Sunny (TV series)

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

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

 * Rashida Jones as Suzie Sakamoto
 * Hidetoshi Nishijima as Masahiko Sakamoto, Suzie's husband and a roboticist
 * Joanna Sotomura as Sunny
 * annie the clumsy as Mixxy, Suzie's friend and an aspiring mixologist
 * You as Hime
 * Judy Ongg as Noriko Sakamoto, Masa's mother
 * Jun Kunimura as Yuki Tanaka, a roboticist

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. In July, Hidetoshi Nishijima joined the cast. In October, Joanna Sotomura, annie the clumsy, You, Judy Ongg, and Jun Kunimura were added to the cast.

Filming for the series began in Japan in July 2022.

Release
Sunny was released on Apple TV+ on July 10, 2024.

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." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 69 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".