Chou Futsuu Toshi Kashiwa Densetsu R

超普通都市カシワ伝説R

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Studios: Super Normal Studio
Rating: 4.53 / 10
Rank: #14001
Popularity: #8689
Users Listed: 5,800
Users Scored: 851
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 11/03/2021
Aired: July 6, 2020 – September 28, 2020 (Summer)
Type: tv
Source: other
Episodes: 10
Broadcast: Monday at 21:55 (JST)

Synopsis:

Set against the backdrop of the seemingly ordinary city of Kashiwa, this series explores the unexpected interactions between high school students and enigmatic beings inhabiting their everyday lives. The narrative centers on a cast of young women navigating adolescence while encountering peculiar phenomena that blur the lines between reality and the uncanny. Humorous situations arise from these encounters, highlighting the contrast between mundane school life and the strange occurrences that disrupt it. The anime adopts a lighthearted tone, focusing on character dynamics and comedic explorations of the unusual, rather than grand conflicts or dramatic storylines. It presents a slice-of-life experience infused with elements of mystery and playful absurdity, inviting viewers to ponder the hidden wonders within the familiar.

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Staff:

Murai, Shinya (Director, Script)
Kawashima, Kouji (Music)
Nakamichi, Hiroo (Character Design)
Natsumi, Rui (Music)

Reviews:

User ExemplarCayman (Score: 9/10):
- How could you even move without your umbilical cable? - It's umbilivable. - Did you notice? This conversation took up more than two pages in the script and didn't contain a single setup-punchline. That's about half an episode for a 5-minute anime. - If that's true, then who did this, and why? - Aliens. The “Plebs Can’t Appreciate Minimalism” episode. Chou Futsuu Toshi Kashiwa Densetsu R is technically a third season of the series, but you don’t really need to watch the first two. Those are youtube ONAs seemingly done by a single person on a half a cup of ramen budget, basically an amateur hobby project. The audience likedthose well enough to get the third season crowdfunded, thus it could afford luxuries like the TV broadcast, an actual recording studio, and character designs by a professional (Nakamichi Hirou of Houkago Saikoro Club fame). His designs are, in fact, the main draw, animation being just the stills of characters overlaid over real-life footage of Kashiwa.nnThe story is vaguely about supernatural phenomena occurring in the city of Kashiwa, Chiba - but not really, it’s a gag comedy. As it is very typical for low-budget comedic shorts, the humor is based around surreal skits, pop-culture references, and self-deprecating/fourth-wall-breaking jokes. The humor is functional, jokes being actual jokes, not the “lol, random” attempts at humor common in the worst examples of this type of series. The cast of seven main characters has simplistic, but well-defined and consistent personalities (e.g. a tsukkomi). All the side characters are cameos by the crowdfunding backers, and those are incorporated in a clever and endearing way. Sound design is on point, both the voice-acting and the music, with a catchy ED song. Overall it’s a competent low-budget comedic short that knows exactly what its limitations are and how to make the best out of what it has to work with.nnAnd if you think basic competence is not much of an achievement - you’d be very wrong, it is literally the best show of the Summer 2020 season (granted this season was abysmal because corona, duh) by virtue of not fucking anything up. 9/10.

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Chou Futsuu Toshi Kashiwa Densetsu Z (anime - Prequel)
Chou Futsuu Ken Chiba Densetsu (anime - Sequel)