Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (TV series)

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!, also known as Chū-2 for short, is a Japanese anime television series based on Torako's light novel of the same name and produced by Kyoto Animation. The first season aired in Japan from October 4 to December 19, 2012, and the second one aired from January 8 to March 26, 2014. The series was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The first episode of a second set of Lite episodes was released on December 26, 2013 and a second series of shorts called Heated Table Series: Kotatsu accompanied each Blu-ray and DVD release, released on March 19, 2014. In North America, the series is licensed by Sentai Filmworks and is streaming on its HIDIVE platform.

The series follows a high school boy, who tries to discard his embarrassing past grandiose delusions. However, he meets a girl, who has signs of chūnibyō syndrome. As their relationship progresses, they form a club called the Far East Magical Napping Society Summer Thereof, along with other female classmates, who each have their own unique delusional behaviors.

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
In December 2011, Kyoto Animation announced that the series is receiving its anime adaptation and is confirmed to run on television in the August issue of the Newtype magazine in August 2012.

The series aired in Japan between October 4 and December 19, 2012. Starting before the series' airing, a series of six original net animation shorts titled Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite were streamed weekly on YouTube between September 27 and November 1, 2012. The series was released on six Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes between December 19, 2012 and May 15, 2013, by Pony Canyon. The volumes contained bonus shorts titled Depth of Field: Ai to Nikushimi Gekijō (Depth of Field ～ 愛と憎しみ劇場). A seventh volume, containing an original video animation episode and the Lite shorts, was released on June 19, 2013. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and was streamed on The Anime Network.

The opening theme is "Sparkling Daydream" by Zaq, and the ending theme is "Inside Identity" by Black Raison d'être (Maaya Uchida, Chinatsu Akasaki, Azumi Asakura and Sumire Uesaka). There are also three insert songs: "Hajimari no Tane" (始まりの種) by Zaq in episode eight, "Kimi no Tonari ni" (君のとなりに) by Zaq in episode ten and "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" (見上げてごらん夜の星を) by Maaya Uchida in episode ten. The single for "Sparkling Daydream" was released on October 24, 2012 and the single for "Inside Identity" on November 21, 2012. For the Lite episodes, the opening theme is "Kimi e" (君へ) and the ending theme is "Shikkoku ni Odoru Haōbushi" (漆黒に躍る弧濁覇王節); both are sung by Zaq.

An animated film serving as a retelling of the series was released on September 14, 2013.

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- (2014)
A second series, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- (Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai: Ren) aired on television from January 8, 2014, to March 26, 2014, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The first episode of a second set of Lite episodes was released on December 26, 2013 and a second series of shorts called Heated Table Series: Kotatsu accompanied each BD/DVD release, starting on March 19, 2014. The opening theme is "Voice" by Zaq and the ending theme is "Van!shment Th!s World" by Black Raison d'être. The ending theme for the Lite episodes is "Shin'en ni Mau Senritsu Shanikusai" (深淵に舞う戦慄謝肉祭) by Zaq. Sentai Filmworks licensed the second season and released it in August 2015.