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Sweetness & Lightning

2016 · 1 season

A gentle, comforting watch that savors small moments of cooking and connection, quietly touching on loss without ever becoming heavy.

Created by
Katsuhiko Bizen, Tarou Iwasaki
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Family
Starring
Rina Endou, Saori Hayami, Yuichi Nakamura
Overview
Kohei is a single father and high school teacher who lives with his only daughter. A chance encounter brings him together with Kotori, one of his students. The three of them start to meet together to make meals. None of them know how to cook, but they all love delicious food!

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Katsuhiko Bizen, Tarou Iwasaki
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Family
Starring
Rina Endou, Saori Hayami, Yuichi Nakamura
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • parenthood
  • friendship
  • healing
Places
  • home
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, comedy, family
Created by
Katsuhiko Bizen, Tarou Iwasaki, Yusaku Saotome, Yasuo Tsuchiya, Keiya Saito, Toshiaki Kanbara
Written by
Mitsutaka Hirota, Yoshimi Narita, Naoto Iyoku, Keiichiro Ochi
Starring
Rina Endou, Saori Hayami, Yuichi Nakamura, Aina Suzuki, Satomi Arai, Ai Kayano, Saaya Andou, Seiya Kimura
Music
Nobuko Toda
Cinematography
Tomoyuki Shiokawa
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 24 min each
Network
TOKYO MX
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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