Saitō | ¿? | |
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Policeman | Shinya Takahashi | ¿? | |
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Hachimaki Man | Yoku Shioya | ¿? | |
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Girl | Nana Harumura | ¿? | |
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Setoyama | Yukana Nogami | Brittney Karbowski | 4-5 |
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Girls | Ikumi Hayama | ¿? | |
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Marin Mizutani | ¿? | 4, 8 | |
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Brother | Ikuto Kanemasa | ¿? | 5 |
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Men | Nobuyuki Hiyama | ¿? | |
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Tadanori Date | ¿? | ||
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Volcano Ōta | ¿? | ||
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Kensuke Tamura | ¿? | ||
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Girl | Yuki Yagi | ¿? | 5, 8 |
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Schoolgirl | Natsuko Hara | ¿? | 6 |
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Businessman | Shinya Takahashi | J. Michael Tatum | |
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Chio Effigy | Mikaela Krantz | ||
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Girls | Morgan Berry | ||
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Katelyn Barr | |||
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Male Game Characters | Clifford Chapin | ||
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Old Man | R. Bruce Elliott | ||
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Benedito (BL Game Character) |
Takeaki Masuyama | Brandon McInnis | 7 |
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Fukayama (BL Game Character) |
Mitsuaki Hoshino | Kent Williams | |
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Male Game Character A | Shūgo Nakamura | Jeramey Kraatz | |
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Girl in the Park | Natsumi Yamada | ¿? | |
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Wi-Fi Freeloader Woman | Ako Mayama | ¿? | |
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Andō's Subordinate | Tadanori Date | Orion Pitts | 7, 9 |
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Mob (Male) | Shinya Takahashi | ¿? | 8 |
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Bald Man in Suit | Ryō Sugisaki | ¿? | |
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Yasui | Tadanori Date | Jessie James Grelle | |
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Smoking Salaryman | Ikkyū Juku | ¿? | |
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Girls | Shū Uchida | ¿? | |
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Sayaka Harada | ¿? | ||
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Momo's Homeroom Teacher | Yōko Fujita | Cynthia Cranz | |
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Businessmen | Aaron Campbell | ||
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Alejandro Saab | |||
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Brienne Olvera | |||
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Daman Mills | |||
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Female Classmates | Madeleine Morris | ||
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Lindsay Seidel | |||
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Female Students | Rachel Michelle Thompson | ||
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Natalie Hoover | |||
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Male Classmates | Alejandro Saab | ||
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Daman Mills | |||
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Brienne Olvera | |||
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Male Students | Aaron Campbell | ||
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Brienne Olvera | |||
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Aaron Campbell | |||
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Daman Mills | |||
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Men | Jeremy Inman | ||
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Alejandro Saab | |||
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Old Man | Daman Mills | ||
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Salaryman | Christopher Wehkamp | ||
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Women | Madeleine Morris | ||
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Lindsay Seidel | |||
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Delinquents | Shinya Takahashi | ¿? | 9 |
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Ikuto Kanemasa | ¿? | ||
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Masaomi (BL Game Character) |
Yūsuke Ōta | ¿? | |
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Female Students | Natsumi Yamada | ¿? | |
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Marin Mizutani | ¿? | ||
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Female Night Club Voice | Michelle Rojas | ||
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Female Server | Sara Ragsdale | ||
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Female Voice | Rachel Michelle Thompson | ||
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Girls | Meg McClain | ||
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Michelle Rojas | |||
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Male BL Game Characters | Jeramey Kraatz | ||
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Matt Shipman | |||
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Jordan Dash Cruz | |||
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Male Thugs | Daman Mills | ||
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Brienne Olvera | |||
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Matt Shipman | |||
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Jordan Dash Cruz | |||
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Daman Mills | |||
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Men | Brienne Olvera | ||
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Jordan Dash Cruz | |||
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Inoyama Shop Woman | Rika Abe | ¿? | 10 |
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Biker Gang Member | Shinya Takahashi | Shawn Gann | |
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Male Delinquent | Barry Yandell | ||
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Male Game Character | Brandon McInnis | ||
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Male Patron | Greg Ayres | ||
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Kensuke Makiyama | Shōta Ebina | Dallas Reid | 11 |
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Makiyama's Girlfriend | Rarisa Tago Takeda | ¿? | |
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Robber Alpha | Shinya Takahashi | Ian Sinclair | |
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Robber Charlie | Ikuto Kanemasa | Seth Magill | |
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Robber Delta | Tadanori Date | David Matranga | |
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Marina | Shū Uchida | ¿? | 12 |
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Fuyumi Nōjō | Ikumi Hasegawa | ¿? | |
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Social Studies Teacher | Takeharu Ōnishi | Charles Campbell | |
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The Man from Hebano Metal | Kōji Takeda | ¿? | |
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Woman | Yuki Yagi | ¿? | |
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Boys | Michelle Rojas | ||
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Dani Chambers | |||
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Meg McClain | |||
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Emi Lo | |||
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Dawn M. Bennett | |||
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Female Classmates | Natalie Hoover | ||
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Rachel Michelle Thompson | |||
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Female Crewmember | Dani Chambers | ||
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Female Shoppers | Michelle Rojas | ||
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Sara Ragsdale | |||
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Girl | Emi Lo | ||
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Male Cop | Graham Calaway | ||
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Male Director | Clifford Chapin | ||
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Male Employee | Chad Halbrook | ||
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Male Streaker | Anthony Bowling | ||
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Male Teacher | Charles Campbell | ||
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Man | Patric Carroll | ||
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Section Chief | Eric Vale |
Additional Voices[]
Multimedia[]
Trailer[]
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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July 25, 2018 - October 10, 2018 |
Anime | Digital | TV-14 | Season 1 | 12 Eps. | United States | 
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November 8, 2022 | Season 1 | 12 Eps. | |||||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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2019 | 
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The Complete Series | A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 2 Discs | ||||||
References[]
External Links[]
- Chio's School Road on the Internet Movie Database.
- Chio's School Road (anime) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.
- Chio's School Road on Behind The Voice Actors.