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Sarazanmai
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Score

7.3 / 10

Status

Finished Airing

Episodes

11

Studio

MAPPA

Official Streams

CrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video

Sarazanmai

Also known as さらざんまい

TVSpring 2019Source OriginalPG-13 - Teens 13 or older
ComedyDramaFantasyPsychologicalSupernaturalAvant Garde

7.3/10

Community score

#2320

Rank

143.4K

Members

1.4K

Favorites

Synopsis

The stage is Asakusa. One day, three 2nd-year middle school students — Kazuki Yasaka, Tooi Kuji, and Enta Jinnai — meet a mysterious kappa-like creature named Keppi, who forcibly takes their shirikodama (a mythical organ kappa steal through a person's anus) and transforms the boys into kappa.

Keppi informs them, "If you wish to return to your former selves, you must connect in 'that way' and bring me the shirikodama of zombies." Will the three boys be able to connect as they steal shirikodama from zombies?! Meanwhile, two policemen — Reo Niiboshi and Mabu Akutsu — are up to something at the police box where they are stationed.

(Source: Official Website)

Cast Highlights

Jinnai, Enta

Jinnai, Enta

Main

Voice: Horie, Shun (Japanese)

Kuji, Tooi

Kuji, Tooi

Main

Voice: Uchiyama, Kouki (Japanese)

Yasaka, Kazuki

Yasaka, Kazuki

Main

Voice: Murase, Ayumu (Japanese)

Akutsu, Mabu

Akutsu, Mabu

Supporting

Voice: Hosoya, Yoshimasa (Japanese)

Azuma, Sara

Azuma, Sara

Supporting

Voice: Nanahara, Teiko (Japanese)

Circle-Kero Clerk

Circle-Kero Clerk

Supporting

Voice: Ikuhara, Kunihiko (Japanese)

Enta's Grandmother

Enta's Grandmother

Supporting

Voice: Saitou, Kimiko (Japanese)

Hakoda, Osamaru

Hakoda, Osamaru

Supporting

Voice: Katou, Ryou (Japanese)

Core Staff

Cook, Justin

Cook, Justin

Producer

Ootsuka, Manabu

Ootsuka, Manabu

Producer

Suzuki, Kenta

Suzuki, Kenta

Producer

Watanabe, Masakazu

Watanabe, Masakazu

Producer

Herek, Samantha

Herek, Samantha

Assistant Producer

Ikuhara, Kunihiko

Ikuhara, Kunihiko

Director, Sound Director, Script, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics, Series Composition

Theme Songs

Openings

"Massara (まっさら)" by KANA-BOON (eps 1-10)

Endings

1: "Stand by me (スタンドバイミー)" by the peggies (eps 1-10)

2: "Massara (まっさら)" by KANA-BOON (eps 11)

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Recent Episodes

Episode 1

I Want to Connect, but I Want to Lie

4.2/5
Aired 4/12/2019

Episode 2

I Want to Connect, but I Want to Take

4.39/5
Aired 4/19/2019

Episode 3

I Want to Connect, but It's Not Meant to Be

4.43/5
Aired 4/26/2019

Episode 4

I Want to Connect, but You're So Far Away

4.56/5
Aired 5/3/2019

Episode 5

I Want to Connect, but I Can't Be Forgiven

4.68/5
Aired 5/10/2019

Episode 6

I Want to Connect, so I'm Not Giving up

4.71/5
Aired 5/17/2019

Episode 7

I Want to Connect, but I Want to Betray

4.58/5
Aired 5/24/2019

Episode 8

I Want to Connect, but We'll Never Meet Again

4.58/5
Aired 5/31/2019
Full episode listing

Quick Facts

FormatTV
Episodes11
Duration22 min per ep
SourceOriginal
RatingPG-13 - Teens 13 or older
SeasonSpring 2019
AiredApr 12, 2019 to Jun 21, 2019
StatusFinished Airing
Recommended
Monetizing Content

Ranking And Reach

Popularity#1846
Scored by51.3K
BroadcastFridays at 00:55 (JST)
ApprovedYes

Title Variants

English title

Sarazanmai

Romaji title

Sarazanmai

Japanese title

さらざんまい

Synonyms

Unknown

Production Team

Main studio

MAPPA

Producers

Aniplex, Dentsu, Movic, Fuji TV, Gentosha Comics

Licensors

Funimation

Japanese title

さらざんまい

Themes And Audience

AnthropomorphicMythology