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Nerd: DragonSlayer666

2017–2019 · 3 seasons

A light, wry slice-of-life comedy about chasing a dream while everyone else rolls their eyes.

Created by
Aleksi Delikouras
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Samuel Kujala, Eino Manner, Raouf Saadi
Overview
Nineteen year old high-schooler has one dream: to become a professional esport player. However, there are many obstacles in the way of his dream, like nagging mother, niggling principal, and getting kicked out of the team.

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Created by
Aleksi Delikouras
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Samuel Kujala, Eino Manner, Raouf Saadi
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Created by
Aleksi Delikouras
Written by
Aleksi Delikouras
Starring
Samuel Kujala, Eino Manner, Raouf Saadi, Cedric Ingram, Linnea Leino, Juuso Timonen, Jessica Öystilä, Tuomas Paalanen
Music
Simo Pitkänen
Length
3 seasons, 24 episodes, 15 min each
Network
Yle Areena
Country
Finland
Languages
English, Finnish

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