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Junjo Romantica

2008–2015 · 3 seasons

A swoony, angsty romance that swings between comic bickering and tender confessions, easy to sink into episode by episode.

Created by
Shungiku Nakamura
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Hikaru Hanada, Takahiro Sakurai, Nobutoshi Canna
Overview
Three couples, three intense romances: a student’s tutor crosses the line, a loner meets a force of nature, and a carefree man faces love he can’t ignore.

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Stream in the UK
  • Crunchyroll
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Shungiku Nakamura
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Hikaru Hanada, Takahiro Sakurai, Nobutoshi Canna
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • obsession
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism6
Romance9
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, comedy, drama
Created by
Shungiku Nakamura
Starring
Hikaru Hanada, Takahiro Sakurai, Nobutoshi Canna, Kentaro Ito, Daisuke Kishio, Kazuhiko Inoue, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kisho Taniyama
Cinematography
Junko Sakai
Length
3 seasons, 36 episodes, 24 min each
Network
TOKYO MX, Sun TV, AT-X, tvk, Chiba TV, Teletama, BS11, TVQ
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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