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Synonyms: Eto Tamashii

Japanese: えとたま（干支魂）

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 9, 2015 to Jun 25, 2015

Premiered: Spring 2015

Broadcast: Thursdays at 23:00 (JST)

Producers: Pony Canyon, Tablier Communications

Licensors: Ponycan USA

Studios: Shirogumi, Encourage Films

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Theme: Gag Humor

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.81¹ (scored by 28,309 users)

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Ranked: #5438²

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Popularity: #2380

Members: 80,387

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Both shows have a mostly female cast. The stories are driven by comedy, although Etotama has more of a plot than Sabagebu. Neither anime takes itself very seriously, as most of the events are random, ridiculous, or nonsensical. Both shows also have action: in Sabagebu, airsoft guns are used, whereas Etotama is more of a chibi Super Smash Bros. kind of thing. 

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Even though both anime look very different, they have many similarities. Both anime are about the zodiac and have 12 characters which are based on the zodiac (in etotama they are all female, in juuni taisen they are mixed male/female). 

In both anime the main character has to fight the other zodiacs in order to have her wish granted (the MC of etotama is actually outside the zodiac and her wish is to join it) and thus have plenty of action. The main difference is that juuni taisen is much darker while etotama is less serious. 

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Both are currently airing anime (in spring 2015 season) with really cute characters designs; the main heroines of both anime are cat-like girls with nekomimi and adorable fangs who try to achieve something: be part of a successful rock-band in "Show by Rock" and join the Chinese zodiac in "Etotama".

Both anime contain battles, and in these battles the character designs change into chibi-style, with CG animation. 

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Same concept with the Chinese Zodiac signs + the cat humanized, but the protagonist is a male and the Zodiac animals are all females. Etotama is more comedy focused though and has 3D chibi sequences which might be disliked by some viewers. Both shows are focused on the cat and the rat.  

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