Synopsis

Remote Startup Senpai (RSS) is an anime series about the life and times of engineers at a small tech startup team acquired by a large company in Tokyo.

As for what they're building, all we can say for now is "boring corporate apps".

Characters

Masahiro Kamiyama (🇯🇵)

Masahiro Kamiyama (🇯🇵)

The eccentric tech lead of the team and self-proclaimed "Remote Startup Senpai"

Full-stack Engineer

Mayu Maria Ishida (🇯🇵/🇵🇭)

Mayu Maria Ishida (🇯🇵/🇵🇭)

A junior backend engineer who looks after everyone as the most level-headed team member

Backend Engineer

Dan Hawkes (🇬🇧)

Dan Hawkes (🇬🇧)

A super-otaku machine learning engineer who created his own holographic AI waifu and dreams to make her into a real wife

Machine Learning Engineer

Haruto Shimizu (🇯🇵)

Haruto Shimizu (🇯🇵)

A hot-headed, self-obsessed, buzzword-loving junior frontend engineer who makes up in confidence what he lacks in skill

Frontend Engineer

Meiko Sumida (🇯🇵)

Meiko Sumida (🇯🇵)

The formidable, terrifying project manager of the team; she commands the room with her unwavering stare and strategic acumen, yet often fumbles in the technical details, creating a mix of awe and frustration among everyone

Project Manager

Nami

Nami

Created by Dan, originally the startup's "product" but ended up being the assistant/class-clown/cheerleader after the startup got acquired and pivoted to building "boring corporate apps"

AI Hologram

Hog

Hog

Some birb that came through the window and now acts as the rubber-duck debugger

Rubber-duck Debugger

Saki Yoshioka (🇯🇵)

Saki Yoshioka (🇯🇵)

A part-time data labeller who moonlights as an actress and is Mayu's childhood best friend

Data Labeller