Tari Tari

[Kraco]

"The story centers around five Japanese high school students who are too young to be called adults, but who no longer think of themselves as children. Sakai Wakana once took music lessons, but she withdrew from music after losing her mother. Miyamoto Konatsu is a positive-thinking girl who loves singing and spends time after school at the vocal music club. Okita Sawa is a spirited archery club member who dreams of becoming a horse rider. Tanaka Taichi is a chronically late badminton team member who lives with his college student sister. Wien just transfered into Wakana's class after 12 years abroad in Australia. Music brings Wakana, Konatsu, Sawa and the others together into an ensemble during their last summer in high school." -ANN

Episode 1 - Doki | HS | Commie

Links: AniDB, ANN, Official

Genres: School, comedy, slice of life







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This looks like some kind of mix of K-ON and Hanasaku Iroha. The character designer is from Hanasaku Iroha, which is why I threw it here, plus the atmosphere also has some of the same energy, it's also animated by the same PA Works. K-ON I put there because of the music theme. The main cast is: Miyamoto Konatsu by Seto Asami (Chihaya of Chihayafuru), Sakai Wakana by Takagaki Ayahi (Feldt Grace of Gundam 00, Nina Antalk of Regios), Okita Sawa by Hayami Saori (Azuki Miho of Bakuman, Ikaros of Sora no Otoshimono), Tanaka Taichi by Shimazaki Nobunaga (Kirishima Kaito of Ano Natsu, Assassin of F/Z), and Wien by Hanae Natsuki (nothing worth mentioning). Wien (or whatever is his real name since it wasn't even mentioned in the first ep) is a strange fellow, and while they speak of Austria instead of Australia in the episode, he's so out of everything that I wouldn't be surprised if it in fact wasn't an error in the description but a mistake the character made in the story.

All in all this show seems to be for those who would enjoy a slice of life school show centered around a music club (I reckon) with comedy and a spectrum of very different characters, both girls and guys, with reasonable good production values. A part of me is sad this had to be a high school show since I enjoyed the very different setting of Hanasaku Iroha greatly, but all in all after the first ep this at least looks more interesting than something based solely on moe like K-ON. The weird transfer student who's apparently been using a book written centuries ago to learn Japanese manners is quite hilarious.