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Saint Onii-san (2012)
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Main Title Saint Onii-san (2012) (a9456)
Official Title ja
Type OVA, 2 episodes
Year 03.12.2012 until 23.08.2013
Season Autumn 2012
Tags comedyAnime whose central struggle causes hilarious results. These stories are built upon funny characters, situations and events. A comedy anime is laced with humour and sets out to provoke laughter from the audience. Japanese humour can be a bit strange to westerners, so if you`re new to this type of humour, just bear with it; it`ll most likely grow on you if you`re a fan of other kinds of comedy., daily lifeThe antics of the protagonists do not take place in some exotic setting or time, but in everyday life. Daily Life is basically a synonym for everything normal, repetitive, and trivial happening to your average person., mangaManga is the lifeblood that drives the anime industry. Everything and its mother is based on manga. However! There are exceptions where the manga was not the basis for the anime. See also manhua and manhwa., seinenSeinen, literally "young man", is one of the main demographic classifications applied to manga, and, by extension, to anime, especially manga-based ones. As the name implies, seinen works are marketed primarily to an audience of young men; the age range commonly understood to be the target of such works goes roughly from 17 to somewhere in the 40s. - [similar]
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Rating 6.23 (872)
Average 6.80 (876)
Review Rating 8.16 (1)
Added by hidden on 2012-09-26 16:58
Edited by hidden on 2016-08-29 14:45
Main Title Saint Onii-san (2012) (a9456)
Official Title ja
Official Title bg
Official Title zh-Hans
Official Title ko
Synonym Saint Young Men (2012)

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Hoshino Gen as Buddha
Moriyama Mirai as Jesus
Suzuki Reiko as Matsuda Sachiyo

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Original Work: Nakamura Hikaru
Direction: Takao Noriko
Character Design: Asano Naoyuki
Music: Shirai Ryoumei Suzuki Kei`ichi
Work: A-1 Pictures
* Based on a manga written and illustrated by Nakamura Hikaru, serialised in Morning 2.

Jesus and Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. While they struggle to understand modern Japanese society, they must also hide their identities, which isn't all that easy when each simply oozes the religion he's founded, Christianity and Buddhism respectively.

Note: Bundled with the special edition of the eighth and ninth manga volume.

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approx. 45m

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139 (7.2%)

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recommended by 1 user - 1 for fans

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by -Blackiris- on 2013-04-02 19:33
Easy-going and entertaining OVA. Though it certainly is quite funny at times, I was glad that it didn't go overboard with the humor.

Some basic knowledge of the Christian religion (and religion history) as well as Buddhism recommended.

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Rating: 8.16
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It's literally an god tier anime.

The world is finally at peace and Jesus Christ and Buddha have gotten a vacation, and what better place to spend the holidays than on Earth? So they decide to go to Japan, where neither Christianity nor Buddhism is part of the culture.

They rent an apartment in Tokyo and live like NEETS, most of the time they interact with the owner of the apartment, an old lady who notices some "miracles" being performed around. Despite being in Japan it's curious she doesn't suspect anything, they even offer a goat to her (?). She thinks they are a punk band.

Jesus Christ has a blog of Doramas reviews and likes to listen to J-Pop, Buddha is addicted to cleaning and meditation.

Particularly I didn't like the comedy so much, it's just a few jokes with the miracles the two have already done, but it's worth watching for being short and having a unique story.
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· comedyAnime whose central struggle causes hilarious results. These stories are built upon funny characters, situations and events. A comedy anime is laced with humour and sets out to provoke laughter from the audience. Japanese humour can be a bit strange to westerners, so if you`re new to this type of humour, just bear with it; it`ll most likely grow on you if you`re a fan of other kinds of comedy. **
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· mangaManga is the lifeblood that drives the anime industry. Everything and its mother is based on manga. However! There are exceptions where the manga was not the basis for the anime. See also manhua and manhwa. weightless
· placeThe places the anime can take place in. Includes more specific places such as a country on Earth, as well as more general places such as a dystopia or a mirror world.
· · EarthThe Earth is the third planet from the Sun. It is a ball of hot mud, but on the surface it`s cold enough, so most of us live on it (or are supposed to). To its inhabitants, our planet is their home, so, as a species, we cherish it to the point many cultures even to this day deify it. The Earth is the main setting of most fiction, but many titles are set in other places, such as unrelated fantasy worlds, and in a considerable number of fictional titles the Earth is actually destroyed by invaders. ***
· · · AsiaAsia is Earth`s largest and most populous continent. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometers. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4.4 billion people. ***
· · · · JapanJapan is a sovereign island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and China in the southwest. ***
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· · presentSomewhere between past and future. ***
· seinenSeinen, literally "young man", is one of the main demographic classifications applied to manga, and, by extension, to anime, especially manga-based ones. As the name implies, seinen works are marketed primarily to an audience of young men; the age range commonly understood to be the target of such works goes roughly from 17 to somewhere in the 40s. weightless
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· · adapted into Japanese movieThis anime is a new original work, and it has been adapted into a Japanese movie. In exceedingly rare instances, a specific episode of a new original work anime can also be adapted. weightless
· daily lifeThe antics of the protagonists do not take place in some exotic setting or time, but in everyday life. Daily Life is basically a synonym for everything normal, repetitive, and trivial happening to your average person. ***
· religionReligion is a collection of belief systems, cultural systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature. ***
· · BuddhismThe anime features the religion Buddhism. **+
· · ChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. Christians believe Jesus is the son of God, God having become man and the saviour of humanity. Christians, therefore, commonly refer to Jesus as Christ or Messiah. **+
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Original Work (原作) Nakamura Hikaru 「聖☆おにいさん」講談社 モーニングKC
Direction (監督) Takao Noriko
Character Design (キャラクターデザイン) Asano Naoyuki
Music (音楽) Shirai Ryoumei
Suzuki Kei`ichi
Music Work (音楽制作) Aniplex
Sound Direction (音響監督) Nagasaki Yukio
Sound Work (音響制作) Milestone Ongaku Shuppan
Sound Effects (音響効果) Konno Yasuyuki Swara Pro (スワラ・プロ)
Editing (編集) Mishima Akinori
Art Direction (美術監督) Usui Hisayo
Layout Supervision (レイアウト監修) Uemura Jun
Colour Design (色彩設計) Nakao Fusako Wish
Photographic Direction (撮影監督) Sakuma Yuuya
Work (制作) A-1 Pictures
Production (製作) Kodansha
Script/Screenplay (脚本) Nezu Rika 1-2
Storyboard (絵コンテ) Takao Noriko 1-2
Kanbe Mamoru 2
Episode Direction (演出) Takao Noriko 1-2
Animation Direction (作画監督) Asano Naoyuki 1-2
In-Between Animation (動画) Wish 1-2
Finishing/Clean-up (ペイント) Wish 1-2
Background Art (背景) Studio Easter 1-2
Special Effects (特殊効果) Kojima Miyuki 1-2
CG Work (CG制作) Tanabe Shigeru 1
Kanbayashi Norikazu 1-2
Octigraphica 1-2
Okita Mitsuyasu 2
2D Works (2Dワークス) Kojima Miyuki 1-2
Editing Assistant (編集助手) Saitou Akari 1
Watanabe Chinami 2
Film Editing (ビデオ編集) Asai Eriko 1
Q-tec 1-2
Shirai Motoki 1-2
Maruo Emi 2
Sound Effects Assistant (音響効果助手) Nakajima Katsuhiro 1-2 Swara Pro (スワラ・プロ)
Sound Work Manager (音響制作担当) Kitajima Kouji 1-2
Recording Assistant (録音助手) 水師沙紀 1-2
Shibata Takashi 2
Recording Adjustment (録音調整) Morita Yuuichi 1-2
Recording Studio (録音スタジオ) Sound Inn Studio 1
Three S Studio 1-2
Casting (キャスティング) Isogawa Ai 1-2
Casting Assistance (キャスティング協力) Aoni Production 1-2

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Last Update Name State N Episodes HE SP Languages Source Rating Cmts
02.07.2014 Hi10 complete
2 0 ja en DVD N/A (0) 0
24.02.2014 MGT complete
2 0 ja fr DVD N/A (0) 0
19.01.2014 MiniTheatre complete N
2 0 ja en DVD N/A (0) 0
26.12.2013 C-Subs&YKS complete
2 0 ja de Blu-ray N/A (0) 0
22.11.2013 AnimeChiby complete
2 0 ja en DVD N/A (0) 0
26.10.2013 AnimeAddicts complete
2 0 ja hu DVD N/A (0) 0
09.10.2013 Dollars Fansub complete
2 0 ja pt-BR DVD N/A (1) 0
07.10.2013 DeadFish complete N
2 0 ja en DVD N/A (2) 0
05.10.2013 WhyNot complete
2 0 ja en DVD 8.35 (7) 0
14.03.2013 Commie dropped
1 0 ja en DVD N/A (1) 0
no group complete finished ongoing stalled dropped specials only all