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Akikan!

“Juice-can-collector accidentally drinks girl, becomes caretaker of steel Akikan in bizarre can-material battle experiment.”

Akikan!

6.1
10,129 rank · 128,111 viewers · 139 favorites
Comedy Fantasy Romance Ecchi Anthropomorphic
12 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Winter 2009 · Brain's Base · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Juice-can-collector accidentally drinks girl, becomes caretaker of steel Akikan in bizarre can-material battle experiment.

Hobbies are often a great way of meeting new people, but how could Kakeru Daichi, who collects rare juice cans, have ever suspected that he'd meet a fascinating new girl when he attempted to DRINK her? Naming her Melon, because she's got great melon... soda, Kakeru quickly learns that she's an Akikan—a beautiful girl who's also a special can created to fight other Akikans in a strange experiment to determine what kind of container is better: steel or aluminum! Will becoming involved in this ridiculously twisted research project gone amuck complicate Kakeru's life incredibly? Of course it will, but because Melon's steel body needs carbon dioxide to breathe, he's now stuck with her since she's too CO2 dependent! And when his wealthy, attractive, best childhood friend Najimi gets HER own aluminum Akikan, the trouble really begins! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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5.6 /10

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50% recommend
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median 6 mode 6 σ 2.46
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σ 2.46 · split reception

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5.1 pts

Recommenders 8.1 · others 3.0

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A Tv Production · Winter 2009

Brain's Base.
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Half H.P Studio

  • Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
  • Aired Jan 2009 – Mar 2009 Winter 2009
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-3960 catalog

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