This Art Club Has a Problem!

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This Art Club Has a Problem! (Japanese: ????????????!, Hepburn: Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Imigimuru. It focuses on the adventures of the members of Tsukimori Middle School's art club, where only Usami Mizuki cares about art at all. The president is always sleeping, while Uchimaki Subaru is only interested in painting his perfect 2D wife, frustrating Usami. This manga series began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Maoh magazine with the December 2012 issue. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Feel aired between July and September 2016.

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Characters

Main characters

Mizuki Usami (??? ???, Usami Mizuki): Voiced by: Ari Ozawa; Member of the Art Club who serves as the straight men of the group and probably the only one with common sense. She has feelings for Subaru, but denies it and sometimes covers it up with her tsundere acts.

Subaru Uchimaki (?? ???, Uchimaki Subaru): Voiced by: Y?suke Kobayashi; Member of the Art Club who is not interested in 3D girls and always drawing 2D girls, hoping one day he would find a perfect 2D wife, even though he could easily win any art contest if he tried.

Colette (??????, Koretto-san): Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka; A first-year and a member of the Art Club who has only been in Japan for 6-7 years. She is very curious. Her forehead is sometimes drawn as shiny.

President (??, Buch?): Voiced by: Kentar? Tone; President of the Art Club and a third-year. Despite his position, the only thing he does in the clubroom is sleep.

Maria Imari (??????, Imari Maria): Voiced by: Nao T?yama; A transfer student at Subaru's class who instantly becomes popular because of her looks. However, she suffered heavy "ch?niby?" case. She shares otaku interests with Subaru, much to Mizuki's jealousy.

Yumeko Tachibana (?? ??, Tachibana Yumeko): Voiced by: Nana Mizuki; Supervisor of the Art Club, although she knows nothing about art and is clumsy.

Others

Nonoka (???): The President's childhood friend who often comically flirts with him. She calls him "Y?-chan".

Yukio Koyama (?? ??, Koyama Yukio): Voiced by: Hirohiko Kakegawa; The art club's original supervisor and Journalism club's actual supervisor, who passed the job onto Yumeko.

Kaori Ayase (?? ???, Ayase Kaori): Voiced by: Sora Tokui; Mizuki's best friend who wears a ribbon on her head.

Sayaka Honda (?? ???, Honda Sayaka): Voiced by: Chiaki Shimogama; Mizuki's best friend who is a member of School News Club.

Ry?ko Kunigawa (?? ??, Kunigawa Ry?ko): Voiced by: Kana Marutsuka; Mizuki's best friend who wears glasses.

Moeka (??): Voiced by: Aimi Tanaka; A 4 year old girl who initially appeared as a lost child. Apparently Koyama's granddaughter.

Shizuka (??): Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu; Moeka's mother.

Magical Ribbon: Voiced by: Ayane Sakura; Subaru's favorite character.

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Media

Manga

This Art Club Has a Problem! is written and illustrated by Imigimuru. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Maoh magazine with the December 2012 issue. The first tank?bon volume was published on May 27, 2013; six volumes have been released as of June 27, 2016.

Anime

A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by Feel aired between July 7 and September 22, 2016. The opening theme is "Starting Now!" by Nana Mizuki, and the ending theme is "Koisuru Zukei (cubic futurismo)" (????? (cubic futurismo), lit. "Figures in Love (Cubic Futurismo)") by Sumire Uesaka. An insert song titled "Aozora Canvas" (???????, lit. "Sky Blue Canvas") featured in episode five is sung by Ari Ozawa, Uesaka and Mizuki. Another insert song titled "Kokoro Palette (Mizuki ver.)" (???*???? (Mizuki ver.), lit. Heart Palette (Mizuki ver.)) by Ozawa as Mizuki Usami is featured in episode 11. The series was released on six Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes between September 28, 2016 and February 22, 2017.