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Ad Lib Anime Laboratory, Ad Lib Anime Kenkyuusho, Ad Lib Anime Kenkyuujo, アドリブアニメ研究所, Default, Synonym, Japanese
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Ad Lib Anime Kenkyuujo
アドリブアニメ研究所
Emiri Katou and Kaori Fukuhara, the voice actresses best known for playing the Hiiragi twins in Lucky Star, will headline Ad Lib Anime Kenkyūsho (Ad Lib Anime Laboratory), an experimental anime series which will premiere on the satellite channel BS Fuji on October 15.
Katou (as "Chief Researcher No. 001"), Fukuhara ("Chief Researcher No. 002"), and a guest star "researcher" will ad lib each weekly episode's script entirely from scratch. Animators will then take the ad-libbed dialogue and create footage based on them — instead of the castmembers voice-acting to existing scripts and footage, as most anime are made.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Katou (as "Chief Researcher No. 001"), Fukuhara ("Chief Researcher No. 002"), and a guest star "researcher" will ad lib each weekly episode's script entirely from scratch. Animators will then take the ad-libbed dialogue and create footage based on them — instead of the castmembers voice-acting to existing scripts and footage, as most anime are made.
(Source: Anime News Network)
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Jun 3, 2026, 11:02 PM
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
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| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 320 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 11,680,086 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 7,378 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 45 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 7,378 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 58.6 | May 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 4,730 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 174 | Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 17 | Mar 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 217 | May 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 256 | May 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 500 | May 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 3 | Jun 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 4.75 | Jun 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |