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“Anime biography of Megumi Yokota, 13-year-old Japanese girl abducted by North Korea in 1977, whose fate remains unknown.”
Megumi
めぐみ
5.92
11,095 rank · 2,487 viewers · 1 favorites
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Synopsis
Anime biography of Megumi Yokota, 13-year-old Japanese girl abducted by North Korea in 1977, whose fate remains unknown.
An anime biography on Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 when she was 13 years old. North Korea acknowledges abducting her and at least 12 other Japanese residents during the 1970s and the 1980s, but the country has not provided any conclusive evidence on her fate and most of the others. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 4
σ 2.45
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.45 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↑ 0.00
Running avg · Jul 2013 → Apr 2018
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Not a fiction story, or even a proper "story." Megumi is one more appeal from her parents whose haven't seen her since 1977, when she was 13 years old. This short anime tells a little about Megumi,...”
- 7 “If to sort specifically, direction is bad. Close ups, delays, other director's counters are realized muffledly. Direction of this anime leaves much to be desired, but it is not because there are no...”
- 4 “So “Megumi” is an anime based on the real life event of N.Korea abducting Japanese in order to learn Japanese culture. The main character is Megumi yokota a 13 y.o girl who was kidnapped on 1977....”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Ona Production
Trans Arts.- Format 1 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 25m all episodes
- Aired Mar 2008 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-3531 catalog