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“A woman reminisces about her ex-boyfriend while caring for a new hamster.”
Egao
笑顔
6.42
14,342 viewers · 6 favorites
Slice of Life
Music
Kids
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Synopsis
A woman reminisces about her ex-boyfriend while caring for a new hamster.
A young woman brought a hamster back to her apartment. While watching the cuteness of the hamster was enjoyable, she suddenly recalled her boyfriend she used to have... (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
6.4
/10
What 8 viewers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 6
σ 1.32
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.32 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.5 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.63
Running avg · Apr 2008 → May 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Shhhh... And listen to the feels. The story was about a woman getting a hamster and him becoming her companion. It's not really an anime but more of a music short. The melody is calming and I...”
- 7 “Again, another short from Shinkai Makoto. First off this isn't really a proper "anime anime" really. It's actually simply a kind of music video for which the art was constructed by...”
- 8 “There is something about short anime, music video kind, that gets the best of me. I am a fan of simple, short and sweet and went you have the three combined you get the simple gems like Egao here....”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 38%
Long · 13%
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- Format 1 × 2′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 02m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2003 – ongoing
- Source Music media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-2687 catalog
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- NHK Producer