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Sunny

2024 · 1 season

A quiet, offbeat mystery that blends melancholy and dry humor as a grieving woman navigates a strange new companion in a foreign city.

Created by
Katie Robbins
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura
Tagline
Its first memory is meeting you.
Overview
The life of an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As consolation, she's given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband's electronics company.

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Stream in the UK
  • Apple TV
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Katie Robbins
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • isolation
  • mystery
  • technology
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour4
Realism5
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
mystery, drama, comedy
Created by
Katie Robbins
Written by
Julissa Castillo, Katie Robbins, Nancy Won, Aja Gabel
Starring
Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy, Fares Belkheir, Shin Shimizu
Music
Daniel Hart
Cinematography
Larry Smith, Ryoma Kohari
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes
Network
Apple TV
Country
Japan, United States of America
Languages
English, Japanese

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