Insufficient Direction

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Insufficient Direction

2014- 2014

1 Seasons

13 Episodes

4.0(1 votes)

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Audio languages:

Japanese

Animation

Comedy

Overview

This is the anime adaptation of Kantoku Fuyuki Todoki (Insufficient Direction), the first essay manga by the "queen of the manga world," Moyoco Anno. The comedic and heartwarming autobiographical story follows her everyday married "otaku lifestyle" with Hideaki Anno, "the founder of the otaku cult."

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DLE

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

2 featured cast members

Starring

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Director-kun (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Rompers (voice)

Creative team

Showrunner: FROGMAN
Produced by: Hidenori Kawai
Takaaki Ohashi

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