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Sarazanmai (2019-2019)

Premiere:
April 12, 2019

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 11

Finale:
June 21, 2019

Original Title:
さらざんまい

Alternate Titles:
皿三昧

Genres:
Action & Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Production Companies:
MAPPA
lapintrack

Countries:
JP

Overview from TheMovieDB

After accidentally breaking a statue of the guardian god of the Asakusa district, middle school students Kazuki, Toi and Enta are transformed into kappas -creatures from japanese folklore- by Keppi, self-proclaimed prince of the Kappa Kingdom. If they want to regain their human form, they must collect the five Dishes of Hope for him, which fulfill the wishes of whoever possesses them. To do so, they will fight against the kappa-zombies and extract their "shirikodama", the mythical organ containing humans' deepest desires. Two policemen, Reo and Mabu, are the ones behind this evil scheme, turning humans into zombies as agents of the Otter Empire, enemy of the Kappa Kingdom since ancient times. In the guise of "Kappazon, Inc.", they control society by manipulating the desires of the masses for their own goals. To succeed in their mission, the boys must be connected through the "Sarazanmai", revealing their most intimate secrets in the process...

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Production

Art Direction:
Ayaka Fujii

Assistant Art Director:
Seina Yaguchi

Assistant Director:
Maimu Matsushima

Assistant Director of Photography:
Toshihiro Fujita

CGI Director:
Toshirou Hamamura

Character Designer:
Kayoko Ishikawa

Director of Photography:
Takeo Ogiwara

Editor:
Masayuki Kurosawa

Music Producer:
Toshihiro Funahashi

Original Music Composer:
Yukari Hashimoto

Original Series Creator:
Kunihiko Ikuhara

Original Story:
Kunihiko Ikuhara

Producer:
Kenta Suzuki
Yuka Okayasu

Series Composition:
Kunihiko Ikuhara
Teruko Utsumi

Series Director:
Kunihiko Ikuhara

Sound Director:
Kunihiko Ikuhara
Haru Yamada

Supervising Animation Director:
Kayoko Ishikawa
Tomomi Kawatsuma

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