Episode 1
Cherry Blossom
13m7.5 / 10
Kaoru is dejected when her friends' busy lives prevent them from attending their annual Hanami. Rilakkuma can’t make pancakes without burning them.
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TV series
Rilakkuma and Kaoru
2019TV-PG1 season7.4 / 10
Kaoru's unexpected new roommate is Rilakkuma, a bear with a zipper on its back that spends each day just lazing around -- but is impossible to hate.
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Checked Sep 5, 2026
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Synopsis
Kaoru's unexpected new roommate is Rilakkuma, a bear with a zipper on its back that spends each day just lazing around -- but is impossible to hate.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Kidnapped
12m8.0 / 10
A sense of panic takes over Kaoru when she receives a ransom note demanding a stack of pancakes in exchange for the safe return of Rilakkuma.
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Episode 3
Rainy Season
12m7.5 / 10
Heavy rains bring an unlikely growth of mushrooms inside the home, and Kaoru's spirits are dampened when she's the subject of office gossip.
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Episode 4
Fireworks
12m8.0 / 10
While Rilakkuma is able to wholeheartedly enjoy the food and games at the summer festival, Kaoru grows frustrated by her own perpetual indecisiveness.
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Episode 5
Ghost Girl
12m9.0 / 10
During a sudden power outage, Kaoru and her friends are stopped dead in their tracks when a spirit from beyond the grave makes a surprise visit.
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Episode 6
Fortune-Telling
12m7.0 / 10
After a streak of bad luck in the last days of summer, Kaoru sees a psychic, who implies that her three roommates are the cause of her problems.
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Episode 7
Slim Down
12m7.5 / 10
To help her lose weight -- and to catch a glimpse of the cute deliveryman -- Kaoru keeps ordering more and more costly exercise equipment online.
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Episode 8
Getting a Job
12m7.5 / 10
Seeing Kaoru struggle with her finances, Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma and Kiiroitori take it upon themselves to find part-time jobs -- with mixed results.
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Episode 9
Snowman
12m7.0 / 10
With a blanket of December snow covering the entire neighborhood, Rilakkuma offers his knit cap to a poor snowman who looks so cold.
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Episode 10
Hawaii
12m7.0 / 10
The roommates bring the sounds of aloha into their home to brighten Kaoru's day when a colleague's engagement in Hawaii brings her down.
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Episode 11
Sleepless Night
12m8.0 / 10
Thinking a streak of light in the night sky was a UFO, Korilakkuma tries to call it back by building a pyramid-shaped beacon out of junk.
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Episode 12
The First Day
12m8.0 / 10
In this flashback episode, Kaoru reminisces about the time she wanted a pet cat, but met the delightful bears who would become her roommates instead.
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Episode 13
Moving Out
15m8.5 / 10finale
As their apartment's demolition date draws near, Kaoru searches for a new place, and they all do their best to toss out the things they don't need.
Where to watch Rilakkuma and KaoruEpisode information updated Sep 18, 2026
More about Rilakkuma and Kaoru
Cast
Mikako TabeKaoru (voice)
Takayuki YamadaHayate (voice)Soki MatsumotoTokio (voice)
Mai KanazawaSayu (voice)Issei TakuboLandlord (voice)
Shigeru SugimotoKatou (voice)
Credits
- Written by
- Naoko Ogigami
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 13
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- リラックマとカオルさん
Networks & production
Netflix
dwarf studiosJapan
Themes
animebearhousekodomooffice lady (ol)roommatesslice of lifestop motion
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