Shiny Tale

Shiny Tale is the opening theme of the anime, performed by the band Mix Speaker's, Inc. The accompanying visuals were directed by Ai Yoshimura.

Visuals
The visuals for the opening tell no narrative in particular. They comprise of a mixture of stills and clips of various characters. These begin with Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake on their separate ways to school, and finally end with them standing outside the gates of Sanada North High, along with various other members of the school.

In the ending of the final episode, the visuals are a montage of clips from various episodes, next to which the credits roll.

Lyrics
Lyrics sourced from animelyrics.com (archive), with thanks to Rei (rōmaji lyrics) and animeyay (English lyrics)


 * - indicates lines used in the TV opening.
 * - indicates lines used in the ending of Episode 12.

Characters
In order of appearance:
 * Tadakuni
 * Hidenori
 * Yoshitake
 * Motoharu
 * Karasawa
 * Student Council President
 * Vice President
 * Takurō
 * Ringo
 * Ringo's underlings
 * Boy in the Bear Costume
 * Nago
 * Mino
 * Yoshitake's older sister
 * Tadakuni's younger sister
 * Mitsuo
 * Yassan
 * School Principal
 * Class 2-A students

Credits
These credits are seen during the ED of Episode 1
 * Storyboard: Shinji Takamatsu
 * Director: Ai Yoshimura
 * Animation director: Yoshinori Yumoto
 * Key animation:
 * Ataru Nagasu
 * Yasuyuki Noda
 * Mai Ishī
 * Akira Kikuchi
 * Yukiko Ishibashi
 * Tetsuya Ishikawa
 * Takashi Maruyama
 * Tomoko Ishida
 * Second key animation:
 * Masakazu Endō
 * Aiko Ōura
 * Kana Nishijima
 * Atsumi Koganemaru
 * Kōhei Tokuoka

Trivia

 * In the first few shots of the OP, the locations are based on real-life ones near the Kami-Igusa railway station in Suginami, Tokyo (which is close to where the Sunrise Animation headquarters is located). Click the images to enlarge them.