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Takopi's Original Sin
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kurumi Mamiya
Takopi (voice)
6 eps
Reina Ueda
Shizuka Kuze (voice)
6 eps
Konomi Kohara
Marina Kirarazaka (voice)
6 eps
Anna Nagase
Naoki Azuma (voice)
6 eps
Ayumi Tsunematsu
Marina's Mother (voice)
4 eps
Mari Hino
Teacher (voice)
2 eps
Hiyori Kouno
Marina's Friend (voice)
4 eps
Natsumi Kawaida
Marina's Friend (voice)
4 eps
Niina Nakabayashi
Marina's Friend (voice)
4 eps
Asaki Yuikawa
Marina's Friend (voice)
2 eps
Mamiko Noto
Happy Mama (voice)
2 eps
You Taichi
Shizuka's Mother (voice)
1 eps
Shinji Kawada
Marina's Father (voice)
2 eps
Yuki Ishikari
Staff Member (voice)
1 eps
Ryota Osaka
Junya (voice)
2 eps
Yumi Uchiyama
Azuma's Mother (voice)
2 eps
Natsumi Fujiwara
Chappy (voice)
3 eps
Yu Akiba
Worker (voice)
1 eps
Soshiro Hori
Newscaster (voice)
2 eps
Wakana Maruoka
Classmate (voice)
1 eps
Kenta Sasa
Worker (voice)
2 eps
Reo Osanai
Classmate (voice)
2 eps
Haruka Sato
Flappy Wings Voice (voice)
2 eps
Miyuri Shimabukuro
Classmate (voice)
1 eps
Kaori Nakamura
Neighbor (voice)
1 eps
Haruka Okamura
Neighbor (voice)
1 eps
Yujiro Kakuda
Shizuka's Father (voice)
1 eps
Saeko Oki
Satsuki (voice)
1 eps
Ryouko Jyuni
High School Student (voice)
1 eps
Risae Matsuda
High School Student (voice)
1 eps
Mayuko Kazama
High School Student (voice)
1 eps
Yurie Funato
High School Student (voice)
1 eps
Rika Hayashi
Classmate (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Takopi's Original Sin actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Takopi's Original Sin reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain in her life, Takopi learns that true happiness may require more than gadgets.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
To You in 2016
Shizuka lives a painful life until things start to take a sudden turn when she meets an alien named Takopi.
- Directed by Shinya Iino
- Written by Shinya Iino
S01E06
To All of You in 2016
Takopi makes an important decision that will save not only Shizuka but also Marina and Naoki.
- Directed by Shinya Iino, Masayuki Sakoi
- Written by Shinya Iino
S01E05
To You in 2022
Shizuka goes to Tokyo, and Takopi remembers something very important that happened in the past.
- Directed by Hirotaka Mori
- Written by Ko Nekota
S01E03
Takopi's Confession
Takopi realizes something important while covering up the crime with Shizuka and Naoki.
- Directed by Eri Irei
- Written by Shinya Iino
S01E04
Azuma-kun's Salvation
Naoki struggles between his conscience and his desire to help Shizuka.
- Directed by Toya Oshima
- Written by Ko Nekota
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E06
To All of You in 2016
- Directed by Shinya Iino, Masayuki Sakoi
- Written by Shinya Iino
S01E04
Azuma-kun's Salvation
- Directed by Toya Oshima
- Written by Ko Nekota
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.
Executive production
- Shinya WatanabeExecutive Producer
- Kotaro SudoProducer
Writing
- Shinya IinoWriter
- Ko NekotaWriter
Direction
- MoaangDirector
- Shinya IinoDirector
- Masayuki SakoiDirector
- Eri IreiDirector
- Toya OshimaDirector
- Hirotaka MoriDirector
Cinematography
- Yu WakabayashiDirector of Photography
Music
- Yoshiaki FujisawaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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