Anime · Niconico
Playing Sister
The girl at home with you… isn’t your sister
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Erika Miyazaki
Akane Higure (voice)
3 eps
Isekaijoucho
Sui Higure (voice)
3 eps
Arisa Sugimoto
Mari (voice)
3 eps
Reina Nagao
Shopkeeper (voice) / Police Officer (voice) / Additional Cast (voice)
1 eps
Bandō Ayane
Student A (voice)
1 eps
Nemoto Yayoi
Student B (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Playing Sister actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Playing Sister reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and Bingeability.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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 fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the distant future, on the outskirts left behind by the rapid concentration of advanced science and technology in urban areas, lies a remote mountain village known as Kagami Village.
"Behave yourself, or a Double will come for you."
Such old folklore still lingers in this village.
Akane Higure, a middle school student living in Kagami Village, has been eagerly awaiting the return of her older sister, Sui Higure, who is finally being discharged from the hospital after a year.
However, not long after her sister comes home, Akane receives a single phone call.
"The girl at home with you… isn’t your sister."
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Harumaki GohanWriter
Direction
- Harumaki GohanDirector
Where to watch
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