Sarazanmai

About Sarazanmai

After accidentally breaking a statue of the guardian god of the Asakusa district, middle school students Kazuki, Toi and Enta are transformed into kappas -creatures from japanese folklore- by Keppi, self-proclaimed prince of the Kappa Kingdom. If they want to regain their human form, they must collect the five Dishes of Hope for him, which fulfill the wishes of whoever possesses them.

Sarazanmai is an action-adventure, animation, and comedy series made for Fuji TV and AT-X. Ayumu Murase stars as Kazuki Yasaka, Koki Uchiyama as Toi Kuji, Shun Horie as Enta Jinnai, and Mamoru Miyano as Reo Niiboshi.

It ran for one season of 11 episodes between April 2019 and June 2019.

Shelv files it under cross dressing, zombie, surreal, and surrealism. In the United States it streams on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel. It carries a TV-14 rating.

Merlí, Heartstopper, and Addicted make useful companions to Sarazanmai, all filed under coming of age, gay romance, and gay theme.