“Failed yakuza become transgender idols "Goku Dolls" under strict manager to appease boss.”
Back Street Girls: Gokudols
Back Street Girls -ゴクドルズ
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Synopsis
Failed yakuza become transgender idols "Goku Dolls" under strict manager to appease boss.
After failing their boss for the last time, yakuza members Kentarou, Ryou, and Kazuhiko are faced with one of two choices: have their organs harvested and sold or take a trip to Thailand for sex reassignment surgery and become pop idols. Now, after a year of excruciating training, the three thugs have been reborn as Airi, Chika, and Mari. Debuting as the amateur idol group The Goku Dolls, the three strive towards becoming top idols. However, despite the hours of feminizing brainwashing they were forced to endure, the three idols have managed to keep the yakuza spirit alive in their hearts. In order to fix this, their yakuza boss hires Mandarin Kinoshita, a legendary manager who has never had an idol group fail under his management. With their lives now on the line, the reluctant yakuza must work with their new manager to unleash their inner cuteness and become the successful idols that their tyrannical boss can truly be proud of.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 40 sampled reviews
What 40 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.43 · split reception
7.2 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 1.3
↑ 2.22
Running avg · Sep 2018 → Sep 2025
- 10 “It was the funniest anime I have ever watched and I was laughing out loud very often. I like shows with that kind of humour, like Goku Dolls and Prison School. That is also why I was surprised, to...”
- 8 “I think it was one of the best comedy anime that I've seen. I liked the story unlike many other people, three yakuza people who have to become idols for the mistake they've made. But to be honest...”
- 9 “I'm just going to say that it's the most bizarre thing I've seen on my vine so far ... and I loved it, each chapter was running out of air from laughing so hard. Imagine, one day you are a member...”
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- Format 10 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 00m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2018 – Sep 2018 Summer 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-13514 catalog
Produced by
- Toei Video Producer
- Kodansha Producer