The Dog and the Boy
犬と少年
“Abandoned robot dog bonds with boy, stays loyal through childhood until war threatens their lifelong friendship.”
5.48
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Synopsis
Abandoned robot dog bonds with boy, stays loyal through childhood until war threatens their lifelong friendship.
An abandoned robot dog is found and befriended by a young boy. The robot dog is always by the boy's side as he grows up. But when the boy comes of age, war threatens to tear the two of them apart.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
3.0/10
What 3
viewers
settled on.
33% recommend
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 2.16 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 ptsRecommenders 6.0 · others 1.5
Yes
6.0
No
1.5
Score over time
2.00Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — The Dog and the Boy begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-23571
- Format
- 1 × 3′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 0h 03m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
- Winter 2023
- Source
- Ona
- media type
- Rated
- G
- All Ages
- Ref.
- BS-23571
- catalog