Kouta Hasegawa is a completely normal high school student who likes his Pompompurin stuffed animal, a Sanrio character modelled after a Golden Retriever, which his grandmother gave him when he was young. However, an incident in which other kids accused him of being girly for liking Sanrio characters made him ashamed of his attachment to Pompompurin.
Through a series of unexpected events, Kouta ends up meeting others at school who also like Sanrio characters—Yuu Mizuno, a flashy boy who is popular with girls; Shunsuke Yoshino, a member of the soccer team; Ryou Nishimiya, an underclassman who is a library assistant; and Seiichirou Minamoto, the student council president.
Through his new friends, Kouta learns that there is no need to be embarrassed for liking Sanrio characters; and together, they aim to create a play for the cultural festival in order to transform his normal school life into a sparkly one.
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momo9
Sanrio Danshi is a pretty relaxing show with some conflict that each character eventually goes through. There is a lot of promoting of Sanrio merch and Puroland, but that's expected from an anime about Sanrio. Despite that, it had a nice message throughout the series: liking things that other people might think is not acceptable for your age is ok. I find that kind of relatable myself when I know people who think anime is for kids only, but fortunately I've found friends my age or older who appreciate anime. All the characters were quite different but they all loved a different Sanriocharacters. The story overall is a pretty simple typical school show involving boys with similar interests hanging out, so it didn't leave a big impression compared to other school shows. If you want a show that's relaxing with a bit of conflict in each episode, try this show out.
Nid_Vicious
Since it’s pretty clear that this Anime shows a lot of Sanrio stuff etc., I want to focus on everything else. This review might contain very minor spoilers. So, I watch a lot of darker or more serious stuff, so I try to balance it out by watching comedic or downright silly stuff. A lot of people wrote that this show was lighthearted, so I thought OK, why not. The subject matter of the first episode was not that lighthearted, to be honest - I was actually touched because I’m a bit sentimental that way. The first episode left me thinking 'well that's not lighthearted at all'. Itstarts out pretty serious with a sob story about the protagonist and how his weird complexes destroyed his childhood memories. The next backstory of another character (whose relationship with his sister has a weird, incest-y vibe) is also ‚sad‘ (you know, their shameful hobbies aka. Sanrio gave them hard times, I guess).
While it seems ridiculous, one could still at least kind of relate to the fact that there are certain things that are expected from you when you grow up, and that you’re supposed to leave childish things behind. Staying true to yourself is not an easy task, and the first 2 or 3 episodes kind of conveyed this feeling, which made me think that this show might not be as silly as it sounded.
Anyways, it all quickly goes downhill from there.
As it happens with a lot of 12 episode anime, conflicts are resolved within the episode, except for the main protagonists struggle. He can’t seem to stop being a selfish and whiny bitch about his life, even though everyone around him is constantly trying to reassure him…of himself, I guess…? Even the friends he dumped in the beginning as soon as he found his new group of friends.
The rest of the show is a typical high school anime that has a typical message (being: friendship is important) I’m not saying that these kind of stories can’t be enjoyable to watch or whatever, but it just…wasn’t. It was cringe. Towards the end, I just had to force myself to continue watching it (I barely ever quit anything I watch)
One thing that stood out in a kind of positive way was the soundtrack (the score, not the OP etc.) Weirdly enough, mediocre or even bad shows often have pretty decent music.
That’s it. In the end, it’s a pretty forgettable anime with forgettable characters (except for the Sanrio characters, obviously).
Squidlici0us
.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。 TL;DR: This is a decent anime about 5 boys sharing a similar interest in Sanrio products (such as Hello Kitty, Purin Dog, My Melody, and etc) and their personal issues around liking a non-masculine/feminine subject. If you like something cute and average, you'll like this. .:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。 Even though it isn't bringing much to the table animation wise, the overall arc of all the main boys is very well done and relatable on a personal level, especially liking things and being bullied for it by family or society in general. Heartwarming scenes aside, the anime doesn't stand out alot. Really should've had it's own style since it wasrelated to sanrio like having pastel backgrounds or having solid colors for the characters while the backgrounds are decorated. SOMETHING to make it stand out. Because the subject of the series is really good!
Soundtrack is decent and the voice acting was done well, especially during dramatic moments!
But I'd give this a 7 only for the subject matter being handled so well.
Fircoal
Sanrio Danshi is something that at times can touch closely to my heart. I have a lot of experience with liking something that doesn't fit with what society expects of them. Sanrio Danshi uses this as the principal conflict that drives many of the early episodes. And personally, I think it nails it. There are struggles that the characters go through that reminds me of my own experience. One of the tough issues with being different from society's expectations is dealing with that difference, a lot of times one will hide it because of the pushback they received. Sanrio Danshi is adept at being ableto show all of the different emotions and experiences that can come from this difference and liking something that is different from what one would expect. Many different ways of dealing with it, from hiding, denial, and owning it are all explored with the different reactions of the characters and how each of them acts. It reminded me a lot of my own life and some of the struggles I had with coming to terms with who I was and what I liked.
Added to that each of the characters goes through a central conflict in the show and has their own time devoted to them. While I couldn't relate to this as heavily as the former part this was still well done. Each character's issue felt believable and the different experiences that they were able to showcase believable issues that people can have in these humorous years. That said while each conflict was believable the show did have a bad habit of becoming too melodramatic with the events and sometimes going too far in how it displayed what it was showing.
Sanrio Danshi is fairly what you see is what you get. It has its strong moments, and it deals with those conflicts well but that is the center of the story. The characters are decently written but are more written with those conflicts in mind rather than as a whole. While they do have good chemistry together and do make a unit quite well I felt a lot of the non-plot based episodes were weaker in comparison. Furthermore, Pierrot has never been one to have good animation and that does still apply here. While it's not distractingly bad like with some of their other works, it still leaves a bit more to be desired. Same with the OST. Some of the same tracks are repeated too often for the same conflicts. While they may have worked at first hearing the same minimalistic track for the same expression over and over again does limit the power of it. And while Sanrio Danshi had good writing and while the conflicts were believable and relatable, the production of them was not the best and thusly they didn't have the rich power they could have.
Stilll despite production issues, it's a good show. The characters are likeable. The situations are relatable, and overall it tells a good story of friendship and bonding based off of a unique trait. So if you want to see some of that, this is a good show to give a try.
wept
10/10 slideshow. I really like animes centered around guys, cute stuff, and I really like sanrio; so when I found about this show when it came out I decided to give it a try. I watched half the anime but lost interest since the conflict was pretty tedious and not at all interesting. I came to revisit it and I still am not that interested or invested into the story. Too much time is spent with them just standing with music in the background to fill in runtime at the middle portion of episodes, would probably be more enjoyable as a manga, the characters don't reallyflow that well; their friendship doesn't really seem like a good dynamic early on. Though the episodes and dynamic do get better near the end, Personally I think the conflicts early on weren't paced right. To be honest the sanrio involvement waters down the anime, probably could've done more with it. It feels like if you watched any other generic school life anime then you've probably already experienced everything you could from this.
The art is pretty generic, a good portion of the sanrio bits are actual photos and or 3d, what's even more annoying is most of the sanrio is just a panning camera, or the characters drawn in it. The characters don't really blend and interact well with the environment, it feels like they were hamfisted into it. The sanrio just feels like it's there, and or there to advertise. I feel it's lacking any creativity with the implementation of sanrio. There isn't much detail or much perspective oriented scenes, usually replaced with a box with a character interaction which makes it feel disconnected. There are even more photos outside the sanrio portions, though they just blur it.
The sound is just there, nothing really stands out.
In conclusion, watch something else. Strong 4 to a light 5.
NomiMiraj
Started: 1/7/18 Finished: 3/25/18 Hey babies! So sorry for the delay...my life these past few months have been a complete mess, BUT I am in the process of getting back on my feet, financially, emotionally and spiritually. Sanrio Danshi or Sanrio Boys was very dear to me because I’ve a HUGE hello kitty fan. I remember the first time I fell in love with Hello Kitty...It was the year 2000 and I was in the Spring semester of my kindergarten year and I was on the bus to go home. I was wearing long, dark brown crochet braids my mom did herself and they were blowing inmy face aggravating me. Suddenly, there was a nice older kid about seven or eight years old who leaned over my seat and offered me a scrunchy...but it wasn’t an ordinary scrunchy, it was a blue scrunchy with a cute white cat dressed as a ballerina attached to it that I would later that day learn as Hello Kitty. The same day, my mom took my brother and I to McDonald’s and I was delighted to get a Hello Kitty toy!
Sanrio Boys is a cute show about high school boys who learn to embrace Sanrio characters despite what society says about it. I felt like this show would be a great example of the “Boy Joy” movement, because it’s 2018 and we should all let go of gender stereotypes. I wasn’t completely let down with this show, because it was a pleasure to watch.
Story: I liked the plot, it was a cute one...but I do wish the writing focused more on the social aspect of boys liking “cutsey” things a little bit more, however, I’m guessing that the topic is still a controversial one and producers didn’t want to get involved with, but I still believe their platform would have benefited the movement. There were comedic as well as heartfelt moments, this show had a good balance.
Art: The artwork was great, easy on the eyes. The artists involved in this project did an amazing job with the characters and the scenery. I felt that the subtle visual of each boys beloved Sanrio mascot in their clothing and personal belongings was a cool, non-obnoxious way to show which boy liked what character. Each boy was drawn beautifully, and the Sanrio stores and products looked awesome!
Sound: I wasn’t too crazy about the opening theme, but it didn’t suck. The ending theme was adorable, I enjoyed listening to it. The voice acting was good, and I’m hoping that the US English dub is just as good.
Enjoyment: I’ll be perfectly honest, this show was nothing like i expected it to be. As I previously mentioned, I was hoping that this show would touch more on the topics of “boy joy” and “toxic masculinity” and be a bit more fun, but it didn’t. However, after each episode, I was patiently waiting for the next to be released. Watching this show didn’t make me fiend for it, but I did enjoy all twelve episodes and I felt that the ending was super cute.
Overall: This show is a solid 8. It shows boys (sort of ) standing up against the naysayers who think it’s “gross” for high school boys to like cutesy things. Each boy decided to live their lives the way they want while supporting each other along the way. Also, this show kind of brought Hello Kitty and Co. back into society’s eye in a world full of Pusheen and Grumpy
Cat (I hate those two). I recommend this show to anyone who likes Sanrio or cute boys! Thanks for reading my review! Keep an eye out on my next one: BTOOOM!.
cakefluff
When I saw that there'll be an anime that contains pretty boys and Sanrio, I was HYPED. I grew up with Sanrio characters, mostly Hello Kitty and Cinnamoroll, so I was looking forward to what this anime will offer. -Story- Sanrio Dashi may have been an informercial for Sanrio products, but that doesn't mean it can't be an enjoyable anime. I appreciate the message they gave in the first half of the anime. I can relate and understand each character's struggles when it comes to having unusual interests. While the anime did have a nice message around the first half, the anime kinda fell flat around thesecond half with the 'I want to sparkle' plot. I understand with what they're going for, but it wasn't executed properly and some episodes felt blah. Another issue I had is how most of the drama was executed. The first couple of episodes' drama were decent, but things got more melodramatic as the anime progressed. Especially the episode with the blonde.
-Art-
It's alright. Some character designs were decent, some don't stand out and pretty forgettable. The animation could have been better though. Some scenes were pretty awkward when they weren't fully animated.
-Sound-
I have no complaints. The upbeat OP and ED matches the anime pretty well. Kinda forgettable for me, but I don't think it's all that bad.
-Characters-
[May Contain Spoilers] Okay these characters may be either hit or miss, or just plain forgettable to others. While I did enjoy the cast, honestly, the only character that stood out to me and loved was Yuu. Seiichirou and Shunsuke were okay and liked them. Ryou really irritated me when introduced in the anime with his sour attitude and awful behavior. But he sort of grew on me around the end, and don't dislike him as much as I did. Kouta, the mc, ended up being a character I grew to dislike. Or at least not like as much as I did before.. I thought it was cruel with the way he treated his old friends, ignoring them or not really hanging out with them anymore. It was played for laughs when Kouta was ignoring one of his friends, but got old real fast and I ended up feeling sorry for them. Another thing was around Episode 11, when Kouta pushed Yuu, causing him to fall and have a cut on his cheek, which was bleeding too. I understand that Kouta was having self doubts, trying to fight his inner demons, but you cannot do that to your friends... He didn't even apologize... I really wanted to like Kouta, he's not even a bad guy, but I ended up not liking him as much as I did around the beginning.
Overall, I still enjoyed this anime despite the second half being blah and a few issues with the characters. It's kind of hard to recommend this anime, but this show does have its strong points, it just could've been much better. If you're thinking of watching this anime, then give it a try.
KoroSenseiLaugh
This is my first ever review :3 Sanrio Danshi is not a bad anime but it is not a great anime either. What makes it good is how it dwells with the main characters feelings about not fitting in and how he feels about not kira kira ing like the others. It talks about embracing what we like no matter what others may think. Each personal story is good but the animations take a lot from it being great. The depictions of the Sanrio characters are very kawaii and it jump started a new addiction towards Sanrio (I guess it achieved what it wanted,to boys to like sanrio even more.) It made me think about many moments I suffered for hiding something I like, but now I am prouder than ever of my favorite things.
Story 5: It's good but it could have been more developed and not as dramatic at times, saying this, it does what it intends and that is promoting Sanrio and Puroland (which I did not know the existence of and now want to go to it.)
Art 6: The art is kawaii and the characters are hot when they want to be, but it could be better and not stay static at times or be more human and have more reactions toward the enviroment etc.
Sound 7: The intro and ending are fun and the music in the episodes made me laugh, because of this I consider it to be good.
Character 6: The characters were relatable and fun to meet and know about, if there is a second season I would love to see new Sanrio boys with their different Sanrio characters and personalities (Begging for a Gudetama one.)
Enjoyment 8: Besides all the problems, I did enjoy this anime because you don' t have to expect much from it, just enjoy it and kill time with it.
Sanrio Danshi is an anime to watch when you wanna have a few laughs and get distracted, it super kawaii at times and at others it stresses you, but it's worth a watch.
acedandy
This is a fine anime. That's about it. It's really lighthearted and fun, focusing on selling cute toys using cute boys. The characters are all cute, they all fit the common archetypes and play them well enough. This story isn't trying to do anything amazing or break barriers, its what I would call a background anime, something to only spend haft of your attention. I t can get a bit cringy when the show tries to add in serious moments. The biggest thing that I liked though, was that even though it's an anime to sell toys it doesn't force it down your throat, itsnaturally introduced and isnt there is an actual story instead of just being a long commercial.
Overall, its an ok anime and something to watch for a bit of mindless fun.
Snowysknows
There have been many amazing Animes featuring some kind of boy group like Idolish7, Ouran Host club, Free and many others and they all have very unique characters who could either be relatable, likeable or both but this Anime... Although me myself am a huge fan of Sanrio, this anime would not be a representation of why. Story: 7 I can see that this Anime was trying to tell it's audience that you could like whatever you like, if people think it's masculine or feminine, too cute or gross just like whatever you like, love whatever you love and don't let those around you change who you are.Well they try and tell this message in a very vague way.
The story itself is okay, not exactly very exciting but I do believe they could've done better, if it weren't for all the advertising. This anime is almost just like the Emoji Movie, it's story cannot move forward without all the advertisement and marketing shown.
Art: 7
Not the most unique style, but not the worst style i've seen, It's pretty cute though designs for characters doesn't seem too unique, and there would be times where for the backgrounds they would use real life pictures and simply animate or draw the characters over them.
Sound: 7
It's OP and ED are okay, not the type of music I'd repeat for hours and hours but it's not they very annoying type.
Character: 6
These characters are Vague, they try and make them seem relatable but they aren't. They make them likeable and perhaps that had an affect with some people but for me it didn't.
Enjoyment: 6
Slice of life stories each episode except they try and give out some kind of message and yet you can't relate, there are times when they act as if the Sanrio character they love are literal Gods/Godesses (and I am not exagerating there are scenes in which they literally call those characters that.) And the reason to why they each love these characters are so so vague.
Overall: 6
If you want an anime with a group of boys finding themselves through friendship I suggest other anime like Idolish7, Ouran host club or Free, Not just that but they are able to bring out a message through each of it's characters and they are all either Likeable, relatable or both.
However if your okay with a vague story like this then go right ahead my friend.
nerdbunnyarchive
The power of friendship helps you realize that it isn't gay to like Sanrio as a man. Listen, I'm not trying to trash the "friendship is magic" or "all you need is some friends" kind of shows. But the execution here was so painful and cringe it's worse than half the brainrot I see on TikTok. I felt so bored that I almost dropped it. Almost. But I stayed, hoping the characters would stop preaching self-acceptance and actually grow a little. Maybe even let me down a bit. It felt oddly performative, like it was written by someone who had never actually met teenage boys before.Now, maybe if we had a show "Labubu Boys"....
mochinyanya
Sanrio Danshi (Mai Ando, 2016). Sanrio sponsored anime Sanrio Danshi is a brief slice of life anime detailing the friendship of five high school boys, while also acting as advertising and public relations for Sanrio's products, which range from Hello Kitty-Cinnamoroll to Pomupomupurin. Hasegawa Kouta's (the young, dramatically naïve type) relationship with his late grandmother and Pomupomupurin acts as the underlying narrative thread from which sprout the varying considerations of friendship. Stylistically, it appears as good as any other high school slice of life though the face animations suffer slightly in more complex angles and the background is, as with smaller animations, lacking detail. The diegesisof Sanrio Danshi is intentionally small; there is little to explore outside the school, camp, Sanrio Puroland, and the homes of the characters. Despite its dubious origins, Sanrio Danshi is a light hearted, and greatly unrealistic, anime about the possibility of those with uncommon interests finding a collective that fulfills a desire for relatedness.
Hasegawa Kouta is an ordinary high school fellow, but the rest of the Sanrio boys are not: Seiichiro is both archery club and student council president, Mizuno Yuu is the stock popular figure, Shunsuke is the soccer team's star player, and Nishimiya Ryo is the stock androgynous near-loli figure. There's more than enough fanservice in this anime: it'll sell well. However, it is this particular aspect (the unlikely nature of the new friendship of the slightly stock-natured characters) and the unnaturally rapid road to a ridiculously strong bond that makes it more than a little unrealistic. Nevertheless, I found Shunsuke enjoyable to watch: the oddity of his prudent nature often made it near-impossible to suspend disbelief regarding his love for Kitty-san. It is the exercise of willfully suspending disbelief and forcefully assimilating dissonant factors that makes anime like this enjoyable.
CurryxSake
For what it's worth, Sanrio Boys is a decently forgettable Sanrio advertisement. The story itself is basic with the attractive main cast liking certain Sanrio characters and developing a friendship. It's not much, but at times it feels heartwarming to know that friendship comes from all kinds of places, especially through Sanrio. While the show primarily focused on the characters' bond, there were some reverse harem elements where a character would break the fourth wall and say some one-liner to tug my heartstrings. It puts me off and it just feels like they were talking to air. Speaking of which, the characters are fine I guess.I don't hate them nor love them. They are just what I would expect in a reverse harem situation if a heroine were to appear. The main character had some self esteem issues but there were moments when I thought he was being so petty and it's a little annoying. Other than that, I have nothing much to say.
The artwork is cute (as expected for a Sanrio ad), and the animation is fine if not remarkable. I couldn't remember the OST, but I don't think I hate it.
Sanrio Boys is an okay anime ad with an okay premise with okay characters and cute Sanrio toys. Since it's essentially an ad, I didn't expect much but as a story it's pretty forgettable. I don't think it's bad to watch. You'll have a fun time, and after it's done you just forget about it.
moon_mist
This is like a very long but cute informercial for Sanrio. That said, I appreciated the character development and wanting more. The premise is simple and direct and alot of teenagers, boys and girls can relate to - the importance of friendships. I like that they weave in the Sanrio characters into the story line, and there are tons of cute moments. I'm not a My Melody fan, but I LOVE Yuu. Artwork is done well, I can appreciate the experience. Would love to see more of it, especially at the very end they introduced 2 more characters thatthere's no time to develop. Look forward to more.
AnshulGoyal
The character design could have been more better. Some minor details could have been corrected. After getting new friends our character Kouta Hasegawa completely ignored his old friends that was definitely not good according to theme of this show. The theme of the show was good though. The background characters had their own charm and were completely mixing well with the show. Overall the show was good. I do recommend watching it. Love for cute things among boys is uncommon but cute things are cute however you look at them, so I really liked the idea behind this show. All the 5 boys excluding Kouta Hasegawa stand out in their own wayand the presence and absence of Kouta Hasegawa wouldn't have made any difference in the show. But some spicyness is needed and Kouta is tailor made to add this spice in the show.
