Series synopsis
Negative Positive Angler, also known as ネガポジアングラー is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on AT-X on October 3, 2024. It ended on December 19, 2024. It stars Mutsuki Iwanaka, Fairouz Ai and Kaito Ishikawa.
Tsunehiro’s life isn’t easy. After a doctor gives him two years to live and debt collectors come knocking, he falls from a bridge. In the knick of time, Hana and her crew spot Tsunehiro and pull him to safety. Before returning, they anchor offshore to fish and Tsunehiro catches a huge sea bass in a bout of beginner’s luck. As his apartment building crumbles, Tsunehiro’s new life begins to unfold!
Premise
Tsunehiro’s life isn’t easy. After a doctor gives him two years to live and debt collectors come knocking, he falls from a bridge. In the knick of time, Hana and her crew spot Tsunehiro and pull him to safety. Before returning, they anchor offshore to fish and Tsunehiro catches a huge sea bass in a bout of beginner’s luck. As his apartment building crumbles, Tsunehiro’s new life begins to unfold!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Mutsuki Iwanaka as Tsunehiro Sasaki (voice)
- Fairouz Ai as Hana Ayukawa (voice)
- Kaito Ishikawa as Takaaki Tsutsujimori (voice)
Guest cast
- Rio Tsuchiya as Kozue Nichimori (voice)
- Hiroshi Tsuchida as Machida (voice)
- Masashi Sugawara as Fujishiro (voice)
- Haruka Tomatsu as Ice (voice)
- Yuya Hirose as Arua (voice)
- Mikako Komatsu as Debt Collector Boss Lady (voice)
- Daichi Hayashi as Debt Collector A (voice)
- Jun Kasama as Debt Collector B (voice)
- Tasuku Kida as Convenience Store Customer (voice)
- Yuki Otani as Student (voice)
- Yuya Murakami as Train Station Announcement (voice)
- Aya Gomazuru as Manga Café Clerk (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | October 3, 2024 | December 19, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Negative Angler College student Sasaki Tsunehiro is down in the dumps. After a life of repeated failures, he's been given two years to live. He slips and falls off a bridge as he's chased down by loan sharks. |
October 3, 2024 |
| 2 |
Fishing at the Pool Hiro returns to his apartment building only to find it being demolished. Takaaki takes him in and presses him into working at Everymart along with his friends. When his new coworkers learn he doesn't like fishing, he gets reeled into fishing again. |
October 10, 2024 |
| 3 |
Regrets When a huge bounty is put on catching a houndshark, all the anglers rush to be the first to catch it. To their surprise, they find Hiro fishing for the shark in an attempt to pay off some of his debts. |
October 17, 2024 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | AT-X |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 3, 2024 |
| Last aired | December 19, 2024 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 22:00:00 |