Sonny Boy Season 1

Right now you can watch Sonny Boy Season 1 on and — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 88 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Aoi Ichikawa leads a cast that never lets the concept overwhelm the characters. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

There is a reason Sonny Boy Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. Sonny Boy Season 1 uses its genre premise as cover for asking bigger questions. Season 1 of Sonny Boy includes 12 episodes. It aired from July 2021 to October 2021. This season stars Aoi Ichikawa, Aoi Yuuki and Saori Onishi. Aoi Ichikawa and Aoi Yuuki lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2021. The world-building is meticulous enough to sustain multiple rewatches, with details early on that only make sense later. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give Sonny Boy Season 1 a chance. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Aoi Ichikawa grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.

🎬 Sonny Boy Season 1 — Episode Guide

The Island at the Far End of Summer

2021-07-16

Midway through summer vacation, 36 students, some with newfound super-powers, find themselves all alone in their high school, adrift in a black void, unable to contact the outside world. Some students try to impose order, but are faced with opposition.

Aliens

2021-07-23

The students have relocated to a nearby island, where they have no shortage of food, and can get whatever they want through Mizuho's power. Suddenly, unexplained fires begin breaking out, and the hunt is on to find out who or what is causing them.

The Cat Who Wore Sandals

2021-07-30

Nagara, Nozomi, Asakaze, and Rajdhani continue searching for new worlds. Students start going missing, and their bodies are found "frozen" into black shells, so Pony asks Mizuho to look into the matter. Mizuho reveals a surprise about her power to Nagara.

The Great Monkey Baseball

2021-08-06

As the castaways swim in a mysterious sinkhole, they seem to be momentarily taken back home. Cap invites Nagara to practice baseball with him, leading to him telling about the Monkey League, and how its star pitcher, Blue, missed out on a perfect game.

Leaping Classrooms

2021-08-13

Nagara and friends use his power to survey new worlds in an effort to get back home. Meanwhile, the others students discuss the bombshell from Ms. Aki that some students were able to use their powers beforehand, and that may be what set them adrift.

The Long Goodbye

2021-08-20

Nagara and Rajdhani arrive in a world called "Filmmaker," and discover a movie filmed entirely from Nagara's POV. Mizuho discovers a stray dog by the name of Yamabiko, claiming to be another castaway who attended the same school as the other students.

Road Book

2021-08-27

Having learned the truth about This World, groups led by Ms. Aki and Hoshi prepare to go their separate ways. Nagara finds himself in an upside-down world he cannot freely leave, and is forced to work on building a Tower of Babel that reaches downward.

Laughing Dog

2021-09-03

While traveling the wilderness, Mizuho asks Yamabiko how he became a dog. Yamabiko then relates how, 5000 years ago, he wandered different worlds all alone, until meeting a girl to whom he gradually opened his heart. But their happiness was short-lived.

This Salmon Chazuke Is Missing Its Salmon Nya

2021-09-10

In a vast frozen waste, twins Sou and Seiji have been fighting each other for millennia. Ms. Aki says that to change the world, they need the twins' "Reverse" power, and Nagara and Mizuho come to assist. Yamabiko questions Sakura, one of Mizuho's cats.

E10

Summer and the Demon

2021-09-17

Kossetsu reads the minds of others passing by in a train station world using her true power. She pines for Asakaze, knowing that he is interested in Nozomi, and that Nozomi is the only one who can change him. Asakaze is given a world-changing assignment.

E11

The Young Man and the Sea

2021-09-24

After learning of Nozomi's death from Kossetsu's letter, Nagara and Mizuho hold a memorial service for her. While advancing the project to return home, they are visited by an old friend, who tells them the story of when he met the man who invented death.

E12

A Two-Year Recess

2021-10-01

Nagara attends the opening ceremony of his technical school, but feels out of place. He sees Mizuho leaving her all-girls' school, but she brushes him off. He recalls what happened after blasting off into space, questioning if he ever really went adrift.

🎭 Cast of Sonny Boy Season 1