ハイスコアガール
Hi Score Girl
The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.
Names
| Original | ハイスコアガール (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Hi Score Girl |
| English | Hi Score Girl |
| Chinese | 高分少女 (unknown · via wikidata) |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 25 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2018-07-14 → 2018-09-29 (Summer 2018) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | J.C.STAFF, Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment |
| Source | Manga |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Genres | ComedyDramaRomance |
| Themes | Video GamesFull CGIMale ProtagonistLove TriangleUrbanOjou-samaHeterosexualSeinenCGI |
| Streaming | Netflix |
Reception
| Community score | 7.62 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.62 / 10 |
| Composite | 60.1 |
| On lists | 72,682 |
| Favourited | 1,996 (2.7%) |
| Completion | 84.7% |
| Drop rate | 5.9% |
| In backlog | 29.5% |
| Score spread σ | 1.61 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Summer 2018 | B | 12 of 90 |
| Studio | J.C.STAFF | B | 39 of 277 |
| Year | 2018 | B | 53 of 383 |
| Demographic | Seinen | B | 180 of 775 |
| Season (all years) | Summer | B | 221 of 1,662 |
| Era | Late 2010s | B | 254 of 1,863 |
| Genre | Romance | B | 266 of 1,687 |
| Genre | Comedy | B | 425 of 3,488 |
| Length | Single-cour | B | 445 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Drama | C | 513 of 1,917 |
| Source material | Manga | B | 574 of 3,025 |
| Format | TV series | B | 614 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | B | 964 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Yoshinobu Yamakawa, Akira Suzuki, Shingo Fukuyo, Yuusuke Suzuki, Jin Aketagawa |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Character design | Mitsuru Kuwabata |
| Original creator | Rensuke Oshikiri |
Franchise — ハイスコアガール
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| sequel | 2019 | Hi Score Girl: Extra Stage |
AniList id 20574 · MAL id 21877 · record updated 2026-08-27