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Chocolate Underground

Chocolate Underground

Alternative Titles

Japanese: チョコレート・アンダーグラウンド

Information

Type: ONA
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 12, 2008 to Aug 27, 2008
Genres: Comedy, Kids
Duration: 5 min. per episode
Rating: PG - Children
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 6.391 (scored by 3270 users)
Ranked: #48592
Popularity: #1832
Members: 6,784
Favorites: 7
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2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

action comedy

Synopsis

Chocolate and other sweets have been banned thanks to the political reign of the Good For You Party, and the new laws are enforced strictly, with force if need be. Smudger and Huntley are two teen boys determined to eat chocolate again. They search out rumored chocolate bootleggers, eventually starting their own chocolate underground distribution.

Based on the the British children's novel Bootleg by Alex Shearer.

Related Anime

Adaptation: Betsuma Special Valentine
Alternative version: Chocolate Underground the Movie

Characters & Voice Actors

Hunter, Huntley
Hunter, Huntley
Main
Toyonaga, Toshiyuki
Japanese
Toyonaga, Toshiyuki
Yang, Seok jeong
Korean
Yang, Seok jeong
Moore, Smudger
Moore, Smudger
Main
Mizusawa, Fumie
Japanese
Mizusawa, Fumie
Lee, Myeong seon
Korean
Lee, Myeong seon
Blades, John
Blades, John
Supporting
Suzuki, Tatsuhisa
Japanese
Suzuki, Tatsuhisa
Bubby, Louise
Bubby, Louise
Supporting
Takahashi, Mikako
Japanese
Takahashi, Mikako
Lee, Yong Sin
Korean
Lee, Yong Sin

Staff

Hamana, Takayuki
Director
Nishino, Kana
Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance
Goto, Takayuki
Character Design
Yoshimura, Kiyoko
Screenplay



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Nov 6, 2008
Miss-suoh
For all of you who is searching for a short anime , short duration , eerie story but fun , and enjoyable anime ; chocolate underground is what your looking for.

I really enjoyed Chocolate Underground -althought its short and not many like it - because it has an outstading , eerie story that really amazed me . In my experience in anime , I think that most animes talk about love and confessing there feelings and a typhoon of romance or a triangle of love , which I didn't see in this anime .

I'm sure not many will recommend it , but I do read more
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Apr 8, 2009
Dorcas_Aurelia
It's like Prohibition, but instead of ruthless gangsters making piles of money from illegal alcohol, a couple of high school students try to evade a government abolition of chocolate and all other sweets. Also, the police have giant robots specifically built for sniffing out and arresting chocolate enthusiasts. Yes, it's as ridiculous as it sounds.

Chocolate Underground is only made up of 13 three-minute episodes streamed on the internet, so there's only so much to say about it, although the show does cover a surprising amount of plot in the limited time it has. It's based on a satirical novel about two English boys with the read more
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Recommendations

Premise is similar, both contain oppressive laws taking away things people take for granted. Media Enhancement Act in Toshokan Sensou allows censorship of books whereas in Chocolate Underground, chocolate is banned in the country by health laws.
Both are short 5 minute episodes and adress political problems.

Opening Theme

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Ending Theme

"MAKE UP" by Nishino Kana

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