日常
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
Names
| Original | 日常 (han) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Nichijou |
| English | Nichijou - My Ordinary Life |
| Chinese | 日常 (unknown · via wikidata) |
| Also known as | Everyday · Мелочи Жизни · Повсякденнощі |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 26 ep · 23 min · 10h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2011-04-03 → 2011-09-25 (Spring 2011) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Source | Manga |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Demographic | Shounen |
| Genres | ComedySlice of Life |
| Themes | Surreal ComedyEpisodicSlapstickSchoolFemale ProtagonistEnsemble CastPrimarily Teen CastPrimarily Female CastParodyCute Girls Doing Cute ThingsAchronological OrderRobotsCamping |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll |
Reception
| Community score | 8.38 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 8.37 / 10 |
| Composite | 71.7 |
| On lists | 239,679 |
| Favourited | 12,391 (5.2%) |
| Completion | 67.7% |
| Drop rate | 5.8% |
| In backlog | 38.5% |
| Score spread σ | 1.48 |
| MyAnimeList | 8.47 / 10 |
Score distribution
137122083469476751,86263,41879,863820,103925,2821018,472
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Spring 2011 | S | 3 of 86 |
| Year | 2011 | S | 6 of 305 |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation | A | 12 of 121 |
| Era | Early 2010s | S | 24 of 1,627 |
| Length | Two-cour | A | 42 of 699 |
| Season (all years) | Spring | S | 45 of 1,868 |
| Genre | Slice of Life | A | 46 of 1,578 |
| Genre | Comedy | S | 59 of 3,488 |
| Demographic | Shounen | A | 73 of 1,219 |
| Source material | Manga | A | 118 of 3,025 |
| Format | TV series | A | 133 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | S | 178 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Tatsuya Ishihara, Taichi Ishidate, Jouji Unoguchi |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Jukki Hanada, Keiichi Arawi |
| Character design | Futoshi Nishiya |
| Original creator | Keiichi Arawi |
Franchise — 日常
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| side story | 2011 | Nichijou - My Ordinary Life: Episode 0 |
| character | — | Mugen Shougatsu |
| character | 2025 | CITY THE ANIMATION |
AniList id 10165 · MAL id 10165 · record updated 2026-08-27