When one thinks about school based comedy anime titles like 'Azumanga Daioh', 'Lucky Star' and 'School Rumble' spring to mind... to that list should be added Nichijou, AKA My Ordinary Life. This isn't really like any of those series though; it is far more surreal for a start, characters include Nano; a robot girl who was built by The Professor who is herself only eight years old! There is also a talking cat, a boy who rides to school on a goat and a girl who pulls out huge guns when annoyed! What makes the series such fun is that these things are all played straight; apart from her science teacher nobody seems perturbed by the fact that Nano has a giant key in her back.
The episodes are broken up into several parts which are often unrelated; in the first half of the series Nano and the Professor's story is totally separate from that of comparatively normal school girls Yuko, Mio and Mai who are the other protagonists. The animation is not particularly detailed and but that suits the series and gives it a distinctive look that I really liked. The main attraction of the series though is the cast of likable characters who somehow manage to be believable even in the most bizarre situations. The fact that it is effectively a stream of sketches means that if one bit isn't amusing you something different will be along very soon. As you can tell I really enjoyed this series and hope that it gets a UK DVD release.
These comments are based on watching the series on line on Crunchyroll in Japanese with English subtitles.
The episodes are broken up into several parts which are often unrelated; in the first half of the series Nano and the Professor's story is totally separate from that of comparatively normal school girls Yuko, Mio and Mai who are the other protagonists. The animation is not particularly detailed and but that suits the series and gives it a distinctive look that I really liked. The main attraction of the series though is the cast of likable characters who somehow manage to be believable even in the most bizarre situations. The fact that it is effectively a stream of sketches means that if one bit isn't amusing you something different will be along very soon. As you can tell I really enjoyed this series and hope that it gets a UK DVD release.
These comments are based on watching the series on line on Crunchyroll in Japanese with English subtitles.