It's just the other
day when I finished my current favorite music genre anime, Sakamichi no Apollon. It had opened me to the
possibility that music genre can actually be pretty good. This season, I've
decided to watch and blog P.A. Works' original anime, Tari Tari.
When everyone has
been saying that this anime looks awfully a lot like P.A. Works' other anime, Hanasaku Iroha, I just couldn't agree more. Just looking at
the promotional poster reminds me of it. I'm not a huge fan of HanaIro but I do have to admit that it was a
pretty good and refreshing anime. Not to my surprise, the female characters
reminded me of HanaIro's. Particularly,
Miyamoto Konatsu (Seto
Asami) greatly reminds me of Matsumae Ohana
from HanaIro. Although I'm pretty sure
that the comparison doesn't end here.
From the many anime
out there, Tari Tari simply goes with a
typical plot. In a quick overview of where the series will probably go, it's
about the 'new' choir club (or whatever it was supposed to be called) that will
bring the five main characters together. This first episode generally gives off
a background of everybody and has clearly stated where the 13 episodes of the
series will go around. There aren't any particularly interesting scenes in this
episode yet but I'm still looking forward for some improvements on the
following episodes.
Slice of life genre
anime will always be the genre that will catch my heart. There are so many
possibilities in the genre and that's the best thing I like about it. Slice of
life can just generally be about having fun or about random things but it's
practically my least fave style it. My favorite has got to be a slice of life
genre with characters that have some big time (or not really that big) goals throughout the series. I like
series with characters that has some real and possible dreams and shows the
realities of it just like Bakuman and Uchuu Kyoudai. Now for Tari
Tari, I know that they are giving an impression almost similar to K-ON!
(minus the moe
characters doing nothing other than moe fan service) but in this first episode,
their goal has probably been set or given - being part of their school recital
in their final year of high school.
I wouldn't go so
much on the characters of the series because throughout, I'm pretty sure we'll
get to know them better. So, for a quick overview of the five main characters,
let's start with Miyamoto which I have mentioned earlier. She may have a face that's
initially gentle and looks like HanaIro's
Oshimizu Nako
but for the most part, she reminded me of Ohana more because of her character.
On my impression of her, she's most likely the person that will bring everyone
together and probably bring the best out of everyone. I just smiled when she
said to Sakai: I don't want to regret giving up
before I even tried. It reminded me of Akito Takagi's line in Bakuman. I just love that idea. Anyway, for the
next character, Sakai Wakana (Takagaki Ayahi)
reminded me of Tsurugi
Minko from HanaIro as well. She's
more like a character that needs to break out of herself. There's also OkitaSawa (Hayami Saori)
who seems to be the person that's beside Miyamoto. Tanako Taichi (Shimazaki
Nobunaga), on the other hand, could be a pretty interesting guy and is the
only member of the badminton club. AND finally we have Wien (Hanae Natsuki) who
just moved from Australia (???) and has been reading books on how-to's in
Japan. He's practically the funniest character for me right now but at the same
time we'll probably see some drama about him. He's still learning the customs
of the country and the funny idea is that he's doing everything so formal.
As for an anime
that's suppose to be about music, there're aren’t much things going on yet. The
song that Miyamoto sang at the end of the episode was pretty interesting but
not really enough to capture me. But on another side, the BGM was pretty good.
I'm definitely looking forward to the OST(: That's P.A. Works for you. Remember
how Another just had an outstanding BGM that
makes the atmosphere of the anime a lot better?
Of course everyone
knows that P.A. Works doesn't only make great music but they are very well
known for their outstanding art in both character designs and background art.
First off, the character design greatly resembles HanaIro and partially of Another.
Does Ishii Yuriko working on both HanaIro
and Another make any indications? Is she
also working on Tari Tari and not yet
indicated in MAL?
Now for the background art, it's as beautiful as it can be. As expected from
P.A. Works.
In an overall look
on this episode of Tari Tari, it had made
its role very well as an opening episode. It had introduced the characters in a
quick but somehow pretty memorable way. At the same time, the main plot of the
series has also been clearly stated. The music part of the series hasn't made
much impact but I'm pretty sure that it'll improve throughout the series(:
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