The Concierge

Original title: Hokkyoku Hyakkaten no Konsheruju-san

2023
PG
1h 10m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

550

YOUR RATING

Akino, the new concierge works at a mysterious department store where a majority of the customers are animals.

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Akino, the new concierge, works at a mysterious department store where a majority of the customers are animals.Akino, the new concierge, works at a mysterious department store where a majority of the customers are animals.Akino, the new concierge, works at a mysterious department store where a majority of the customers are animals.

Director
- Yoshimi Itazu
Writers
- Tsuchika Nishimura
- Satomi Ôshima
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

550

YOUR RATING

Director
- Yoshimi Itazu
Writers
- Tsuchika Nishimura
- Satomi Ôshima
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Top cast22

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Natsumi Kawaida

Akino
(voice)
(as Kawaida Natsumi)

Takeo Otsuka

Eruru
(voice)
(as Ôtsuka Takeo)

Nobuo Tobita

Todo
(voice)

Megumi Han

Mori
(voice)

Natsumi Fujiwara

Iwase
(voice)

Eiji Yoshitomi

Maruki
(voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Maitre D
(voice)

Yûichi Nakamura

Tokiwa
(voice)

Kenjiro Tsuda

Ûrî
(voice)
(as Tsuda Kenjirô)

Danshun Tatekawa

Laughing Owl (Husband)
(voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Laughing Owl (Wife)
(voice)

Minako Kotobuki

Sea Mink (Daughter)
(voice)

Hiroshi Yanaka

Sea Mink (Father)
(voice)

Hiroki Nanami

Male Peacock
(voice)

Marika Kôno

Female Peacock
(voice)

Kana Hanazawa

Female Japanese Wolf
(voice)

Kyôko Hikami

Caribbean Monk Seal
(voice)

Miyu Irino

Japanese Wolf
(voice)

Director
- Yoshimi Itazu
Writers
- Tsuchika Nishimura
- Satomi Ôshima
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User reviews5

Featured review

8/10

A Christmas themed treat for everyone.

Akino is a new recruit into the elite of all department store shopping clerks in the prestigious Hokkyoku (North Pole) department store - that serves customers who are all animals.

None of the gravity of tragic theatre and convoluted plot twists here, just a Christmas day treat. Although, for all the levity, we should be reminded that many of characters we meet - are now extinct species.

I've just watched this in GFT as part of Scotland Loves Anime festival 2023 and the whole movie theatre was enchanted in seconds, moments of silence with ripples of laughter all the way through. We loved it, we cared, this is one of the most accessible animes ever. 8/10.

nodisalsi
Nov 4, 2023
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Trivia
The English title for the movie is "The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store". However, it can be totally translated as "The Concierge at North Pole Department Store" (Hokkyoku means "North Pole" actually). Despite that name, the story is not set in North Pole, but a large shopping mall in the middle of a forest.