Sarazanmai (2019)

Original title

さらざんまい

Genre

LGBT-related television series, fantasy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 11 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three middle school boys are turned into kappas and must collect magical orbs from people's bodies. They confront their own desires and connections while dealing with fantastical creatures and a mysterious police officer.

quirkyabsurdistsurrealemotionalfast-pacedwhimsicalchaoticmetaphorical

What happens

Sarazanmai (Japanese: さらざんまい) is a Japanese anime television series jointly produced by MAPPA and Lapin Track. The series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from April 11 to June 20, 2019, for eleven episodes, and follows three middle school students who are transformed into kappas in order to collect shirikodama, mythical balls located in the anus that contains the physical manifestation of one's desires; Ikuhara broadly developed the series as a story about yōkai (supernatural monsters) for an adult audience. In English-language markets, Sarazanmai is syndicated by Crunchyroll, which simulcast the series during its original broadcast run; a dubbed version of the series was produced by Funimation. The series was praised by critics for the quality of its animation and its thematic richness, notably its focus on anti-capitalism and materialism, but was criticized for its compressed storytelling. Sarazanmai spawned a range of spin-off and adapted media both prior and subsequent to its release, including a serialized manga series, a manga anthology, a dramatized Twitter account, two light novels, a radio series, and a stage play. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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