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Sunny
Genre
Created byKatie Robbins
Based onThe Dark Manual
by Colin O’Sullivan
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languages
  • English
  • Japanese
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
  • Katie Robbins
  • Rashida Jones
  • Lucy Tcherniak
  • Ravi Nandan
  • Jess Lubben
  • Nancy Won
Running time34-35 minutes
Production companies
  • A24
  • Twenty First City
  • Babka Pictures
  • Poppycock Pictures
Original release
Network Apple TV+
ReleaseJuly 10, 2024 (2024-07-10) –
present (present)

Sunny is an American black comedy television series created by Katie Robbins, based on the novel The Dark Manual by Irish [2] writer Colin O'Sullivan. The series premiered on July 10, 2024, on Apple TV+. [3]

Premise

Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto whose husband and son vanished in a plane crash, receives a domestic robot from her husband's robotics company.

Cast

Episodes

No.Title  [4]Directed byWritten by  [5]Original release date  [6]
1"He's in Refrigerators"Lucy TcherniakKatie RobbinsJuly 10, 2024 (2024-07-10)
In an Imatech facility, a robot begins hitting a man in the head with chair, apparently killing him before it is shut off. At a later time, Flight 405, carrying Suzie Sakamoto's husband, Masa, and son, crashes enroute to Hokkaido. Susie and her mother-in-law, Noriko, meet with crash investigators, and Suzie struggles to recount what her husband and son were wearing in the crash. Suzie returns home to find Yuki Tanaka, an Imatech employee, at her house, delivering a domestic assistance robot (homebot), Sunny. Because Suzie's mother was killed by a self-driving car, she resists having Sunny in her house. Yuki explains that she is receiving Sunny because Masa worked on it at Imatech. Suzie believes that Masa worked in the refrigeration department but is informed that the refrigeration department moved to Myanmar twelve years prior. Suzie goes to find Yuki at the Imatech holiday party, and learns that Masa was a feared manager at his company. She discovers the room where the engineer was killed by a robot, and sees the blood still spattered on the wall and carpet. Afterwards, she meets Mixxy, a bartender, and claims that she and her husband have split up. Mixxy explains that a local politician is believed to have been killed by his domestic robot. As Suzie returns home, she is being monitored by a man viewing surveillance footage. Inside, she sees what appears to be blood on her floor, and takes Sunny to a bridge and leaves her there. The next morning, Suzie wakes up to find Sunny back in her apartment. Suzie wants to destroy Sunny with a baseball bat but is surprised when the robot makes the same hand gesture as Masa.
2"Don't Blame the Machine"Lucy TcherniakKatie RobbinsJuly 10, 2024 (2024-07-10)
Suzie becomes frustrated when Sunny will not talk about Masa's history. Suzie takes Sunny to be inspected and learns that Sunny is an upgraded model of homebot that receives regular updates. Suzie learns that there is a hidden community, identified by a red circular symbol, that hacks their homebots to unlock additional features. Suzie recognizes the symbol as something from Masa's notes but is unable to find information about it. She goes to the ImaTech building and finds it locked down; the room where the robot killed a man is boarded up. Security comes for Suzie, but she escapes with the help of Sunny. At home, Sunny answers the door and receives Masa's shoes, indicating that his body had been found after the plane crash. Outside, the bot that delivered the shoes meets with the man that has been watching Suzie and reveals that they lied about the shoes belonging to Masa. In a flashback, Masa works on his computer, and signs it with the hacking group's symbol.
3"Mmmm, Hinoki"Lucy TcherniakNancy WonJuly 17, 2024 (2024-07-17)
4TBATBAKimi Howl LeeJuly 24, 2024 (2024-07-24)
5TBATBAJulissa CastilloJuly 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)
6TBATBAAja GabelAugust 7, 2024 (2024-08-07)
7TBATBAKen KobayashiAugust 14, 2024 (2024-08-14)
8TBATBASarah SutherlandAugust 21, 2024 (2024-08-21)
9TBATBANancy Won & Yugo NakamuraAugust 28, 2024 (2024-08-28)
10TBATBAKatie Robbins & Aja GabelSeptember 4, 2024 (2024-09-04)

Production

In February 2022, Apple TV+ announced it had given Sunny a series order. Rashida Jones is set to star in and executive produce the series, which is set to film in Japan. [7] In July, Hidetoshi Nishijima joined the cast. [8] In October, Joanna Sotomura, annie the clumsy, You, Judy Ongg, and Jun Kunimura were added to the cast. [9]

Filming for the series began in Japan in July 2022. [10]

Release

Sunny was released on Apple TV+ on July 10, 2024. [3]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 88% approval rating with an average rating of 7.2/10, based on 52 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Brightened up by Rashida Jones' sly comedic timing, Sunny is a melancholy sci-fi series that positively glows." [4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 69 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Annie the Clumsy". district81.jp. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  2. ^ "Interview with Collin O'Sullivan". booksirelandmagazine.com. January 9, 2012. Archived from the original on February 20, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Nemetz, Dave (April 18, 2024). "Rashida Jones Is Friends With a Robot in Apple TV+'s Sci-Fi Mystery Sunny — See First Photos and Get Release Date". TVLine. Archived from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Sunny: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "Sunny". Writers Guild of America West. Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "Shows A-Z - sunny on apple tv plus". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 7, 2022). "Rashida Jones To Headline Dark Comedy Series Sunny Ordered By Apple TV+ From A24". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 14, 2022). "Drive My Car Star Hidetoshi Nishijima Joins Rashida Jones In Apple TV+ Series Sunny". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (October 26, 2022). "Sunny: Rashida Jones' Apple TV+ Dark Comedy Series Rounds Out Cast With Joanna Sotomura, 4 More". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  10. ^ Rosser, Michael (November 18, 2022). "Spotlight on Japan". Kemps Film and TV Production Services Handbook. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  11. ^ "Sunny: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunny
Genre
Created byKatie Robbins
Based onThe Dark Manual
by Colin O’Sullivan
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languages
  • English
  • Japanese
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
  • Katie Robbins
  • Rashida Jones
  • Lucy Tcherniak
  • Ravi Nandan
  • Jess Lubben
  • Nancy Won
Running time34-35 minutes
Production companies
  • A24
  • Twenty First City
  • Babka Pictures
  • Poppycock Pictures
Original release
Network Apple TV+
ReleaseJuly 10, 2024 (2024-07-10) –
present (present)

Sunny is an American black comedy television series created by Katie Robbins, based on the novel The Dark Manual by Irish [2] writer Colin O'Sullivan. The series premiered on July 10, 2024, on Apple TV+. [3]

Premise

Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto whose husband and son vanished in a plane crash, receives a domestic robot from her husband's robotics company.

Cast

Episodes

No.Title  [4]Directed byWritten by  [5]Original release date  [6]
1"He's in Refrigerators"Lucy TcherniakKatie RobbinsJuly 10, 2024 (2024-07-10)
In an Imatech facility, a robot begins hitting a man in the head with chair, apparently killing him before it is shut off. At a later time, Flight 405, carrying Suzie Sakamoto's husband, Masa, and son, crashes enroute to Hokkaido. Susie and her mother-in-law, Noriko, meet with crash investigators, and Suzie struggles to recount what her husband and son were wearing in the crash. Suzie returns home to find Yuki Tanaka, an Imatech employee, at her house, delivering a domestic assistance robot (homebot), Sunny. Because Suzie's mother was killed by a self-driving car, she resists having Sunny in her house. Yuki explains that she is receiving Sunny because Masa worked on it at Imatech. Suzie believes that Masa worked in the refrigeration department but is informed that the refrigeration department moved to Myanmar twelve years prior. Suzie goes to find Yuki at the Imatech holiday party, and learns that Masa was a feared manager at his company. She discovers the room where the engineer was killed by a robot, and sees the blood still spattered on the wall and carpet. Afterwards, she meets Mixxy, a bartender, and claims that she and her husband have split up. Mixxy explains that a local politician is believed to have been killed by his domestic robot. As Suzie returns home, she is being monitored by a man viewing surveillance footage. Inside, she sees what appears to be blood on her floor, and takes Sunny to a bridge and leaves her there. The next morning, Suzie wakes up to find Sunny back in her apartment. Suzie wants to destroy Sunny with a baseball bat but is surprised when the robot makes the same hand gesture as Masa.
2"Don't Blame the Machine"Lucy TcherniakKatie RobbinsJuly 10, 2024 (2024-07-10)
Suzie becomes frustrated when Sunny will not talk about Masa's history. Suzie takes Sunny to be inspected and learns that Sunny is an upgraded model of homebot that receives regular updates. Suzie learns that there is a hidden community, identified by a red circular symbol, that hacks their homebots to unlock additional features. Suzie recognizes the symbol as something from Masa's notes but is unable to find information about it. She goes to the ImaTech building and finds it locked down; the room where the robot killed a man is boarded up. Security comes for Suzie, but she escapes with the help of Sunny. At home, Sunny answers the door and receives Masa's shoes, indicating that his body had been found after the plane crash. Outside, the bot that delivered the shoes meets with the man that has been watching Suzie and reveals that they lied about the shoes belonging to Masa. In a flashback, Masa works on his computer, and signs it with the hacking group's symbol.
3"Mmmm, Hinoki"Lucy TcherniakNancy WonJuly 17, 2024 (2024-07-17)
4TBATBAKimi Howl LeeJuly 24, 2024 (2024-07-24)
5TBATBAJulissa CastilloJuly 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)
6TBATBAAja GabelAugust 7, 2024 (2024-08-07)
7TBATBAKen KobayashiAugust 14, 2024 (2024-08-14)
8TBATBASarah SutherlandAugust 21, 2024 (2024-08-21)
9TBATBANancy Won & Yugo NakamuraAugust 28, 2024 (2024-08-28)
10TBATBAKatie Robbins & Aja GabelSeptember 4, 2024 (2024-09-04)

Production

In February 2022, Apple TV+ announced it had given Sunny a series order. Rashida Jones is set to star in and executive produce the series, which is set to film in Japan. [7] In July, Hidetoshi Nishijima joined the cast. [8] In October, Joanna Sotomura, annie the clumsy, You, Judy Ongg, and Jun Kunimura were added to the cast. [9]

Filming for the series began in Japan in July 2022. [10]

Release

Sunny was released on Apple TV+ on July 10, 2024. [3]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 88% approval rating with an average rating of 7.2/10, based on 52 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Brightened up by Rashida Jones' sly comedic timing, Sunny is a melancholy sci-fi series that positively glows." [4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 69 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Annie the Clumsy". district81.jp. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  2. ^ "Interview with Collin O'Sullivan". booksirelandmagazine.com. January 9, 2012. Archived from the original on February 20, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Nemetz, Dave (April 18, 2024). "Rashida Jones Is Friends With a Robot in Apple TV+'s Sci-Fi Mystery Sunny — See First Photos and Get Release Date". TVLine. Archived from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Sunny: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "Sunny". Writers Guild of America West. Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "Shows A-Z - sunny on apple tv plus". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 7, 2022). "Rashida Jones To Headline Dark Comedy Series Sunny Ordered By Apple TV+ From A24". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 14, 2022). "Drive My Car Star Hidetoshi Nishijima Joins Rashida Jones In Apple TV+ Series Sunny". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (October 26, 2022). "Sunny: Rashida Jones' Apple TV+ Dark Comedy Series Rounds Out Cast With Joanna Sotomura, 4 More". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  10. ^ Rosser, Michael (November 18, 2022). "Spotlight on Japan". Kemps Film and TV Production Services Handbook. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  11. ^ "Sunny: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

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