Chobits
Seen it?2002 | 1 seasons | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
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 animation lovers. If you loved Moonlighting, start here.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 10 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14: slapstick violence. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Tokyo is abuzz with persocoms – humanoid computers that are virtually perfect. The socially and technologically inept Hideki is dying to get his hands on one. When he finds Chii abandoned in the trash, she’s cuter than any current model he’s ever seen before. But when he gets her home and turns her on, she has no data and only a single learning program installed. While Hideki puts his whole heart into teaching Chii the ins and outs of humanity, a mystery unfolds as a dark secret within her awakens.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
8.0 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a modest audience; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 120K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Tomokazu SugitaHideki Motosuwa (voice)
- Rie TanakaChii (voice)
- Tomokazu SekiHiromu Shinbo (voice)
- Motoko KumaiSumomo (voice)
- Houko KuwashimaMinoru Kokubunji (voice)
- Fumiko OrikasaYuzuki (voice)
- Kikuko InoueChitose Hibiya (voice)
- Megumi ToyoguchiYumi Oomura (voice)