
Rilakkuma and Kaoru
2019 · TV Series · TV-PG · 12 min · ★ 7.4
A young woman’s routine shifts when an unexpected bear-shaped roommate moves in and spends the days lounging around. As they share everyday moments, the quiet companionship brings small surprises and a gentle new rhythm to her life.
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Streaming on Netflix.
3 hours to watch · 13 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- リラックマとカオルさん
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-04-19
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (59 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a calm, cozy series about everyday life and an oddly charming roommate, with a gentle tone like Moomin; Not for you if you need fast plots or big drama.
Pros: cozy everyday vibe; lovable lazy roommate; gentle humor | Cons: very low stakes; slow, quiet pacing; minimal plot drive
Themes
- roommates
- house
- slice of life
- stop motion
- bear
- anime
- kodomo
- working life
- office lady (ol)
Cast & crew

Mikako Tabe
as Kaoru (voice)

Takayuki Yamada
as Hayate (voice)
- SM
Soki Matsumoto
as Tokio (voice)

Mai Kanazawa
as Sayu (voice)
- IT
Issei Takubo
as Landlord (voice)
- SS
Shigeru Sugimoto
as Katou (voice)
Directed by Masahito Kobayashi
Created by Aki Kondo
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