じょしらく

Joshiraku

Marii, Kigurumi, Tetora, Gankyou, and Kukuru deserve a round of applause for keeping the art of Rakugo alive! What’s their secret? Witty, absurd banter of course! These five friends always have something to talk about, no matter how silly the topic. (Source: VRV)

Names

Original	じょしらく (japanese)
Romaji	Joshiraku
English	Joshiraku
Chinese	女子落语 (simplified · via bangumi)

Facts

Format	TV series · 13 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired	2012-07-06 → 2012-09-28 (Summer 2012)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	J.C.STAFF
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Shounen
Genres	Comedy Slice of Life
Themes	Cute Girls Doing Cute Things Meta Surreal Comedy Primarily Female Cast Parody Satire Slapstick Acting Rakugo Female Protagonist Primarily Adult Cast Otaku Culture Educational Urban

Reception

Community score	7.41 / 10
Bayesian score	7.43 / 10
Composite	54.8
On lists	59,939
Favourited	699 (1.2%)
Completion	69.3%
Drop rate	8.2%
In backlog	55.3%
Score spread σ	1.50

Score distribution

17724931354225582761,72273,94084,13392,08910926

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Summer 2012	B	13 of 79
Year	2012	B	62 of 350
Studio	J.C.STAFF	B	68 of 277
Era	Early 2010s	B	319 of 1,627
Season (all years)	Summer	B	406 of 1,662
Demographic	Shounen	C	536 of 1,219
Genre	Slice of Life	C	566 of 1,578
Length	Single-cour	C	780 of 2,668
Genre	Comedy	B	853 of 3,488
Source material	Manga	C	1,000 of 3,025
Format	TV series	C	1,050 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	C	1,814 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Tsutomu Mizushima, Chikako Shibata, Yoshio Ookouchi
Series composition	Michiko Yokote
Character design	Yasu, Masayoshi Tanaka
Original creator	Kouji Kumeta, Yasu

Franchise — じょしらく

じょしらくOVA

Joshiraku OVA

2013OVA (home video)52.9

Relation	Year	Title
sequel	2013	Joshiraku OVA

AniList id 12679 · MAL id 12679 · Bangumi 37897 · record updated 2026-08-27