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Kiko-chan's Smile

Kiko-chan's Smile poster
Genre
school anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, comedy anime and manga
Country
Japan

How it feels

A kindergarten student named Kiko Ninomiya shows signs of being a child prodigy but also has strange habits and an odd personality. The series follows her daily life and interactions at school and with her family.

quirkycomediclightheartedwhimsicalgentleplayfuleveryday

What happens

Kiko-chan's Smile (Japanese: きこちゃんすまいる, Hepburn: Kiko-chan Sumairu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Nunōra. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Be Love Pair, and later Be Love Parfait, from 1991 to 2001, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes; the publisher first collected its chapters in two wideban volumes. The series follows Kiko Ninomiya, a kindergarten student who has many features of a child prodigy, but at the same time displays bizarre habits and an odd personality. A 51-episode (totalling 126 segments) anime television series, produced by Eiken and animated by Magic Bus, was broadcast on TBS from 1996 to 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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