“Human boy Shingo falls for half-youkai Petoko, who has uncontrollable cuteness, sticky skin, and molecular vanishing powers.”
PetoPeto-san
ぺとぺとさん
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Synopsis
Human boy Shingo falls for half-youkai Petoko, who has uncontrollable cuteness, sticky skin, and molecular vanishing powers.
After centuries of antagonism and misunderstanding, the Japanese finally welcome youkai into their community. In an attempt at species integration, normal children begin attending school with paranormal creatures who are quite humanoid. Shingo Ohashi finds himself developing feelings for Hatoko "Petoko" Fujimura, a half-youkai half-human girl whose powers are: uncontrollable cuteness to enchant those around her (similar to a low-power succubus), get stuck to any other person who touches her bare flesh (cured by her falling asleep), and the ability to disappear even at the molecular stage (which she can for the most part control). (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)
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- 7 “An accidentally clever and sensitive anime. The source material is your usual visual novel about choosing between different girls. Its setting is partly clever, partly ecchi nonsense when it comes...”
- 8 “Petopeto-san... a short and quirky 13 episode series about the racial divide that's prevalent in a society with youkai (monsters) and ningen (humans). Think Kamichu! without the god, but with the...”
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- Format 13 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 25m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2005 – Oct 2005 Summer 2005
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0576 catalog
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- Xebec Producer
- Mellow Head Producer
- Genco Producer
- Media Factory Producer
- Enterbrain Producer
- Toshiba Entertainment Producer