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Washimo

2014–2016 · 3 seasons

A gentle, short-form anime about a robot grandmother that soothes a grieving child, easy to dip into and quietly comforting.

Genres
Animation
Overview
Hiyori's grandmother died. To stop her crying all day and every day, Hiyori's father built a humanoid robot called Washimo, that looks like her granny, complete with dentures. It walks faster than a snail but slower than a rhinoceros beetle; in fact, however, it can outrun a bullet train.
How it feels
Measured and easy to follow.
About
Grief, family, healing
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism3
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness2
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight4

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    animation
    Created by
    Toshifumi Kawase, Yasuhiro Imagawa
    Written by
    Kankuro Kudo, Toru Hosokawa
    Starring
    Rica Matsumoto, Aimi Tanaka, Ayaka Asai, Shigeru Ushiyama, Ai Orikasa, Toshitaka Hirano, Hiroshi Shimozaki
    Cinematography
    Masayuki Kawaguchi
    Length
    3 seasons, 78 episodes, 10 min each
    Network
    NHK
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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