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“Tensai Bakabon returns after 18 years with a new original story set in modern times.”
Late night! The Genius Bakabon
深夜！天才バカボン
5.98
10,789 rank · 3,719 viewers · 3 favorites
Comedy
Gag Humor
Seinen
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Synopsis
Tensai Bakabon returns after 18 years with a new original story set in modern times.
The pinnacle of gag manga as well as one of Akatsuka Fujio's most renowned works, "Tensai Bakabon" returns after 18 years since its last anime with Director Hosokawa Toru's new original story! Bakabon and his family, who made the phrase "This is how it should be" famous, are back along with the eccentric cast of Mr. Policeman, Rerere no Ojisan and Eel-Dog letting loose in a much more modern setting! The new frontier of "Bakabon" that'll take place in a late-night slot is about to begin, 10 years after Akatsuka Fujio's death. (Source: Crunchyroll)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
4.7
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4
mode 1
σ 3.30
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.30 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.5 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 2.5
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Score over time
↑ 3.67
Running avg · Sep 2018 → Oct 2018
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Such an underrated show in my opinion. The fact that it has a 5 rating (which I agree with in certain terms) makes me sad, and the fact that almost no one watched it makes me sad as well. Was this...”
- 4 “I started this anime because of it's relation to Osomatsu-san anime, I think you guys can understand by what I mean here. Also, surprisingly I enjoyed it because of the various guests that I...”
- 1 “Don't base your commitment to watch the entire series on the unrepresentative first episode: If you came here expecting a spiritual successor to Osomatsu-san, you will be sorely disappointed. Both...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2018 – Sep 2018 Summer 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-13994 catalog
Produced by
- Studio Pierrot Producer
- Dentsu Producer
- TV Tokyo Music Producer
- Avex Pictures Producer
- Shogakukan Producer
- Daiichi Shokai Producer