Chobits
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 9/10Near-future techTechnology one step ahead of today, and what it costs us.This show: 7/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 7/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Rie TanakaSarah HauserTomokazu SugitaMotoko KumaiCrispin FreemanTomokazu Seki
Starring
Rie TanakaSarah HauserTomokazu SugitaMotoko KumaiCrispin FreemanTomokazu Seki
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About
"A sweetly melancholy meditation on loneliness and artificial love"
A broke student named Hideki moves to the city and finds an abandoned Persocom, a humanoid computer, in the trash. He names her Chi, and as she slowly learns to speak and feel, he's pulled into a mystery about her origins while navigating an office-of-oddballs cast of neighbors and classmates. The tone swings between gentle slapstick comedy and surprisingly melancholy questions about loneliness, consent, and what makes someone a person rather than a tool. It's slower and softer than typical action anime, carried mostly by its earnest emotional core.
Watch it for
the tender, surprisingly thoughtful exploration of what makes a companion feel human.
Maybe skip if
you want fast plotting or find the fanservice-adjacent comedy off-putting.
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Season 12002
7.71K2711h 12m
After failing the university entrance exam, Hideki Motosuwa decides to attend a tutoring course in Tokyo. He also looks for a part-time job to earn a little money. In this city, he discovers the “Persocoms”, personal computers in human form. One evening, the young man discovers an abandoned Persocom in a pile of garbage that looks like a beautiful girl. Fascinated, he decides to take it home with him and activates it. This Persocom only repeats the same gestures and can only say “Chii”. Hideki calls her that and gradually teaches her to speak. But maybe Chii is no ordinary computer? Maybe she is a Chobit, a persocom with a power beyond imagination?
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Chii mezameru | 7.5 | 84 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Chî dekakeru | 7.4 | 62 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Chî oboeru | 7.4 | 61 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Chî otsukai | 7.9 | 62 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Chî mitsukeru | 7.9 | 60 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Chî yowaru | 7.5 | 56 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Chî hataraku | 7.5 | 56 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Chî tomadou | 7.7 | 56 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Chî kau | 7.6 | 57 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Chî deau | 7.5 | 54 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Chî tashikameru | 7.2 | 54 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Chî asobu | 7.4 | 52 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Chî umi iku | 7.5 | 51 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Chî motenasu | 7.8 | 53 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Chî nanimo shinai | 7.8 | 53 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Chî makanau | 7.9 | 52 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | Chî tetsudau | 7.6 | 51 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | Chî inaku naru | 7.6 | 51 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Chî matsu | 8.2 | 55 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | Chî motomeru | 7.8 | 51 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | Chî kotaeru | 8.0 | 53 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | Chî kite nugu | 7.6 | 52 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Chî kimeru | 7.8 | 50 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | Chî dake no hito | 8.2 | 56 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | Shinbo and Sumomo Chat | 7.6 | 36 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | Minoru and Yuzuki Chat | 7.6 | 37 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 27 | Hibiya and Kotoko Chat | 7.6 | 38 | 24 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Rie Tanaka Chii, Chî
Sarah Hauser Sumomo
Tomokazu Sugita Hideki Motosuwa, Hideki Motosu
Motoko Kumai Sumomo
Crispin Freeman Hideki Motosuwa
Tomokazu Seki Hiromu Shinbo, Shinbo Hiromu, Hideki Motosu
Kikuko Inoue Chitose Hibiya, Chisato Hibiya
Karen Strassman Yuzuki, Clerk #1
Noriko Kawashima Minoru Kokubunji
Fumiko Orikasa Yuzuki
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