Akikan!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hobbies are often a great way of meeting new people, but how could Kakeru Diachi, who collects rare juice cans, have ever suspected that he'd meet a fascinating new girl when he attempted to DRINK her? Naming her Melon, because she's got great melon... soda, Kakeru quickly learns that she's an Akikan—a beautiful girl who's also a special can created to fight other Akikans in a strange experiment to determine what kind of container is better: steel or aluminum!

Series details

• Title: Akikan!
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2009-01-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-10-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BS11
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21091
• IMDb ID: tt1427163
• TVDB ID: 84654

Cast and credited roles

• Jun Fukuyama — Kakeru "Bakakeru" Daichi
• Sayaka Narita — Melon
• Aki Toyosaki — Najimi Tenkuuji

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-01-03; final listed air date 2009-10-23; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Akikan! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.