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Nichijou: My Ordinary Life

★ 8.3 5K votes 2011–2011 1 season · 27 episodes Ended TV Aichi
AbsurdistSurreal, logic-bending comedy.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Vignette styleLoose, observational episodes where mood matters more than plot.This show: 8/10SlapstickBroad, physical comedy.This show: 8/10WhimsicalPlayful, fanciful and lightly magical in sensibility.This show: 8/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Shizuka FuruyaHiromi KonnoMariko HondaJad SaxtonMinoru ShiraishiMai Aizawa
Written by
Keiichi Arawi
Starring
Shizuka FuruyaHiromi KonnoMariko HondaJad SaxtonMinoru ShiraishiMai Aizawa
Written by
Keiichi Arawi
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
075150225300

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About

"Everyday life animated like a fever dream"

Nichijou follows a handful of Japanese high schoolers, including a girl secretly hiding that her friend is a robot built by a child prodigy professor, through their supposedly ordinary days. In practice nothing about it is ordinary: mundane errands explode into absurdist, hyper-animated set pieces with deadpan narration and manic sound design. It's less a story than a rapid-fire sketch show, jumping between characters and gags with almost no plot glue. The pace is exhausting in the best way, propped up by gorgeous, elastic animation and comic timing sharp enough to make silence funny.

Watch it for

the relentlessly inventive animation that turns trivial moments into full-blown comedic spectacle.

Maybe skip if

you need a coherent plot or dislike rapid-fire, plotless sketch-style comedy.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12011
8.05K2710h 48m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶0Nichijou: Nichijou no 0 Wa6.8
18224 min
▶1Episode #1.17.5
25624 min
▶2Episode #1.27.7
21524 min
▶3Episode #1.37.7
20324 min
▶4Episode #1.47.8
19324 min
▶5Episode #1.58.2
20624 min
▶6Episode #1.68.6
21524 min
▶7Episode #1.77.7
16724 min
▶8Episode #1.87.4
16424 min
▶9Episode #1.97.7
16124 min
▶10Episode #1.108.0
15524 min
▶11Episode #1.117.6
15524 min
▶12Episode #1.127.6
15024 min
▶13Episode #1.138.5
17024 min
▶14Episode #1.148.8
16624 min
▶15Episode #1.158.0
15124 min
▶16Episode #1.169.1
19624 min
▶17Episode #1.178.2
15224 min
▶18Episode #1.187.9
14124 min
▶19Episode #1.198.3
15024 min
▶20Episode #1.208.0
14624 min
▶21Episode #1.217.8
14024 min
▶22Episode #1.228.4
15424 min
▶23Episode #1.238.1
13824 min
▶24Episode #1.247.8
13824 min
▶25Episode #1.259.1
19524 min
▶26Episode #1.268.8
16924 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Shizuka Furuya Nano Shinonome
Hiromi Konno Hakase
Mariko Honda Yûko Aioi
Jad Saxton Hakase
Minoru Shiraishi Sakamoto-san, Oguri Cap
Mai Aizawa Mio Naganohara
Yûko Minaguchi Kotoba Oneesan
Misuzu Togashi Mai Minakami
Hiroshi Karasuda Chiyoda, Male Student, Shinigami
Mami Kosuge Sakurai-sensei, Kimiko

Crew

Keiichi Arawi

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