Limited series · TV Aichi
Gimbap and Onigiri
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Gimbap and Onigiri actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Gimbap and Onigiri reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A disillusioned former college track star working at a diner meets a tired Korean animation student struggling to find housing in Japan, and they instantly connect over an emotional moment involving a rice ball.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tatsuya MukaiProducer
- 小嶋志和Producer
- Goka KimitakaProducer
- 中島叶Producer
Direction
- Miyuki HatanakaDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
If you liked this
Similar Series
Series that share this one's texture, not just its genre tags.
Pending Train
2023
Character-driven drama
Friendly Rivalry
2025
Character-driven drama
Pro Bono
2025
Character-driven drama
Oh My Ghost Clients
2025
Character-driven drama
Metropolitan Police Department Narcotics Control Division MOGURA
2025
Character-driven drama
Inheritance Detective
2025
Character-driven drama
Hiroshige Blue
2024
Character-driven drama
Lovely Runner
2024
Character-driven drama
The Right to Judge
2025
Character-driven drama
Shady Job Family
2024
Character-driven drama
FOGDOG
2025
Character-driven drama
Queen of Divorce
2024
Character-driven drama
Where to go from here
Watch Next
Our editors' suggestion for the show you should start tonight — and why.
GuAn
2026
Keep the scale up — another series that spends its budget on screen.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
2023
Another invented world built with the same seriousness — start at episode one.
The Rookie
2018
A crime story told with the patience of a novel.
High Potential
2024
Another morally complex epic for anyone who wanted more grey.
Reacher
2022
Watch this next if you like protagonists you can't quite defend.
Never stop watching
Related Collections
No related collections yet
This title isn't in a published Nutevio collection yet. It will appear here automatically as soon as it is.
Join the conversation