Series synopsis
Denki-gai, also known as デンキ街の本屋さん is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on October 2, 2014. It ended on December 18, 2014. It stars Tomita Takahiro, Natsumi Takamori, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Ryota Osaka.
A blush-inducing, coming-of-age comedy about manga-loving book store employees!! The unique cast of characters -- all hard-core manga fans and maniacs of some sort -- work at comic shop “Uma no Hone.” On a daily basis, they display new releases, shrink-wrap comics, shudder at their lack of feminine qualities, question their love for porn literature…and basically have fun while working hard (?). Girls and guys call each other by nicknames and some begin to develop close relationships! It’s non-st ...
Premise
A blush-inducing, coming-of-age comedy about manga-loving book store employees!! The unique cast of characters -- all hard-core manga fans and maniacs of some sort -- work at comic shop “Uma no Hone.” On a daily basis, they display new releases, shrink-wrap comics, shudder at their lack of feminine qualities, question their love for porn literature…and basically have fun while working hard (?). Girls and guys call each other by nicknames and some begin to develop close relationships! It’s non-stop humor and romance in this book store rom-com!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tomita Takahiro as Sommelier
- Natsumi Takamori as Hiotan
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kantoku
- Ryota Osaka as Umio
- Ayana Taketatsu as Fu Girl
- Mai Aizawa as Kameko
- Satomi Sato as Tsumorin
- Minami Tsuda as Sensei
Supporting cast
- Yu Kobayashi as G Men
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | October 2, 2014 | December 18, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Love & Eros For All / The Nightmare Before Carnaval The job of a book store, naturally, is to sell books. In Denki-gai, a gathering place for people who are true to themselves, even erotic literature is valued merchandise! At Umanohone, a store that sells everything from famous works to doujinshi, an "ero book lover" checks through all the erotic books at incredible speed... No, it's actually what they call an "Ero Books G-man"! Love and eros for all! There is no human who doesn't need eros! |
October 2, 2014 |
| 2 |
Is Denki-gai Burning? Denki-gai has a ton of weird events. The Umanohone staff are pumped to win the cash prize at the most infamous event, the Late-Summer Greetings Festival. Hurry up, who are you nyan-nyan-ing with, you bitches! You have no one to nyan-nyan with? Shut up, you have your 2D wives! The swimsuit episode comes early! Let's go get that prize money! |
October 9, 2014 |
| 3 |
Hio-tan, Go Home / Endless Carnival Is it the Christmas Party Episode? No! The Cosplay episode! Miniskirt Santa, a dream come true! And rather pecuilar costumes are on demand, too! But Umanohone's selling Moe-style games! |
October 16, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 2, 2014 |
| Last aired | December 18, 2014 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 22:30:00 |