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Cover art for WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!!
6.13Community score
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WAVE!!~サーフィンやっぺ!!~

WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!!

⚡ Polarizing🚪 Often abandoned

Set in the city of Ooarai in Ibaraki prefecture, and centers on Masaki Hinaoka, who befriends transfer student Shou Akitsuki before the summer break, and ends up getting hooked on surfing. Through the sport, Masaki will get to know new friends, and will also drift apart from them in his journey to adulthood. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

OriginalWAVE!!~サーフィンやっぺ!!~ (japanese)
RomajiWAVE!! Surfing Yappe!!
English
ChineseWAVE!!~來衝浪吧!!~ (traditional · via wikidata)
Also known as波!!

Facts

FormatFeature film · 3 ep · 90 min · 5h total
Aired2020-10-02 → 2020-10-31 (Autumn 2020)
StatusFINISHED
StudioAsahi Production
SourceMultimedia project
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresSlice of LifeSports
ThemesSurfingPrimarily Male CastComing of AgeCGI

Reception

Community score6.13 / 10
Bayesian score6.79 / 10
Composite40.3
On lists14,957
Favourited136 (0.9%)
Completion48.4%
Drop rate20.6%
In backlog63.0%
Score spread σ2.35

Score distribution

181274310741455266633572918216914710164

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
StudioAsahi ProductionC13 of 27
Broadcast seasonAutumn 2020E64 of 75
Source materialMultimedia projectE87 of 106
Year2020E257 of 298
GenreSportsE400 of 447
FormatFeature filmE968 of 997
LengthMovieE968 of 997
EraEarly 2020sE1,431 of 1,596
GenreSlice of LifeE1,448 of 1,578
Season (all years)AutumnE1,731 of 1,921
OriginJapanE6,312 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorTakaharu Ozaki, Naho Hasegawa
Series compositionKazuyuki Fudeyasu
Character designYomi Sarachi, Tomoko Iwasa
Original creatorYomi Sarachi

Franchise — WAVE!!~サーフィンやっぺ!!~

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WAVE!!~サーフィンやっぺ!!~ (TV)
WAVE!! -Let's go surfing!!- (TV)
2021TV series35.7

Related

RelationYearTitle
alternative2021WAVE!! -Let's go surfing!!- (TV)

AniList id 111137 · MAL id 40267 · record updated 2026-08-26