かんなぎ

Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens

Based on a shounen manga by Takenashi Eri, serialised in Comic REX. Our unlucky protagonist, Jin, uses the trunk of a sacred tree to carve a statue for a school project. When he takes it outside, to his surprise it begins absorbing the surrounding earth and transforms into, hold your breath on this one, a girl! So like all similar setups this guardian deity is pretty pissed that her tree was cut down and lives with Jin while she takes out her anger on squashing bugs....er, cleaning the "Impurities".

Names

Original	かんなぎ (japanese)
Romaji	Kannagi
English	Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
Chinese	神薙 (unknown · via wikidata)
Also known as	神薙

Facts

Format	TV series · 13 ep · 23 min · 5h total
Aired	2008-10-04 → 2008-12-27 (Autumn 2008)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Shounen
Genres	Comedy Supernatural
Themes	Gods Male Protagonist School Shrine Maiden Love Triangle

Reception

Community score	7.03 / 10
Bayesian score	7.10 / 10
Composite	50.4
On lists	37,337
Favourited	279 (0.7%)
Completion	80.6%
Drop rate	5.0%
In backlog	47.6%
Score spread σ	1.50

Score distribution

15124831594347591061,87073,65782,69491,09510476

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Autumn 2008	C	31 of 77
Year	2008	C	86 of 231
Studio	A-1 Pictures	D	112 of 200
Era	Late 2000s	C	410 of 1,149
Genre	Supernatural	D	651 of 1,234
Demographic	Shounen	D	764 of 1,219
Season (all years)	Autumn	C	875 of 1,921
Length	Single-cour	C	1,178 of 2,668
Genre	Comedy	C	1,472 of 3,488
Source material	Manga	D	1,568 of 3,025
Format	TV series	C	1,596 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	C	3,045 of 7,157