Sazae-san
Anime
サザエさん
1969/10/05
Character count3,630,828
Word count1,570,749
Unique words22,926
Words (1-occurrence)7,463
Unique kanji2,121
Kanji (1-occurrence)154
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episodes627

The main character is a mother named Sazae-san. She lives in a house with her husband, her kids and her parents. The show is the ultimate family program and tends to follow traditional themes. Think of this show as the Japanese equivalent to "The Partridge Family" and you'll get a good feel for this show's atmosphere. Don't expect to see things like violence, swearing, kung-fu action or magical girls. The plots are more like "Today, Sazae-san goes to the new mall and gets lost". Such "boring" plotlines and the simplistic art are often a turn-off to non-Japanese audiences, but most Japanese find the show incredibly good. As a result, it continues to be one of the top ratings grabbers on TV and is one of the few anime that is considered "acceptable" by adults.

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Episode 1
Character count11,254
Word count4,968
Unique words1,229
Words (1-occurrence)729
Unique kanji577
Kanji (1-occurrence)228
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 2
Character count5,680
Word count2,433
Unique words742
Words (1-occurrence)433
Unique kanji339
Kanji (1-occurrence)156
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 3
Character count5,547
Word count2,359
Unique words654
Words (1-occurrence)365
Unique kanji301
Kanji (1-occurrence)140
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 4
Character count5,295
Word count2,367
Unique words715
Words (1-occurrence)400
Unique kanji372
Kanji (1-occurrence)178
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 5
Character count5,367
Word count2,419
Unique words667
Words (1-occurrence)390
Unique kanji328
Kanji (1-occurrence)156
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 6
Character count5,658
Word count2,444
Unique words691
Words (1-occurrence)390
Unique kanji340
Kanji (1-occurrence)165
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 7
Character count5,249
Word count2,335
Unique words724
Words (1-occurrence)433
Unique kanji360
Kanji (1-occurrence)185
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 8
Character count5,941
Word count2,556
Unique words759
Words (1-occurrence)457
Unique kanji395
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 9
Character count5,646
Word count2,427
Unique words701
Words (1-occurrence)411
Unique kanji339
Kanji (1-occurrence)153
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 10
Character count128
Word count52
Unique words34
Words (1-occurrence)23
Unique kanji21
Kanji (1-occurrence)16
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 11
Character count5,409
Word count2,403
Unique words699
Words (1-occurrence)402
Unique kanji349
Kanji (1-occurrence)149
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 12
Character count5,677
Word count2,475
Unique words784
Words (1-occurrence)452
Unique kanji393
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 13
Character count5,518
Word count2,374
Unique words745
Words (1-occurrence)441
Unique kanji362
Kanji (1-occurrence)163
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 14
Character count4,874
Word count2,141
Unique words729
Words (1-occurrence)436
Unique kanji375
Kanji (1-occurrence)181
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 15
Character count5,625
Word count2,454
Unique words722
Words (1-occurrence)445
Unique kanji329
Kanji (1-occurrence)161
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 16
Character count5,395
Word count2,340
Unique words684
Words (1-occurrence)391
Unique kanji322
Kanji (1-occurrence)159
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 17
Character count5,466
Word count2,413
Unique words713
Words (1-occurrence)448
Unique kanji368
Kanji (1-occurrence)189
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 18
Character count5,835
Word count2,560
Unique words753
Words (1-occurrence)438
Unique kanji347
Kanji (1-occurrence)164
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 19
Character count5,578
Word count2,391
Unique words701
Words (1-occurrence)420
Unique kanji344
Kanji (1-occurrence)174
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 20
Character count5,746
Word count2,487
Unique words758
Words (1-occurrence)458
Unique kanji351
Kanji (1-occurrence)165
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 21
Character count5,471
Word count2,342
Unique words665
Words (1-occurrence)383
Unique kanji317
Kanji (1-occurrence)146
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 22
Character count5,671
Word count2,490
Unique words679
Words (1-occurrence)389
Unique kanji329
Kanji (1-occurrence)158
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 23
Character count5,527
Word count2,383
Unique words648
Words (1-occurrence)346
Unique kanji318
Kanji (1-occurrence)149
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 24
Character count5,221
Word count2,262
Unique words712
Words (1-occurrence)411
Unique kanji340
Kanji (1-occurrence)158
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 25
Character count5,954
Word count2,598
Unique words780
Words (1-occurrence)478
Unique kanji363
Kanji (1-occurrence)190
Difficulty beta
Moderate