The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
2012 1 season · 24 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

さくら荘のペットな彼女

Synopsis

さくら荘のペットな彼女

Sorata Kanda, a high school sophomore living in Sakurasou, the den of their academy's problem children, spends his days being dragged around by the strange residents, swearing he's going to escape Sakurasou one day.

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The 2011–2013 Japan Window

Among 482 Japan seriess we catalog from this window, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou places #71 — near the top of its class.

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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 The Pet Girl of Sakurasou premiered alongside 164 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 164 other Japan seriess in 2012.

The 2686th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

82
Reviews
73rd
Review-volume percentile
72nd
Popularity percentile

82 audience reviews — more than 73% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 72th percentile among Japan seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
October 9, 2012
Last Air Date
March 26, 2013
Broadcast Span
6 months
Total Episodes
24 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 10 hours

Reception Benchmarks

7.9
TMDB Rating
82
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #695 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (85th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.0 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #583 of 2,532 (top 23%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesJ.C.STAFF
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 24
Release DateOctober 9, 2012
Official Sitesakurasou.tv

Questions Answered

When did The Pet Girl of Sakurasou end?

The Pet Girl of Sakurasou finished its run with its final episode airing on March 26, 2013.

Where did The Pet Girl of Sakurasou air?

The Pet Girl of Sakurasou aired on Tokyo MX, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.