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Nichijou - My Ordinary Life

“High school girls' absurd daily lives intertwine with a genius, robot, and talking cat in surreal comedy.”

Nichijou - My Ordinary Life

8.47
179 rank · 977,093 viewers · 25,560 favorites
Comedy Gag Humor School Shounen
26 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Spring 2011 · Kyoto Animation · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

High school girls' absurd daily lives intertwine with a genius, robot, and talking cat in surreal comedy.

Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.

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Derived from 236 sampled reviews

8.7 /10

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94% recommend
Score distribution
median 9 mode 10 σ 1.82
1510
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σ 1.82 · split reception

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The polarity gap

6.4 pts

Recommenders 9.2 · others 2.8

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↑ 1.69

Running avg · Apr 2011 → May 2025

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Production slate

A Tv Production · Spring 2011

Kyoto Animation.
in association with

Lantis · Kadokawa Shoten

  • Format 26 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 9h 58m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2011 – Sep 2011 Spring 2011
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-6074 catalog

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