# Sonny Boy (2021)

> Middle school students on a endless summer break are suddenly transported to a strange alternate-dimension school where they must survive using newly awakened powers.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/103292

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, science fiction, drama
- Network: TOKYO MX, KBS Kyoto
- Cast: Kenjiro Tsuda, Yuka Ozaki, Ayana Taketatsu, Koji Yusa, Taiki Matsuno, Makoto Furukawa, Bin Shimada, Rie Hikisaka
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14642342/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Tone: dreamlike, melancholic, surreal, eerie, languid, absurd humor

## What critics say

Viewers find the surreal alternate-dimension premise bold and atmospheric, though the mystery and character writing divide opinion.

## Synopsis

Sonny Boy (2021) is a Japanese animated science fiction series created for TOKYO MX and KBS Kyoto, produced by Madhouse. Across twelve 24-minute episodes, a middle school class led by third-year student Nagara and transfer student Nozomi is pulled from a languid summer vacation into a school adrift in an alternate dimension. Classmates Mizuho and Asakaze are among those who must survive with super powers that awaken within them. Voice actors Kenjiro Tsuda, Yuka Ozaki and Ayana Taketatsu lead a large cast around the students. The engine of the show is the struggle to endure a world where time is messy and the rules do not always apply, so episodes drift between uneasy survival and quiet, philosophical wandering. The result is a single continuous season with a strong sense of unease hidden inside a bright, ordinary summer. Its tone is dreamlike and melancholic, with absurd humor and eerie stillness. Fans of Serial Experiments Lain and Summer Wars will find resonance in its surreal, adolescent, uncanny atmosphere.

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