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 135699135,699 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #5062
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #846
Members: 304,607
Favorites: 3,231

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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 ...
Jul 28, 2024
FunnyFunny
Nothing more than a shallow, poorly executed trope. It had the potential to explore deeper themes while still maintaining a light-hearted mood like Spy x Family successfully achieved, but the lazy writing opted to resolve conflicts at the snap of a finger and brush the characters' grief under the rug.

Miri is adorable, but that is my biggest gripe with this anime. There is something off-putting about a child character that is written to be always bright and cheerful, even though she had gone through multiple traumatic events in her life. Real children, even those with a normal childhood, show some degree of problematic behaviors, ...

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