I wasn't really going to do this post but, there's a really good reason why I'm doing this and will mention that way later. I found "Nichijou" a few years ago and enjoyed it. The hard part is writing about it because how do I describe this to someone and make them interested in watching without either killing a joke, looking insane, or making the show sound boring? Eh, who knows?
Nichijou is a 2011 anime with 26 episodes based of a manga of the same name written by Keiichi Arawi. The anime was produced by Kyoto Animation (who also did "K-ON") . It's pretty much about the everyday lives of the characters in the series. It's comedy and slice of life series, but again that is underselling it badly.
This series has a large cast of characters mainly focusing on a trio of three high school girls named Yuko Aioi, Mio Naganohara, and Mai Minakami. The other main characters are in a different part of town with Professor (no other name is given , In Japanese it's Hakase ) Shinonme, Nano, and Sakamoto. The professor is an eight-year-old girl who made Nano, who is a robot, Sakamoto is a cat who can talk because the professor made a scarf that allows him to speak.
The plots of many of the segments have Yukko trying to get a joke in, being lazy, or having just hte worst luck. Mio is Yukko's friend and she has more a short tempter and plays a straight man to Yukko's comedy. She also is a talented manga drawer and prefers to draw yaoi which she likes to hid doing and this has caused some great scenes in the series. Mai is the quietest of the three but is a prankster and really is a foil to Yukko's comedic acts.
Meanwhile in the Shinomone household, Professor is one of those really smart kids who might have a degree or something. She doesn't really act like an overly intelligent girl and more like your average 8 year old. Has a penchant for sharks, snacks, and fun. She spends most of her time at home . She created Nano, who is a robot that looks like a teenage girl (The future is now!) Much like how when watching you can forget that the professor is a genius the same is forgetting that Nano is a robot.The only way you can tell is the giant key in her back, or if a limb comes off. The cat, Sakamoto, wants them to treat him like an adult since in cat years he's the oldest. He also still is a cat. Nano does want to go to school and be a normal girl when she does she ends up meeting the three above thus, combining the worlds that were separated.
These aren't the only characters that have a role in the series either. There's a teacher with the characteristic of being nervous and easily frightened. Her name is Izumi Sakarai. Meawnhile, there's a male teacher that likes her but afraid to tell her. The principal has the same name has The Professor but we don't know if they are related in anyway. There's also a vice principal who likes to do mean things to the principal he's kind of bitter. There's also a science teacher who comes into play later on with her plots centering on being obsessed with Nano being a robot
I'm not done yet, but more after the jump
What took you so long? Anyway, There are more characters. There's a boy ,Kojiro Sashara, who is the son of a farmer and acts rich. He rides his goat to school and has a butler. One of the characters that has an affection to him is Misato Tachibana, she likes to shoot him with weapons.
If that scene above made you enjoy it then maybe on the right track, If that scene above made you confused and bewildered then you are also interested in this show, if this made you laugh , welcome, if this clip doesn't exist anymore because of reasons, I'm sorry.
I'm going cut with the characters because that would take up way more of this than it already has.
Since this is an animated series, (an anime if you will) the animation looks simple and un detailed but that's only to make when they do a shift in animation stand out more.
There are scenes that make something that is ordinary happening and makes it seem like the most high-intensity thing to ever happen in the world. Other times the characters are brought down to more geometric simple shapes and it gives them a good display of mood and reactions.
The scene above is a great example of the show's humor, that I won't get into detail, in case I ever have to change the video if it's dead or something. (Cheap , cop out)
There are other segments in an episode are these surrealist skits called "Helvetica Standard" (which I have the Manga of) , there are sweet segments like the "Like Love" segments.
I really like the series the surreal humor grabbed me in but it kept me in with the characters and fun that the show brought. Then it also can be heartwarming, sometimes tear jerking all in one is the selling point. It made me go "what?" a few times, it made me laugh, it did everything. It's a great comedy series with the fusion of slice of life to really put it together.
Do give it a watch I think if you like a little surreal humor with great animation this might be a series for you to watch. For anyone wondering ,I put it on par on "King of the Hill" for viewing age meaning , it's not really anything that would be there bad for younger viewers (maybe the Yaoi manga images) but again that's discretion.
A good reason to write about this show is because it is coming out in Blu Ray with an English dub this July 23rd 2019 Though, it's out for pre-order now (here). As a fan of this series do check it out !
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