Gakuen Babysitters 学園ベビーシッターズ

2018 winter | Episodes: 12 | Score: 7.9 (181915)

Updated every Sundays at 23:00 | Status: Finished Airing

Type: TV

Streaming: Crunchyroll

Synopsis

After losing both parents in a fatal plane crash, teenager Ryuuichi Kashima must adjust to his new life as the guardian of his younger brother Kotarou. Although Ryuuichi is able to maintain a friendly and kindhearted demeanor, Kotarou is a reserved toddler still too young to understand the reality of the situation. At their parents' funeral, they are approached by Youko Morinomiya, the stern chairman of an elite academy, who decides to take them under her care. However, there is one condition Ryuuichi must fulfill in exchange for a roof over their heads and enrolment in the school—he must become the school's babysitter. In an effort to support the female teachers at the academy, a babysitter's club was established to look after their infant children; unfortunately, the club is severely short-staffed, so now not only is Ryuuichi responsible for his little brother, but also a handful of toddlers who possess dynamic personalities. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Voice Actors

Sanpei, Yuuko

Umehara, Yuuichirou

Furuki, Nozomi

Nishiyama, Koutarou

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Reviews

Garmillan
03/06/2025, 12:01 AM
Gakuen Babysitters is one of those series that just warms your heart. It’s a mix of cute, funny, and emotional moments that make you smile, laugh, and sometimes even tear up a little. It’s all about everyday adventures taking care of a bunch of toddlers, and honestly, it’s way more entertaining than you’d expect. The characters are what really make this series shine. Ryuuichi is such a caring and lovable person, and Kotarou? Probably one of the cutest anime kids ever. The toddlers all have their own unique personalities, and their interactions with the babysitters feel so real and natural. There’s also a nice balancebetween heartwarming moments and comedy. Some scenes are really relatable if you’ve ever been around little kids. This is one of the anime that make me feel at home, I constantly rewatch the series. The toddlers and the other characters make me come back to watch every time.
AozoraAi
06/10/2021, 01:21 AM
Gakuen Babysitters is really cute for what it is. It's about babies. I’m not a baby person per se but babies are cute, and that’s the only cute thing about the whole show. Rest of the characters are as archetypical as they can get. The story thrives on cliché after cliché. In a nutshell the main focus of the show is sibling love between Kotaro and Ryuichiro. Of course such a setup always has potential if one wants to work with it. This is a slice of life theme that will never get boring. You know, babies grow up, they mature, brothers can drift apart,growing up is hard etc. etc. It’s supposed to be relatable. Except in Gakuen babysitter it’s just a superficial and cutesy shojo anime without any real substance. For those who enjoy these overused tropes all in one, it’s a nice time pass. There’s a stoic hot guy who constantly hits his 3 year old toddler brother. Yeah, he hits little toddlers. That’s supposed to be a gag btw. I’m just glad Kamitani is living in Japan where maybe it’s okay to harm kids because in my country you can literally go to jail. Yeah, no he’s quite serious when he hits them. Taka is his brother and the only fault is that he behaves like a toddler of that age. He’s not even that troublesome except for he’s loud and stupid. But hey, let’s laugh and swoon over Kamitani for abusing Taka mentally and physically. If this show was ever taken seriously it would have far more repercussions by mentally imprinting that behavior in little kids. I hop Taka doesn’t grow up being a dick, because the only thing he’d remember was his brother being a stoic asshole (dumbhole) who says he doesn’t love him and verbally hurts at every opportunity. Then there’s an archetypical cute guy pedo. Comedy again. I’m really sure he isn’t but that’s the gag and you’re supposed to get the humor mistaking him for being a pedo but he’s not. Oh wee haha how funny. Because there aren’t real pedos who have raped 3 months old babies. Yeah sometimes they just don’t know how to do comedy without being so gritty. There’s then, a paranoid father of Kirinchan, where you have to laugh when he flirts with minor school girls. Mom doesn’t mind obviously. Oh and this other guy who is in love with his teacher (yes in love). Omg so funny and cute. And we are supposed to take him seriously. Anyway even if you don’t, you have the googly eyed MC who for actuals god’s sake consoles this nut head and is apologetic as apologetic word can go. There’s no comedy except that something’s are just so weird. He feels bad for telling Kamitani not to hit his baby brother. In this one episode I wanted to throw off my cereal bowl at the screen. It was supposed to be a lesson for 3 year old Taka on how to behave and. Yes, I was expecting a deeper message like kids ruin your stuff but they grow up and stop needing you without taka having an idea exactly but holy it was an actual bad lesson for Taka. . The kid bowls his eyes out saying he is sorry, but his older brother is cold as ice. And mother is useless. I feel like there’s not a fucking adult who knows how to deal with a situation involving a child. I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen anyone being so tough to a 3 year old baby for anything they do except calmly make them understand. But you don’t hurt a child, ever. In Gakuen Babysitters, they do. Not to mention that there’s absolutely no safety for the kids. The babysitter is almost always sleeping, the windows are open, kids just roam around in school with no supervision. Characters are dumb but not unbearable. Apart from that this anime was a nice time pass. You’re not supposed to take it seriously. Yeah I know I’m talking but I have to write fax in reviews so. Oh yes there’s a mandatory beach scene and boob press scene because….it’s wholesome that way 
yusa_96
02/09/2021, 02:00 AM
This anime is about two brothers named Ryuuichi and Kotarou who lost their parents in a plane accident. Ryuuichi was a student of middle school 3rd grade and Kotarou was a boy of maybe of two years. They didn't had any relatives who can look after them. Then some one suggested him that there was a chairwoman of a school who was interested to take care of them. She will take care of them but in return he had to work as a babysitter in the daycare which was supposed to be known as babysitter club. Ryuuichi agreed with it and started a newlife with new people. Ryuuichi and Kotarou had a deep relationship with each other. They never fought each other. Kotarou and Ryuuichi always wants to stay like this forever. I really loved this series because it described how an elder brother or sister should behave with their brothers and sisters. We have to be patient and accept what our siblings do. They don't mean harm to us. If they do anything that breaks our heart we have to think that it was an accident. We always have to love each other to make a peaceful life. My Ratings for this anime: Story - 10 Art - 9 Sound - 9 Character - 9 Enjoyment - 10 Overall - 9
__sobann
12/19/2020, 04:32 AM
Gakuen babysitters , i first saw this anime's clip on internet. I thought it might be good somehow, But my oh my i freaking loved the show This is filled with beautiful characters, It is literally ASMR for eyes. Not gonna ruin it for you but im gonna give you reasons to watch this show. 1 Short 12 episodes anime with each episode with two events in each episode. 2 Wholesome show that shares about family and Kids. 3 How a kid life revolves around a ideal brother. 4 Anime with beautiful crafted world. Do try this show it is Episodic and will not take long
MixedApril
04/02/2020, 02:42 PM
I absolutely love this anime, not only because of the adorable children but mainly how much this anime is more of a slice of life. This anime kinda reminds me of Ouran Highschool Host Club only because of how the structure of the anime is. The backstory is very tragic and its nice to see how these people evolve and change. Those who don't like children or a somewhat female like male protagonist, then this anime is not for you. This anime is so adorable and cute and if you have nothing better to do then this anime would be recommended :)
lovelychopper
02/26/2020, 09:13 AM
this anime is a GODSEND! i've watched it so many times i've lost count!! it's such a cute and peaceful anime that i can't help watching whenever i'm feeling depressed or anxious. it just takes my mind off of things and the plot doesn't drag on for long or make you lose interest. also, i love babies A LOT so maybe that's why i'm addicted to the anime? it's just so funny and lighthearted and such a nice change from action/romance/horror anime and i wish it was more popular because we NEED a season 2 already! very enjoyable, highly recommend it!
Cherry_Pixie
12/30/2019, 12:56 AM
I saw it, it was simple, yet effective. I won't lie, in the first episode, I went crybaby mode. If you haven't seen the series and you're just scrolling through the review section to know people's opinion, I highly recommend you to watch this show. I won't further extend my review because there's nothing really to talk about, instead, I'll give you three words to describe it. "Inspiring, Cute, Euphoria" Let's further talk about the elements. The story takes off after the sudden death of their parents, two young brothers named Ryūichi Kashima and his younger brother Kotarō are left alone and having no place tocall home. The chairwoman of the prestigious Morinomiya Academy offers to take the boys into her care, giving them a new house and free tuition, but in a condition that Ryuichi helps out with the school's daycare center while also attending normal classes during school hours. It's unique in its own way, I haven't really found some plot holes so bare with me. I really liked the story. That's all I can say since there are no flaws that are too serious about the plot. On the other hand, the art is simple and VERY FITTING. Ryuichi reminds me of Kazehaya from Kimi Ni Todoke. He even has the same personality as him. Sweet and loving. And also attracted. At first, I didn't like the OP very much, but I grew fond of it after discovering the episodes step by step. The ED is fantastic and supports the series well, also, the OST fits the theme very well. Further on, the characters. My personal favorite is the chairwoman, at first she seems infuriating, but oh boy I love her. Her hairstyle is unique which I haven't really seen in any other anime series. Ryuichi is the typical main character who is seen to be loved by girls. Inomata is my love-interest for Ryuichi, while Ushimaru can have Kamitani. By the number of characters, I can't compliment all of them but I'd like say they played their roles very well. Okay onto enjoyment, did I enjoy this-? Well, two words. VERY MUCH. Story: 8/10 Art: 8/10 Sound: 8/10 Character: 8/10 Enjoyment: 10/10 Overall: 8.4/10 Rounded Overall: 8/10 I highly recommend you to watch this, it's so exciting!! Thanks for reading my review!
felixlovesanime
07/05/2019, 10:04 PM
Every brother out there should definitely put Ryuuichi and Kotarou on the pedestal-- as the prime example of what brotherhood could lovingly become. Watching humans grow can be a very fascinating experience-- especially when such growth takes such literal form. Ryuuichi, the older brother, now becomes the only family member that watches Kotarou, his toddler younger brother, grow in this brand new life the two had found themselves after a devastating loss and admittedly, even Ryuuichi himself still has some growing up to do. Nonetheless, it would be a mistake to compare this anime series to Grave of the Fireflies because for the former, the lovebetween the two brothers do not stop just there. The love manages to spread across Ryuuichi's new school, his new friends and classmates, his new surrogate family, and yes, the heavenly adorable toddlers at Marunomiya Daycare (my personal favorite is definitely the Mamizuka twins). What is it that makes this anime series earn such high rating? Yes, this anime is packed with everlasting cuteness and heartwarming moments either between brothers and brothers or parents and children. However, what ultimately makes this anime stick is how they celebrate the theme of love. While innocence does not stick for far too long either because of loss or simply because of good old-fashioned mischief, love has no such issue. By taking care of his younger brother with such love, Ryuuichi manages to cope with the past and find himself in a grand happiness while simultaneously, by watching over his older brother in his own way, Kotarou becomes the cute, little baby that could. Additionally, the love that each and every toddler in the Daycare radiates is unconditional and even more powerful than what adults can muster. In a way, these rugrats have a lot to teach to us, the towering giants. Finally, if you didn't put Kotarou or any of the Daycare toddlers as your desktop wallpaper at least once in order to remind yourself that there are smiles worth protecting in this ugly world, your heart must be stoned cold, all right. LOL. #felixlovesanime
SomeRandomWeebs
04/17/2019, 04:42 AM
MINOR SPOILER WARNING - contains information from the first few episodes Gakuen Babysitters is an excellent anime to watch. The anime came out during a time when I was really getting back into anime, and was like a second gateway anime. It draws you in with its simple premise and story, and sticks to it throughout the entire show. The story of Gakuen Babysitters is very simple. Our main characters, Ryuichi and Kotarou, currently don't have a home due to their parents dying in a plane crash. The Academy Chairwoman decides to give the boys a home, and gives Ryuichi free education should he help atthe school's daycare centre after school. However simple the premise is, it is able to constantly deliver on it, and shows us a great time that we can appreciate at home. There are many shows that have filler episodes to stretch an anime out, but this is a show that develops each of your characters at an excellent pace and in great ways. In every single episode, the simple story is progressed through, with problems being presented, and then solved in a timely fashion. However simple the art style and music are, they help to create a simple and ecstatically pleasing anime, showing off how not everything needs to be flashy or sparking to be attractive. The anime keeps everything nice and clean, with Brain's Base animating, keeping everything pleasing to look at. The show is an easy comedy and slice of life, and with a simple plot and excellent characters (even though they are 3 year olds!). It is something you can come home to and just sit and enjoy. Something pleasing to watch as you relax. Gakuen Babysitters is an excellent show, and although I won't speak for every single person, it is a really good watch. Set aside an afternoon, sit down with friends (or by yourself, I'm not judging), and enjoy.
AestheticFanatic
03/22/2019, 01:59 PM
This show is odd in that the main driving force for the show and the reason you stay isn't necessarily the interactions like most SoL shows but the general cuteness the show radiates. The character designs for the older characters including the protagonist and the supporting cast were very good and were perfect for each character's defining trait like Ryu's design encompassing his compassion or Kamitani's being slightly menacing but approachable when the show needed it. The character designs of the kids were a bit weird when I saw them for promotional stuff but in the show, they worked really well for showing off howcute kids could be. Outside of that cute factor, the show also shows the problems of children like them being brats, gross, and outright annoying at times which reassured me at the beginning this wouldn't be a weird show that forces procreation on a population of youth that don't do so in Japan. The story actually allows justification for how character's act like Ryu's compassion or "bro-con" to an extent due to his brother being his only family and how over the show he learns to let go a bit from his brother and focus on himself. However outside of this gradual development, not much happens that is really interesting. It's got generic SoL situations with the added twist of little kid(s) in the equation but it doesn't really use that to its advantage that much to explore ideas outside of the barebones message these shows contain. The art is very odd at first as I described with the character designs but works very well in the context of the actual animation style and is overall very consistent throughout the show. Backgrounds and setting unfortunately suffer in this show as they never linger on them for long before transitioning into character shots and the few occasions where background or setting are spotlighted, its very bland artwork and almost lifeless in shots like the opening of the culture festival. My biggest issue with the show outside of its sometimes bland moments is its sometimes atrocious sound design. One moment you have fine sound design with the character's speaking to one another and then all of a sudden the sound quality will dip into the nether realms when another character enters the scene. This issue was fixed as the show progressed but it was too jarring in certain parts for me to focus on the cute factor, the main driving force of the show, which is a huge problem. The performances of the VA's are also quite lifeless outside of the VA's of the children. Our main protagonist seems to only have one tone he ever speaks in outside of some shocking moments and outside of him its worse with character's speaking in only ONE way throughout the entirety of the show. If a character speaks in a high voice with overtly cutesy inflections on the end of her sentences, that is how they will always speak no matter the situation and it bothers me a lot. The music is also very generic and doesn't even bother giving me at least a catchy op or ed to latch on to. It's not bad music per say but its so bland and generic that it might as well be. Overall, my enjoyment for the series was high and my main grievances never truly took me out of the show but did bring it down slowly over its course. With another season, I could see this show developing its characters a bit more and having these cute kids into cute preschoolers would be fun and switch up the show when it's situations get bland. I don't think this show needs or really deserves another season though so this wish or desire is a mute point. Fix the sound design, add more variety to the situations you put the character's in and add some more good background/setting shots, with this I think we would have a SoL show on our hands but these issues unfortunately weigh the show down too much. With that, I give the show a 6/10 (fine) rating and implore the audience to seek this out only if the idea of kids being cute is very intriguing to you. Some more recs for SoL shows or fans of this I'd point them towards Kobayashi Dragon Maid, a show that has a kid character a bit older than the ones in the show that actually puts her in interesting situations, and Sweetness and Lightning, for those who really want the cute factor with kids but felt this show underperformed in that regard.
vexahlia
08/29/2018, 04:40 PM
this awoke every maternal instinct in my cold, dead heart. at this point if i see even one (1) picture of kotarou i visibly melt this is the cutest show i've ever seen. everything about it is just tooth-rotting fluff, the children are endearing (i would d*e for kazuma he opens his mouth and i just go heart eyes), the side characters are all great, and the main brothers are just so sweet ;A; feel good story of the year 10/10 goat (just to note: there is a character [yagi] they imply is something terrible which he is not, in the manga his story is exploredmore and he definitely isn't what the show pretends he is, and i hope if (when? it better be wheN) there's another season they fix that storyline.) if you want a show that is just mindless fun that tugs on your heartstrings in a loving, cuddly type of way this is a great show to watch.
himawaripencil
04/01/2018, 04:19 AM
I had looked forward to this anime so much because I've been reading the manga for a long time and was so excited when they finally announced that an anime was on the way. Perhaps it was because I had such high expectations that I felt really let down and disappointed with the anime when I finally watched it. Firstly, I felt that the voices did not suit the characters very well and did not manage to bring out the characters' inner personality colours out. And I'm not talking about toddlers (I mean it isn't easy to voice for such a young child character like Kotaroor Taka) but characters like Ryuichi, the moms and the Chairwoman did not have very well-suited voices. The art was simplified a lot, which again disappointed me but maybe it's because they were trying to keep things flat and simple as there are a lot of child characters. Overall, this anime is nice to watch when you have nothing else to watch and you like kids and fluff. But personally, I'd recommend you to read the manga instead because the feels are stronger there, the characters' inner voices are very clear and the life lessons are also more apparent. Somehow, even though the anime was pretty faithful to the manga, I felt that the life lessons were not very well conveyed through as compared to the manga. Maybe that's just me because I read the manga. My friend who did not read the manga thoroughly enjoyed this anime so go ahead and give this anime a go if the plot intrigues you! I hope you'll enjoy it more than I did!
Paulo_Goncalves
03/30/2018, 09:03 AM
Gakuen Babysitters really resonate with me. Being a father of a 2 year old child I enjoy a lot of this show ALTHOUGH this is not a true realistic view of parenting - at all.... From the babysitter who sleeps while taking care of children, to let them wander alone in a school to other neglectic matters not that important here. This show, a pure slice-of-life / comedy, is a show about brotherly love that must cope with the death of their parents. This is why normal in anime losing parents and dealing with it (normally quite easy). This way the first couple of episodes weget to see both Kotarou (the young boy) & Ryuuichi (the older one) dealing with that loss and trying to live by it. By the sixth or seventh episode that was over and almost it neither that subject come into play. As the episodes pogress we get to know Morinomiya (a older woman who adopt them) and Saikawa (her butler?). We also get to know Hayato who befriends Ryuuichi althought he is a bit anti-social kind of guy but has a brother in the Babysitter club called Taka. Taka is the complete oposite of Kotarou. Taka is always running and smashing things while Kotarou is almost a statue. Probably or not, its interesting that Hayato punish his brother by hitting him in the head while Ryuuichi is more gentle and never resorting to violence. One thing that really interest me was the children. First I thought they were mis-characterize. They talk a lot (althought small sentences) but also were very considerative (it's a word?) and with great awareness. One of the girls deduce Maria Inomata (our Tsundere) hated Ryuuichi but later understands that after he loves/likes him. I don't think a child of 3 has that capacity. But mine is not 3 years old yet.... Lets be real... children are smart but... my wife is blind and she has a guide dog. He don't understand that she is blind yet. He cannot phantom that BUT we teach him that the dog we have (Quickie) helps her. On what he do he does not know or why. From time to time he says "a mãe tem doidoi nos olhos - o Quickie ajuda" - roughly translated - "Mommy has a owie in her eyes - Quickie helps" but that's about it... sometimes when she goes against something and hurts himself he calls the dog to help her. They are funny... So when Kotarou went great length in episode 8 to grab a lemon because he thought Ryuuchi was feeling sick (cold) because Ryuuichi demonstrated a lot of pressure on what to answer to a girl who said she loved him - I laugh out loud... This show is not to everybody. Maybe people with young kids or people with young brother they have to take care off (episode 9) shows Hayato and Ryuuichi talk about that pressure and that difficult their lives in some ways I really resonate with it. Hayato says that he don't care about what his brother Taka broke but he knows he was being malicious and even asking for forgiving he knew he didn't meant it - that's so true man! But they are not malicious - they are kids and have to learn.. It takes time. I have great control on my stuff being a avid reader and with thousands books at home and boardgames but one time he scribble on one of my books but whose fault was that? his? It's mine. It's a kid... he doesn't understand value of things or why he can write on a blank page but not in a 40$ book. They are kids and we are the adults... so Youko (the old woman) teaches the boy and it was funny. I had the same thought. Gonna try sometime :D As Kotorou says "Little boys do grow up..." Really loving anime. Slice of Life, Drama, Comedy & a bit of Romance (not that much). I say again. Slice of Life were great this season. It's a shame next season there aren't that many... Sorry forgot to mention about art and such... Well in terms of Art the animation was great because it was focus on comedy and these cute boys and girls. The sound was okay I guess (love the kids voices).
AmishaelMA
03/28/2018, 06:22 PM
Gakuen Babysitters AKA: I think I just felt a little tug on my heartstrings This is one of those ‘healing’ anime that helps you see the goodness in the world. It’s pure, it’s uplifting, it’s adorable. It’s not what you would call a masterpiece – it’s similar to watching a baby giraffe try to walk for the first time. Its clumsiness is part of what makes it so endearing. Even people who don’t tend to like little kids much – me, for instance – will find that this show appeals on a level you wouldn’t think possible. It’s hard to describe just how many times this seriesmade me smile, go ‘awww’ or dance around in sheer unrestrained joy at their adorableness. (In my head of course, I didn’t actually go dancing round.) But there’s more to the anime than just kiddy antics. It’s the reason Ryuji puts up with the kids, and the reason they love him. He sees them as people. He doesn’t like cleaning up messes, changing diapers, or trying to stop a tantrum any more than the average person. He doesn’t enjoy not being able to spend as much time with his friends as he would otherwise, and he definitely doesn’t enjoy having his stuff ruined. But he loves the kids. He sees each tot as a human being with his/her own distinct personality, struggles, and likes and dislikes. They’re almost like family to him (Kotaro is actually family of course). Just being with them, seeing how they warm to him and come to trust and love him in return is one of the most purely satisfying parts of this show, and the reason I loved it so much. Ryuji is exactly the type of person that shines best when taking care of others, because of his gentle, patient and selfless nature. It’s also the reason he’s so good at it. His only fault is that he can be a bit too soft on the kids, but Kamitani and the others are there to balance that out. Usaida, on the other hand, has got to be one of the most irresponsible babysitters out there. Seriously, leaving a kid that small outside by themselves, what was he thinking? Sure, he didn’t realise they were gone, but that only makes it worse. It’s not like it was a one-off either. I know it’s meant to be a gag primarily used to highlight Ryuji’s heroism, but he should have been made out as a bit more responsible all the same. He’s not the only character who’s a bit unrealistic. There’s the crybaby father, the child-loving deviant (as he’s so called in the anime), the weary older brother and the tsundere who thinks the kids hate her. Whilst none of them were integral to the story (except maybe Inomata, who got some decent development), they were rather funny to watch at times. I suppose they did provide a bit of a distraction from the kids every now and again by injecting a bit of drama, which was refreshing. The love triangle scenario was unnecessary, but that didn’t mean it was bad in this case. I did think it was rather sweet, and the innocent way it was shown was consistent with the innocence of the anime on the whole. The real gem, though, was watching Ryuji and Kotaro’s interactions. It’s incredibly rare to see the loss of parents in anime handled so maturely, normally it’s just a ‘let’s ignore the fact that the parents are dead until it’s time for a tragic backstory arc!’. Here it was realistically done. Ryuji loved his parents very much, and truly misses them. He treasures Kotaro in their absence, and Kotaro in return thinks Ryuji exemplifies everything good in the world. Parental death in this case brought Ryuji and Kotaro all the closer as the only surviving members of the family, and the way they cherish each other is heart-wrenching. Watching Ryu try and raise his brother in place of their parents, and watching Kotaro try and help Ryu as much as his tiny little body is able, was beautiful. It’s love in its purest form, and I’m glad I got to see it. The other members of their new family, the Chairwoman and butler Saikawa, are also great characters. The Chairwoman is a good person, even though you wouldn’t guess it at first glance. She looks like a crotchety old lady, doesn’t mince words and makes Ryuji and Kotaro earn their keep, but watch her long enough and you’ll see a little smile creep over her face as she watches them bring life back into the too empty house. She has the ability of giving over lessons that seem harsh, until you reflect on what she said and realise how much care and wisdom was behind it. Saikawa, too, has a lot more to him than meets the eye. He appears enigmatic, but is hiding a wicked sense of humour and a heart of gold. He helps them a lot more than they even realise. Both play a big part in Ryuji and Kotaro’s respective developments. What can I say about the rest of the aspects, like the sound and art? The sound is very tender and warms your heart. The voice actors, especially those that play the kids, are brilliant and really make you believe actual tiny humans are speaking. The art is mellow and has a lot of pastel tones and soft designs. The kids are ridiculously chibi, but that’s done on purpose to make them seem cuter. It works, too. Altogether I’m unreasonably glad I watched this. I’ll probably go to bed with a fuller heart for the next week than I have done in a while. And I think I might even like little kids more on the whole after this. If you want a pure, adorable and heart-warming slice of life about a day-care, this is the one for you. XD
Dragontail
03/27/2018, 01:46 PM
Gakuen Babysitters seemed like a decently good anime for me at the beginning. But as Gakuen Babysitters played out with more story clichés, and started making some parts unbearable, I stopped liking this anime that much. Story: (6/10) In this anime, all the episodes are disjointed and have no connection whatsoever with each other. The storyline in every episode is fine, I just felt that using clichés, such as the 'beach' cliché degraded my experience with this anime. However, to make up for it, it has some well-thought out drama scenes. Art: (7/10) The art was decent and enough to discern most characters from each other. However, Ibelieve they could have still worked on making some characters not as noticeably similar in design. Sound: (5/10) The op and ed were just normal anime songs. However, none of the soundtracks themselves pop out and really give a special feel to the anime itself imo. Character: (4/10) At first I found the babies outright extremely cute. However, over time, the anime makers used the babysitters as a cheap way to cover up so many moments that could have been used to develop other parts of the story, becoming very annoying. The characters also are mildly disturbing, such as a father who dresses like a kidnapper, and a high school student who bleeds from excitement when seeing one of the babies. Overall: (6/10) Overall a decent anime that may or may not be worth your time. If you like babysitters and babies a lot, go for it. Otherwise, you should look for other slice of life animes instead
tfreeman42
03/25/2018, 07:36 PM
Gakuen Babysitters isn't a particularly flashy or drawing series. But it is an extremely enjoyable slice-of-life series that's very heartwarming and cute. Story - 7/10 Art - 8/10 Sound - 7/10 Characters - 7/10 Enjoyment - 10/10 Overall - 8/10The show gets away with having some unremarkable characters by including a few standouts that are some of my favorite characters from this anime season. The art isn't very flashy, but it gets the key details right, especially in the small children. The slice-of-life stories and the sound get it done as well. Overall, Gakuen Babysitters exceeds in its subtlety. While it doesn't impress or "wow" in most cases, it stands its ground well.
Canadian_Otaku
03/25/2018, 05:20 PM
I don't write reviews often (or at all) but thought I'd leave one for Gakuen Babysitters. I spent 2 years in Japan working with kids aged 0-3 and this show brought back so many memories. It really is quite spot-on with the behaviour and stereotypes of the Japanese toddlers. Rules and regulations are far more relaxed in Japan compared to, say, North America, so this anime gave a fairly accurate portrayal of what life is like in a Japanese daycare. Mind, the head teacher sleeping so much may be a slight exaggeration.. XD While a bit biased due to my own pastexperiences, this show does offer a refreshing take on the SoL genre. Would recommend to anyone in childcare, lots of entertaining quirks and relative topics.
PyraXadon
03/25/2018, 09:38 AM
A trend I find with children in anime is that they're always painted 'cute'. Small human beings surrounded by glittery and sparkly effects who do cute things so that the audience falls in love with the tiny people characters. It's not often that I see children portrayed as what they actually are, monsters, and it's even stranger to see a more realistic representation portrayed in a shoujo series of all things, a genre where virtually everything is depicted a lot more flowery than they actually are. Story: Kashima Ryuuichi and his little brother Kotaro have met with the unfortunate fate of becoming orphans after their parents passingdue to a plane crash. It is then that the boy is contacted by the headmistress of the high school that he will be attending, and told that from that day forward, he will live with her with room and board all taken care of, but in exchange, he must spend his spare time at the babysitters club, a daycare center at school dedicated to the teachers' children while their mothers work. The show is pretty standard for what one can expect from a shoujo-style slice of life. The story is very lax in nature with the only real high points being slight bumps that get resolved in the episode, thus leading to the show's mostly episodic nature with very few connecting points. The episodes are based around Ryuuichi and his relationships with both the people he meets at school and the children in the daycare center, without really much weight to them since the show ends up going back to the status quo and resetting all but a few plot elements that don't get touched very much in the later episodes. But there are some points that I found irritating, mainly the fact that the parents of our two main protagonists ARE DEAD. It is the story of a four year old and a fifteen year old entering a stage in their life with their parents just recently deceased. Yes, this is a happy go lucky slice of life show, but you cannot ignore this looming fact. They do touch on this point a fair bit in the early episodes, but it felt like it was played off and largely ignored in sacrifice to showcase Ryuuichi playing with kids, which does not feel right considering how heavy of a topic this is. Another more glaring problem is the romantic subplot. There are two girls in this show that seem to have an interest for Ryuuichi, and everything about their interactions with him feels so unsatisfying, as these scenes feature either a tsundere who does the classic tsundere thing of being a bitch before regretting it later because that's apparently how people work, and a super shy girl who very clearly has a crush on the guy, but never gets the time of day because the show's not about her, but we still have to know she exists anyway. The subplot eats up a surprising amount of the show's time and while none of the runtime is really lost since the episodic episodes featuring the children are wrapped up well enough to not warrant me yelling at Brain's Base for wasting time, I can't help but feel cheated because they set up the potential romance only to have it not go anywhere because audiences apparently like unresolved plot points/ideas. Overall, Gakuen Babysitters is pretty much a show that's what you get on the box. It's a show about a guy babysitting kids with the occasional funny thing happening cause it's a slice of life comedy show that entertains. It wraps itself neatly at the end to show how far the two brothers have come, as a sort of recap episode to show the fruits of the labor the entire runtime has built up to, but largely what you're going to be seeing here are "School babysitters". Babysitters who babysit at school. Overview: +/- Pretty much what you'd expect with the title of the series + Has some heartwarming moments - Romance goes nowhere, so why even include it in the first place Characters: Ryuuichi is about as interesting as sandpaper. He cares very much for his little brother (to be to an obsessive degree for various reasons), and is extremely passive, being far too nice to everyone and not getting upset in the slightest. Honestly there's not much to say about this guy cause weirdly enough, he's not involved with the plot all that much despite being the protagonist and the story beyond the first few episodes doesn't do much to shed light on the reality of him now being an orphan despite a few choice moments. Kotaro is sort of an off-branch of his character since the two in the show are basically inseparable, and Kotaro on his own doesn't really have any traits of his own either cause the kid is usually silent with this perpetual bored expression that makes me question whether or not he knows what's even going on in his life. Then there're the kids. Who, if you know what kids really are like, will probably be reflective in your experience with them. Simply put; they're loud, they're jerks, they do whatever the hell they want, and they can be cute. Sometimes. As the core of the show's existence, the six children featured in the show each take turns and sometimes altogether being the show's focus (some more than others), taking the protagonist and various members of the side cast along with them on their little adventures doing what children do. The brat, the girl, the twins, Kotaro, and the baby; I have my own gripes with each of the kids, as their actual characters are something of personal preference, but I have to say they did a good job at showing their audience what snot-nosed brats children are actually like most of the time. So I guess they did get the important thing right. The rest of the cast involving recurring characters like Kamitami Hayato and Yoshihito Usaida, two characters who are commonly seen around Ryuuichi, the childrens' parents, and other members of the side cast all weirdly enough have more personality than our main protagonist in that they fill in the gaps to enrich the world surrounding Ryuuichi with people who're more experienced with the other kids in the series, being family members and other people who simply have been around the children longer to be able to handle the little headaches much easier. The outliers to this rule are Inomata Maria and Ushimaru Yuki, both of whom are the girls that seem to catch Ryuuichi's fancy, but don't do anything about it cause even if you try, romance isn't wanted in this story. Overview: + Realistic depictions of toddler behavior + Amusing sidecast (for the most part) - MC's not very interesting Art: Produced by Brain's Base, Gakuen Babysitters focuses more on the light aesthetic with very few points of animation to take note of. The show itself is very consistent with its art quality, vying for a simple style with pastel colors that emulate the show's normally cheery and bright nature cause the show isn't a slice of life shoujo for nothing. Comedy is relegated primarily to very simple comedic faces that at times don't even feel like a real anime comedy cause nothing's exaggerated which I guess by extension makes it less intrusive on the situation as a whole. Though I do question what kind of comedy can be derived from a family who disciplines their members with a sharp blow to the head. I mean it's kinda funny, but it got kind of stale after the twentieth time they did it, which doesn't help when the Kamitami family has the most irritating child in the entire series as one of its members. Overview: + Consistent quality + Soothing and simple style Sound: Both Daisuke Ono's "Endless Happy World" and Hyorotto Danshi's "Oshiete yo", which is sung by the VAs of Ryuuichi and Hayato are both mellow songs that emulate the slice of life/happy go lucky tune that the show sings to featuring the day to day lives of looking after children who spend half their time drowning in their own imaginations playing. Suffice to say, they're not really the most memorable tracks, but they do their job in emulating the feeling the audience is supposed to get when watching this series cause everything about these songs is meant to create the feeling of children having fun more than anything else. Personally though, I'm not much of a fan and I found them to be kind of generic and nothing really noteworthy. Personal Enjoyment: Honestly, I watched this show more for the novelty of the idea more so than any interest in the show itself. I sat there looking at 'Gakuen Babysitters' and thought to myself what the actual hell they could do with a show as literally titled as this. The show pretty much met my expectation on what I thought it was going to do, but kind of killed them at the same time cause the show's attempt at a romantic subplot was one of those things that shouldn't have been there, but surprise surprise, was there because why not. I was actively upset at Yuki's lack of involvement in the plot because she kept showing up in the series with nothing of value to add with every appearance. Which is sad because they try to mix her into everything by the end of the series and every fiber of my being was asking "Why didn't you do this earlier?" But I think the one part of the show that irked me the most was Taka, Hayato's little brother and quite possibly the worst character in this entire show. Simply put, he's a brat. An annoying kid that spends the entire show trying to get his way and shove his way into everything without any acknowledgment for anyone else's thoughts or feelings. I don't like him because not only is he an annoying character, but he reminds me of a member of my own family who is the exact same way, and that's not a fun comparison to think about when you're watching an episode of anime on Sunday night to relax dreading the coming week. But all in all, Gakuen Babysitters is a show that I felt was...alright, I guess. I don't think it helps that I'm not much of a shoujo fan, and the shoujo-style of storytelling isn't my favorite, so I think my enjoyment of the show would've been skewed from the beginning. If you're a fan of the shoujo genre and you got some time to kill, this would be a fun show to watch if you're trying to fill in time. Just be prepared to turn down your volume at times cause like a real group of children, the kids in this show can get pretty loud, and Taka's voice is like cheese graters, so here's your early warning.
SoraSenpai
03/25/2018, 09:09 AM
The story is about two young...well one High School Student Ryuuichi and his VERY young brother Kotaro. These two brothers end up losing their parents in a plane crash and are sent to live with the Chairwoman of a high school. The reason being is that her Son and Daughter in Law were also in said plane crash and felt like it was necessary to take these two into her home. Of course the catch is for Ryuuichi to live in the house he must become part of the "Babysitters Club" in his High School. So basically the babysitters club is a club where theteachers leave their young kids who are not able to attend Pre or Elementary school yet. It's actually a pretty cool thing because it shows a development of Ryuuichi being accustomed to high school life, and Kotaro breaking out of his shyness being surrounded by kids his age and not being with his brother constantly. Along the way we get some awesome characters introduced in the show. Of course we get the kids in the Club, but we also get to meet the person in charge of the club when Ryuuichi is in class, the kids parents and Ryuuichi's classmates as well. The development and story over time in this series was really well done. At time you find yourself holding back tears, and other times you find yourself rooting for certain characters to come over there fear of doing something, for example just playing with the children. The art and animation were not anything special. Not the worst thing in this word since there's no action or over the top scenes. Considering this was a more relaxing anime the animation did not have to be top tier to enjoy it. The sound was pretty average as well. I enjoyed the ending more then the opening, but that's not saying much since overall the ending was "meh" The characters were super enjoyable. From the teachers down to the Ryuuichi's classmates this was one awesome cast of characters. Even the kids were super enjoyable. When it came to the High school kids you could really relate to most of them especially if you have young siblings, or even issues when it comes to handling small children. I was constantly comparing myself to Inomata. While she enjoyed being with the children it was hard for her to control them or even understand them without making them cry or be hurt in the end. However over time she was able to better her self while spending more time with Ryuuichi and the kids. I found myself waiting patiently every Sunday afternoon so I could watch this anime. That is how much I enjoyed it. Overall this was a unexpectedly great anime. Even with the score it has now i feel like it super underrated and definitely overlooked. I think the title of the anime plays a huge role in that. I would highly recommend this anime to anyone who would like a break from anything serious or over the top and just enjoy a very conditional slice of life anime.
Stark700
03/25/2018, 07:13 AM
We’ve all been through a phrase where we were once a kid and behaved exactly as one. It’s human nature and God gave us a life to be part of society. What does that mean for a show like Gakuen Babysitters? The real question here if you ever felt experienced the feel of responsibility. No, I’m not talking about doing the chores and helping around the house. I’m talking about taking care of someone else in your life, perhaps a stranger or someone much younger than you are. Welcome to the world of Gakuen Babysitters. I should say right off the bat that the show isexactly what it looks like. Translated as “School Babysitters”, the series is about taking responsibility and being able to take care of kids. I’ve never took the task of caretaking before so watching this show felt like a refreshing experience to me. As a reader of the manga, this anime does what it has to do get its message across and that’s to deliver an experience about taking responsibility. The first few episodes lets the audience know about the situation of the protagonists, Ryuichi and Kotarou. Their parents died and with no place to be called home. Morinomiya Academy’s chairwoman decides to give Ryuichi a home along with free schooling in exchange for taking on the role of a caretaker. Now I have to admit, such a premise sounds like a potential moody story for tearjerking moments. However, the show really isn’t but instead formulated into a heartwarming lighthearted story. Ryuichi is really someone that’s kind hearted and has a bottom to earth type of personality. The show chronicles his life as a babysitter as he learns the ins and outs. While I can’t say there’s anything exceptional about him, it’s shown that Ryuichi is an incredibly helpful individual and puts others before himself. You’d think that after losing their parents, he would venture down a path of depression. No. Here, this guy makes a huge comeback after life knocks him down and it’s inspirational. Sometimes though, I feel like his personality is too friendly and can get him into unintentional trouble. Similarly, his brother sees the joy of life. While Koutarou is nowhere near as mature, he’s definitely a kid who is growing up in the right way. As I’m watching more and more of Gakuen Babysitters, I realized that the show really tried to make us experience something. The realism of being responsible is part of growing up and this show really feels like one to capitalize that. Besides just the Kashima brothers, we also meet other caretakers at the school. Most of their circumstances are in a better position and they have more experience than Ryuichi. Despite that, they get along fairly well with him because of his gentle personality. On the other hand, Ryuichi does meet someone at school with an underwhelming impression of him. Her name is Maria Inomata and it won’t take for viewers to quickly realize her blunt personality. Compared to others, Inomata is someone that is hard to get along with. She is extremely serious and dedicated to studying (as she claims as one of the most important things in life). However, she also gets involved with the kids at the caretaker after unusual circumstances and shows a much more caring side. The easy picture to look at is Ryuichi’s influence on her. She begins to realize that life is more than just about studying but also being responsible. Watching her development is one of the dynamics of this show as it shows how people can change. Similarly, Ryuichi learns a lot from his daycare duties and if I were his parent, I’d be damn proud of him. Featuring a cast of younger characters, Gakuen Babysitters does its best to create an atmosphere of innocence and youth. The kids in this show are very young and behaves in ways you can easily guess. Some of the things they say can be misunderstood or brutally honest. Because of their age, you can expect a lot of shenanigans in their daily lives. Characters such as Taka, Kirin, and even Koutarou can cause trouble despite being unintentional. It’s such traits that make them kids. Despite that, I find this cast to be very charming and realistic. Their attachment to their older siblings and parents is also heartwarming to watch once you understand them more. Similar to the manga, the anime adaptation follows more of a slice of life storytelling so you really shouldn’t expect a complicated story. Every day is an adventure of its own. Because the show takes place at school, you can also expect some drama to develop between the older characters. A prime example is Inomata as feelings are developed about Ryuichi. While this show isn’t a love story, it gets more and more obvious. While I can’t say the show is really well written in that respect, it does capture the feel of what school life is like for girls of her age. At the caretaker center, Ryuichi’s bonds with others is perhaps a key selling point of the show. He is able to earn the trust of the kids and other caretakers. However, the story itself still needs a lot of work. I’ve read the manga and as a 12 episode TV anime adaptation, it felt like a lot was missing. There’s also some uncomfortable moments in this show that ventures into controversial territory. (I’m looking at you Tomoya Yagi) The overall tone of the show can also be a bit dull once you realize it’s not the type of anime for you. It’s a blend of slice of life and shoujo so be aware of what’s ahead. Adapted by Brain’s Base, this show is an example of a realistic slice of life. While the raw visual quality isn’t overly impressive, every character in the show can be relatable and their character designs is an example of that. The kids are adorably charming and their character expressions is exactly how they should behave. Character chemistry is imperative to capture the mood of the show and thankfully, Brain’s Base and the director is able to meet such expectations. Some characters’ designs definitely stand out more than others such as the school chairwoman and her signature hair. To say the least, the artwork gets the job done and not be overlooked. To portray such a younger cast takes skill and thankfully, the VA skillfully does just that. From crying to the happy moments, every child in this anime make us believe that they are real. The students at the school all have their own personalities as the VA easily fits into their shoes. The only character that I have a problem with in this anime is Yuki. She’s the annoying type of school girl that I can’t stand and seems to be just there to make everything looks more than silly than it is. Compared to other characters, she isn’t likable and sometimes, I find the kids to be more mature than she is because of her personality. On the other hand, the theme songs in this anime is definitely appealing to watch with its pure innocence. The catchy and lighthearted tone of the soundtrack is also easy to get used to. After watching Gakuen Babysitters, I can easily say that the show can be recommendable to almost everyone. It’s probably targeted to a more specific demographic but anyone should be able to watch this with an easy and open mind. From its daily slice of life adventures to the charming character chemistry, this is a show that tells what heartwarming is really about.

Gakuen Babysitters 学園ベビーシッターズ

2018 winter | Episodes: 12 | Score: 7.9 (181915)

Updated every Sundays at 23:00 | Status: Finished Airing

Type: TV

Streaming: Crunchyroll

Synopsis

Voice Actors

Sanpei, Yuuko

Umehara, Yuuichirou

Furuki, Nozomi

Nishiyama, Koutarou

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Reviews

Garmillan
03/06/2025, 12:01 AM
Gakuen Babysitters is one of those series that just warms your heart. It’s a mix of cute, funny, and emotional moments that make you smile, laugh, and sometimes even tear up a little. It’s all about everyday adventures taking care of a bunch of toddlers, and honestly, it’s way more entertaining than you’d expect. The characters are what really make this series shine. Ryuuichi is such a caring and lovable person, and Kotarou? Probably one of the cutest anime kids ever. The toddlers all have their own unique personalities, and their interactions with the babysitters feel so real and natural. There’s also a nice balancebetween heartwarming moments and comedy. Some scenes are really relatable if you’ve ever been around little kids. This is one of the anime that make me feel at home, I constantly rewatch the series. The toddlers and the other characters make me come back to watch every time.
AozoraAi
06/10/2021, 01:21 AM
Gakuen Babysitters is really cute for what it is. It's about babies. I’m not a baby person per se but babies are cute, and that’s the only cute thing about the whole show. Rest of the characters are as archetypical as they can get. The story thrives on cliché after cliché. In a nutshell the main focus of the show is sibling love between Kotaro and Ryuichiro. Of course such a setup always has potential if one wants to work with it. This is a slice of life theme that will never get boring. You know, babies grow up, they mature, brothers can drift apart,growing up is hard etc. etc. It’s supposed to be relatable. Except in Gakuen babysitter it’s just a superficial and cutesy shojo anime without any real substance. For those who enjoy these overused tropes all in one, it’s a nice time pass. There’s a stoic hot guy who constantly hits his 3 year old toddler brother. Yeah, he hits little toddlers. That’s supposed to be a gag btw. I’m just glad Kamitani is living in Japan where maybe it’s okay to harm kids because in my country you can literally go to jail. Yeah, no he’s quite serious when he hits them. Taka is his brother and the only fault is that he behaves like a toddler of that age. He’s not even that troublesome except for he’s loud and stupid. But hey, let’s laugh and swoon over Kamitani for abusing Taka mentally and physically. If this show was ever taken seriously it would have far more repercussions by mentally imprinting that behavior in little kids. I hop Taka doesn’t grow up being a dick, because the only thing he’d remember was his brother being a stoic asshole (dumbhole) who says he doesn’t love him and verbally hurts at every opportunity. Then there’s an archetypical cute guy pedo. Comedy again. I’m really sure he isn’t but that’s the gag and you’re supposed to get the humor mistaking him for being a pedo but he’s not. Oh wee haha how funny. Because there aren’t real pedos who have raped 3 months old babies. Yeah sometimes they just don’t know how to do comedy without being so gritty. There’s then, a paranoid father of Kirinchan, where you have to laugh when he flirts with minor school girls. Mom doesn’t mind obviously. Oh and this other guy who is in love with his teacher (yes in love). Omg so funny and cute. And we are supposed to take him seriously. Anyway even if you don’t, you have the googly eyed MC who for actuals god’s sake consoles this nut head and is apologetic as apologetic word can go. There’s no comedy except that something’s are just so weird. He feels bad for telling Kamitani not to hit his baby brother. In this one episode I wanted to throw off my cereal bowl at the screen. It was supposed to be a lesson for 3 year old Taka on how to behave and. Yes, I was expecting a deeper message like kids ruin your stuff but they grow up and stop needing you without taka having an idea exactly but holy it was an actual bad lesson for Taka. . The kid bowls his eyes out saying he is sorry, but his older brother is cold as ice. And mother is useless. I feel like there’s not a fucking adult who knows how to deal with a situation involving a child. I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen anyone being so tough to a 3 year old baby for anything they do except calmly make them understand. But you don’t hurt a child, ever. In Gakuen Babysitters, they do. Not to mention that there’s absolutely no safety for the kids. The babysitter is almost always sleeping, the windows are open, kids just roam around in school with no supervision. Characters are dumb but not unbearable. Apart from that this anime was a nice time pass. You’re not supposed to take it seriously. Yeah I know I’m talking but I have to write fax in reviews so. Oh yes there’s a mandatory beach scene and boob press scene because….it’s wholesome that way 
yusa_96
02/09/2021, 02:00 AM
This anime is about two brothers named Ryuuichi and Kotarou who lost their parents in a plane accident. Ryuuichi was a student of middle school 3rd grade and Kotarou was a boy of maybe of two years. They didn't had any relatives who can look after them. Then some one suggested him that there was a chairwoman of a school who was interested to take care of them. She will take care of them but in return he had to work as a babysitter in the daycare which was supposed to be known as babysitter club. Ryuuichi agreed with it and started a newlife with new people. Ryuuichi and Kotarou had a deep relationship with each other. They never fought each other. Kotarou and Ryuuichi always wants to stay like this forever. I really loved this series because it described how an elder brother or sister should behave with their brothers and sisters. We have to be patient and accept what our siblings do. They don't mean harm to us. If they do anything that breaks our heart we have to think that it was an accident. We always have to love each other to make a peaceful life. My Ratings for this anime: Story - 10 Art - 9 Sound - 9 Character - 9 Enjoyment - 10 Overall - 9
__sobann
12/19/2020, 04:32 AM
Gakuen babysitters , i first saw this anime's clip on internet. I thought it might be good somehow, But my oh my i freaking loved the show This is filled with beautiful characters, It is literally ASMR for eyes. Not gonna ruin it for you but im gonna give you reasons to watch this show. 1 Short 12 episodes anime with each episode with two events in each episode. 2 Wholesome show that shares about family and Kids. 3 How a kid life revolves around a ideal brother. 4 Anime with beautiful crafted world. Do try this show it is Episodic and will not take long
MixedApril
04/02/2020, 02:42 PM
I absolutely love this anime, not only because of the adorable children but mainly how much this anime is more of a slice of life. This anime kinda reminds me of Ouran Highschool Host Club only because of how the structure of the anime is. The backstory is very tragic and its nice to see how these people evolve and change. Those who don't like children or a somewhat female like male protagonist, then this anime is not for you. This anime is so adorable and cute and if you have nothing better to do then this anime would be recommended :)
lovelychopper
02/26/2020, 09:13 AM
this anime is a GODSEND! i've watched it so many times i've lost count!! it's such a cute and peaceful anime that i can't help watching whenever i'm feeling depressed or anxious. it just takes my mind off of things and the plot doesn't drag on for long or make you lose interest. also, i love babies A LOT so maybe that's why i'm addicted to the anime? it's just so funny and lighthearted and such a nice change from action/romance/horror anime and i wish it was more popular because we NEED a season 2 already! very enjoyable, highly recommend it!
Cherry_Pixie
12/30/2019, 12:56 AM
I saw it, it was simple, yet effective. I won't lie, in the first episode, I went crybaby mode. If you haven't seen the series and you're just scrolling through the review section to know people's opinion, I highly recommend you to watch this show. I won't further extend my review because there's nothing really to talk about, instead, I'll give you three words to describe it. "Inspiring, Cute, Euphoria" Let's further talk about the elements. The story takes off after the sudden death of their parents, two young brothers named Ryūichi Kashima and his younger brother Kotarō are left alone and having no place tocall home. The chairwoman of the prestigious Morinomiya Academy offers to take the boys into her care, giving them a new house and free tuition, but in a condition that Ryuichi helps out with the school's daycare center while also attending normal classes during school hours. It's unique in its own way, I haven't really found some plot holes so bare with me. I really liked the story. That's all I can say since there are no flaws that are too serious about the plot. On the other hand, the art is simple and VERY FITTING. Ryuichi reminds me of Kazehaya from Kimi Ni Todoke. He even has the same personality as him. Sweet and loving. And also attracted. At first, I didn't like the OP very much, but I grew fond of it after discovering the episodes step by step. The ED is fantastic and supports the series well, also, the OST fits the theme very well. Further on, the characters. My personal favorite is the chairwoman, at first she seems infuriating, but oh boy I love her. Her hairstyle is unique which I haven't really seen in any other anime series. Ryuichi is the typical main character who is seen to be loved by girls. Inomata is my love-interest for Ryuichi, while Ushimaru can have Kamitani. By the number of characters, I can't compliment all of them but I'd like say they played their roles very well. Okay onto enjoyment, did I enjoy this-? Well, two words. VERY MUCH. Story: 8/10 Art: 8/10 Sound: 8/10 Character: 8/10 Enjoyment: 10/10 Overall: 8.4/10 Rounded Overall: 8/10 I highly recommend you to watch this, it's so exciting!! Thanks for reading my review!
felixlovesanime
07/05/2019, 10:04 PM
Every brother out there should definitely put Ryuuichi and Kotarou on the pedestal-- as the prime example of what brotherhood could lovingly become. Watching humans grow can be a very fascinating experience-- especially when such growth takes such literal form. Ryuuichi, the older brother, now becomes the only family member that watches Kotarou, his toddler younger brother, grow in this brand new life the two had found themselves after a devastating loss and admittedly, even Ryuuichi himself still has some growing up to do. Nonetheless, it would be a mistake to compare this anime series to Grave of the Fireflies because for the former, the lovebetween the two brothers do not stop just there. The love manages to spread across Ryuuichi's new school, his new friends and classmates, his new surrogate family, and yes, the heavenly adorable toddlers at Marunomiya Daycare (my personal favorite is definitely the Mamizuka twins). What is it that makes this anime series earn such high rating? Yes, this anime is packed with everlasting cuteness and heartwarming moments either between brothers and brothers or parents and children. However, what ultimately makes this anime stick is how they celebrate the theme of love. While innocence does not stick for far too long either because of loss or simply because of good old-fashioned mischief, love has no such issue. By taking care of his younger brother with such love, Ryuuichi manages to cope with the past and find himself in a grand happiness while simultaneously, by watching over his older brother in his own way, Kotarou becomes the cute, little baby that could. Additionally, the love that each and every toddler in the Daycare radiates is unconditional and even more powerful than what adults can muster. In a way, these rugrats have a lot to teach to us, the towering giants. Finally, if you didn't put Kotarou or any of the Daycare toddlers as your desktop wallpaper at least once in order to remind yourself that there are smiles worth protecting in this ugly world, your heart must be stoned cold, all right. LOL. #felixlovesanime
SomeRandomWeebs
04/17/2019, 04:42 AM
MINOR SPOILER WARNING - contains information from the first few episodes Gakuen Babysitters is an excellent anime to watch. The anime came out during a time when I was really getting back into anime, and was like a second gateway anime. It draws you in with its simple premise and story, and sticks to it throughout the entire show. The story of Gakuen Babysitters is very simple. Our main characters, Ryuichi and Kotarou, currently don't have a home due to their parents dying in a plane crash. The Academy Chairwoman decides to give the boys a home, and gives Ryuichi free education should he help atthe school's daycare centre after school. However simple the premise is, it is able to constantly deliver on it, and shows us a great time that we can appreciate at home. There are many shows that have filler episodes to stretch an anime out, but this is a show that develops each of your characters at an excellent pace and in great ways. In every single episode, the simple story is progressed through, with problems being presented, and then solved in a timely fashion. However simple the art style and music are, they help to create a simple and ecstatically pleasing anime, showing off how not everything needs to be flashy or sparking to be attractive. The anime keeps everything nice and clean, with Brain's Base animating, keeping everything pleasing to look at. The show is an easy comedy and slice of life, and with a simple plot and excellent characters (even though they are 3 year olds!). It is something you can come home to and just sit and enjoy. Something pleasing to watch as you relax. Gakuen Babysitters is an excellent show, and although I won't speak for every single person, it is a really good watch. Set aside an afternoon, sit down with friends (or by yourself, I'm not judging), and enjoy.
AestheticFanatic
03/22/2019, 01:59 PM
This show is odd in that the main driving force for the show and the reason you stay isn't necessarily the interactions like most SoL shows but the general cuteness the show radiates. The character designs for the older characters including the protagonist and the supporting cast were very good and were perfect for each character's defining trait like Ryu's design encompassing his compassion or Kamitani's being slightly menacing but approachable when the show needed it. The character designs of the kids were a bit weird when I saw them for promotional stuff but in the show, they worked really well for showing off howcute kids could be. Outside of that cute factor, the show also shows the problems of children like them being brats, gross, and outright annoying at times which reassured me at the beginning this wouldn't be a weird show that forces procreation on a population of youth that don't do so in Japan. The story actually allows justification for how character's act like Ryu's compassion or "bro-con" to an extent due to his brother being his only family and how over the show he learns to let go a bit from his brother and focus on himself. However outside of this gradual development, not much happens that is really interesting. It's got generic SoL situations with the added twist of little kid(s) in the equation but it doesn't really use that to its advantage that much to explore ideas outside of the barebones message these shows contain. The art is very odd at first as I described with the character designs but works very well in the context of the actual animation style and is overall very consistent throughout the show. Backgrounds and setting unfortunately suffer in this show as they never linger on them for long before transitioning into character shots and the few occasions where background or setting are spotlighted, its very bland artwork and almost lifeless in shots like the opening of the culture festival. My biggest issue with the show outside of its sometimes bland moments is its sometimes atrocious sound design. One moment you have fine sound design with the character's speaking to one another and then all of a sudden the sound quality will dip into the nether realms when another character enters the scene. This issue was fixed as the show progressed but it was too jarring in certain parts for me to focus on the cute factor, the main driving force of the show, which is a huge problem. The performances of the VA's are also quite lifeless outside of the VA's of the children. Our main protagonist seems to only have one tone he ever speaks in outside of some shocking moments and outside of him its worse with character's speaking in only ONE way throughout the entirety of the show. If a character speaks in a high voice with overtly cutesy inflections on the end of her sentences, that is how they will always speak no matter the situation and it bothers me a lot. The music is also very generic and doesn't even bother giving me at least a catchy op or ed to latch on to. It's not bad music per say but its so bland and generic that it might as well be. Overall, my enjoyment for the series was high and my main grievances never truly took me out of the show but did bring it down slowly over its course. With another season, I could see this show developing its characters a bit more and having these cute kids into cute preschoolers would be fun and switch up the show when it's situations get bland. I don't think this show needs or really deserves another season though so this wish or desire is a mute point. Fix the sound design, add more variety to the situations you put the character's in and add some more good background/setting shots, with this I think we would have a SoL show on our hands but these issues unfortunately weigh the show down too much. With that, I give the show a 6/10 (fine) rating and implore the audience to seek this out only if the idea of kids being cute is very intriguing to you. Some more recs for SoL shows or fans of this I'd point them towards Kobayashi Dragon Maid, a show that has a kid character a bit older than the ones in the show that actually puts her in interesting situations, and Sweetness and Lightning, for those who really want the cute factor with kids but felt this show underperformed in that regard.
vexahlia
08/29/2018, 04:40 PM
this awoke every maternal instinct in my cold, dead heart. at this point if i see even one (1) picture of kotarou i visibly melt this is the cutest show i've ever seen. everything about it is just tooth-rotting fluff, the children are endearing (i would d*e for kazuma he opens his mouth and i just go heart eyes), the side characters are all great, and the main brothers are just so sweet ;A; feel good story of the year 10/10 goat (just to note: there is a character [yagi] they imply is something terrible which he is not, in the manga his story is exploredmore and he definitely isn't what the show pretends he is, and i hope if (when? it better be wheN) there's another season they fix that storyline.) if you want a show that is just mindless fun that tugs on your heartstrings in a loving, cuddly type of way this is a great show to watch.
himawaripencil
04/01/2018, 04:19 AM
I had looked forward to this anime so much because I've been reading the manga for a long time and was so excited when they finally announced that an anime was on the way. Perhaps it was because I had such high expectations that I felt really let down and disappointed with the anime when I finally watched it. Firstly, I felt that the voices did not suit the characters very well and did not manage to bring out the characters' inner personality colours out. And I'm not talking about toddlers (I mean it isn't easy to voice for such a young child character like Kotaroor Taka) but characters like Ryuichi, the moms and the Chairwoman did not have very well-suited voices. The art was simplified a lot, which again disappointed me but maybe it's because they were trying to keep things flat and simple as there are a lot of child characters. Overall, this anime is nice to watch when you have nothing else to watch and you like kids and fluff. But personally, I'd recommend you to read the manga instead because the feels are stronger there, the characters' inner voices are very clear and the life lessons are also more apparent. Somehow, even though the anime was pretty faithful to the manga, I felt that the life lessons were not very well conveyed through as compared to the manga. Maybe that's just me because I read the manga. My friend who did not read the manga thoroughly enjoyed this anime so go ahead and give this anime a go if the plot intrigues you! I hope you'll enjoy it more than I did!
Paulo_Goncalves
03/30/2018, 09:03 AM
Gakuen Babysitters really resonate with me. Being a father of a 2 year old child I enjoy a lot of this show ALTHOUGH this is not a true realistic view of parenting - at all.... From the babysitter who sleeps while taking care of children, to let them wander alone in a school to other neglectic matters not that important here. This show, a pure slice-of-life / comedy, is a show about brotherly love that must cope with the death of their parents. This is why normal in anime losing parents and dealing with it (normally quite easy). This way the first couple of episodes weget to see both Kotarou (the young boy) & Ryuuichi (the older one) dealing with that loss and trying to live by it. By the sixth or seventh episode that was over and almost it neither that subject come into play. As the episodes pogress we get to know Morinomiya (a older woman who adopt them) and Saikawa (her butler?). We also get to know Hayato who befriends Ryuuichi althought he is a bit anti-social kind of guy but has a brother in the Babysitter club called Taka. Taka is the complete oposite of Kotarou. Taka is always running and smashing things while Kotarou is almost a statue. Probably or not, its interesting that Hayato punish his brother by hitting him in the head while Ryuuichi is more gentle and never resorting to violence. One thing that really interest me was the children. First I thought they were mis-characterize. They talk a lot (althought small sentences) but also were very considerative (it's a word?) and with great awareness. One of the girls deduce Maria Inomata (our Tsundere) hated Ryuuichi but later understands that after he loves/likes him. I don't think a child of 3 has that capacity. But mine is not 3 years old yet.... Lets be real... children are smart but... my wife is blind and she has a guide dog. He don't understand that she is blind yet. He cannot phantom that BUT we teach him that the dog we have (Quickie) helps her. On what he do he does not know or why. From time to time he says "a mãe tem doidoi nos olhos - o Quickie ajuda" - roughly translated - "Mommy has a owie in her eyes - Quickie helps" but that's about it... sometimes when she goes against something and hurts himself he calls the dog to help her. They are funny... So when Kotarou went great length in episode 8 to grab a lemon because he thought Ryuuchi was feeling sick (cold) because Ryuuichi demonstrated a lot of pressure on what to answer to a girl who said she loved him - I laugh out loud... This show is not to everybody. Maybe people with young kids or people with young brother they have to take care off (episode 9) shows Hayato and Ryuuichi talk about that pressure and that difficult their lives in some ways I really resonate with it. Hayato says that he don't care about what his brother Taka broke but he knows he was being malicious and even asking for forgiving he knew he didn't meant it - that's so true man! But they are not malicious - they are kids and have to learn.. It takes time. I have great control on my stuff being a avid reader and with thousands books at home and boardgames but one time he scribble on one of my books but whose fault was that? his? It's mine. It's a kid... he doesn't understand value of things or why he can write on a blank page but not in a 40$ book. They are kids and we are the adults... so Youko (the old woman) teaches the boy and it was funny. I had the same thought. Gonna try sometime :D As Kotorou says "Little boys do grow up..." Really loving anime. Slice of Life, Drama, Comedy & a bit of Romance (not that much). I say again. Slice of Life were great this season. It's a shame next season there aren't that many... Sorry forgot to mention about art and such... Well in terms of Art the animation was great because it was focus on comedy and these cute boys and girls. The sound was okay I guess (love the kids voices).
AmishaelMA
03/28/2018, 06:22 PM
Gakuen Babysitters AKA: I think I just felt a little tug on my heartstrings This is one of those ‘healing’ anime that helps you see the goodness in the world. It’s pure, it’s uplifting, it’s adorable. It’s not what you would call a masterpiece – it’s similar to watching a baby giraffe try to walk for the first time. Its clumsiness is part of what makes it so endearing. Even people who don’t tend to like little kids much – me, for instance – will find that this show appeals on a level you wouldn’t think possible. It’s hard to describe just how many times this seriesmade me smile, go ‘awww’ or dance around in sheer unrestrained joy at their adorableness. (In my head of course, I didn’t actually go dancing round.) But there’s more to the anime than just kiddy antics. It’s the reason Ryuji puts up with the kids, and the reason they love him. He sees them as people. He doesn’t like cleaning up messes, changing diapers, or trying to stop a tantrum any more than the average person. He doesn’t enjoy not being able to spend as much time with his friends as he would otherwise, and he definitely doesn’t enjoy having his stuff ruined. But he loves the kids. He sees each tot as a human being with his/her own distinct personality, struggles, and likes and dislikes. They’re almost like family to him (Kotaro is actually family of course). Just being with them, seeing how they warm to him and come to trust and love him in return is one of the most purely satisfying parts of this show, and the reason I loved it so much. Ryuji is exactly the type of person that shines best when taking care of others, because of his gentle, patient and selfless nature. It’s also the reason he’s so good at it. His only fault is that he can be a bit too soft on the kids, but Kamitani and the others are there to balance that out. Usaida, on the other hand, has got to be one of the most irresponsible babysitters out there. Seriously, leaving a kid that small outside by themselves, what was he thinking? Sure, he didn’t realise they were gone, but that only makes it worse. It’s not like it was a one-off either. I know it’s meant to be a gag primarily used to highlight Ryuji’s heroism, but he should have been made out as a bit more responsible all the same. He’s not the only character who’s a bit unrealistic. There’s the crybaby father, the child-loving deviant (as he’s so called in the anime), the weary older brother and the tsundere who thinks the kids hate her. Whilst none of them were integral to the story (except maybe Inomata, who got some decent development), they were rather funny to watch at times. I suppose they did provide a bit of a distraction from the kids every now and again by injecting a bit of drama, which was refreshing. The love triangle scenario was unnecessary, but that didn’t mean it was bad in this case. I did think it was rather sweet, and the innocent way it was shown was consistent with the innocence of the anime on the whole. The real gem, though, was watching Ryuji and Kotaro’s interactions. It’s incredibly rare to see the loss of parents in anime handled so maturely, normally it’s just a ‘let’s ignore the fact that the parents are dead until it’s time for a tragic backstory arc!’. Here it was realistically done. Ryuji loved his parents very much, and truly misses them. He treasures Kotaro in their absence, and Kotaro in return thinks Ryuji exemplifies everything good in the world. Parental death in this case brought Ryuji and Kotaro all the closer as the only surviving members of the family, and the way they cherish each other is heart-wrenching. Watching Ryu try and raise his brother in place of their parents, and watching Kotaro try and help Ryu as much as his tiny little body is able, was beautiful. It’s love in its purest form, and I’m glad I got to see it. The other members of their new family, the Chairwoman and butler Saikawa, are also great characters. The Chairwoman is a good person, even though you wouldn’t guess it at first glance. She looks like a crotchety old lady, doesn’t mince words and makes Ryuji and Kotaro earn their keep, but watch her long enough and you’ll see a little smile creep over her face as she watches them bring life back into the too empty house. She has the ability of giving over lessons that seem harsh, until you reflect on what she said and realise how much care and wisdom was behind it. Saikawa, too, has a lot more to him than meets the eye. He appears enigmatic, but is hiding a wicked sense of humour and a heart of gold. He helps them a lot more than they even realise. Both play a big part in Ryuji and Kotaro’s respective developments. What can I say about the rest of the aspects, like the sound and art? The sound is very tender and warms your heart. The voice actors, especially those that play the kids, are brilliant and really make you believe actual tiny humans are speaking. The art is mellow and has a lot of pastel tones and soft designs. The kids are ridiculously chibi, but that’s done on purpose to make them seem cuter. It works, too. Altogether I’m unreasonably glad I watched this. I’ll probably go to bed with a fuller heart for the next week than I have done in a while. And I think I might even like little kids more on the whole after this. If you want a pure, adorable and heart-warming slice of life about a day-care, this is the one for you. XD
Dragontail
03/27/2018, 01:46 PM
Gakuen Babysitters seemed like a decently good anime for me at the beginning. But as Gakuen Babysitters played out with more story clichés, and started making some parts unbearable, I stopped liking this anime that much. Story: (6/10) In this anime, all the episodes are disjointed and have no connection whatsoever with each other. The storyline in every episode is fine, I just felt that using clichés, such as the 'beach' cliché degraded my experience with this anime. However, to make up for it, it has some well-thought out drama scenes. Art: (7/10) The art was decent and enough to discern most characters from each other. However, Ibelieve they could have still worked on making some characters not as noticeably similar in design. Sound: (5/10) The op and ed were just normal anime songs. However, none of the soundtracks themselves pop out and really give a special feel to the anime itself imo. Character: (4/10) At first I found the babies outright extremely cute. However, over time, the anime makers used the babysitters as a cheap way to cover up so many moments that could have been used to develop other parts of the story, becoming very annoying. The characters also are mildly disturbing, such as a father who dresses like a kidnapper, and a high school student who bleeds from excitement when seeing one of the babies. Overall: (6/10) Overall a decent anime that may or may not be worth your time. If you like babysitters and babies a lot, go for it. Otherwise, you should look for other slice of life animes instead
tfreeman42
03/25/2018, 07:36 PM
Gakuen Babysitters isn't a particularly flashy or drawing series. But it is an extremely enjoyable slice-of-life series that's very heartwarming and cute. Story - 7/10 Art - 8/10 Sound - 7/10 Characters - 7/10 Enjoyment - 10/10 Overall - 8/10The show gets away with having some unremarkable characters by including a few standouts that are some of my favorite characters from this anime season. The art isn't very flashy, but it gets the key details right, especially in the small children. The slice-of-life stories and the sound get it done as well. Overall, Gakuen Babysitters exceeds in its subtlety. While it doesn't impress or "wow" in most cases, it stands its ground well.
Canadian_Otaku
03/25/2018, 05:20 PM
I don't write reviews often (or at all) but thought I'd leave one for Gakuen Babysitters. I spent 2 years in Japan working with kids aged 0-3 and this show brought back so many memories. It really is quite spot-on with the behaviour and stereotypes of the Japanese toddlers. Rules and regulations are far more relaxed in Japan compared to, say, North America, so this anime gave a fairly accurate portrayal of what life is like in a Japanese daycare. Mind, the head teacher sleeping so much may be a slight exaggeration.. XD While a bit biased due to my own pastexperiences, this show does offer a refreshing take on the SoL genre. Would recommend to anyone in childcare, lots of entertaining quirks and relative topics.
PyraXadon
03/25/2018, 09:38 AM
A trend I find with children in anime is that they're always painted 'cute'. Small human beings surrounded by glittery and sparkly effects who do cute things so that the audience falls in love with the tiny people characters. It's not often that I see children portrayed as what they actually are, monsters, and it's even stranger to see a more realistic representation portrayed in a shoujo series of all things, a genre where virtually everything is depicted a lot more flowery than they actually are. Story: Kashima Ryuuichi and his little brother Kotaro have met with the unfortunate fate of becoming orphans after their parents passingdue to a plane crash. It is then that the boy is contacted by the headmistress of the high school that he will be attending, and told that from that day forward, he will live with her with room and board all taken care of, but in exchange, he must spend his spare time at the babysitters club, a daycare center at school dedicated to the teachers' children while their mothers work. The show is pretty standard for what one can expect from a shoujo-style slice of life. The story is very lax in nature with the only real high points being slight bumps that get resolved in the episode, thus leading to the show's mostly episodic nature with very few connecting points. The episodes are based around Ryuuichi and his relationships with both the people he meets at school and the children in the daycare center, without really much weight to them since the show ends up going back to the status quo and resetting all but a few plot elements that don't get touched very much in the later episodes. But there are some points that I found irritating, mainly the fact that the parents of our two main protagonists ARE DEAD. It is the story of a four year old and a fifteen year old entering a stage in their life with their parents just recently deceased. Yes, this is a happy go lucky slice of life show, but you cannot ignore this looming fact. They do touch on this point a fair bit in the early episodes, but it felt like it was played off and largely ignored in sacrifice to showcase Ryuuichi playing with kids, which does not feel right considering how heavy of a topic this is. Another more glaring problem is the romantic subplot. There are two girls in this show that seem to have an interest for Ryuuichi, and everything about their interactions with him feels so unsatisfying, as these scenes feature either a tsundere who does the classic tsundere thing of being a bitch before regretting it later because that's apparently how people work, and a super shy girl who very clearly has a crush on the guy, but never gets the time of day because the show's not about her, but we still have to know she exists anyway. The subplot eats up a surprising amount of the show's time and while none of the runtime is really lost since the episodic episodes featuring the children are wrapped up well enough to not warrant me yelling at Brain's Base for wasting time, I can't help but feel cheated because they set up the potential romance only to have it not go anywhere because audiences apparently like unresolved plot points/ideas. Overall, Gakuen Babysitters is pretty much a show that's what you get on the box. It's a show about a guy babysitting kids with the occasional funny thing happening cause it's a slice of life comedy show that entertains. It wraps itself neatly at the end to show how far the two brothers have come, as a sort of recap episode to show the fruits of the labor the entire runtime has built up to, but largely what you're going to be seeing here are "School babysitters". Babysitters who babysit at school. Overview: +/- Pretty much what you'd expect with the title of the series + Has some heartwarming moments - Romance goes nowhere, so why even include it in the first place Characters: Ryuuichi is about as interesting as sandpaper. He cares very much for his little brother (to be to an obsessive degree for various reasons), and is extremely passive, being far too nice to everyone and not getting upset in the slightest. Honestly there's not much to say about this guy cause weirdly enough, he's not involved with the plot all that much despite being the protagonist and the story beyond the first few episodes doesn't do much to shed light on the reality of him now being an orphan despite a few choice moments. Kotaro is sort of an off-branch of his character since the two in the show are basically inseparable, and Kotaro on his own doesn't really have any traits of his own either cause the kid is usually silent with this perpetual bored expression that makes me question whether or not he knows what's even going on in his life. Then there're the kids. Who, if you know what kids really are like, will probably be reflective in your experience with them. Simply put; they're loud, they're jerks, they do whatever the hell they want, and they can be cute. Sometimes. As the core of the show's existence, the six children featured in the show each take turns and sometimes altogether being the show's focus (some more than others), taking the protagonist and various members of the side cast along with them on their little adventures doing what children do. The brat, the girl, the twins, Kotaro, and the baby; I have my own gripes with each of the kids, as their actual characters are something of personal preference, but I have to say they did a good job at showing their audience what snot-nosed brats children are actually like most of the time. So I guess they did get the important thing right. The rest of the cast involving recurring characters like Kamitami Hayato and Yoshihito Usaida, two characters who are commonly seen around Ryuuichi, the childrens' parents, and other members of the side cast all weirdly enough have more personality than our main protagonist in that they fill in the gaps to enrich the world surrounding Ryuuichi with people who're more experienced with the other kids in the series, being family members and other people who simply have been around the children longer to be able to handle the little headaches much easier. The outliers to this rule are Inomata Maria and Ushimaru Yuki, both of whom are the girls that seem to catch Ryuuichi's fancy, but don't do anything about it cause even if you try, romance isn't wanted in this story. Overview: + Realistic depictions of toddler behavior + Amusing sidecast (for the most part) - MC's not very interesting Art: Produced by Brain's Base, Gakuen Babysitters focuses more on the light aesthetic with very few points of animation to take note of. The show itself is very consistent with its art quality, vying for a simple style with pastel colors that emulate the show's normally cheery and bright nature cause the show isn't a slice of life shoujo for nothing. Comedy is relegated primarily to very simple comedic faces that at times don't even feel like a real anime comedy cause nothing's exaggerated which I guess by extension makes it less intrusive on the situation as a whole. Though I do question what kind of comedy can be derived from a family who disciplines their members with a sharp blow to the head. I mean it's kinda funny, but it got kind of stale after the twentieth time they did it, which doesn't help when the Kamitami family has the most irritating child in the entire series as one of its members. Overview: + Consistent quality + Soothing and simple style Sound: Both Daisuke Ono's "Endless Happy World" and Hyorotto Danshi's "Oshiete yo", which is sung by the VAs of Ryuuichi and Hayato are both mellow songs that emulate the slice of life/happy go lucky tune that the show sings to featuring the day to day lives of looking after children who spend half their time drowning in their own imaginations playing. Suffice to say, they're not really the most memorable tracks, but they do their job in emulating the feeling the audience is supposed to get when watching this series cause everything about these songs is meant to create the feeling of children having fun more than anything else. Personally though, I'm not much of a fan and I found them to be kind of generic and nothing really noteworthy. Personal Enjoyment: Honestly, I watched this show more for the novelty of the idea more so than any interest in the show itself. I sat there looking at 'Gakuen Babysitters' and thought to myself what the actual hell they could do with a show as literally titled as this. The show pretty much met my expectation on what I thought it was going to do, but kind of killed them at the same time cause the show's attempt at a romantic subplot was one of those things that shouldn't have been there, but surprise surprise, was there because why not. I was actively upset at Yuki's lack of involvement in the plot because she kept showing up in the series with nothing of value to add with every appearance. Which is sad because they try to mix her into everything by the end of the series and every fiber of my being was asking "Why didn't you do this earlier?" But I think the one part of the show that irked me the most was Taka, Hayato's little brother and quite possibly the worst character in this entire show. Simply put, he's a brat. An annoying kid that spends the entire show trying to get his way and shove his way into everything without any acknowledgment for anyone else's thoughts or feelings. I don't like him because not only is he an annoying character, but he reminds me of a member of my own family who is the exact same way, and that's not a fun comparison to think about when you're watching an episode of anime on Sunday night to relax dreading the coming week. But all in all, Gakuen Babysitters is a show that I felt was...alright, I guess. I don't think it helps that I'm not much of a shoujo fan, and the shoujo-style of storytelling isn't my favorite, so I think my enjoyment of the show would've been skewed from the beginning. If you're a fan of the shoujo genre and you got some time to kill, this would be a fun show to watch if you're trying to fill in time. Just be prepared to turn down your volume at times cause like a real group of children, the kids in this show can get pretty loud, and Taka's voice is like cheese graters, so here's your early warning.
SoraSenpai
03/25/2018, 09:09 AM
The story is about two young...well one High School Student Ryuuichi and his VERY young brother Kotaro. These two brothers end up losing their parents in a plane crash and are sent to live with the Chairwoman of a high school. The reason being is that her Son and Daughter in Law were also in said plane crash and felt like it was necessary to take these two into her home. Of course the catch is for Ryuuichi to live in the house he must become part of the "Babysitters Club" in his High School. So basically the babysitters club is a club where theteachers leave their young kids who are not able to attend Pre or Elementary school yet. It's actually a pretty cool thing because it shows a development of Ryuuichi being accustomed to high school life, and Kotaro breaking out of his shyness being surrounded by kids his age and not being with his brother constantly. Along the way we get some awesome characters introduced in the show. Of course we get the kids in the Club, but we also get to meet the person in charge of the club when Ryuuichi is in class, the kids parents and Ryuuichi's classmates as well. The development and story over time in this series was really well done. At time you find yourself holding back tears, and other times you find yourself rooting for certain characters to come over there fear of doing something, for example just playing with the children. The art and animation were not anything special. Not the worst thing in this word since there's no action or over the top scenes. Considering this was a more relaxing anime the animation did not have to be top tier to enjoy it. The sound was pretty average as well. I enjoyed the ending more then the opening, but that's not saying much since overall the ending was "meh" The characters were super enjoyable. From the teachers down to the Ryuuichi's classmates this was one awesome cast of characters. Even the kids were super enjoyable. When it came to the High school kids you could really relate to most of them especially if you have young siblings, or even issues when it comes to handling small children. I was constantly comparing myself to Inomata. While she enjoyed being with the children it was hard for her to control them or even understand them without making them cry or be hurt in the end. However over time she was able to better her self while spending more time with Ryuuichi and the kids. I found myself waiting patiently every Sunday afternoon so I could watch this anime. That is how much I enjoyed it. Overall this was a unexpectedly great anime. Even with the score it has now i feel like it super underrated and definitely overlooked. I think the title of the anime plays a huge role in that. I would highly recommend this anime to anyone who would like a break from anything serious or over the top and just enjoy a very conditional slice of life anime.
Stark700
03/25/2018, 07:13 AM
We’ve all been through a phrase where we were once a kid and behaved exactly as one. It’s human nature and God gave us a life to be part of society. What does that mean for a show like Gakuen Babysitters? The real question here if you ever felt experienced the feel of responsibility. No, I’m not talking about doing the chores and helping around the house. I’m talking about taking care of someone else in your life, perhaps a stranger or someone much younger than you are. Welcome to the world of Gakuen Babysitters. I should say right off the bat that the show isexactly what it looks like. Translated as “School Babysitters”, the series is about taking responsibility and being able to take care of kids. I’ve never took the task of caretaking before so watching this show felt like a refreshing experience to me. As a reader of the manga, this anime does what it has to do get its message across and that’s to deliver an experience about taking responsibility. The first few episodes lets the audience know about the situation of the protagonists, Ryuichi and Kotarou. Their parents died and with no place to be called home. Morinomiya Academy’s chairwoman decides to give Ryuichi a home along with free schooling in exchange for taking on the role of a caretaker. Now I have to admit, such a premise sounds like a potential moody story for tearjerking moments. However, the show really isn’t but instead formulated into a heartwarming lighthearted story. Ryuichi is really someone that’s kind hearted and has a bottom to earth type of personality. The show chronicles his life as a babysitter as he learns the ins and outs. While I can’t say there’s anything exceptional about him, it’s shown that Ryuichi is an incredibly helpful individual and puts others before himself. You’d think that after losing their parents, he would venture down a path of depression. No. Here, this guy makes a huge comeback after life knocks him down and it’s inspirational. Sometimes though, I feel like his personality is too friendly and can get him into unintentional trouble. Similarly, his brother sees the joy of life. While Koutarou is nowhere near as mature, he’s definitely a kid who is growing up in the right way. As I’m watching more and more of Gakuen Babysitters, I realized that the show really tried to make us experience something. The realism of being responsible is part of growing up and this show really feels like one to capitalize that. Besides just the Kashima brothers, we also meet other caretakers at the school. Most of their circumstances are in a better position and they have more experience than Ryuichi. Despite that, they get along fairly well with him because of his gentle personality. On the other hand, Ryuichi does meet someone at school with an underwhelming impression of him. Her name is Maria Inomata and it won’t take for viewers to quickly realize her blunt personality. Compared to others, Inomata is someone that is hard to get along with. She is extremely serious and dedicated to studying (as she claims as one of the most important things in life). However, she also gets involved with the kids at the caretaker after unusual circumstances and shows a much more caring side. The easy picture to look at is Ryuichi’s influence on her. She begins to realize that life is more than just about studying but also being responsible. Watching her development is one of the dynamics of this show as it shows how people can change. Similarly, Ryuichi learns a lot from his daycare duties and if I were his parent, I’d be damn proud of him. Featuring a cast of younger characters, Gakuen Babysitters does its best to create an atmosphere of innocence and youth. The kids in this show are very young and behaves in ways you can easily guess. Some of the things they say can be misunderstood or brutally honest. Because of their age, you can expect a lot of shenanigans in their daily lives. Characters such as Taka, Kirin, and even Koutarou can cause trouble despite being unintentional. It’s such traits that make them kids. Despite that, I find this cast to be very charming and realistic. Their attachment to their older siblings and parents is also heartwarming to watch once you understand them more. Similar to the manga, the anime adaptation follows more of a slice of life storytelling so you really shouldn’t expect a complicated story. Every day is an adventure of its own. Because the show takes place at school, you can also expect some drama to develop between the older characters. A prime example is Inomata as feelings are developed about Ryuichi. While this show isn’t a love story, it gets more and more obvious. While I can’t say the show is really well written in that respect, it does capture the feel of what school life is like for girls of her age. At the caretaker center, Ryuichi’s bonds with others is perhaps a key selling point of the show. He is able to earn the trust of the kids and other caretakers. However, the story itself still needs a lot of work. I’ve read the manga and as a 12 episode TV anime adaptation, it felt like a lot was missing. There’s also some uncomfortable moments in this show that ventures into controversial territory. (I’m looking at you Tomoya Yagi) The overall tone of the show can also be a bit dull once you realize it’s not the type of anime for you. It’s a blend of slice of life and shoujo so be aware of what’s ahead. Adapted by Brain’s Base, this show is an example of a realistic slice of life. While the raw visual quality isn’t overly impressive, every character in the show can be relatable and their character designs is an example of that. The kids are adorably charming and their character expressions is exactly how they should behave. Character chemistry is imperative to capture the mood of the show and thankfully, Brain’s Base and the director is able to meet such expectations. Some characters’ designs definitely stand out more than others such as the school chairwoman and her signature hair. To say the least, the artwork gets the job done and not be overlooked. To portray such a younger cast takes skill and thankfully, the VA skillfully does just that. From crying to the happy moments, every child in this anime make us believe that they are real. The students at the school all have their own personalities as the VA easily fits into their shoes. The only character that I have a problem with in this anime is Yuki. She’s the annoying type of school girl that I can’t stand and seems to be just there to make everything looks more than silly than it is. Compared to other characters, she isn’t likable and sometimes, I find the kids to be more mature than she is because of her personality. On the other hand, the theme songs in this anime is definitely appealing to watch with its pure innocence. The catchy and lighthearted tone of the soundtrack is also easy to get used to. After watching Gakuen Babysitters, I can easily say that the show can be recommendable to almost everyone. It’s probably targeted to a more specific demographic but anyone should be able to watch this with an easy and open mind. From its daily slice of life adventures to the charming character chemistry, this is a show that tells what heartwarming is really about.

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