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List of Ef episodes

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ6569822 ↗
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This is a list of episodes of the two Japanese anime television series adaptations of the two-part adult visual novel series Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. by the Japanese software company Minori. The first anime adapts the whole first game Ef: The First Tale., and the first half of the second game Ef: The Latter Tale.. The second anime adapts the second half of the second game.

The first anime adaptation entitled Ef: A Tale of Memories. is directed by Shin Ōnuma who volunteered for the job when it was offered, and is produced by the Japanese animation studio Shaft. Katsuhiko Takayama wrote the series composition, Tenmon and Eiichiro Yanagi composed the series' music, and Nobuhiro Sugiyama (Shaft) designed the characters for animation and acted as chief animation director. Akiyuki Shinbo supervised the series. Half of the series was outsourced outside of Shaft: episodes 3 and 8 to Trans Arts; and episodes 4, 6, 9, and 11 to Studio Pastoral. The story follows three protagonists and their interactions with the girls they meet and gradually fall in love with.

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