SKET DANCE

Apr 7, 2011

A transfer student arrives on campus, and the three members of the SKET-dan introduce themselves, hoping the new student will join, but he politely declines. He returns soon after, covered in red paint as the apparent victim of bullying, asking the group for help. After investigating, they discover the culprit is actually the transfer student himself, who was operating under duress from the school bully and childhood acquaintance. After setting things straight, the new student is able to fit in comfortably at the school, and the members of SKET-dan look forward to their next task.

Apr 14, 2011

The next person to request the aid of the Sket Brigade is a "self-proclaimed" samurai of the Kendo Club. In the end, the sket dan helps him win the tournament. The client in this episode is viewed like an idiot who claims that he is a samurai.

Apr 21, 2011

Himeko was once a delinquent feared far and wide, the legendary yankee Onihime. She's totally reformed now, but starts to hear odd rumors that "the Onihime has started going on a rampage again.

Apr 27, 2011

Saotome Roman, member of the Manga Club, runs into her "prince" on a hill road on her way back from school in the rain. In order to meet her prince once again, Roman comes to the Sket-dan to ask their help, but...

May 5, 2011

Yuuki Reiko, member of the Occult Club, barges into the Sket-dan's room holding a picture of one of Kaimei Academy's seven mysteries, the "Ghost of the Incinerator". The Sket-dan are on the case (mainly Switch), trying to find out the truth behind the picture, and getting Shimada Takako from the Newspaper Club mixed up in it, too...

May 12, 2011

Tsubaki from the Student Council tells the Sket-dan they're going to be disbanded. In order to prove the Sket-dan's effectiveness, Bossun takes on a request to put on a play for a local preschool. But the Student Council also takes on the same request, and the battle is on!

May 19, 2011

Tetsu comes and asks the Sket-dan to meet with someone in his place. It seems like a sickly girl who he was exchanging messages with under a false persona wants to come see him...

May 26, 2011

Momoka has come to the Sket-dan for help. It turns out that she's been asked to audition for a voice role in an anime after being discovered during her performance at the preschool puppet show. Switch leaps at the opportunity to start her harsh training in the way of anime!

Jun 2, 2011

Manga artist Hinohara Enta has come to interview students at Kaimei Academy. Bossun thinks he can get popular if he becomes the model for the main character of a manga, but everything he says ends up being way too "boring" and "plain". Then, something completely out-of-the-blue happens!

Jun 9, 2011

The Sket-dan is having fun trying to take their minds off the upcoming midterms, when they hear rumors of a mysterious DVD that will curse you with bad luck if you watch it. Just then, Kuramoto Ayumi comes in with a simple request, to help cheer up her friend who has been acting strange lately. But there's more to this than meets the eye, as the stoic Yagi is acting like someone who has seen something they shouldn't have...

Jun 16, 2011

Yabasawa-san really wants a certain part for her avatar, and asks the Sket-dan to join a game tournament put on by a cellphone game site. The Sket-dan isn't particularly enthused about the prospect, but when they find out that the Student Council will also be participating...

Jun 23, 2011

The second game of the Bibage Battle is a real show between Shinzou and Tsubaki, coming to a truly cinematic finish! Then the curtain rises on a sharp-shooting (or is it, sharp-tongued) battle between Switch and Daisey!

Jun 30, 2011

It's the second to last round, and it's a battle of love between the pitch perfect rich girl and the klutzy, head-in-the-clouds Roman-tic! Which one of the will break their team's hearts?

Jul 7, 2011

Uchida Takaaki comes to the Sket Dance with a simple request: make him popular! Bossun and company immediately set their sights on getting Uchida to win a Mr. Popularity contest in their class, but Uchida's shy personality makes it difficult for him to stand out. Can Sket-dan Productions mold him into a star in just one week?!

Jul 14, 2011

Bossun may have a way with words, but these clients were born with their feet in their mouths! First is J-son-sensei, the shop teacher with the glass heart and looks straight out of some horror movie! Can the Sket-dan help him find love? A man of few words and many offstandish poses, "Dante" perhaps poses the greatest riddle of all... Can the Sket-dan help this Fallen Angel find his Wings

Jul 21, 2011

Kaimei Academy's music festival is coming up! Bossun is bummed that Himeko and Switch each have joined up with bands to participate. But before long Bossun is invited to join a band and the three are set to compete against each other!

Jul 28, 2011

Bossun makes friends with a violinist while practicing for the upcoming Rock Festival, Sugisaki Ayano. He learns from her how fun music is, and in no time the curtain rises on the Kaimei Rock Festival!

Aug 4, 2011

Yamanobe-sensei is back, and now he's trying to get everyone in the Sket-dan to play a nutty board game called Hyperion. Everyone except for Himeko, as only men can appreciate this game, supposedly. But the epicness gets Bossun and Switch very enthused about the game, and soon they find themselves heading to the world tournament...

Aug 11, 2011

A writer for a local newspaper is coming to interview and take a photo of the Sket-dan, and Himeko demands that Bossun get his hair cut. But when Bossun refuses, Himeko takes things into her own hands... What could possibly go wrong? Afterwards, it's the principal's birthday, and the Student Council is planning a surprise party for him. But when the President makes a mess of his prized bronze bust, the principal will be in for a whole different kind of surprise...

Aug 18, 2011

Bossun and Himeko get into a little fight, and things are made worse when Bossun and Switch are invited to a mixer with Seiji and three other girls. Bossun is rarin' to impress with his comedic flair, but he's in for a tough crowd. Without Himeko's fiery comebacks, Bossun's humor falls flat...

Aug 25, 2011

Bossun bumps into Himeko outside on the weekend, and they happen to spot Switch and Yuuki meeting up nearby as well. Their curiosity piqued, they decide to trail the 'odd couple' into a shopping mall. Turns out Switch is helping Yuuki with a request- to choose and purchase a laptop, so she can create a website dedicated to her passion of all things occult. Hijinks ensue, with the embodiment of 'Otaku' and 'Occult' clashing their interests and respective positions(supernatural vs science) against each other all the way(in their usual fashion). Nonetheless, they seem to be getting along well(again, in their own way), and even Bossun and Himeko note how unusual it is for Switch to be going out of his way to help his 'archrival', Yuuki. Switch and Yuuki then bump into her old crush from middle school, Kobayashi, who was there with another girl. He talks down to Yuuki, which seems to rub Switch the wrong way.

Sep 1, 2011

The principal adores his grandson very much and asks the Sket-dan to prepare a picture play to entertain him. They decide to base the story off of Momotaro, but change things up from the usual... Afterwards, he asks them to play with his grandson for an afternoon, but the kid doesn't seem interested in having fun at all.

Sep 8, 2011

Momoka comes to the Sket-dan to ask for help in her voice acting job. In an upcoming episode, she needs to play Liberty Maji back when she was little, and Momoka is having a hard time grasping the mindset of a child for her acting.

Sep 15, 2011

After helping Yosshi arrange a date, the Sket-dan run into Shinzou arguing with his younger brother. Unlike the proper samurai, his younger brother is rebellious and they don't seem to get along... The two's relationship reminds Switch of his own brother and the events of the past...

Sep 22, 2011

In the second Arc finale, Switch's "origin story" continues as Sawa-chan goes to young Switch and his older brother for help from a stalker. In a moment of spite stemming from jealousy, though, Kazuyoshi sends Switch and Sawa off on their own to buy personal protection items. While they're gone, Sawa's friend Yukino warns Kazuyoshi that the stalker is also a slasher. Kazuyoshi means to go out after his little brother and the girl he loves, but fate intervenes...

Sep 29, 2011

Bossun, Himeko and Switch are having a normal day.

Oct 6, 2011

The Sket-dan get a new assistant homeroom teacher (who wants everyone to call her, Onee-san), but she's a klutz and is upset she can't be a good role model for the students, so the Sket-dan ask Chuu-san to help with some of his strange drugs. Later, Switch goes through some old inventions of his that didn't work out as intended...

Oct 13, 2011

When the broadcasting club begins a weekly television talk show, their first guest is charismatic Student Council Shinba Michiru. The idea is for him to lead a cooking segment, but the show becomes chaotic due to Shinba's less-than-helpful assistants, the manipulative Agata and moody Daisey.

Oct 20, 2011

Dante is back, and this time he's missing something from his pencil... But could he have a crush on someone? Plus Bossun and the gang discover another of captain's amazing talents, and try and put it to good use, but...

Oct 27, 2011

The Sket-dan get obsessed with collecting a full set of "Super Slim-Figured Slenders" gatcha figures... Next Momoka's seem to have fame and moe get her head.

Nov 3, 2011

Shinzou asks the Sket-dan for help with a makeover to make a good impression when he meets Megumi-dono, a friend he made online, in person. But is shinzou in modern clothes even him anymore? Can Shinzou somehow rectify his samurai beliefs with modern garb? Later, Himeko tries a new workout video, but it doesn't "work out"....

Oct 11, 2011

Bossun and his gang take a mission to rescue Roman, but the mission goes awry when Bossun and his crew are playing Shiritori after facing boredom in space. Then, they intercept Tsubaki's ship and accept Tsubaki's request, to get Tsubaki back to his own planet. Then, Bossun's ship receives space pirate Sōjirō's transmission. The space pirate demands Tsubaki's treasure while threatening to hurt Tsubaki's fiancée, Mimori.

Nov 17, 2011

Yagi and Saori Yasuda ask the SKET Dan to document their activities. When Bossun and Hime tell Yagi that they are boring, Yagi gives them a case to solve. The case is about a culprit who breaks windows without stealing anything. Can the Sket Dan solve this case?

Nov 24, 2011

In the first story, Roman is mentoring her new member, Fumi, on how to draw manga. In the second story, Remi doubts her abilities as a teacher and recalls her fond memories as a TV host. After Remi accidentally threw her beloved doll, Specter, away, the Sket Dan team search for the doll.

Dec 1, 2011

After sealing up the Pelorin doll that belongs to Himeko, Enigman appears through the Sket Dan Clubroom window and challenges the Sket Dan to a quiz battle at the rooftop of Kaimei High School.

Dec 8, 2011

Himeko breaks her Cyclone while helping a client who was being assaulted for some cash from a bully. Because of that, she has to buy a new field hockey stick. As she bought one, she's reminded of her past before she met Bossun and Switch. As a result, Hime goes to a high school named Kaimei Academy where she meets Captain and Bossun.

Dec 15, 2011

After being betrayed by Arisa, Himeko transfers to another school to start a new life, but the rumors of Onihime still prevails. When Himeko knocks out a softball far during sports, Chiaki tries to convince her to join the team. Even though Himeko declines Chiaki's offer, she warms up to Chiaki and eventually to Bossun. When Chiaki gets bullied by some thugs, Himeko struggles to choose between saving Chiaki and risk exposing her Onihime side or not.

Dec 22, 2011

Bossun and his gang fill in as substitute mascot characters for Remi's old TV show, Can Mommy Come Too?. After a grueling rehearsal, Bossun and his crew relax in an abandoned warehouse. When they get locked in, can the Sket Dan get free in time before the show starts?

Jan 5, 2012

After Switch fixes Yamanobe's Fancy Yunpyouter, Yamanobe has the Sket Dan crew play a game called Special Broken Mariko which is the parody of Super Mario Brothers. (See Special Mariko Broken page) Later, the Sket club and the rest of the cast celebrate the New Year with a compilation of clips from the anime.

Jan 12, 2012

When an extortionist attacks students and takes their money, Bossun and Sasuke do a stakeout to get the guy. Somehow, they pick the same spot and end up together. Will they get along and take down the extortionist?

Jan 19, 2012

Enigman, Quecchon and Bossun challenge the student council to Battle Q. If the student council loses, a photo of their mishaps with the principal's bust will be spread around the school. In the second half, Akitoshi asks the Sket Dan to help him prepare for a date with Quecchon.

Jan 26, 2012

In the first half, Momoka who asks the Sket Dan to help her find a deeper meaning in the script for her audition. In the second half, Roman shares the good news of her manga artist debut.

Feb 2, 2012

When Himeko saves Jin from some thugs, Jin believes Himeko is his dream girl that the fortune teller has predicted. To Himeko's dismay, she has to prove to Jin that Bossun is her boyfriend in order to get Jin away. She has to take Bossun out to a date. Will Himeko succeed?

Feb 9, 2012

Chiaki asks Sket Dan to find a candy box that has a photo of her and Akina on it. To her surprise, Chiaki learns the truth why Akina broke her friendship with Chiaki. Will Chiaki find the candy box before Akina moves away?

Feb 16, 2012

It's love problems times two with Remi going on a date and J-son-sensei trying his best at his marriage interviews. Of course, neither really goes all that well.

Feb 23, 2012

It starts with man who looks like Bossun, yet viewers find out that he is Ryōsuke, Bossun's father. In the present, Bossun recalls finding old tapes and learns about his father. When Akane comes home, she finds Bossun watching the tapes, so she quickly locks them up. Desperate to know the truth, Bossun goes through the photo albums. What did Bossun uncover about his father and Akane's secret?

Mar 1, 2012

Angry at the world and surrounded by loneliness, Bossun finds himself at the place where his father was slain in a car accident. A young man appears and explains to Bossun why his father died. He gives Bossun, a letter and present from his father that was supposed to be given to Haru. When Bossun sees a young man bullied by delinquents, will Bossun follow his father's philosophy or will he just live for himself?

Mar 8, 2012

Funzō thanks Bossun for helping his sons and does a super rolling grovel out of the window. In the maid cafe, Funzō makes an order to Moe with his sons. Then, Akane and Rumi arrive to the maid cafe. Akane marvels about how beautiful Himeko has become. Rumi asks Switch about Bossun's relationship with Himeko and wonders if Bossun will be after his little sister. Switch replies that they are friends and assures her that Bossun would never go after Rumi that way. Outside, Dr. Tsubaki finds Bossun, and he begins apologizing to Bossun once he and Bossun are on the roof. When Dr. Tsubaki states that there is someone who shares his blood, Bossun recalls his father's letter. He realizes that he has a twin brother. Dr. Tsubaki states that he has harboring this secret for 17 years and says that his son had already found out. Bossun thinks back hard and realizes that Sasuke is his twin brother. Meanwhile, Sōjirō and his student council group wonder where Sasuke is.

Mar 15, 2012

The Sket Dan + Chiaki go to Mpruin Chipesbu... Chipepe... er... a strange foreign country to play in the national Genesis tournament. Chiaki is new to the game, but manages to catch on quickly - especially when an all-you-can-eat buffet is named as a prize!

Mar 22, 2012

Himeko can bend her hands back at the wrist, leading Bossun to give it a try - so Himeko helps him out. Of course, her "help" results in his arm in a cast. As compensation, Himeko is charged with acting the part of Bossun's maid until his arm heals.

Mar 29, 2012

Happy To Meet You (会えて嬉しい, Aete ureshii) is the 51th episode of the Sket Dance anime.

Apr 5, 2012

The Sket Dan get a request from Saaya, a girl who looks and acts like something right out of a dating sim game. She wants to try and get rid of her tsundere tendencies toward boys, and so starts coming to the clubroom everyday in an attempt to become comfortable speaking with the opposite sex. Later, Saaya finds an abandoned pet owl in the park and the Sket Dan end up caring for it in their clubroom. Owls are supposed to be carnivorous and hard to raise, but... this one is almost ridiculously tame.

Apr 12, 2012

Fumi-chan introduced her friend, Koma Morishita, who has a problem with her uncontrollable strength whenever she is embarrassed.

Apr 19, 2012

When Himeko and Saaya brings up the horoscope and fortune telling, the Sket Dan crew head over to Reiko's place to get their fortune read. Then, Switch and Bossun help Reiko take down a fake Psychic who scams others.

Apr 26, 2012

The Sket Dan is asked to help Chūma-sensei. Bossun feels thirsty and drink a cola near him, which is one of Chūma's drug, makes Bossun's face shows opposite expression from what he actually feels.

May 3, 2012

Both Switch's PC and laptop are broke so he speaks via his sketchbook while he's attending Momoka's concert.

May 10, 2012

Bossun gets addicted to his phone when Shinzo makes him exchange e-mails with the manager of the Sengoku website, Pudding. As he responds back and forth, he gets hooked on. At the same time, Himeko also gets a pen pal when she fills in for Koma to help reply to Samurai. As the two get close with their pen pals, they arrange a date to meet each other.

May 17, 2012

Because of Chuma's another drug, Bossun turns invisible. Everything went well until Bossun's body can be seen little by little from the top. He later meets Himeko and Switch, who will helped him to cover his 'dangerious' part of body with anything they have.

May 24, 2012

When a thug forces Daisy to be his woman in exchange to not hurt Kaimei High School students, Tsubaki finds out and Daisy does not want his help. Then, Tsubaki asks Bossun for advice.

May 31, 2012

Himeko gets a chance to star in Pelocan's latest TV commercial as the proud Pelocan girl. Despite being a devout fan who knows every Pelocan candy flavor by heart, she has stage fright. Later, Hime has her Sket Dan crew have a study session at her house because they have the dreaded practice exams. However, Hime and her friends are easily distracted.

Jun 7, 2012

When Bossun and Himeko are going to return Roman 's manga that they lent, they see the different side of Roman when she's being a mangaka and senior in Manga club. Meanwhile, one of her junior Fumi is the best artist of the club but couldn't make a good storyboard.

Jun 14, 2012

The school trip has come! Before that, there'll be a competition between classes to decide their room at the trip. The competition is skipping rope! Everyone in class D are excited about this but not Saaya who really bad at sports. She asks the Sket Dan for help.

Jun 21, 2012

Due to Bossun and Himeko's situation, things get tense when their female classmates asks Himeko (Bossun) to change or to take a bath, and Bossun (Himeko)'s help is making things worse. Meanwhile, Switch is keeping an eye out for Saaya, Sasuke is acting like a cat, and Chuma is making a cure for Bossun and Himeko. Can Bossun and Himeko avoid giving out secrets during their ski trip?

Jun 28, 2012

Switch attempts to prevent Saaya from talking to Bossun, but Reiko and Sasuke distracts him. When Saaya gets to Bossun, Switch decided to not interfere with the two's feelings. Saaya finally asked Bossun (Himeko) how he feels about Himeko. She had never thought about it before, but answered like she's Bossun. Later that night, Himeko explains to Bossun about Saaya's question. What did Himeko said to Saaya?

Jul 5, 2012

While Saaya is talking to Sasuke and says she's interested with Sasuke and Bossun's relationship, the council members Daisy, Mimori, and Michiru hear and get the wrong idea, thinking they are interested in each other. Michiru tells Sojiro about this. When he asked Saaya if she's interested in someone, she gives Bossun's details which Sojiro misinterprets as Sasuke's, getting the wrong idea.

Jul 12, 2012

The Sket Dan trio discovers that Hosuke is sick of his food that Saaya usually gives him (Sausages), by arranging the Sausages into Katakana, saying it is wanted to eat something else. Switch later uncovers another weird invention that could translate an animal's thoughts to human language in a 1-5 meter radius. However, it works but not only for Hosuke, but their (Bossun, Himeko, Switch, and a certain girl) inner thoughts also are translated.

Jul 19, 2012

Tsubaki shows off his lame t-shirt, and his student council members are not looking forward to it. Sojiro promises Tsubaki that he will wear his t-shirt if it's stylish. Tsubaki heads over to asks Bossun for his artistic advice. Meanwhile, Switch and Bossun are evenly matched in their quiz challenge on a popular mecha anime show, Code A: Chian's Counterattack. Switch invites Bossun to a meeting between the otaku to see who is best between him and Switch.

Jul 26, 2012

When Suzu notices how Remi and her father are very close, she asks the Sket Dan to help her and Remi use the love potion on her father. However the drug has very specific instructions to work. With Bossun's plan of how to administer the drug, can Suzu and Remi pull it off?!

Aug 2, 2012

Bossun wants to poop so bad. But he faces many troubles from the toilets he wants to use, like the school toilet's being broken (thanks to Dante), a convenience store's toilet being investigated by the police so Bossun can't use it (thanks to a robber), forgetting his home key, mistaking his home for a woman's and ending up presumed a pervert (his trousers undone when the door opened).

Aug 9, 2012

Sasuke is selected to be the new president of student council replacing Sōjirō. For his goal of making Kaimei High a better school, he becomes strict about everything that deviated from school rules. But in the end Sōjirō has to tell him that there are more important things than rules. Three days later, Sasuke officially replaces Sōjirō. In his speech, he says he will make Kaimei High a better school with everyone's co-operation, this gets a big applause.

Aug 16, 2012

The first story is a reference to a Japanese folktale, the Crab and the Monkey, with Hime being the crab's daughter and Switch, the monkey. Hime and her allies plan to exact vengeance on the monkey.

Aug 23, 2012

Due to recent muggings of students by a ninja named Kagerō, Bossun and Himeko set up a sting operation where they plan to catch the ninja. In the second story, Tsubaki and his student council have a new member on their team, Hani Usami who has her own surprising quirks.

Aug 30, 2012

After Hime discovers a peeping tom who stare at her as she changed in the girls' locker room, she asks Bossun and Switch to help catch the creep. However, Bossun and Switch ignore her plea as they watch a student spider climbing. Meanwhile, Roman and Michinori are having a manga face off to determine who is the better mangaka.

Sep 6, 2012

Sasuke accidentally broke Bossun's bonus toy car that he won from a candy box. Mimori says her father is collecting something similar so she brings Bossun, Himeko and Sasuke to her home... no, it's a mansion! Wait no, it's a town...

Sep 13, 2012

When class 2-D's Shuuichi Morita loses control, Kiri's action makes him throw the chair towards Mimori. Sasuke tells Kiri to cooperate, but Kiri refuses to follow Sasuke's orders. Later, Himeko hangs out with Kiri who shares his story about Kihara who was a victim of Kutsuwa, a teacher from his old middle school. When Kiri's old teacher comes back to Kaimei High School and bullies Himeko, Kiri Kato loses his composure.

Sep 20, 2012

The first story is about Kiri demonstrating his loyalty to Tsubaki, but Tsubaki's student council feels Kiri is acting more of an errand boy.

Sep 27, 2012

While Bossun and the Sket Dance are helping the basketball team due to Jogasaki's little accident, Saaya works up the courage to confess to Bossun. Meanwhile, Sojiro thinks Saaya is still in love with Tsubaki. Can Bossun and the gang help the basketball team and what will happen between Saaya's undying love and Bossun?