TV series

The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

2012–2013 · 1 season

A gentle, funny, sometimes tender look at oddball dorm life and creative ambition that leaves you fond of its messy characters.

Created by: Kaoru Suzuki, Hideki Hosokawa
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Starring: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ai Kayano, Mari Nakatsu

Overview: Sorata Kanda, a high school sophomore living in Sakurasou, the den of their academy's problem children, spends his days being dragged around by the strange residents, swearing he's going to escape Sakurasou one day.

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Created by: Kaoru Suzuki, Hideki Hosokawa
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Starring: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ai Kayano, Mari Nakatsu

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
found family
art
friendship
love
Places: school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: animation, comedy, drama
Created by: Kaoru Suzuki, Hideki Hosokawa, Akihisa Shibata, Atsuko Ishizuka, Takashi Ikehata, Katsushi Sakurabi
Written by: Jukki Hanada, Fumihiko Shimo, Michiko Itou
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Music: Yuzo Hayashi
Cinematography: Yuki Kawashita
Length: 1 seasons, 24 episodes, 25 min each
Network: TOKYO MX
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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