#Your lie in april anime stream series
They make a ton of shows and a fair share of them are pretty run-of-the-mill, but they also make it a point to produce at least one series a year that feels more like a genuine labor of love than a financial venture. How was it? I was in love before the opening theme was even over.Īnd as long as I’m complimenting animation studios, I might as well start this one by telling you that A-1 Pictures is one of my favorites. In a Sentence: 14-year-old former pianist Kousei Arima has been out of the world of classical music for almost three years, but all of that may be about to change when he meets violinist Miyazono Kaori. Streaming On: Crunchyroll (North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Ireland) Your Lie in April ( Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) Works, I’d be happy to come back for more. Works’ shows get an automatic three-episode rule for me, but even if this weren’t P.A. I’m spending way too much time on this premiere review, I know, but SHIROBAKO really worked for me, and I’m excited to see what it does in terms of pulling back the curtain on the anime industry in the coming weeks.ĭid it make the watchlist? P.A. All of which is pretty disorienting and could definitely turn some people off, but I kinda loved it, because it matched the frenetic activity of the characters themselves, and really captured the sense of anxiety that goes into fixing last-minute screwups and meeting deadlines. The pacing is wicked fast, too, interspersed with enough humor to give you the occasional second to catch your breath, but mostly charging forward without a break in the action. The premiere crams a lot of character names, faces, and job titles down our throats in about 90 seconds and then has them spinning in and out of the story, vaguely recognizable but difficult to pin down. I can’t speak to the accuracy of these scenes, but it sure as hell feels real, and the script is written with authority and confidence. It’s always nice to see a series with adults as the main characters, and there’s a certain originality to doing a show about the anime industry itself (it’s surprisingly hard to think of another show that’s done that, actually). Works style and aesthetic, but even by my fangirlish standards this one stuck out. The premiere establishes five young women as its leads in the first few minutes, but then we spend the rest of the episode following one of the girls (Miyamura Aoi) as she scrambles to help get an episode of her studio’s latest anime series out on time.
The second happy surprise of the season, though I’m not sure why I should be surprised. How was it? A fresh, funny look at the machinations of the anime industry, with a lot of potential for future storylines. In a Sentence: Five friends promise each other that they’ll make it in the anime industry - and two years later, their dream comes true in all its stressful, unglamorous glory.
Streaming On: Crunchyroll (USA, Canada, South Africa, Latin America, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Turkey, and Australia) Original Series: Written by Yokote Michiko ( Genshiken, Princess Tutu) and directed by Mizushima Tsutomu ( Another, Big Windup!) Hit the jump for stories about animation, music, and the messy artistic process.
But let’s focus on the first two instead. Oh, and then I watched something ridiculous about pigtails. No high fantasy this time (gasp!), but it doesn’t matter, because we’ve got one very good and one positively lovely premiere from two of my favorite studios today, and they’re both getting nice, long Meet ‘n’ Greets. Panning the Stream: SHIROBAKO, Your Lie in April, Gonna Be the Twin-Tail Octo/ 4 ♥
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