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ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!

2023 · 1 season

A breezy, playful gender-swap comedy that turns a slacker's second chance into gentle school-life charm.

Created by: Ayumu Uwano, Nobuyoshi Arai
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Marika Kouno, Kaori Ishihara, Hisako Kanemoto

Overview: When lazy, erotic-game loving Mahiro Oyama is transformed into a girl by his younger scientist sister's experiments, he becomes determined to change back, only to recognize that with his new opportunity, he may want to turn his life around.

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Created by: Ayumu Uwano, Nobuyoshi Arai
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Marika Kouno, Kaori Ishihara, Hisako Kanemoto

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

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

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Genres: animation, comedy
Created by: Ayumu Uwano, Nobuyoshi Arai, Yasuhiko Akiyama, Shingo Fujii, Hayato Kakita, Hironori Tanaka
Written by: Miharu Hirami, Michiko Yokote
Starring: Marika Kouno, Kaori Ishihara, Hisako Kanemoto, Minami Tsuda, Kana Yuuki, Natsumi Hioka, Hiroaki Miura, Hisayoshi Suganuma
Music: Daisuke Achiwa, Alisa Okehazama
Cinematography: Akane Fushihara
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 24 min each
Network: AT-X
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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