Buddy Daddies

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: Buddy Daddies


Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 7, 2023 to Apr 1, 2023
Premiered: Winter 2023
Broadcast: Saturdays at 00:00 (JST)
Licensors: Crunchyroll
Studios: P.A. Works
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, ComedyComedy
Themes: ChildcareChildcare, Organized CrimeOrganized Crime
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.111 (scored by 134070134,070 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #5022
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #853
Members: 301,619
Favorites: 3,202

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Synopsis

On Christmas Eve, four-year-old Miri Unasaka arrives in Tokyo completely alone, in search of her father. The bright lights and merry atmosphere guide Miri to a big hotel and a man with a delicious-looking cake. However, the child has just unknowingly walked into the center of an elaborate, foolproof plan for assassinating a dangerous mafia boss.

Professional assassins Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa live together, fleeing memories of their grim childhoods and avoiding emotional connections. When their mission goes awry and they end up bringing Miri home, there is only one reasonable thing to do: return Miri to her mother. But the girl's innocent laugh and pure worldview quickly enamor her to Kazuki, who secretly enjoys playing a parent, and it is not long before Rei's impenetrable heart makes room for Miri.

Miri's every move is unpredictable, and Kazuki and Rei find raising an energetic child harder than any of their missions. Although it presents a great risk to their careers, Kazuki and Rei—both assuming the affectionate nickname "papa"—decide to provide Miri with a normal childhood despite all the odds stacked against them.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Buddy Daddies was released on Blu-ray and DVD in six volumes from March 22, 2023, to August 23, 2023.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Hashimoto, Masahide
Producer
Higashi, Mao
Assistant Producer


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"SHOCK!" by Ayase
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Ending Theme

"SHOCK!" by Ayase (eps ep 1)
"My Plan" by DURDN (eps eps 2-)

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Reviews

Mar 31, 2023
In a P.A. Works' board meeting:
Producers: Hey, did you know that there is this popular show called Spy X Family making waves recently? It's the story of a family of spies raising an orphan child. I bet we can make an imitation of that!
Mitsuhito Tsuji and Toba Yosuke: Not to worry, if that is your primary concern, we got you covered. For we have a story to tell of the same, but different!

P.A. Works has for almost its lifetime as the designated "original anime" studio, produced some hit-or-miss shows of the last few years, that watch any one of them, you'll know that it's unmistakably ...
Apr 4, 2023
Mixed Feelings
Well-writtenWell-written
“Wholesome”, “spoiler-free” (vague) review for those with short attention span:

Buddy Daddies has great emotional beats and some good character dynamics. There are also a few things that it delivers quite well given its non-traditional family setting and its more grounded approach to child raising. However, the series also drastically fails to fully commit to its setup and often reverts to convenient plotlines for emotional impact. Restricted to only 12 episodes to show its full take on the recently popular crime-childcare genre, it still managed to somehow stick the landing but also ended with a lot of missed potential. Perhaps, it could be so ...
Apr 10, 2023
This show is like if Spy x Family cut out everything interesting in the plot.

The fact that this show got tagged as 'Action' is equivalent to if Death Note got tagged 'Slice of Life' because Light talks to his family sometimes. This show is purely a slice of life anime with a complication that the two Dad's are assassins. The hook of the show was supposed to be the balancing act of cool action assassin and the facade of a happy family raising an unknowing daughter.

Instead it is a show about a whiny ass little kid that is unbearable and is constantly crying and ...

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