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“Old-fashioned samurai family comedy in modern Tokyo as son leaves for important date.”
Kennosuke-sama
剣之介さま
5.63
12,539 rank · 2,357 viewers · 1 favorites
Adventure
Comedy
Shounen
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Synopsis
Old-fashioned samurai family comedy in modern Tokyo as son leaves for important date.
A comedy about a family of old-fashioned samurai living in modern-day Tokyo whose young son has to head out for an important date. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)
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Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 6
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- 7 “A short movie based on an Akira Toriyama one-shot comic that is downright adorable. Set in a modern Japan that is still culturally stuck in Samurai times somehow, one young boy gets asked on a date...”
- 6 ““Kennosuke-sama” is a short movie based on a one-shot Akira Toriyama manga that was shown in theaters alongside a Dragon Ball Z movie and another short film in 1990. Due to its length, the movie...”
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A Ova Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 20′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 20m all episodes
- Aired Jul 1990 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-7897 catalog