Sarazanmai
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...
Year: 2019
Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
Country: Japan, United States of America
Director:
Cast: Ayumu Murase, Koki Uchiyama, Shun Horie, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Teiko Nanahara
Crew: Kunihiko Ikuhara (Series Director), Toshirou Hamamura (CGI Director), Yukari Hashimoto (Original Music Composer), Kayoko Ishikawa (Supervising Animation Director), Maimu Matsushima (Assistant Director), Takeo Ogiwara (Director of Photography)
First Air Date: Apr 12, 2019
Last Air date: Jun 21, 2019
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 11 Episode
Runtime: 23 minutes
IMDb: 6.90/10 by 23.00 users
Popularity: 18.734
Language: Japanese
Keyword : love triangle, capitalism, lovesickness, sexuality, symbolism, modern society, male friendship, surreal, supernatural, stepbrother, secret love, love, surrealism, stepson, male homosexuality, family relationships, coming of age, teenage crush, cross dressing, zombie, teenage love, desire, gender roles, teenage sexuality, lgbt, obsessive love, lgbt teen, male bonding, cross dresser, teenage gang, genre bending, true love, masculinity, japanese folklore, unfulfillment, unfulfilled love, japanese mythology, connection, teen social issues, unhappy love, symbology, teenage dreams, gay romance, lost boys, unconditional love, gay friend, gay youth, neo-surrealism, gay theme, boys' love (bl)
Season
Season 1
Episode
I Want to Connect, but I Want to Lie
I Want to Connect, but I Want to Take
I Want to Connect, but It's Not Meant to Be
I Want to Connect, but You're So Far Away
I Want to Connect, but I Can't Be Forgiven
I Want to Connect, so I'm Not Giving Up
I Want to Connect, but I Want to Betray
I Want to Connect, but We'll Never Meet Again
I Want to Connect, but I Can't Express It
I Want to Connect, but I Can't
I Want to Connect, so Sarazanmai