TV Series2023 · 1 season · 12 episodes · Ended

Buddy Daddies

Name: Buddy Daddies
Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime
Cast: Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Koki Uchiyama, Hina Kino, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Shizuka Itoh

Taste attributes: action & adventureanimationcomedycrimemafia/gangsterholidaysactionespionagefasttried & testedunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedall consuming questdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphsunlikely connections

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"A parenting diary of assassin buddies?!"

Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, familiar animated series: expansive and morally murky. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.6 /10

TMDB · 45 votes

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Where to watch

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Seasons

Season 1

· 2023 · 12 episodes

Episodes (12)

1PIECE OF CAKE7 Jan 2023
Frivolous Kazuki and stoic Rei take on a job at Christmas that will change their lives forever.
2THE KISS OF DEATH14 Jan 2023
The assassins' life with their new charge is no walk in the park... especially when a new job comes up!
3SPICE OF LIFE21 Jan 2023
The guys decide it's time to say goodbye to Miri as they take her back to her mother... but there'll be one last time on the playground first.
4WHAT WILL BE, WILL BE28 Jan 2023
Taking care of Miri is a full-time job, but the boys may have found their salvation: Daycare! But enrolling her won't be as easy as it looks...
5CRUNCH TIME4 Feb 2023
Despite their (eventual) daycare triumph, Miri's presence is putting a crimp on the buddies' finances. Looks like it's time to take on a few jobs...
6LOVE IS BLIND11 Feb 2023
Kazuki is determined to be a more attentive parent to Miri. But investigating a fight she got into at daycare might put him on her black list!
7AFTER RAIN COMES FAIR WEATHER18 Feb 2023
A change in season dredges up bad memories for Kazuki, who's already feeling overworked and unappreciated at home.
8NOTHING SEEK, NOTHING FIND25 Feb 2023
A trip home for Rei leads to an uncomfortable ultimatum issued by his hitman father. Meanwhile, Kazuki and Miri are preparing a surprise...
9NO SWEET WITHOUT SWEAT11 Mar 2023
When Miri's daycare holds a field day, each of the buddies work at encouraging her in their own way.
10LOST AT SEA18 Mar 2023
An unexpected encounter at the daycare leads Kazuki and Rei to seriously reconsider their guardianship of Miri.
11EVERYONE WILL BE HYPOCRITES25 Mar 2023
While adjusting to life without Miri, Kazuki and Rei find themselves facing a new challenge...
12Daughter Daddies1 Apr 2023
Miri sings at the Christmas party, while Kazuki and Rei decide to settle matters with the organization.

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Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

When two hit men take out a dangerous mobster, the last thing they expect is for him to have a four-year-old daughter - now an orphan. But when they decide to take custody of the child, their life turns upside down! Between a mission here and a shootout there, the two hired killers will have to find time to prepare nutritious meals, stimulate the child's intellectual growth, and take the little one to daycare!

Synopsis: TMDB