Season 3 • Episode 7
LatestHaré was a happy boy living in the jungle with his mother, but then one day Guu showed up.
Acting
Naoko Watanabe's Guu voice shifts deadpan to terrifying flawlessly.
Writing
Gag structure that escalates past logic into pure surrealism.
Production
Jungle aesthetic clashes beautifully with domestic sitcom beats.
Daisuke Kishio
Wadi (voice)
Naoko Watanabe
Guu (voice)
Rikako Aikawa
Hale (voice)
Yuki Matsuoka
Mary (voice)
Kaoru Morota
Weda (voice)
Akira Ishida
Seiichi (voice)
Chie Koujiro
Dama (voice)
Emi Uwagawa
Adi (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Reiji-sensei (voice)
Konomi Maeda
Toposte (voice)
Mari Yokoo
Bell (voice)
Masayo Kurata
Laya (voice)
Naoko Nakamura
Rebecca (voice)
Ryotaro Okiayu
Asio (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Haré+Guu parodies 1970s-80s jungle family anime like Jungle Emperor and Moomin, subverting their earnestness with nihilistic comedy.
Director Tsutomu Mizushima later made Girls und Panzer and Shirobako—this was his unhinged early work where studio oversight apparently blinked.
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