Osomatsu-san

Mr. Osomatsu / おそ松さん

Genres: Adult Cast, Comedy, Gag Humor, Parody
Themes: Adult Cast, Gag Humor, Parody
Studios: Pierrot
Producers: Avex Pictures, Daiichi Shokai, Dentsu, Fujio Production, Rakuonsha, TV Tokyo
Licensors: VIZ Media
Rating: 7.92 / 10
Rank: #815
Popularity: #1466
Users Listed: 179,173
Users Scored: 68,929
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 07/26/2025
Aired: October 6, 2015 – March 29, 2016 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 25
Broadcast: Tuesday at 01:35 (JST)

Synopsis:

The anime centers on the Matsuno sextuplets, six nearly-adult brothers living a life of perpetual leisure. Each brother embodies a distinct personality: from the dominant Osomatsu to the pragmatic Choromatsu, their shared existence is defined by a collective lack of ambition and resistance to conventional work. The series follows their often chaotic attempts to navigate everyday situations – dating, employment, and social acceptance – with predictably disastrous results stemming directly from their individual quirks and interconnected dynamics.

Set against a backdrop of modern Japan, the show explores themes of familial bonds, societal expectations, and the challenges of finding purpose when adrift from traditional paths. The animation style emphasizes comedic timing and exaggerated expressions, enhancing the absurdity of the brothers’ predicaments as they grapple with the complexities of adulthood while remaining firmly rooted in a childlike spirit.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Osomatsu-kun Returns (Aired: 10/06/2015)
Episode 2: Let's Get a Job / The Melancholy of Osomatsu (Aired: 10/13/2015)
Episode 3: Tidbits Collection (Aired: 10/20/2015)
Episode 4: Let's Become Independent / This Is Totoko (Aired: 10/27/2015)
Episode 5: The Karamatsu Incident / ESP Kitty (Aired: 11/03/2015)
... and 20 more episodes

Characters:

Matsuno, Juushimatsu (Main) - Voice Actors: Ono, Daisuke, Sinterniklaas, Michael
Matsuno, Todomatsu (Main) - Voice Actors: Irino, Miyu, Mittelman, Max
Matsuno, Ichimatsu (Main) - Voice Actors: Fukuyama, Jun, McCarley, Kyle
Matsuno, Choromatsu (Main) - Voice Actors: Kamiya, Hiroshi, Lee, Hosan, Chiplock, Sean
Matsuno, Karamatsu (Main) - Voice Actors: Nakamura, Yuuichi, Chase, Ray
Matsuno, Osomatsu (Main) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Takahiro, Kametz, Billy
Aida (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Endou, Aya
Akumatsu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugita, Tomokazu
Assistant Instructor (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shibata, Hidekatsu
Atsushi-kun (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tone, Kentarou
Busujima, Dobuko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Kimiko
Chibita (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kokuryu, Sachi, Nonaka, Ai, Song, Ha-rim
Daitouryou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horiuchi, Kenyuu
Dayon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tobita, Nobuo, Silverstein, Keith, Shim, Gyu-hyeok
Dekapan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Youji, Chase, Ray
ESP Kitty (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ookawa, Tooru
Female Secretary (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Endou, Aya
Flower Fairy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wakui, Yuu
Goukon no Kamisama (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Houchuu
Hashimoto, Nyaa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamashita, Nanami
Hatabou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Momoko, Leigh, Cherami
Hijirisawa, Shounosuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Youji
Iyami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzumura, Kenichi, Takahashi, Chiaki, Silverstein, Keith
Jiguzou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takagi, Wataru
Juushimatsu's Girlfriend (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kuwashima, Houko
Male Secretary (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Tooru
Matsuno, Matsuzou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Inoue, Kazuhiko, Silverstein, Keith
Matsuno, Kamimatsu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nojima, Kenji
Matsuno, Matsuyo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kujira, Wingert, Mick
Narrator (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishi, Rintarou, Tone, Kentarou
Obama, Barack (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tone, Kentarou
Rental Girlfriend (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takeuchi, Ayako
Sachiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Momoko
Shaolin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kugimiya, Rie
Yowai, Totoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Endou, Aya, Morris, Cassandra Lee
Yowai, Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tone, Kentarou
Yowai, Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Kimiko

Staff:

Hara, Hirokazu (Producer)
Hijikata, Makoto (Producer)
Iizumi, Tomokazu (Producer)
Matsui, Shouji (Producer)
Minami, Hiromasa (Producer)
Tominaga, Yoshihiko (Producer)
Fujita, Youichi (Director)
Kikuta, Hiromi (Sound Director)
Akamatsu, Yasuhiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Asano, Naoyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard, Principle Drawing, Chief Animation Director, Character Design, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Igarashi, Shishou (Episode Director)
Inokawa, Shintarou (Episode Director)
Kanamori, Youko (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kawana, Kana (Episode Director)
Matano, Hiromichi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Nagaya, Seishirou (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Odaka, Yoshinori (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Okuno, Hiroyuki (Episode Director)
Ono, Ayumu (Episode Director)
Satou, Mitsutoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Sekiya, Mamiko (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Shimazaki, Nanako (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Tanaka, Tomoya (Episode Director)
Yamaguchi, Hikaru (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Matsubara, Shuu (Script, Series Composition)
Okada, Yukio (Script)
Yokote, Michiko (Script, Screenplay)
Furuta, Jouji (Storyboard)
Hamana, Takayuki (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Takayanagi, Tetsushi (Storyboard)
AOP (Theme Song Performance)
Endou, Aya (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Fukuyama, Jun (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Inoue, Kazuhiko (Theme Song Performance)
Irino, Miyu (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Kamiya, Hiroshi (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Kokuryu, Sachi (Theme Song Performance)
Kujira (Theme Song Performance)
Nakamura, Yuuichi (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Ono, Daisuke (Theme Song Performance)
Saitou, Momoko (Theme Song Performance)
Sakurai, Takahiro (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Suzumura, Kenichi (Theme Song Performance)
Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Performance)
Tobita, Nobuo (Theme Song Performance)
Akatsuka, Fujio (Original Creator)
Endou, Eiichi (Key Animation)
Fujisawa, Kenichi (Key Animation)
Fukushi, Susumu (Director of Photography)
Fukuyo, Manami (Animation Director)
... and 36 more staff

News:

North American Anime & Manga Releases for March (03/01/2021)
Main Cast Members Revealed for 'Osomatsu-san' Dub (09/25/2018)
TV Anime 'Osomatsu-san' Gets Movie (08/19/2018)
Q3 2017 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 9/13] (06/30/2017)
NHK Announces Best 100 Anime (05/03/2017)
TV Anime 'Osomatsu-san' to Receive Second Season (04/06/2017)
2017 April Fools' Day Collection (04/01/2017)
TV Anime 'Osomatsu-san' to Receive Selective Screening With New Short Anime (03/06/2017)
Avex Pictures Explains Blu-ray, DVD, and CD Export Restrictions (03/02/2017)
'Osomatsu-san' New TV Special and Web Anime Announced (10/12/2016)
2016 April Fools' Day Collection (04/02/2016)
Second Cours of 'Osomatsu-san' to be Broadcast in Winter 2016 (11/09/2015)
Fall 2015 Simulcast List [Update 10/30] (09/27/2015)
Fall 2015 Preview (09/15/2015)
PV Collection for Sep 7 - 13 (09/13/2015)
PV Collection for Jul 13 - 19 (07/19/2015)
'Osomatsu-kun' to Receive New Anime Adaptation [Update 7/26] (07/06/2015)

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