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“1920s Tohoku youth Budori joins volcano scientists after disasters displace him from home.”
The Life of Budori Gusuko
グスコーブドリの伝記
6.3
8,938 rank · 7,675 viewers · 13 favorites
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Drama
Fantasy
Anthropomorphic
Kids
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Synopsis
1920s Tohoku youth Budori joins volcano scientists after disasters displace him from home.
The fairy tale follows a young man named Budori Gusuko in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Budori is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Budori joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Budori from his home. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
5.8
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 7
σ 1.64
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.64 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Mar 2013 → Nov 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Guskou Budori was not the kind of movie I expected. I thought I was going to watch "Arashi No Yoru Ni meets epic fantasy battles with cats", spiced with a decent adventure anime plot. What I got...”
- 7 “This movie wasn't exactly what I expected. In a nutshell, the movie is a slow paced slice of life film of a boy who after a tough childhood is forced to venture out into the world and find his...”
- 6 “Kenji Miyazawa is known for writing children's books and it shows here. This is basically a movie for children, only a bit more challenging. It's mostly apparent in the main character, Budori. He...”
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Short · 25%
Medium · 25%
Long · 50%
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- Format 1 × 105′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 45m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2012 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-6901 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Dentsu Producer
- Asahi Shimbun Producer
- BS11 Producer
- Visual Vision Producer
- Rironsha Producer
- Media Do Producer
- Studio Elle Producer
- BS NTV Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor