Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS- 2018
- Status
- Ended
- First Aired
- July 3, 2018
- Last Aired
- September 4, 2018
- Format
- 1 season · 10 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~4 hours (24 min/ep)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S1E2 "But... / Unthinkable / The Trick to Talk Shows / What's Girl Talk? / Do You Love Each Other?" (★ 8/10)
- Network
- BS11
- Where to Stream
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
What is Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-?
Topic: Television series "Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-" (2018). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2018
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 10
- Runtime
- 24 minutes
- First aired
- Jul 3, 2018
- Last aired
- Sep 4, 2018
- Original language
- JA
- Origin
- JP
- Networks
- BS11
- Genres
- Comedy, Animation
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.2/10 from 67 votes
- Format
- 1 season · 10 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~24 minutes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BS11
Where to watch in United States
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Netflix
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Topic: Television series "Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-" (2018).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
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Title: Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS- (2018) / Back Street Girls: Gokudols.
Genres: Comedy and Animation.
Plot: A group of 3 yakuza/male gangsters failed their boss after messing up an important job. The boss gave them two choices: honorably commit suicide or go to Thailand to get sex reassignment surgery to become female idols. After a year of training, they debut as a trio of female pop singers. They achieve overwhelming popularity, which causes them dismay.
Format: TV series/TV Mini Series.
Year: 2018 (from title/source 1) or 2019 (from source 2). I will stick to the 2018 date provided in the user prompt and source 1.
Draft 1 (Mental Outline): Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS- is a comedy
Should you watch it?
“Three failed yakuza members are forced by their boss to undergo surgery and debut as female idols.”
- Features a unique premise involving yakuza forced into an idol career.
- Directed by Chiaki Kon.
- Released on Netflix in 2018.
- Critics note it contains poorly drawn animation and themes considered transphobic and transmisogynistic.
Watch it if you are curious about a dark comedy premise where failed yakuza become popular female idols.
The series is a comedy and animation directed by Chiaki Kon with a premise involving yakuza and forced gender reassignment.
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Season 1 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 We Became Idols / Boss! Sensei Producer! / Bittersweet Memories / He Understands / Down With The Yakuza Mytharc Jul 3, 2018
- E2 But... / Unthinkable / The Trick to Talk Shows / What's Girl Talk? / Do You Love Each Other? Core Jul 10, 2018
- E3 Girl Master / Star of the Silver Screen / Redoing / Fourth Man / Idol at the Trail Core Jul 17, 2018
- E4 Secret of Gokudols / live legend / super love / soul food / scratch / grudge Core Jul 24, 2018
- E5 Glory free winner / Fall in love / Japanese dream / Don and boss / Family bond / Gokudolls victim meeting Mytharc Jul 31, 2018
- E6 Worker, unite! / Showdown Baba / Pigeon / Honesty / Couples Zenya / Five Devils Core Aug 7, 2018
- E7 Nirvana / Something important / Parent's teachings / Big Rookie / High school girl / Senpai and Kouhai Core Aug 14, 2018
- E8 Hidden Camera / Taking Courage / Shall We Dance or Revenge / Interview / Lower Body Exercise / Beard and Bust Core Aug 21, 2018
- E9 Change of Group / My Angel / It's Amazing!! / Miserable... / With a Musical Instrument / Amazingly Breathtaking / Coverage Mytharc Aug 28, 2018
- E10 Soul of Yakuza / Came to Nothing / Hell-p Me! / Graduation / Step-Up / The Last Time... Mytharc Sep 4, 2018
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The series is available for streaming on Netflix.
Is Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS- worth watching?
Reviewers have criticized the series as an unfunny comedy that is ugly inside and out, citing poorly drawn animation and transmisogyny.
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