Silver Spoon (anime)

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The anime series produced by A-1 Pictures aired from July 11, 2013 to September 19, 2013. Tomohiko Ito directed the series with assistant director Kotomi Deai. Taku Kishimoto wrote the scripts, while Jun Nakai served as character designer and chief animation director, and Shusei Murai scored the music. A second season aired from January 9, 2014 to March 27, 2014.

For the first season, the opening theme is "Kiss you" by miwa, while the ending theme is "Hello Especially" by Sukima Switch. For the second season, the opening theme is "LIFE" by Fujifabric and the ending theme is "Oto no Naru Hō e" by Goose House. The anime has been licensed by Aniplex of America for streaming and home video in North America. Aniplex of America released the first season on DVD on July 15, 2014.

Season 1

No.		Image		Title		Original airdate
01				Welcome to Ezono! Ezonō e, Yōkoso (エゾノーへ、ようこ)		July 11, 2013
Yūgo Hachiken starts his high school life at Yezo Agricultural High School, far from his home in the cities. He ends up getting lost in the woods on his first day after chasing a calf out of the cattle barn. Later, once assigned into his five-man team, Hachiken struggles further with the amount of hard labor involved for the students. He gets a hard time adapting with the environment.
02				Hachiken Rides A Horse Hachiken, Uma ni Noru (八軒、馬に乗る)		July 18, 2013
Getting used to his new environment, Hachiken must enroll at one of the school clubs according to the curriculum, and encouraged by his classmate Aki Mikage, he ends up joining her at the equestrian club. However, he spends the day doing menial tasks like cleaning the stables and just when he is starting to regret his decision, he is invited to experience the joy of riding a horse for the first time.
03				Hachiken Meets Pork Bowl Hachiken, Butadon to Deau (八軒、豚丼と出会う)		July 25, 2013
With most of the students on leave at Golden Week, Hachiken, Mikage and their classmate Ichiro Komaba watch a Ban'ei horse race together, and despite the horse bred at Mikage's farm do not win, she gets some relief learning that he gets well placed enough to have a chance of not being killed for livestock. After returning to the school, Hachiken pities a piglet that is the weakest and smallest among its siblings and giving it the nickname "Pork-Bowl" decides to take care of it, just to later know that it will be sent to the slaughterhouse in three months.
04				Hachiken Makes Pizza Hachiken, Piza o Yaku (八軒、ピザを焼く)		August 1, 2013
While on cleaning duty, Hachiken stumbles on an abandoned oven and his classmates convince him to make pizza with it, as most of them never ate one before. As Hachiken and his friends gather the necessary supplies throughout the campus, a teacher from his old school in Sapporo drops at Ezo to check on him.
05		File:Episode 5.png		Hachiken Runs Away Hachiken, Dassō suru (八軒、脱走する)		August 8, 2013
The boys take heed of a certain special event to be held at night and come with a plan to slip past curfew to get a glimpse of it. Having no idea about what is it or why his classmates are so pumped up with it, Hachiken ends up dragged along in their scheme.
06		File:Episode 6.png		Hachiken Stays With the Mikages Hachiken, Mikage Ie ni Iku (八軒、御影家に行く)		August 15, 2013
Hachiken learns that the dorms will be closed for summer vacation but refusing to return home, he accepts Mikage's offer to work at her family's farm. However, once realizing that he has not warned his parents about it, he looks for a place with cellphone signal until he gets lost and is rescued by Komaba.
07		File:Episode 7.png		Hachiken Visits Giga Farm Hachiken, Giga Fāmu e (八軒、ギガファームへ)		August 22, 2013
Hachiken and Mikage take a break from work and pay a visit to Giga Farm, a huge industrial farm that belongs to their classmate Tamako Inada's family. In the occasion, Hachiken learns about the rather harsh reality of the animals living there and realizes Mikage's worries about her family's expectations for her future.
08		File:Episode 8.png		Hachiken Makes a Huge Mistake Hachiken, Dai Shittai o Enjiru (八軒、大失態を演じる)		August 29, 2013
Hachiken's older brother Shingo pays a visit at the Mikage farm to check on him, much to his young brother's chagrin. Just as his part-time job is about to finish, Hachiken's carelessness lead to a huge prejudice to the farm and willing to take responsibility for it, refuses to be paid for his work, but he is convinced by the Mikages to accept as they consider that all the help he provided them during these three weeks were worth it despite what happened.
09		File:Episode 9.png		Hachiken Hesitates Over Pork Bowl Hachiken, Butadon ni Mayou (八軒、豚丼に迷う)		September 5, 2013
Back from summer break, Hachiken learns that Pork-Bowl has not grown as much as its peers and takes extra measures to ensure that it gains weight faster, even knowing that this will make things even more painful for him when the time comes to part with it.
10		File:Episode 10.png		Hachiken Says Goodbye to Pork Bowl Hachiken, Butadon to Wakareru (八軒、豚丼と別れる)		September 12, 2013
The time has come for Pork-Bowl to be sent to the slaughterhouse and Hachiken decides to make use of the money he earned during summer vacation to buy all its meat. After the meat is delivered to him, Hachiken's friends come with several ideas about what to do with it.
11		File:Episode 11.png		Take Off Running, Hachiken Hashiridase, Hachiken (走り出せ、八軒)		September 19, 2013
The bacon Hachiken prepared with Pork-Bowl's meat becomes a fad among the students and it does not take long for it to run out. As Komaba plays in the local baseball team aiming for the nationals, his friends come to the stadium to cheer for him and Hachiken realizes that six months has passed since he enrolled in Ezo Agricultural and unlike his friends, he still has not decided what path he should take in life.

Season 2

No.		Image		Title		Original airdate
01		File:S2 Episode 1.png		Hachiken Becomes the Club Vice President Hachiken, Fuku Buchō ni Naru (八軒、副部長になる)		January 9, 2014
The seniors from the Equestrian Club appoint Hachiken as the new vice-president against his will. Troubled about it, he later witnesses Mikagi crying after having a serious conversation with Komaba and can't stop worrying about them as well, even after they tell him to forget about it.
02		File:S2 Episode 2.png		Hachiken Adopts Vice Prez Hachiken, Fuku Buchō o Hirou (八軒、副ぶちょーを拾う)		January 16, 2014
Hachiken finds an abandoned puppy during cleaning and decides to adopt it. However, taking care of his new pet is not an easy task, as he not only needs money for vaccines and registration, but has to train it.
03		File:S2 Episode 3.png		Hachiken Jumps High Hachiken, Takaku Tobu (八軒、高く跳ぶ)		January 23, 2014
The newbies from the Equestrian Club have their first jump class, but Hachiken is the only one who fails to have his horse jump an obstacle, bringing some unpleasant memories of his past to surface. Claiming that it needs more than words to have him figure out the reason why, Mikage takes him to a jumping competition.
04		File:S2 Episode 4.png		Minamikujō Appears Minamikujō, Arawaru (南九条、あらわる)		January 30, 2014
Hachiken participates in his first official jumping competition. In the occasion he and Mikage have a short meeting with Ayame Minamikujō, Mikage's childhood friend and self-proclaimed rival, and is startled when meeting his brother again by surprise.
05		File:S2 Episode 5.png		Hachiken Has His Hands Full Hachiken, Ōwarawa (八軒、大わらわ)		February 6, 2014
With the Ezo Agricultural Festival fast approaching, the Equestrian Club begins work on Ban'ei horse racing track, despite Hachiken tasking himself with way too much work. Afterwards Hachiken takes initiative and asks Mikage out on a date and his feelings for her are revealed by her friends. However, on the morning of the festival, Hachiken suddenly collapses on the race track.
06		File:S2 Episode 6.png		Mikage Gives It Her All Mikage, Funtō su (御影、奮闘す)		February 13, 2014
Hachiken wakes up at the hospital and comes face to face with his father, who wastes no time blaming the Ezo Agricultural institution for Hachiken's fatigue. Meanwhile, Mikage and the Equestrian Club work their hardest to make the festival a success and praise Hachiken for all his hard work upon his return.
07		File:S2 Episode 7.png		Komaba Stands on the Pitcher's Mound Komaba, Maundo ni Tatsu (駒場、マウンドに立つ)		February 27, 2014
The time has come for the Regional Baseball Championship and the students cheer for Ezo Agricultural's team, hoping for them to reach the National tournament, specially for Komaba who is one of the team's highlights.
08		File:S2 Episode 8.png		Hachiken Howls Hachiken, Hoeru (八軒、咆える)		March 6, 2014
Hachiken discovers that Komaba has lost not only the Championship, but the last chance for him to settle the debts of his farm and is forced to quit school and look for a job to help at home. Despite knowing that there is not anything he can do about it, Hachiken can't bear to accept the fact that Komaba was forced to give up on his ambitions before he could even get the chance to fight for them.
09		File:S2 Episode 9.png		The Last Milk Saigo no Gyūnyū (最後の牛乳)		March 13, 2014
Despite knowing that there is nothing he could do for Komaba's sake, Hachiken claims to Mikage that it is fine for them to rely on him and they pay a visit at Komaba's farm to pay their respects as all their cows are seized to pay for their debt. However, Mikage's farm is also in difficulties and when they are forced to sell all their horses, she comes with an important decision with Hachiken's support.
10		File:S2 Episode 10.png		Dream Yume (夢)		March 20, 2014
Determined to follow her dream of working with horses, Mikage is allowed to work under her uncle instead of inheriting her father's farm under the condition of making into college and Hachiken agrees to help her.
11		File:S2 Episode 11.png		Over and Over Again Nando Demo (何度でも)		March 27, 2014
Hachiken returns home to Sapporo to obtain his brother's study guides for Mikage and has a frustratingly insightful encounter with his father. Afterwards Hachiken's mother visits Ezo Agricultural to better understand the school he choose and leaves knowing that he is growing into a better person. Finally, as the winter season approaches, Hachiken and his friends begin planning their respective futures.

Characters

• Yugo Hachiken - Voiced by: Ryohei Kimura
• Aki Mikage - Voiced by: Marie Miyake
• Ichirō Komaba - Voiced by: Tooru Sakurai
• Shinnosuke Aikawa - Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki
• Tamako Inada - Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki
• Keiji Tokiwa - Voiced by: Masayuki Shoji
• Shingo Hachiken - Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi