Anime · ABC TV
Himouto! Umaru-chan
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Aimi Tanaka
Umaru Doma (voice)
24 eps
Kenji Nojima
Taihei Doma (voice)
24 eps
Akari Kageyama
Nana Ebina (voice)
24 eps
Haruka Shiraishi
Kirie Motoba (voice)
24 eps
Yurina Furukawa
Sylphynford Tachibana (voice)
24 eps
Hiroki Yasumoto
Takeshi 'Bomba' Motoba (voice)
15 eps
Tetsuya Kakihara
Alex Tachibana (voice)
13 eps
Ami Koshimizu
Kanau Kongo (voice)
8 eps
Inori Minase
Hikari Kongo (voice)
6 eps
Asami Yoshida
Woman (voice)
1 eps
Sankaku Head
Sankaku Head (voice)
1 eps
Minoru Shiraishi
Narration (voice)
1 eps
Rena Maeda
(voice)
11 eps
Toshiki Kurosawa
Male Student (voice)
5 eps
Kyoko Chikiri
Woman (voice)
1 eps
Hiroki Maeda
(voice)
17 eps
Ikuto Kanemasa
(voice)
15 eps
Himika Akaneya
(voice)
17 eps
Miyu Tomita
(voice)
11 eps
Yoshimitsu Shimoyama
Emcee (voice)
1 eps
Satomi Arai
Narrator (voice)
1 eps
Masahito Yabe
(voice)
4 eps
Chihiro Uno
(voice)
1 eps
Mark Okita
Commercial Narrator (voice)
1 eps
Misako Tomioka
(voice)
8 eps
Masumi Asano
Nene Ebina (voice)
2 eps
Yuki Nakashima
(voice)
4 eps
Hitomi Sasaki
(voice)
1 eps
Sho Nogami
(voice)
5 eps
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Koichiro Ebina (voice)
2 eps
Kikuko Inoue
Miki Tachibana (voice)
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Himouto! Umaru-chan actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Himouto! Umaru-chan reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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.
The story
What it's about
People are not always who they appear to be, as is the case with Umaru Doma, the perfect high school girl—that is, until she gets home! Once the front door closes, the real fun begins. When she dons her hamster hoodie, she transforms from a refined, over-achieving student into a lazy, junk food-eating otaku, leaving all the housework to her responsible older brother Taihei. Whether she's hanging out with her friends Nana Ebina and Kirie Motoba, or competing with her self-proclaimed "rival" Sylphinford Tachibana, Umaru knows how to kick back and have some fun!
Himouto! Umaru-chan is a cute story that follows the daily adventures of Umaru and Taihei, as they take care of—and put up with—each other the best they can, as well as the unbreakable bonds between friends and siblings.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 24 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201514 episodes
Himouto! Umaru-chanS are shorts, included in the Blu-ray and DVD releases, take place in a timeline with multiple Umaru-chans.
Best episode · S00E13 Umaru-chan One More Time!
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201512 episodes
8.8IMDbUmaru is a renowned beautiful 16-year-old girl in town, living with her elder brother Taihei. She acts a perfect sister with a kind heart, intelligence and popularity, who everybody admires. So who would believe how true Umaru is at home? Sleeping, gaming, watching TV, eating junk food, drinking cola… that's almost all she does at home, leaving all the housework to her brother.
Best episode · S01E08 Umaru and Christmas and New Year's
Season 2 · Complete
Himouto! Umaru-chan R
201712 episodes
7.0IMDbUmaru Doma is a model student who has a hidden side: when she gets home each day, she puts on her hamster hoodie and turns into a sluggish otaku fond of junk food. As Umaru continues these daily antics, the friendship between her and her classmates—Nana Ebina, Kirie Motoba, and Sylphinford Tachibana—deepens, and more and more interesting events begin to unfold. Of course, these events give rise to numerous questions. What did Nana ask of Umaru's brother Taihei? Who is the mysterious girl with the diamond hairpin? And most important of all: why does this girl seem to know Umaru? These questions and more will be answered in this season.
Best episode · S02E01 The Himouto Returns
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Umaru and Her Disciple
Umaru’s sulky, glaring classmate, Motoba, has unexpectedly shown up at her door… while she’s wearing her hood! Is her secret out?
- Written by Kenji Sugihara
S01E02
Umaru and Ebina
Taihei comes home to a complete stranger: Umaru’s public face. She’s cleaned the apartment and hidden her games to be able to invite her classmate and neighbor, Ebina, over.
- Written by Hideaki Koyasu
S01E01
Umaru and Her Brother
Responsible Taihei has to deal with his lazy little sister, Umaru, who trashes his apartment and throws tantrums to get manga and junk food.
- Written by Takashi Aoshima
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E12
Everyone and Umaru
- Directed by Takaharu Ookuma
- Written by Takashi Aoshima
S02E11
Umaru and the Starry Sky
- Directed by Hiroshi Haraguchi
- Written by Hideaki Koyasu
S02E10
First Time for Everyone
- Directed by Geisei Morita, Masahiko Ohta
- Written by Takamitsu Kohno
S02E09
Umaru and Memories
- Directed by Takashi Naoya
- Written by Kenji Sugihara
S02E08
Umaru and Hikari
- Directed by Shougo Arai
- Written by Takamitsu Kohno
S02E07
Umaru and Amusement Parks
- Directed by Ryouki Kamitsubo
- Written by Kenji Sugihara
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Noboru Yamada
Executive producer
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Nobuoki Kinoshita
Executive producer
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Fusanobu Fujiyama
Executive producer
Keiji Ota
Executive producer
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Takanori Aki
Executive producer
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Takaya Ibira
Executive producer
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Ryu Ishiguro
Executive producer
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Naoki Watanabe
Executive producer
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Masako Yoshikawa
Executive producer
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Kazuya Tasaki
Executive producer
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Kenji Sugihara
Writer
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Takashi Aoshima
Writer
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Hideaki Koyasu
Writer
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Takamitsu Kohno
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Noboru YamadaExecutive Producer
- Katsuhiro TakeiProducer
- Nobuoki KinoshitaExecutive Producer
- Fusanobu FujiyamaExecutive Producer
- Tatsuro HayashiProducer
- Takashi YoshizawaProducer
Writing
- Kenji SugiharaWriter
- Takashi AoshimaWriter
- Hideaki KoyasuWriter
- Takamitsu KohnoWriter
Direction
- Yoshito HataDirector
- Takashi NaoyaDirector
- Tatsuya NokimoriDirector
- Takaharu OokumaDirector
- Ryouki KamitsuboDirector
- Geisei MoritaDirector
Cinematography
- Takafumi KuwanoDirector of Photography
Music
- Yasuhiro MisawaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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