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“Kaiji spin-off: Tonegawa creates deadly games to entertain bored Teiai president Hyoudou, featuring workplace comedy.”
Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues
中間管理録トネガワ
7.18
3,737 rank · 45,365 viewers · 124 favorites
Comedy
Drama
Adult Cast
Parody
Psychological
Workplace
Seinen
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Synopsis
Kaiji spin-off: Tonegawa creates deadly games to entertain bored Teiai president Hyoudou, featuring workplace comedy.
Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa is a spin-off of the Kaiji series, which follows Tonegawa, the right hand man of Kazutaka Hyoudou, the president of the Teiai Corporation and owner of numerous gambling tournaments. After Hyoudou is getting bored with his life, he orders Tonegawa to organize a so called "game of death" as it is his and his subordinate's job to keep the president in a good mood. Tonegawa must cooperate with his subordinates in order to make the president happy and what follows is a humorous story of his interactions with his subordinates and other characters of the Kaiji series. (Source: MAL News)
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Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 6 viewers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.03
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.03 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 0.17
Running avg · Dec 2018 → Aug 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Aaaaaah the refreshing feeling of watching something good and original!! That's what I felt watching Tonegawa's anime. Despite one or two disposable episodes towards the end, the series as a whole...”
- 10 “Tonegawa, the title and the man alike, is an near perfect execution but can not exist in a vacuum. Without Kaiji, the show and the man alike, Tonegawa would still be an enjoyable show and character...”
- 8 “Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa is a parody done right. It succeeds where many don't, keeps us continuously engaged with fresh humour and day-to-day lives of TEAI member lives and most importantly...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 17%
Long · 33%
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- Format 24 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2018 – Dec 2018 Summer 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-13781 catalog
Produced by
- VAP Producer
- Half H.P Studio Producer
- Nippon Television Network Producer
- Nippon Television Music Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor