| Sarazanmai | |
 Promotional art for the series | |
| さらざんまい | |
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| Created by | Kunihiko Ikuhara[a] |
| Anime television series | |
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| Music by | Yukari Hashimoto |
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| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
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| Original run | April 11, 2019 – June 20, 2019 |
| Episodes | 11 |
| Manga | |
| Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu | |
| Written by | Kunihiko Ikuhara |
| Illustrated by | Misaki Saitō |
| Published by | Gentosha |
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| Demographic | Josei |
| Original run | May 22, 2018 – March 22, 2019 |
| Volumes | 1 |
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| Illustrated by | Miggy |
| Published by | Gentosha |
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| Published | March 16, 2019 |
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Sarazanmai (Japanese: さらざんまい) is a 2019 Japanese anime television series created by Kunihiko Ikuhara and jointly produced by MAPPA and Lapin Track. The series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from April 11 to June 20, 2019 for eleven episodes, and follows three middle school students who are transformed into kappas in order to collect shirikodama, mythical balls located in the anus that contains the physical manifestation of one's desires; Ikuhara broadly developed the series as a story about yōkai (supernatural monsters) for an adult audience.
In English-language markets, Sarazanmai is syndicated by Crunchyroll, which simulcast the series during its original broadcast run; a dubbed version of the series was produced by Funimation. The series was praised by critics for the quality of its animation and its thematic richness, notably its focus on anti-capitalism and materialism, but was criticized for its compressed storytelling. Sarazanmai spawned a range of spin-off and adapted media both prior and subsequent to its release, including a serialized manga series, a manga anthology, a dramatized Twitter account, two light novels, a radio series, and a stage play.
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- ^ "Lapin Channel". Kappazon. 8 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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