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“11-year-old man-child Atsushi and child-sized 17-year-old sister Atsumi navigate absurd daily misunderstandings.”
Recorder and Randsell
リコーダーとランドセル ド♪
6.62
6,937 rank · 58,084 viewers · 33 favorites
Comedy
School
Seinen
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Synopsis
11-year-old man-child Atsushi and child-sized 17-year-old sister Atsumi navigate absurd daily misunderstandings.
Atsushi Miyagawa is an 11-year-old boy with the appearance of a fully-grown man. His 17-year-old sister, Atsumi, has the stature of a child! From Atsushi being arrested numerous times as a suspected predator to Atsumi constantly grabbed like a small child more times than she can count, many things go wrong for this curious sibling duo. Atsumi's classmate is even in love with Atsushi, oblivious to his true age! Despite all this, indeed, there is not a single dull moment in the Miyagawa household.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 21 sampled reviews
7.1
/10
What 21 viewers settled on.
88%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.93
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.93 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.7 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↓ 1.86
Running avg · Jan 2012 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I love this anime Although Atsushi is only 11 years old he has a hot body. I also love how Take is one of those people who you wont see his face that kinda cracks me up. Though the one thing is...”
- 8 “wow HALARIOUS!!! this series looks promising ^^ ,as the frst episode is only out i alredy can't wait for the next one,well it didnt realy make sence untill i read the discription on MAL but...”
- 9 “AHHAHA. This anime is so hilarious. Its mainly about a boy who is 11 years old, he is super tall for his age, roughly around 180 centimeters, and his voice is SO deep as if he hit puberty. He also...”
Verbosity
Short · 62%
Medium · 33%
Long · 5%
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- Format 13 × 3′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 39m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2012 – Mar 2012 Winter 2012
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-6525 catalog
Produced by
- Takeshobo Producer
- Dream Creation Producer