“Eighth-grader Miyu is left with Kanata when an alien baby crash-lands, calling them Mom and Dad.”
UFO Baby
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Synopsis
Eighth-grader Miyu is left with Kanata when an alien baby crash-lands, calling them Mom and Dad.
Miyu is an 8th grade girl, whose parents have been hired by NASA. They take off to America leaving Miyu with Mr. Saionji. Later, Mr. Saionji decides to go on a 1 year long trip to India leaving Miyu alone with his son, Kanata. More complications rise when an Alien baby and his babysitter pet crashes/lands in their house. To make things worse, alien baby starts calling Miyu and Kanata Mom and Dad, also showing ESP power and floating around. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
What 8 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.20 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Sep 2008 → May 2025
- 9 “There are a various reasons to why i love this anime. One, it displays the love of parents for their child with a mix of sci fi or outer space thingz (lol idk) and then it has the teenage love...”
- 8 “The series is really amazing and the animation is great. One thing about it is that it's animated in traditional cel animation rather than digital ink and paint. While anime studios back in the...”
- 8 “Daa!Daa!Daa! nails the slice-of-life-meets-sci-fi-fantasy high-school combo, delivering a fun, light watch packed with comedy and just a hint of romance that anyone can enjoy. While the romance is...”
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- Format 78 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 32h 30m all episodes
- Aired Mar 2000 – Feb 2002 Spring 2000
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-0210 catalog
Produced by
- NHK Producer
- Sogo Vision Producer
- NHK Enterprises Producer