Kobato.

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Japanese: こばと。
English: Kobato.
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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 6, 2009 to Mar 23, 2010
Premiered: Fall 2009
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 20:00 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genres: DramaDrama, RomanceRomance, SupernaturalSupernatural
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.941 (scored by 6346763,467 users)
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Ranked: #7492
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1491
Members: 173,596
Favorites: 1,573

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Synopsis

The friendly and sincere Kobato Hanato has a wish to go to a particular place no matter what. To fulfill this desire, she is tasked with helping people in their times of distress. For each mended broken heart, a small candy-like fragment is produced and fills a special bottle. Once the bottle is full, her wish will be granted.

As Kobato carries out her mission alongside her stuffed toy companion, Ioryogi, she encounters various people troubled by their different situations. From a child struggling with his parents, a high school girl troubled about romance, and everything in between, Kobato's naturally sweet smile and outgoing personality are ready to brighten their day!

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"Magic Number (マジックナンバー)" by Maaya Sakamoto
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Ending Theme

1: "Jellyfish's Confession (ジェリーフィッシュの告白)" by Megumi Nakajima (eps 1-19)
2: "Watashi ni Dekiru Koto (わたしにできること)" by Megumi Nakajima (eps 20-23)
3: "Ashita Kuru Hi (あした来る日)" by Kobato Hanato (Kana Hanazawa) (eps 24)




Reviews

May 17, 2025
An angry stuffed animal and the charming airheaded girl, Kobato, arrive on a playground through an otherworldly dimension. Their mission is for the girl to heal the hearts of others, vague as that may seem, and that she has a finite amount of time to facilitate these results. If Kobato cannot heal enough hearts by the end of 4 seasons, then her wish will not come true.

Thematically, this is a cutesy comedy-drama with supernatural elements that is adjacent to the slice-of-life genre, but the anime has a tad too much intrigue and heartstring-pulling throughout the total runtime to qualify it as a proper slice-of-life. Kobato ...
Apr 30, 2024
Mixed Feelings
This is my first Clamp series (aside from Code Geass). Yes, I'm a neophyte when it comes to this particular corner of the anime world, and regardless of what else I say, I am interested in seeing more series from Clamp, though not because of the various cameos in this series. Those were honestly a little distracting.

And I'm not entering into this one with a negative attitude towards it. Sure, it's a little saccharine, but that's kind of the point. A young woman appears suddenly in a town with a talking, fire-breathing stuffed animal with the chief goal of mending peoples' broken hearts. If that's ...
Dec 31, 2021
Expectation: Protagonist magically heals broken hearts from lots of emotional high school romances, divorces, and mild trauma in each episode that ends on happy notes. Alright, sounds like just the right blend of bittersweet but warm and empowering, I'm in.

Reality: Ditzy girl with 0 superpowers devotes the majority of her life to a failing kindergarten with predictable children. "Helps" people by forcing her way into the daily lives of neighbourhood's residents, and is rewarded when they smile.

- I was initially surprised that I hadn't heard of this anime before. The description sounded appealing for a sensitive sh*t like me, and I generally appreciate ...

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