Kuuchuu Buranko


Welcome to Irabu's Office

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Kuchu Buranko, Trapeze, Flying Trapeze
Japanese: 空中ブランコ
English: Welcome to Irabu's Office
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 11
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 15, 2009 to Dec 24, 2009
Premiered: Fall 2009
Broadcast: Fridays at 00:45 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Toei Animation
Source: Novel
Genres: Avant GardeAvant Garde, DramaDrama
Themes: MedicalMedical, PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 7.901 (scored by 2609726,097 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #8002
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2234
Members: 96,758
Favorites: 1,291

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Synopsis

The world of psychology is far from strange to the unusual Dr. Ichirou Irabu, a resident psychiatrist of Irabu General Hospital. He and his charming nurse Mayumi run through several patients, each suffering from a mental illness that harms their everyday life.

Patients should be wary of the seductive Mayumi, with her spellbinding looks and devilishly short pink nurse uniform. On the other hand, the doctor seems to have three separate personalities: a child with an oversized lab coat; an intelligent, youthful man with feminine traits; and a selfish, outgoing green bear. While curing his patients in questionable ways, Dr. Irabu often tries to gain something from them outside of his profession—and in doing so, occasionally forgets his role as a doctor.

As each patient struggles to face the nature of their distress, an obvious yet invisible thread ties their paths together.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Irabu, Ichirou

Main
Park, Romi
Japanese

Mayumi

Supporting
Sugimoto, Yumi
Japanese

Fukui

Supporting
Fukui, Kenji
Japanese

Ino, Seiji

Supporting
Takahashi, Hiroki
Japanese

Taguchi, Tetsuya

Supporting
Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Tsuda, Yuuta

Supporting
Irino, Miyu
Japanese

Bandou, Shinichi

Supporting
Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Yasukawa, Hiromi

Supporting
Hatano, Wataru
Japanese

Tanabe, Mitsuo

Supporting
Okiayu, Ryoutarou
Japanese

Tsuda, Hideo

Supporting
Furuya, Toru
Japanese

Staff

Nakamura, Kenji
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard
Nagasaki, Yukio
Sound Director


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Opening Theme

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"Upside Down" by Denki Groove (電気グルーヴ)
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Ending Theme

"Shangri-La (Y.Sunahara 2009 Remodel)" by Denki Groove (電気グルーヴ)




Reviews

Dec 29, 2009
Here is an anime that will turn 90% of its viewers away. Why? Because it dares to be distinctly different. For the remaining 10% who watched after the first episode, you probably know already how great this anime is. Now let's hope to switch these figures, so everyone can enjoy.

Story: 9/10
The story is of Dr. Irabu, a psychiatrist who also happens to be the vice chairman in his fathers hospital. He's an incredibly skilled doctor who welcomes many patients, and his treatment is always vitamin injections. The story revolves around the people with disorders such as OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder), and ...
Sep 21, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Kuuchuu Buranko is based on a series of short stories by Okuda Hideo. The stories have been adapted into multiple live action films, a television drama and this anime series from Toei animation. That's right, the same studio behind Dragonball, Sailor Moon, Precure, Digimon and many other anime. So, how did they do with this series? Let's delve in.

Story:

Irabu is a psychologist who works with all kinds of patients. The series basically covers eleven of his cases. What their neuroses are and how he treats them. All in a way that's supposed to be comedic.

But that's also the big flaw of the series. It's largely ...
Jul 25, 2024
I enjoyed this show, as many other people have, but most MAL users would not. The visual style is somewhat abnormal and the episodes are self-contained. Also, other reviews and synopses overstate the presence of psychiatry in the show beyond a fun setting. The show isn't really about psychiatry; it's just psychiatry-flavored. This is not a bad thing, but if you watch this show expecting something substantial in that regard, disappointment is inevitable.

This idea deserved more than just 11 episodes. My only complaint is that Irabu could've used more screen time.

Semi-spoilers:

I thought the last episode sucked. I fear that if they had made more ...

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