“Bachelor Daikichi adopts his late grandfather's illegitimate daughter Rin, learning fatherhood and family warmth.”
Bunny Drop
うさぎドロップ
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Synopsis
Bachelor Daikichi adopts his late grandfather's illegitimate daughter Rin, learning fatherhood and family warmth.
Daikichi Kawachi is a 30-year-old bachelor working a respectable job but otherwise wandering aimlessly through life. When his grandfather suddenly passes away, he returns to the family home to pay his respects. Upon arriving at the house, he meets a mysterious young girl named Rin who, to Daikichi’s astonishment, is his grandfather's illegitimate daughter! The shy and unapproachable girl is deemed an embarrassment to the family, and finds herself ostracized by her father's relatives, all of them refusing to take care of her in the wake of his death. Daikichi, angered by their coldness toward Rin, announces that he will take her in—despite the fact that he is a young, single man with no prior childcare experience. Usagi Drop is the story of Daikichi's journey through fatherhood as he raises Rin with his gentle and affectionate nature, as well as an exploration of the warmth and interdependence that are at the heart of a happy, close-knit family.
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Derived from 176 sampled reviews
What 176 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.14 · some divergence
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↓ 0.13
Running avg · Sep 2011 → Aug 2025
- 8 “Rin is adorable. It brings to light how rewarding and yet also trying and bewildering raising a kid is, and demonstrates how powerful the influence of family is. The animation isn't amazing, the...”
- 7 “The art has a nice texture and the show manages to be cute and family-friendly without being boring, though the opening and ending songs are skippable and there's little real drama beyond the...”
- 10 “It's been years after watched this anime. And once a while, its story comes back to my mind and let me think of so hard what the name of the anime. This is the beauty of Usagi Drop, telling the...”
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- Format 11 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 02m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2011 – Sep 2011 Summer 2011
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-6072 catalog
Produced by
- Dentsu Producer
- Fuji TV Producer
- TOHO Producer
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation Producer
- Sony Music Entertainment Producer
- Sakura Create Producer
- Fujipacific Music Producer
- Shodensha Producer
- Fonishia Producer
Licensed by
- NIS America, Inc. Licensor