Rifle is Beautiful: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Rifle-shooting sports are competitive activities testing accuracy and precision using a rifle. In Japan, carrying firearms is prohibited, so most of the participants are members of the defense force. When the use of rifles using a light beam instead of real bullets as ammunition became common, rifle-shooting competitions became accessible to the younger population, giving way to school contests.

First-year high school student and marksmanship enthusiast Hikari Kokura has just transferred to Chidori High School. She tries to join the club of her choice, but finds out that the club no longer exists due to the low popularity of the sport. Distraught, she tries to restore the club and somehow manages to recruit three other members: her childhood friend Izumi Shibusawa, the half-Russian Erika Meinohama, and the stoic Yukio Igarashi.

This marks the beginning of the Chidori Rifle-Shooting Club, who have only one goal—to compete on the national stage!

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Series details

• Title: Rifle is Beautiful
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime
• Premiere date: 2019-10-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-01-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 43425
• IMDb ID: tt10707854
• TVDB ID: 367513

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-10-13; final listed air date 2020-01-18.

Source and licence

Adapted from Rifle is Beautiful on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.