My Little Sweet Pea

My Little Sweet Pea

6.1

Dec 21 2013

2h 35m

Comedy, Drama, Family

It isn't easy to find a dream to chase when you're young, but Mugiko has one: she can't wait to become an anime voice actress. Saving up for classes while she works part time in a manga store, she lives with her older, gambler brother after her father's death. When the mother she never knew turns up out of nowhere and moves in, it only causes irritation for the aspiring otaku. But when her mother just as quickly disappears, it leaves Mugiko (or "Sweet Pea") searching for answers, bringing her back to her mother's hometown to discover what happened to her mother's own dream.

Maki Horikita

Maki Horikita

Mugiko Koiwa

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Norio Koiwa

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Ayako Akaike

Yoichi Nukumizu

Yoichi Nukumizu

Manabu Inomoto

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