Oh! Edo Rocket
Seen it?2007 | 1 seasons | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and a short run with a modest audience, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh, sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved My Adventures with Superman or Rick and Morty, start here.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 11 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-MA: meant for adults.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Oh! Edo Rocket is a stage play written for the Gekidan Shinkansen theater troupe by Kazuki Nakashima. It was adapted into an anime TV series in April 2007, directed by Seiji Mizushima and produced by Studio Madhouse. It is a comedic story often breaking the fourth wall, that involves a firework maker in medieval Edo and his efforts to build a rocket to carry an alien back to her people on the moon. The series made its North American television debut on the FUNimation Channel on November 15, 2010.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year
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- Romi ParkO-ise
- Tokuyoshi KawashimaNishinosuke Akai
- Koichi YamaderaGinjiro
- Yoko SoumiSeikichi Tamaya
- Chika FujimuraSora
- Kiyonobu SuzukiSanta
- Shinya FukumatsuRokubei
- Chie SatoRokubei's Wife
- Kinoko YamadaShinza