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“In 1941 Kenya, 11-year-old Japanese boy flees war and embarks on magical adventures in the wilderness.”
Kenya Boy
少年ケニヤ
5.26
13,718 rank · 3,264 viewers · 3 favorites
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Synopsis
In 1941 Kenya, 11-year-old Japanese boy flees war and embarks on magical adventures in the wilderness.
It is the year 1941. 11-year-old Murakami Wataru lives with his family, Japanese textile traders operating in British Kenya, when war breaks out between Japan and the Allies. Fleeing into the bush, young Wataru falls headlong into a series of fantastic adventures. (Source: ANN)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
4.8
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
25%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4
mode 4
σ 1.92
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.92 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.3 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.7
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Score over time
↑ 1.75
Running avg · Mar 2017 → Jul 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Circa 2024. After watching Kenya Boy I am quite stunned. It uses some standard "boy must survive in Africa tropes" but then had a pacing that only intensifies by the minute. It is one of those...”
- 4 “There's this concept of a show that is "So Bad It's Good" - as in, it is recognized to be a terrible movie/show, but its terrible-ness is so over the top that it is actually entertaining to watch....”
- 4 “An odd film based on a manga by Yamakawa Souji, Shonen Kenya (or, "Kenya Boy"), tells the story of 11-year old Wataru Murakami, who gets separated from his father as they are travelling through...”
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A Movie Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 115′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 55m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1984 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-2115 catalog