Japan Synopsis
ダンベル何キロ持てる?
Hibiki Sakura is your average high school girl, with a voracious appetite. Noticing her clothes tightening in lieu of her slowly expanding waistline she decides to look into enrolling in the nearby gym. There she runs into a girl from her grade named Souryuuin Akemi. Akemi, who has a muscle fetish tries to get Hibiki to enroll in the gym despite its high ratio of macho men. Thankfully a beautiful trainer, Machio, appears and unknowingly convinces her to enroll and start her quest to a great body.
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Animation + Comedy in Japan
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The 2018–2020 Japan Window
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? holds position #140 of 525 Japan seriess in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? premiered alongside 179 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 179 other Japan seriess in 2019.
The 3955th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).
Audience Engagement
239 audience reviews — more than 88% of Japan seriess in our index.
Review volume (88th percentile) outruns trending popularity (45th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Broadcast Timeline
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #780 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #647 of 2,532 (top 26%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Doga Kobo, Anitus Kōbe, WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio, A-Real, J.C.STAFF |
| Series Type | Scripted |
| Seasons / Episodes | 1 / 12 |
| Release Date | July 3, 2019 |
| Official Site | dumbbell-anime.jp |
Questions Answered
When did How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? end?
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? finished its run with its final episode airing on September 18, 2019.
Where did How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? air?
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? aired on AT-X, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.