Sweetness & Lightning
2016 1 season · 12 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

Sweetness & Lightning

甘々と稲妻

Synopsis

甘々と稲妻

Kouhei Inuzuka is a teacher who has been caring for his little daughter on his own since his wife's death. He's no good at cooking, so he and his daughter Tsumugi have been eating packaged meals from the convenience store. A series of events lead him one evening to a restaurant run by the mother of one of his students, Kotori. Her mother isn't there, but Kotori does her best to feed them both. It turns out Kotori is often alone since her parents are divorced and her mother is frequently not around. The three of them begin to meet and cook tasty food together.

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Animation + Family in Japan

177 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sweetness & Lightning itself).

The 2015–2017 Japan Window

Sweetness & Lightning holds position #259 of 588 Japan seriess in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #3

    My Hero Academia

    ★ 8.7 · 2016
  4. KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!
    #4

    KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  5. Mob Psycho 100
    #5

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    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  6. Yuri!!! on Ice
    #6

    Yuri!!! on Ice

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  7. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #7

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
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    #8

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    ★ 8.6 · 2015

The 2010s Japan Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Sweetness & Lightning. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan seriess in 2016.

The 3367th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Audience Engagement

34
Reviews
54th
Review-volume percentile
57th
Popularity percentile

34 audience reviews — more than 54% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 57th percentile among Japan seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
July 5, 2016
Last Air Date
September 20, 2016
Broadcast Span
3 months
Total Episodes
12 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 4.8 hours

Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
34
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,801 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,297 of 2,532 (top 51%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesTMS Entertainment
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 12
Release DateJuly 5, 2016
Official Sitewww.amaama.jp

Questions Answered

When did Sweetness & Lightning end?

Sweetness & Lightning finished its run with its final episode airing on September 20, 2016.

Where did Sweetness & Lightning air?

Sweetness & Lightning aired on Tokyo MX, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.