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Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: The World's Greatest First Love

Seen it?

2011 | 2 seasons | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Comedy

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, 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 and animation lovers. If you loved Moonlighting, start here.
The mood
Funny with heart.
The pace
2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 10 hours in all.
What might put you off
  • Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi follows three couples that are interconnected within the manga industry, with each being subject to the budding of first love.

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 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 37K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up.

  1. Season 12011 · 12 episodes
    Not rated yet
  2. Season 22011 · 12 episodes
    Not rated yet

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Cast & crew

  • Tomoaki MaenoYukina, Kou (voice)
  • Hiroshi KamiyaYanase, Yuu (voice)
  • Shinnosuke TachibanaYoshino, Chiaki (voice)
  • Yuichi NakamuraHatori, Yoshiyuki (voice)
  • Toshiyuki MorikawaIsaka, Ryuuichirou (voice)
  • Koji YusaOtoko
  • Katsuyuki KonishiTakano, Masamune (voice)
  • Takashi KondoOnodera, Ritsu (voice)
  • Kenyu HoriuchiYokozawa, Takafumi (voice)
  • Nobuhiko OkamotoKisa, Shouta (voice)