Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions is a Japanese anime television series based on Torako's light novel of the same name and produced by Kyoto Animation.^[1] It follows a group of high school students with signs of chūnibyō syndrome running a club.

The series aired in Japan from October 4 to December 19, 2012.^[2] A short series of original net animation, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite, were streamed on YouTube between September 27 and November 1, 2012.^[3][4] Pony Canyon released the series on six Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes between December 19, 2012 and May 15, 2013.^[5][6] The volumes contained bonus shorts titled Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater.^[7] A seventh volume with the original video animation episode and the Lite shorts, were released on June 19, 2013.^[4] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series. It was streamed on the Anime Network.^[8][9] The opening theme is "Sparkling Daydream" by Zaq, and the ending theme is "Inside Identity" by Black Raison d'être. The series has three insert songs, including "Hajimari no Tane" (始まりの種, The Seed of Start) and "Kimi no Tonari ni" (君のとなりに, Next to You) by Zaq, and "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" (見上げてごらん夜の星を, Look Up at the Stars in the Night) by Maaya Uchida. The single for "Sparkling Daydream" was released on October 24, 2012 and "Inside Identity" on November 21, 2012.^[10] For the Lite episodes, the opening theme "Kimi e" (君へ, To You) and the ending theme "Shikkoku ni Odoru Haōbushi" (漆黒に躍る弧濁覇王節, The Melody of Conqueror Dancing in Jet Black), are sung by Zaq.^[11] An animated film with a retelling story was released on September 14, 2013.^[12]

The second season of the series, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-, aired from January 8 to March 26, 2014.^[13] It was simulcast by Crunchyroll.^[14][15] The first episode for the second set of Lite episodes was released on December 26, 2013,^[16] and the second series of shorts called Heated Table Series: Kotatsu accompanied on Blu-ray and DVD were released 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, A Hair-Raising Carnival Dancing in the Abyss) by Zaq. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in August 2015.^[17]