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Minami-ke

2007 · 5 seasons

A gentle, amusing peek into everyday sisterly life, full of small, warm moments and light comedy.

Created by: Masahito Otani, Masahiko Ohta
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Rina Sato, Marina Inoue, Minori Chihara

Overview: There are three of the Minami sisters: Haruka, Kana and Chiaki, who have an average life. The girls only have each other to depend on and help each other get through everything from love confessions to cooking.

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Created by: Masahito Otani, Masahiko Ohta
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Rina Sato, Marina Inoue, Minori Chihara

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: family
friendship
coming-of-age
identity
love
Places: home
school
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	2
Darkness	1
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: animation, comedy
Created by: Masahito Otani, Masahiko Ohta, Yasumi Mikamoto, Shougo Arai, Masato Kitagawa, Risako Yoshida
Written by: Rie Kojika, Kenji Sugihara, Masashi Suzuki, Takamitsu Kohno
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Cinematography: Koji Tanaka, Satoshi Fujita
Length: 5 seasons, 52 episodes, 25 min each
Network: TV Tokyo
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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