Limited series · TV Tokyo
I Thought Looks Didn't Matter
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How I Thought Looks Didn't Matter actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
I Thought Looks Didn't Matter reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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.
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 baseball-obsessed man who’s always relied on his personality is forced into the world of fashion, discovering that style might matter more than he ever thought.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yosuke ToudaProducer
- Ayaka MasaiProducer
- Kozue SasakiProducer
Where to watch
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