Castle Town Dandelion

The Sakurada clan are a royal family headed by a king with nine children who each have a distinctive super power. In a reality-TV-like scenario, the kids' actions are televised with the aid of thousands of surveillance cameras, and the citizens of the kingdom will be asked to vote on which child will become the next monarch. The unlikely hero is fourth-eldest Akane, who is able to manipulate gravity for herself and others. Akane is shy and she only wants to win the competition in order to ban surveillance cameras in the kingdom. While Castle Town Dandelion could have offered sharp satire on celebrity and the ubiquity of cameras in contemporary society, the series eschews cogent commentary in favor of a sitcom style characterized by obvious jokes and predictable plots. Presenting all 12 episodes from 2015 in a dual-language Blu-ray/DVD Combo set, rated TV-PG, extras include episode commentaries. Not a necessary purchase. (P. Hall)