Completed
Children
CHILDREN
5.88
11,524 rank · 3,622 viewers · 6 favorites
Avant Garde
Drama
Psychological
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Based on your preference for character-driven stories with layered emotional arcs, this title's exploration of identity and belonging would deeply resonate. The pacing mirrors series you've rated highly, and its thematic depth aligns with your appreciation for nuanced storytelling...
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Synopsis
A short film by Takuya Okada set in a conformist society. (Source: IMDB)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 2.83
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.83 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 1.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Oct 2020 → Jul 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Was this an anime?! Wow... Well anyways. The Story, sound and enjoyment was good enough. The art and characters was... meh fine. The reason i liked this one is because it kinda shows us how our...”
- 7 “What Children lacks in classy anime polish it makes up for in its artistic rebellion against the fable of Japanese social hegemony. You might see parallels with Zealous Creative's "Zero" in...”
- 1 “Everything about this cookie-cutter short is on the nose, beginning with the barcode stamped on the puppet's head on the cover, along with the googly-eyes and the zipper-mouth. Entirely monotonous...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Ona Production
- Format 1 × 4′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 04m all episodes
- Aired Jun 2011 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-15056 catalog