Hi Score Girl (2018): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2018, Hi Score Girl is a comedy and animation series.

What it’s about. The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.

Who’s in it. Hi Score Girl stars Sayumi Suzushiro as Akira Ōno (voice), Daiki Yamashita as Genta Doi (voice), Satomi Arai as Namie Yaguchi (voice) and Cho as Jiiya (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.1/10, Hi Score Girl sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Hi Score Girl page.

If you liked it. Fans of Hi Score Girl tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, My Hero Academia, One Piece and The Umbrella Academy.