• Director(s)

    Norihiro Naganuma

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Animation

  • Cast

    Aoi Yûki, Takeo Otsuka, Katsuyuki Konishi

TV Show

The Apothecary Diaries

THE APOTHECARY DIARIES is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Maomao uses her skills to investigate the truth behind the untimely death of an infant prince. …

THE APOTHECARY DIARIES is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Maomao uses her skills to investigate the truth behind the untimely death of an infant prince.

  • Director(s)

    Norihiro Naganuma

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Animation

  • Cast

    Aoi Yûki, Takeo Otsuka, Katsuyuki Konishi

moderate sex references, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A group of men abduct a young woman during a brief scene.
sex
Moderate verbal and visual references are made to brothels and concubines, however, these are undetailed and contain comic overtones. There is also sexualised focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
injury detail
There are bloody wounds across an apothecary worker's arm.
additional issues
Mild bad language ('crap') is accompanied by even milder terms ('hell'). There are infrequent upsetting scenes relating to the death of an infant.
moderate sex references, injury detail
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Moderate verbal and visual references are made to aphrodisiacs and brothels. However, these lack any strong detail. There is also infrequent sexualised focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
injury detail
A flashback scene depicts wounds and snake bites across an apothecary worker's arm.
additional issues
There is a brief scary scene in which a woman is startled by the appearance of a ghost. An undetailed verbal reference is made to domestic abuse.
moderate sex references, horror
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A creepy ghostly spirit appears in occasional scenes, scaring those who come in contact with it.
sex
There are verbal and visual references to sex workers in a brothel; however, these are without strong detail.
moderate sex references, bloody images, brief violence
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman slaps another across the face, knocking her to the floor in a violent outburst. There is a brief scene involving fighting with weapons.
sex
There are references to sex workers, including scenes in which their cleavage is emphasised.
injury detail
A man stares down at his bloodied hands.
additional issues
References are made to the death of a child; a woman grieves.
moderate sex references, injury detail, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are references to sex work.
injury detail
People display rashes and burns on their hands and arms.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young woman recalls the sexual threat posed by men on the streets surrounding brothels. There are also references to her being kidnapped and trafficked by men.
additional issues
Brief scenes of threat and violence occur.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are references to sex work, and scenes occasionally emphasise the physical attributes of women.
additional issues
Scenes of mild threat occur. Boils cover a woman's arm as a result of an allergic reaction.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are references to brothels and sex workers; however, these lack strong detail.
additional issues
There is also brief unendorsed sexism, mild violence, injury detail, and references to poisoning.
suicide references
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
Verbal suicide references contain descriptive detail, and a dead body is discovered in the aftermath of a presumed suicide.
additional issues
There are visual and verbal references to sex workers and to implied sexual activity. There is also brief but undetailed implied sexualised nudity. Dead bodies are discovered at a crime scene. There is also brief knife threat and violence.
suicide references, moderate injury detail
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There are close up images of a drowned woman's corpse.
suicide and self-harm
A woman is briefly shown sinking to the bottom of a lake and people assume she has taken her own life. There are also references to a man drinking himself to death.
additional issues
There are references to a woman being a 'concubine'. Undetailed references are also made to murder.
sexual harassment
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man tries to get a woman to lick honey from his fingers against her wishes. She calls him a 'pervert' and another woman intervenes to stop him.
additional issues
Undetailed references are made to a woman's death potentially being a suicide.
mild threat, sex references, violence references, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are mild references to violence.
threat and horror
There are references to poisonings.
sex
Mild sexilaused images occur, and there are references to eunuchs.
suicide and self-harm
Undetailed suicide references occur.
theme
There are themes of bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are references to sex work, and sexualised images of women in scantily clad outfits.
additional issues
A kidnapping takes place, someone is punched, and themes of bereavement are present. There is also mild medical detail showing sores on a woman's arm, along with scenes of smoking.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate threat, sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate violence
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate sex references, drug references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
Classified Date:
13/02/2025
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
Classified Date:
19/11/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited

  • Classified date

    10/10/2024

  • Distributor

    Crunchyroll Limited

  • Language

    English