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Saki

Saki

Alternative Titles

English: Saki
Japanese: 咲 -Saki-

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 2009 to Sep 27, 2009
Producers: Gonzo, Picture Magic
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.741 (scored by 3864 users)
Ranked: #5882
Popularity: #438
Members: 9,399
Favorites: 134
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Synopsis

Miyanaga Saki is a high school freshman who doesn’t like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year’s gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost. As a result, she’s learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she’s being dragged to her school’s mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment?
(Source: ANN and AniDB)

Related Anime

Adaptation: Saki

Characters & Voice Actors

Haramura, Nodoka
Haramura, Nodoka
Main
Koshimizu, Ami
Japanese
Koshimizu, Ami
Kataoka, Yuuki
Kataoka, Yuuki
Main
Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese
Kugimiya, Rie
Miyanaga, Saki
Miyanaga, Saki
Main
Ueda, Kana
Japanese
Ueda, Kana
Someya, Mako
Someya, Mako
Main
Shiraishi, Ryoko
Japanese
Shiraishi, Ryoko

Staff

Ono, Manabu
Director
Tsuruoka, Yota
Sound Director
Tanaka, Hiroki
Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation
Ueda, Kana
Theme Song Performance


Write a review | More reviews (9)Reviews

Oct 1, 2009
Skadi
I have to admit I went into my viewing of Saki with next to zero knowledge about the game of Mahjong, its terminology, or its rules. Besides a short wiki article and just the visual similarities to some domino games I have played before, most of it still is quite vague and mysterious. I was drawn to Saki by the cute character designs, a hint of yuri romance, and my own curiosity over the game of Mahjong.

Despite my curiosity, the idea of a 25 episode anime revolving around a table game doesn’t sound all that exciting. Most likely that is going to read more
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Sep 27, 2009
tehnominator
Moe mahjong!? Wait, this might actually just work.

Work it surely does, as Saki proves to be an unabashedly entertaining series that you can watch for either the large cast of girls or for the mahjong. Or both, if you want to have your taco and eat it too.

Saki's story is intensely simple: high school girls on their school mahjong teams go to tournaments and duke it out with one another. Primarily, we follow teenager Saki as she learns to love the world of mahjong and competition while she tries to deal with a messy home life.

What makes Saki work so well is that it read more
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Recommendations

Both are about playing games. Though saki is about being in a club and shion no Ou is about pros. The main characters in both are young females who are very good at their seperate games.
Akagi is a Mahjong anime for the more mature type.

Opening Theme

#1: "Glossy:MMM" by Miyuki Hashimoto (eps 1-14)
#2: "bloooomin'" by Little Non (ep 15-)

Ending Theme

#1: "Netsuretsu Kangei Wonderland (熱烈歓迎わんだーらんど)" by Kana Ueda, Ami Koshimizu, Rie Kugimiya, Ryoko Shiraishi and Shizuka Itou (eps 2-6, 8-9, 11-14)
#2: "Zankoku na Negai no Naka de (残酷な願いの中で)" by Kana Ueda and Ami Koshimizu (ep 7, 10)
#3: "Shikakui Uchuu de Matteru yo (四角い宇宙で待ってるよ)" by Kana Ueda, Ami Koshimizu, Rie Kugimiya, Ryoko Shiraishi and Shizuka Itou (ep 15-)

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Poll: How Many of You Actually Play Mahjong? ( 1 2 3 4 )
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11-02-09, 10:39 PM

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