Rifle Is Beautiful (anime)

Rifle Is Beautiful (ライフル・イズ・ビューティフル, Raifuru Izu Byūtifuru) is the anime based on the manga with the same title. It is about four girls attending a Shooting Club at Chidori High.

The four main cast members (Hikari Kokura, Izumi Shibusawa, Erika Meinohama, Yukio Igarashi) also formed an idol unit related to the series called Rifling 4 and perform the opening and ending songs.

Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime in North America under the title Chidori RSC.

Plot
Hikari Kokura, a first-year at Chidori High, loves rifle shooting. She entered this school because of its shooting club, but finds out that the club was disbanded due to lack of members. The teacher allows her to try to reopen the club by gathering four members. She finds three other girls she previously met at a competition and who are also first-years. The club successfully reopens and the girls begin their rifle shooting.

Characters and Voice Cast

 * Hikari Kokura (小倉ひかり Kokura Hikari) - Machico/Brittney Karbowski
 * Izumi Shibusawa (渋沢泉水 Shibusawa Izumi) - Akane Kumada/Juliet Simmons
 * Erika Meinohama (姪浜エリカ Meinohama Erika) - Saki Minami/Patricia Duran
 * Yukio Igarashi (五十嵐雪緒 Igarashi Yukio) - Anna Yamaki/Genevieve Simmons
 * Yūko Tsurumaki (鶴巻裕子 Tsurumaki Yūko) - Yukiyo Fujii/Avery Smithhart
 * Akira Shinonome (東雲あきら Shinonome Akira) - Natsumi Fujiwara/Alyssa Simmons
 * Misa Kuroi (黒井ミサ Kuroi Misa) - Reina Ueda/Maggie Flecknoe
 * Karen Sakashita (坂下花恋 Sakashita Karen) - Minami Takahashi/Christina Kelly
 * Ryōko Mochizuki (望月涼子 Mochizuki Ryōko) - Manaka Iwami/Natalie Rial
 * Rei Asakura (朝倉零 Asakura Rei) - M.A.O/Olivia Swasey
 * Marina Tsuji (辻まりな Tsuji Marina) -  Azusa Tadokoro/Melissa Molano
 * Ako Tōma (当麻あこ Tōma Ako) - Hiyori Kono/Heidi Hinkle
 * Nodoka Ogura (小倉のどか Ogura Nodoka) - Kaori Nazuka/Joanne Bonasso

Episodes

 * 1) What are Beam Rifles?
 * 2) Club is Funny
 * 3) Our Competitors are Powerful
 * 4) Our Advisor is a Beginner
 * 5) Qualifiers are Exciting
 * 6) Our Target is Nationals
 * 7) Studying is Hard
 * 8) Our Battlefield is Tsutsuga
 * 9) Hozumi is the Reigning Champ
 * 10) Hime in Crisis
 * 11) Shooting is Our Dream
 * 12) The Finals Are Beginning

Note: There is a recap episode in between Episode 7 and Episode 8, Episode 7.5. It is titled Nationals are Right Before Us.

​ Production Staff

 * Original Creator: Saimiakki
 * Director: Masanori Takahashi
 * Theme Song by:
 * Akane Kumada
 * Machico
 * Saki Minami
 * Anna Yamaki
 * Series Composition: Tatsuya Takahashi
 * Prop Design and Art Design: Jyu Ishiguchi
 * Art Director: Tatsurō Ōnishi
 * Color Design: Akiko Inoue
 * HOA: Tri-Slash
 * Graphic Art: Hirofumi Araki
 * Director of Photography: Kazumasa Someya