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“Genius erotic novelist Taketo attends a school for prodigies, aiming to become the world's greatest writer.”
R-15
あーるじゅうご
6.4
8,353 rank · 94,746 viewers · 86 favorites
Comedy
Romance
Ecchi
Harem
School
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Synopsis
Genius erotic novelist Taketo attends a school for prodigies, aiming to become the world's greatest writer.
R-15 is about a boy, Taketo Akutagawa, who attends a school for geniuses: Inspiration Academy Private High School. Taketo is a genius novelist and writes erotica. Despite negative perceptions many people have of him, he aims to be at the top of his class and be recognized as the world's greatest writer. (Source: Wikipedia)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 15 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 15 viewers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 2.02
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.02 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.7 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.5
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.67
Running avg · Jul 2011 → Jul 2014
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I hate writing long reviews, but feel for me. So you take a stroll down the path of comedy and ecchi, fanservice and laughs all around. What disappoints me now from years ago are the shameless...”
- 7 “The unique setting of a school filled with geniuses in all aspects of life stands out as the most enjoyable element, though the story could have focused more on developing this concept. The main...”
- 9 “R-15 delivers a surprisingly innovative story about an erotic writer's struggles, complemented by realistic artwork that resembles animated photographs rather than traditional hand-drawn animation....”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 47%
Long · 20%
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2011 – Sep 2011 Summer 2011
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-6273 catalog
Produced by
- Kadokawa Shoten Producer
- Kadokawa Pictures Japan Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- AMG MUSIC Producer
- Glovision Producer