It's been a decidedly long time since I last got to enjoy some Joshiraku, but rather like buses episodes seem to suddenly start turning up all at once. This eleventh episode of the series sees our rakugo girls taking a much-needed holiday abroad... or at least, that's what they'd like to be doing, but a paddling pool and some posters in the dressing room is about as close as they can get to
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And what an ending it was. I watched a few epic endings in my anime-watching career, and this one was right there, or at least felt that way – in an anime about cute girls doing nothing, and which had no story. In Azumanga, the graduation was the linchpin, but in Joshiraku they completely pulled [...]
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I don’t want to live in a world where Disney can’t be mentioned on national television. Joshiraku is back with political references and Koji Kumeta’s opinions. Koji Kumeta must really like his Ichickawa Ebizo references. First act is the girls … Continue reading →
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The episodes of Joshiraku just keep on coming - worse (or rather, better) still, they simply keep on getting better too. Episode ten begins with the gang pondering Halloween - while Marii predictably gets short-changed when it comes to receiving treats, thoughts soon turn towards what other American days of celebration might end up making it over to Japan, and more importantly how to make
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Tonari no Kaibatsu-kun … What we got here is a girl who studies all the time meeting the class thug, realizes he’s not so bad after all, and the romance that happens after. This is such a tired story that the only time you see it in anime now is when they’re making fun of [...]
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After so long without any subtitled Joshiraku to watch, suddenly two episodes show up in short order like some kind of proverbial buses. With the school holidays beginning, the gang are worried about the lack of children attending their rakugo performances - ignoring the fact that rakugo isn't exactly the ideal form of entertainment for children, the group still look for ways to tempt kids to
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The first series of the fall season has arrived, all bright and sparkly! And, in the case of Shin Sekai Yori, dripping with style. It was hard to tell what exactly was going on in the opening episode, especially at first, because the show decided to throw a bunch of cut scenes and blurry art [...]
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Joshiraku goes back to being full of of many obscure references! First act is about the girls trying to come up with ways to make rakugo more appealing to younger audiences, which turns into another session of making fun of … Continue reading →
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  Oh, Milfeulle. What are you up to now? Unrelated to anything, but Galactica is really going balls out with their upcoming game. Probably trying to jumpstart a new franchise since Koihime’s likely starting to run dry. Also, new Tank Girls CM at the end of either Sister Boffing or SenColle. I didn’t delve further. This ended [...]
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It's been a while since I last had the opportunity to check out any Joshiraku (almost a month in fact), but it's back to the rakugo grindstone now for episode eight of the series. It's the New Year as this episode begins (no, it hasn't been that long since I last watched an episode), and poor old Marii is the rest of the group's punching bag once again as she finds herself having to come last at
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Obviously, I was not the only one who went raw when GG stumbled after ep.7. Peter documents the experience after rewatching subbed: I am pleased to report that I got the repetition of “new” in the first bit, and April wasn’t hard. Other than that I had to follow the visual action. So I didn’t [...]
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Episode 8 finally subbed! At least the humor in this episode is easy to digest for the normal gaijin otaku. First up, notice that the cast of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei are the audience while the girls are delivering their new … Continue reading →
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Sword Art Online 12 … I figured it would end up like this. Since it was clear from the start that Yui wasn’t from the real world it meant that the game could do all sort of things to her. And since she was, if not an anomaly, but a bit of code gone rogue, [...]
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/WakaranaiDesuUh yeah, this episode was just totally random as ever. Not sure but I only saw two political references in this episode. First act is just totally random, it starts as a small talk about sports and athletics then it morphs into a talk about marriage and becoming biker gangsters ...The post Joshiraku episode 7 appeared first on Wakaranai Desu.
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/WakaranaiDesuLots of political references in this episode! The first act is all about the number 4. The Japanese believe that the number 4 is inauspicious because it is pronounced the same as death (shi) and the first act makes fun of it by listing all the good things and famous ...The post Joshiraku episode 6 appeared first on Wakaranai Desu.
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/WakaranaiDesuToo much Ichikawa Ebizo references in Joshiraku. I do get it that kabuki and rakugo are Japanese forms of entertainment during their time and the only difference is that kabuki was for the rich and rakugo are for the common folk. But whatever.   The first act is the girls ...The post Joshiraku episode 5 appeared first on Wakaranai Desu.
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/WakaranaiDesuMan, each episode of this anime becomes more and more into the Japanese side of humor.   The first act makes fun of almost everything about the meganekko (girl wearing glasses) stereotype. The second act is mostly about all things Odaiba which includes the Fuji TV headquarters which I think ...The post Joshiraku episode 4 appeared first on Wakaranai Desu.
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/WakaranaiDesuThe episode was finally subbed to give us gaijin who are incapable of understanding the Japanese language chance to enjoy this episode!   First act is Marii ends up having to prove that she’s not a crossdressing boy. In the second act, the girls visit the Kaminari Gate where they ...The post Joshiraku episode 3 appeared first on Wakaranai Desu.
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/WakaranaiDesuThe girls talk about what they would do if they won the lottery, leading them to suspect one of them may be a winner. Later, they visit the Tokyo Tower where more strange conversations are to be had. Afterwards, a discussion about vaccination turns into a bout of imaginary pregnancy. ...The post Joshiraku episode 2 appeared first on Wakaranai Desu.
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