“A tiny cockroach girl seeks friendship in Hokkaido but faces constant human threats and insecticide.”
Cockroach Girls
ごきチャ!!
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Synopsis
A tiny cockroach girl seeks friendship in Hokkaido but faces constant human threats and insecticide.
Gokicha is a small cockroach girl who has moved from Kanto to Hokkaido. She hopes the people in Hokkaido, who are less used to her kind, will become her friends. Despite her best intentions, however, she always seems to find herself on the bottom of someone's shoe or covered in insecticide. As Gokicha and her friend Chaba try to make it on the streets, it becomes apparent that the lives of cockroaches are full of peril.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
What 12 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.41 · split reception
4.7 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 4.3
↓ 3.17
Running avg · Apr 2013 → Jan 2026
- 10 “This was one of the most simple anime I've ever seen, but it's nevertheless heart warming. The story's about an anthropomorphic cockroach girl who wants to befriend humans, but gets treated as all...”
- 10 “Gokicha is trying to find her way in the world, but the world itself is against her. She politely and gently clings to hope, while food and compassion always seem out of reach. When humankind...”
- 10 “Truly the best piece of work ever created by Japan, this is the peak, and they should've stopped after this as it only goes down from here. If you say there are anime that are better than this,...”
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- Format 2 × 8′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 16m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2012 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-6114 catalog
Produced by
- Movic Producer
- Marine Entertainment Producer