The Wallflower
Seen it?2006 | 1 seasons | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy 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.
- The mood
- Provocative satire that goes after everyone, emotional (bring tissues).
- 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).
It's a gorgeous, spacious mansion, and four handsome, fifteen-year-old friends are allowed to live in it for free! There's only one condition—that within three years the guys must transform the owner's wallflower niece into a lady befitting the palace in which they all live! How hard can it be? Enter Sunako Nakahara, the agoraphobic, horror-movie-loving, pockmark-faced, frizzy-haired, fashion-illiterate recluse who tends to break into explosive nosebleeds whenever she sees anyone attractive. This project is going to take more than our four heroes ever expected: it needs a miracle!
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 impactBelow par
About 44K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
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Cast & crew
Created by Tomoko Hayakawa
- Showtaro MorikuboKyohei Takano (voice)
- Hirofumi NojimaRanmaru Morii (voice)
- Yukiko TakaguchiSunako Nakahara (voice)
- Yuuya YamauchiYukinojoh Tohyama (voice)
- Tomokazu SugitaTakenaga Oda (voice)
- Mai NakaharaNoi Kasahara (voice)
- Yuka KomatsuMine Nakahara (voice)
- Norihisa MoriHiroshi (voice)
- Nina KumagayaYvonne (voice)
- Hiromi KonnoLaseine (voice)