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Sanrio Boys

“Shy teen overcomes shame for loving Sanrio, forms friends, and plans sparkly cultural-festival play.”

Sanrio Boys

6.71
6,337 rank · 67,674 viewers · 310 favorites
Slice of Life Otaku Culture School
12 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Winter 2018 · Studio Pierrot · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Shy teen overcomes shame for loving Sanrio, forms friends, and plans sparkly cultural-festival play.

Kouta Hasegawa is a completely normal high school student who likes his Pompompurin stuffed animal, a Sanrio character modelled after a Golden Retriever, which his grandmother gave him when he was young. However, an incident in which other kids accused him of being girly for liking Sanrio characters made him ashamed of his attachment to Pompompurin. Through a series of unexpected events, Kouta ends up meeting others at school who also like Sanrio characters—Yuu Mizuno, a flashy boy who is popular with girls; Shunsuke Yoshino, a member of the soccer team; Ryou Nishimiya, an underclassman who is a library assistant; and Seiichirou Minamoto, the student council president. Through his new friends, Kouta learns that there is no need to be embarrassed for liking Sanrio characters; and together, they aim to create a play for the cultural festival in order to transform his normal school life into a sparkly one.

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Derived from 19 sampled reviews

6.4 /10

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80% recommend
Score distribution
median 7 mode 7 σ 1.39
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The polarity gap

3.1 pts

Recommenders 7.1 · others 4.0

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↓ 1.58

Running avg · Jan 2018 → Jul 2025

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Production slate

A Tv Production · Winter 2018

Studio Pierrot.
in association with

Pony Canyon · Sanrio

  • Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
  • Aired Jan 2018 – Mar 2018 Winter 2018
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-12258 catalog

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