Nichijou is based on one of my favourite ongoing manga, Nichijou - which means, "simple". And just that, it is. It's the average life of Mio, an aspiring manga artist, and "Yukko" Aioi, the local village idiot, as they go through their simple, dull lives.
Cue to odd, odd situations, that didn't make sense in any of the writer's minds.
The animation's great, the source material is similarly well-drawn, the music, what little there is, is annoyingly catchy, and it's -just- normal seeming enough to pass as kind of normal. The only problem? There's so much poorly implemented English that subtitles - if you can't speak Japanese - are completely optional. And yet Keiichi is able to sneak in puns in Indonesion all the time. Then again, it's Kyoto Animation. It's also episodic enough to be able to jump in anytime, though.
Cue to odd, odd situations, that didn't make sense in any of the writer's minds.
The animation's great, the source material is similarly well-drawn, the music, what little there is, is annoyingly catchy, and it's -just- normal seeming enough to pass as kind of normal. The only problem? There's so much poorly implemented English that subtitles - if you can't speak Japanese - are completely optional. And yet Keiichi is able to sneak in puns in Indonesion all the time. Then again, it's Kyoto Animation. It's also episodic enough to be able to jump in anytime, though.