A fuzzy alien shows up at your door to study your toaster, and somehow that's the setup for the most genuinely charming thing on TV right now. Sakurako and MuMu's chemistry works because neither character is trying to teach the other a lesson, they're just two completely different creatures figuring out how to live in the same apartment, one ridiculous appliance at a time. The show gets that comedy doesn't need to be clever, just honest, and it finds something warm in watching someone learn that home isn't about the technology, it's about who you're learning it with.
Sakurako's ordinary university routine is turned upside down when a cat-like alien named MuMu arrives on Earth. MuMu comes from a distant galaxy on a mission: study the home appliance technology of Earth so his species can regain the technology it has lost. The two end up living together, and that unexpected arrangement soon becomes a steady stream of chaotic events. Their chemistry drives a comedy full of appliances and cat antics, blending slice-of-life everyday moments with sci-fi and mystery elements across 24 episodes.
Streaming Me and the Alien MuMu legally, as of the last catalog refresh. Availability changes by region.
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