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Format
TV
Episodes
12
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Winter 2018
Aired
2018-01-06 to 2018-03-24
Source
Mixed media
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Drama
School
Otaku Culture
Studios
Pierrot
Producers
Pony Canyon
Sanrio
Pierrot Plus
Akatsuki
Licensors
Ponycan USA
Sanrio Danshi (サンリオ男子)
Kouta Hasegawa is a completely normal high school student who likes his Pompompurin stuffed animal, a Sanrio character modelled after a Golden Retriever, which his grandmother gave him when he was young. However, an incident in which other kids accused him of being girly for liking Sanrio characters made him ashamed of his attachment to Pompompurin. Through a series of unexpected events, Kouta ends up meeting others at school who also like Sanrio characters—Yuu Mizuno, a flashy boy who is popular with girls; Shunsuke Yoshino, a member of the soccer team; Ryou Nishimiya, an underclassman who is a library assistant; and Seiichirou Minamoto, the student council president. Through his new friends, Kouta learns that there is no need to be embarrassed for liking Sanrio characters; and together, they aim to create a play for the cultural festival in order to transform his normal school life into a sparkly one. [Written by MAL Rewrite]