Asobi Asobase

Move over, Grand Blue (despite the MAL score) and Hinamatsuri (Spring 2018's best comedy)! Asobi Asobase is here to take your place not just as AOTS for Summer 2018's super weak BUT strong comedic presence, but also AOTY for the overall yearly comedy genre, and I have the full experience to tell you why this series is damn underrated, and hidden behind it is pure insane high school gag-comedy...AT ITS BEST AND FINEST! If there was a rating above 10, I would give this series a multiplier 100/10, because this is more than just some mindless AF comedic masterpiece. It's comedic execution will creep you with its insane amount of gag comedies, obscene figures, face expressions and all-so-you-desire thoughts straight in your face that make you question much! Oh, and the endless amount of references that got us SO DAMN GOOD and satisfying! Not every episode is perfect, but I'm willing to forgive the little boring moments it has for the never-ending amount of laughs and tears combined freckle down my face as I wait upon every Sunday night for this series to start my week into, and I was never once disappointed, not one bit. Oh, what is Asobi Asobase about? Sorry, I'm still laughing and crying at the metajokes it contains...I can't breathe...which series SUCCEEDINGLY sells your soul away in a good way in just 3 minutes, that makes you feel like this is something special? Asobi Asobase not a story in itself, but rather the characters themselves who form the core of the series with their distinct personalities: Hanako Honda (CV: Hina Kino, Toji no Miko's Sayaka), she is that kind of friend where she wants to desire fame and recognition and the likes by hanging out around normies, just with many screws loose, and her constant insanity striking out as always. Oh, and her weird fashion sense. Together with her assistant butler Maeda, he is the ultimate of ultimates, always helping her out with his shogi butt-beam, super-weird stuff ensues. Kasumi Nomura (CV: Konomi Kohara, Tsuki ga Kirei's Akane), she gives off the vibe that feels like the outcasted member of the class, and with her serious but scary punk-ass attitude, along with being a study nerd, she is the least of the 3 girls who would stand out, but damn, she's noticeable once we come into her senses, immediately realize she is not all the others would say: calm and elusive on the outside, but determined to follow-through on the inside. Oh, and her illterate struggle of English and her constant bad luck in games. Olivia (CV: Rika Nagae, Frame Arms Girl's Baselard), she is the oh-so-typical white girl which makes her look like the natural-born foreign exchange student, until you realize that all that is a trick, a demeanor to surprise you: She CANNOT speak a literate word of English, was born in Japan, but the best part about her is that despite her shortcomings, she tries to blend in with no F's given whatsoever. Oh, and her insane otaku of a brother, that despite his appearances, blue eyes blue in similarity, and he's the culmination of gross, smelling high school girls' scents. "Praise be to raw middle schoolers." - Olivia's fatso Onii-chan Oh, and not forgetting the side cast: - The female teacher responsible for the Pastimers Club, - The general-purpose teacher who confines along with the 3 girls, like licking lied-pee (but is water) and their game antics (with the insane Sailor Moon and DBZ references), - The Student Council Prez and vice-prez, who literally has no holds barred, - The Occult Club, who knows what the 2 girls are doing in there, anything they concoct up is always up to no good. Honestly, the best part about them is the relatively new Seiyuus that take up the roles of the 3 girls, because they are amazing, showcase their talents well and you can tell that they had absolute fun doing this, especially Hanako's VA with her constant screaming and whatnot. Simply nothing short of fantastic from all the characters here. Lerche is back at it once again for this series, and "Who ya gonna call"? Seiji Kishi, director for Angel Beats!, Tsuki ga Kirei, Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero, that's who! And wow oh wow, just like the big hitters he has, this sleeper, underrated series truly adds to his marvelous directing talent. And I really hands-down applaud studio Lerche this time because of how much insanity is done to propel this series forward, from the key visual PVs and the actual anime adaptation of the manga, it's like "no time and talents were wasted here, not even the slightest"! In my initial review, I've called out the moe-CGDCT aethestics because of the resemblance, but look how far we have come: Only the watercolour art style followed through with the oh-so-funny facial scenes of the characters. Another area where I will NOT expect to be turned-on so nicely is the music, particularly the OST, which is the main joker aesthetic. "Anime is saved (YET again)!" - Pipimi, Pop Team Epic. Why the reference thou? Because every episode starts out with the cute and sweet moe OP, letting you know the characters and how they are like on the surface. THAT IS HEAVEN, expectations run wild. By the time the episode starts, and you've been through the insane absurdity, you're NOT spared yet! The God-tier Pop Team Epic reminiscent ED rocks on you the reality, the harshness of it all with the full metalcore vibe. Now THAT IS HELL! Couldn't have asked for a better OST, and one that has surpassed expectations this season, and tuned in from the beginning to the end, never skipping both the OP and ED gives you the full mindf-ing experience. Asobi Asobase is a wholesome experience not to be missed, its God-tier levels of trickery will mock you hard and bad if you're not prepared for what lies ahead. I'm really glad that I didn't skimp myself out on this masterpiece of a comedy, how shallow the series is, was never once a complaint when you've been damaged this much. Easily the biggest surprise of Summer 2018, and it will confront you all-out on its full comedic-gag force!

At first, I thought this anime will be your typical girl show with no comedic element whatsover. Why did I expected that? The opening. Openings are always the one that summarizes the plot or the composition of the story of an anime. And I was definetely wrong. I actually asked myself "Am I watching this on YouTube right now?" because I got clickbaited really hard.... and I love it. Comedy anime will always be there this season. It is a rule already on the anime industry that at least 1 comedy show will be a talk on the anime community. One of them this season is "Asobi Asobase". Story The plot is not really chronological as each episode is divided by "content" or "parts". This is no issue for comedy shows for the past years as long as it makes the audience laugh out loud. The plot revolves on three stupid but laughable girls named Honda, Hanako (the unbelievably smartest one in academics but idiotic as hell), Olivia (that girl who looks like she mastered English through genetics but mastered Japanese instead), and Nomura Kasumi (The girl that has glasses... and... the one that has the serious face. sometimes). We watch this girl meet each other with misunderstood expectations, thus making the "Pastimers Club" where they engage each other with games... to pass time... (nice logic)... In the Pastimers Club room, we always see them sitting together, thinking of absurd activities to do from playing in an inflatable pool to playing a penalty-ridden game of sugoroku. Of course on every clubs there are chances other clubs will come by and have some absurdity (well in anime only...i bet) to one another. The Occult Club for example with Oka (the girl with the weird eyes and witch hat) had visited the Pastimers Club for some instance, as well as fights for the club room like the Shogi Club. Not to mention the involvement of supporting characters like the Student Council President, Maeda, Chisato Higuchi (club advisor), Olivia's weeb bro, Tsugumi Aozora and many more becomes part of the story's hilarity and madness with each contributing their characteristics to the story making it funny. Characters: The people/characters of an anime will always contribute to the plot's aim either to make us excited, laugh, thrill or horrify. Asobi Asobase have a wide range of well-done characters, each contributing to the show's aim... which is to be comedic. We have the three main girls of the series. Honda, Hanako, who is the genius as well as the idiot of the group who hates popular girls and such. Oliva, the blonde-hair girl who you think will be part of the cool kids/popular kids group but it turns out she is faking her accent and english and she's just your typical japanese girl. Nomura Kasumi, the only girl in the group that has glasses and probably the most dangerous one as her face gets serious, you are done. But on the other side she writes BL/yaoi novels making this her primary embarassment. These three makes the show very enjoyable. Let us not forget the supporting characters as well. The two teachers, the club advisor and the male teacher have both made some scenes funny. Tsugumi Aozora, whose gender still unknown picked curiosity to the Pastimers and so on some episodes, she was the focus. The Occult Club member Oka having a thrilling and mysterious atmosphere makes the vibe even stronger. Olivia's otaku bro who we thought that will be a handsome looking guy but it turns out it is your typical fat weebo (except his damn eyes were a beauty) and let us not forget Maeda. Maeda the best butler at the service of Honda Hanako that have anal issues. Sound: Ahhh the sound.. The Opening song's soothing, cheerful and playful music "really" introduces us what are we going to expect on the series. Actually, no it doesn't. I love how they made us think that this will just be your typical high-school girl anime because of the opening song but then we stumble to realize how clueless we are as we watch and then we hear the Ending song, instead of having those angel-like voices, it was replaced by demons now and I love it. Art: When I first look upon the visuals (like when I saw the first episode with the opening), I thought "Oh no.. The art is... not that good i guess?." but as I progress through the episodes, I didn't think of the visuals at all anymore. In fact, the visuals are okay on normal scenes but when the "shock" or "anger" scenes come, we can see how the art changed drastically going higher levels. Not to mention the Opening's heavenly-like visuals was damn false as we go through the episode and then we get a pitch black ED with some line drawings of the three girls. Visuals matches the anime perfectly along with the sound. Overall thoughts and Enjoyment: I can't describe how much I enjoyed this series. There is no episode that wil make me giggle or make me laugh so hard. Overall, this anime is highly recommended for those who love the comedy genre like I do. And this is the type of anime that when you have a bad day, you can watch this and just laugh your heart out.

Overview: Hoo boy, this review might be a little controversial with some of my MAL friends. We all know how subjective comedy is and how we all find different things funny. I heard glowing reviews about this anime, but the jokes just really weren't working for me. Humor Style: Do you have young kids in your family? Have you ever watched Teen Titans Go? Asobi Asobase uses a very similar approach to its humor and episodes, only in my opinion its slightly less funny. For example, characters will constantly make stupid faces and that's the joke. Characters will reference popular things, and that's the entire joke. There's an episode devoted to bad online yaoi fanfics and that's probably the best episode. The rich girl's butler is probably the best character just from his line delivery. His character's quirk is that alien's gave him an anal probe and now he fires lasers out of his ass. That's the level of intellectual humor we're working with. Another episode involves the girls getting into a contest to smell each other's armpits. The foreign girl wins because East Asians have less apocrine sweat glands and produce less body odor. You see kids, that's because East Asians usually have the AA allele of the ABCC11 gene that produces apocrine sweatglands. The AA allele is a mutation that makes the gene non-fuctional, so not as many apocrine sweat glands form. Most humans have the GA or GG alleles, so they produce more body odor. Those alleles were selected for in most of the world because body odor acts as an aphrodisiac for primates like us. Scientists believe the smelly alleles were not selected for in East Asians and Native Americans likely due to the cold climate of 20,000-10,000 years ago nullifying the advantage of smelling bad. The whole joke is that the episode is wasting your time teaching you about something you probably don't care about. It's the mortgage and real estate episode of Teen Titans Go!!! Same joke, same technique. Characters: There are 3 main girls that make up the pastime club. The first is Hanako, who is rich and stupid. That's her character. The second is Kasumi, who is a geek girl that dislikes games because her older sister always beat her at games. The final girl is Olivia, who was born in Japan to American parents. She pretends to speak English and acts like she can't speak Japanese, but she actually can only speak Japanese. That's the ENTIRE joke with her character. Every episode basically just uses variations of that joke. Plot: It's a show about nothing happening except 3 shallow characters hang out and do dumb gags. Occasionally they troll the audience and waste our time. Once again, kind of reminds me of this other cartoon I know. Animation: Studio Lerch used all their budget on Assassination Classroom, so this was made with whatever spare change they had left over. Overall: If you thought this show was hilarious, that's totally cool. I have shit taste in comedy and I'm in no position to cast judgment on anyone. I recently watched an anime called "Miss Bernard Said", which as of this review is rated at 6.02 here on MAL. Everyone here on MAL hates that series and thinks it's less funny than a brain tumor. I personally thought Miss Bernard was utterly hilarious. It's a simple show about a girl named Sawako who wants to impress people with how intelligent and cultured she is, but she's too lazy to actually read novels or watch art films. She just constantly brags about stuff she didn't actually read and is a pseudo-intellectual snob. I found it funny because I used to be a Sawako in Middle School. I think most people at some point have gone through a Sawako phase and that familiarity makes it funny. At least to me. If you're in the mood for a particular brand of VERY goofy humor, I can see why this show would be appealing. Personally though, I can't really recommend it easily.

If I told you Summer 2018 was lacking in comedy shows, then that statement itself would sound like a joke. There were several ones including an anime that dealt with gender bender idols, a show that made every journey to school look like a misadventure, and even one with a demon girl dealing violent dropkicks. It wasn’t easy to stand out as much when it comes to comedy. Yet somehow, some way, we have Asobi Asobase that came along like a God-sent gift. Diving myself into this series felt like entering a world of absolute absurdity. Asobi Asobase is like a deconstruction of the ‘cute girls doing cute things’ at its finest. And I say this as someone who really enjoy slice of life anime. There’s no complex storytelling and a show like Asobi Asobase knew what it was doing from the very start. Right off the bat, we are introduced to the trio of main cast – Hanako Honda, Olivia, and Kasumi Nomura. They make up the heart and soul of this show as every episode deals with their daily live adventures. Together, they are the Pastimers Club. As the most energetic girl of the group, Hanako often gets her classmates into playing games at school. These games often ends up being formulated with outrageous rules and ideas. Her classmate Olivia pretends to be an American with broken Japanese in order to fit with the crowd. Finally, Kasumi is the studious girl in the show with a dislike of playing games. With such an oddball cast, you’d wonder how this show can connect with the audience. Well, stop. Don’t think hard about this show because if you do, then there won’t be enjoyment coming from it. Asobi Asobase’s key to selling itself is the absurd humor. Nothing will probably ever make sense in the end and it doesn’t need to be. The games that these girls participate in often have high stakes too such as the loser being having to lick armpits. While this sets up for anticipating who the victor or loser will be, the sheer thrill of getting to the outcome always end up in an outrageously humorous manner. The main trio does indeed carry most of the show but some of the supporting cast also gets their own moments of fame. Characters like Chisato Higuchi makes a fool of herself despite being a teacher. Oka adds her own taste to occult games to bring out this show’s black comedy. Characters like Tsugumi Azora become a source of feminine jokes because of her appearance. On the contrary, the show also loves to make fun of masculinity with characters like Takayanagi. If you don’t believe me, just look at her face and tell me if she is manly or not. We even have a butler in the show by the name of Maeda who would do anything for Hanako. As you may guess, it leads to hilarious moments like when he shoots beams from his butt. There’s actually more on that list but the general idea is that Asobi Asobase doesn’t care about whether it makes sense or not. It cares about being entertaining. By the time you read up to here, the general consensus is probably just accept this for what it is or not. It’s an easy decision as the show isn’t hiding its intentions from the moment the girls appeared on screen. I’m not going to lie though, there are definitely some episodes that stands out more than others. However, each episode contains multiple segments where at least one stands out more than the rest. In some cases, you may end up liking them all equally or hate them altogether. There’s also so many jokes in this show that ranges from many categories to the point where you may think everything may be a parody. Believe it or not, it’s more about making its viewers laugh rather than looking for attention. What also did catch my attention is the character expressions. Watching Asobi Asobase is like the show literally challenging you to laugh at how characters react. The way characters show their expressions is often exaggerated at very chance it gets. It never takes a step back to showcase how mean the characters can be. Add to their hyperactive personalities and you get absurd humor. As such, praise should definitely be given to studio Lerche for drawing that out. The artwork is also mostly soft with palette coloring. Yet, it’s never hard to take eyes off the Pastimer Club as they stand out above all else that’s going on in every scene. Character designs in the show is delicate with the main cast as teenage girls. Others such as Oka and Takayanagi stand out with their own unique appearances. Quite frankly, character voicing in the show should also be given exception praise. Every dialogue in the show coming from the main characters sounds like a shtick. It’s almost if the characters are part of a stage performance. The theme songs are also performed by the main characters where every lyric can easily catch your attention. As gimmicky as everything sounds, I have no shadow of a doubt that the show knew what it was doing all along. Asobi Asobase takes the risk of bringing comedy to levels of being near incomprehensible. It’s much more about “cute girls doing cute things” to what you’re used to. However, be aware. This is definitely not an anime for everyone. If this style of anime selling is not your cup of tea, then definitely turn your head and walk away. But if you’re here to stay, then it’s a showstopper that gives absurdity a new meaning.

One dimensional cardboard characters, plain bad looking art style and jokes that aren't funny in any way, there's the essence Asobi Asobase. The comedy is mostly build around either characters doing or saying something completely random and unexpected or character having a weird over the top facial expression. After seeing first 10 minutes I had already seen all this show had to offer. I still went and watched every episode trying to confirm there weren't any good jokes in the show, there were not. Confirming this wasted about 6 hours of my time though, so I guess joke's on me. A good situational comedy would have build ups leading to a punchline, Asobi Asobase doesn't. Just constantly spewing bad memes one after another isn't what I could call funny or entertaining. Characters themselves are so simple and bad it would admittedly be hard to do anything more verbal that that with a cast like this. This show really gave me nothing, except an huge overload of obnoxiousness. Nichijou does everything this show tries to do on a whole another level.

The dust has settled, new comedy animes have been released, rankings of comedy animes have been updated, and it's 2022 now. To compare this to Grand Blue as of now is a wet spit to all top-tier comedy animes. Out of all comedy anime that I have seen, this one would have to be the unfunniest as I was STRAIGHT-FACED through all 12 episodes. Story 3/10 Even though it's a Slice of Life Anime, the events in the story were more boring than usual since the comedy only made it worse than what it already was. Just involves a lot of screaming and random unfunny faces. Character 4/10 The main 3 protagonists as a whole had odd one-sided chemistry as it felt like Hanako was the middle man between Olivia and Kasumi's interactions with each other. Olivia never did anything funny or memorable when I think of her; Hanako however could have been a very good character if the scriptwriting for her jokes weren't on an elementary level. Instead, Hanakos's character is just a more annoying version of Chicka from Love is War. Kasumi was just your average slice of life shy girl that had dominant strength moments and that was it. Enjoyment 5/10 I wouldn't have kept watching if it didn't have any specs of enjoyment or maybe because I was sick from covid and saw the reviews that this anime "gave Grand Blue a run for its money". The episodes gradually get somewhat better with side characters and events. Overall 4/10 I would not recommend this if your desire is to laugh. If you wanna watch 3 middle school girls make cringe jokes, bother side characters, and troll each other then be my guest.

I found asobi asobase in the list of the best comedies and it caught my attention and... Comedy: of course we all know that comedy is a subjective concept, but the humor of this anime is very weak in my opinion, why is it? The humor of this anime basically consists of showing an event with exaggerated characters loudly and with strange facial movements, and it is not clever or unintelligent, as if it does not have any source material It's devoid of jokes. and yes that's why it makes all this absurdity boring and annoying for me Characters:Olivia is one of the main trio. She claims that her English is good and her Japanese is bad because her family is foreign. Although this is good at the beginning, it becomes annoying as she repeats this joke over and over again. Kasumi fulfills the series' need for a shy, quiet, sometimes scary girl. Hanako is the best character to watch in the series. Pictures and Animations:Here is the part where the series screwed up. Yes, this element is not very important in series whose main focus is comedy, but since the producer of this series, Studio Lerche, probably spent almost all of its budget on Assassination Classroom and COTE, we have pictures and animations that are much below average compared to 2018. Overall:If you like this type of comedy, it's an anime that you can watch. If you don't, you should stay away from it. But I recommend you give priority to better works, even if they are in the same style. Watch only one episode because it's the same at the end as it is at the beginning. If you like it, start it. If you don't like it, don't start it.

You know the humor is dead when Asobi Asobase is everyone's definition of a "Comedy" Anime. This is just... I tried to enjoy it but Goddamm this was just so bad. >The jokes felt forced like they were trying too hard. In result it turned out everything but funny. >Relying too much on weird faces which at times felt way too weird and out of place. You see weird faces can be funny too if executed perfectly. Prime example would be Grand Blue and maybe even Great Teacher Onizuka. >Voice Acting was full of cringe. I am sorry but the voices in this show was really bad. Want to know what a Good voice acting is like when comes to comedy genre? Watch Disastrous life of Saiki.K. Voice acting in that show is absolutely gold and fits perfectly with characters and moments. Here it was just a bunch of weird ass screams. >Depends too much on vular jokes. OK Vulgar jokes are somewhat fun and can be extremely hilarious. Look at Detroit Metal City for example. That show depenes solely on vulgar jokes but My God it was hilarious. Here? Well, not so much. That epsiode where they talked about position or whatever and Hanako's butler's story were downright BAD. At this point, the rating 2 is me being generous

[No spoilers review] Make sure to watch Asobi Asobase alone and if using earbuds, keep volume lowered. This show is outrageous and hilarious! Multiple times I found myself having to pause to recuperate myself after dying from the crazy obnoxious screaming and over the top facial expressions. Asobi Asobase: Workshop of Fun is not your slife of life girl's doing cute things anime despite what cover picture and opening shows. Anyone watching would realize quickly after the first episode, no just a few minutes into the first episode. Art - The animation is the weakest point for this show. After multiple uses of the similar surprise scenes they lose their touch. Besides that, other scene to scene animations parts are mediocre at most, nothing to get excited for. Nonetheless this does not take away from the comedy yet also does not add anything. Sound - The OP and ED surprised me. Inkya Impulse feat. Ikepy & KSKN was the perfect song to mirror the op Three-Piece. The singers Hanako Honda, Olivia, Kasumi Nomura did a amazing job doing a 180 from the calm gentle summer breeze op into the death metal ed. If Three-Piece was the clickbait of a youtube thumbnail then Inkya Impulse would be the thumbnail for a suggested video edging viewers to watch the next episode. Again, props to the voice actors for bringing the characters alive on screen. Asobi Asobase wouldn't be the same without them. Hanako Honda's voice actor Hina Kino's streaking, screaming and yelling was very annoying as they should be, bringing the Hanako alive. Characters - Our three main characters Hanako Honda, Kasumi Nomura, and Olivia if described in one world, it would be, stupid. But that works in favor for a gag comedy show. Their stupidity added together causes a exponential explosion that causes their overall stupidity to triple, no quadruple, allowing the trio to find themself in random questionable events that make their day to day high school life unexpecting but hilarious. Enjoyment - Asobi Asobase is a really fun to watch, but not all in one sitting. As a gag comedy it lacks any sort of real plot making it more enjoyable if watched over a long period of time instead of all in one day. The characters get annoying after watching episodes back to back, and no matter how funny Honda screaming is, she gets annoying after one too many times. The mediocre art doesn't help in this department much ether. The jokes are funny but character reaction should also play a important part of the comedy, so when the reaction is the same thing over and over it gets dull. Overall I would give Asobi Asobase a 6 out of 10. I genuinely enjoyed it, and if a sequel or spin off shows up I would probably watch it and enjoy it as well. I would not recommend this how to friends who just started watching anime as a comedy show recommendation because of how obnoxious the characters are.

Asobi Asobase represents why anime comedy is pretty damn special: because it can reach limitless possibility without betraying the sense of normalcy. What I'm trying to say is: Asobi Asobase is funny as hell. First of all, do not be fooled by the cover art/poster of the series. In fact, the Shoujo-ness of the poster simply represents the irony that is about to unveil: a story about girls being girls in rawest ways imaginable. It is not to say that what we're dealing with is an Ecchi or blue comedy in vein of Seitokai Yakuindomo or Ao-chan Can't Study. In Asobi Asobase, everything that is wrong about being fifteen is celebrated to a fault: ranging from having odd sense of style, the guilt and pleasure of being a fujoshi, the dillema of being vulnerable and menacing all at the same time, and (I kid you not) body odors (yes, teenage girls are actually prone to this issue more than the boys). Nowadays, it is rare to find anyone throw the coin "laugh-out-loud" or "LOL" with the exception of what we type on our LINE chat. With Asobe Asobase, though, in each and every episode, you will literally laugh out loud. The major flaw, admittedly, is the art that is sometimes niche, but other times it can feel a bit 'meh'. We laugh, and then we feel less alone. Being teenagers is uneasy and sometimes really gross but hey, sometimes we gotta laugh at ourselves. #felixlovesanime

If there's an anime that can beat nichijou in terms of comedy, than it's asobi asobase. The art was kinda a little bit offputing at first, but you'll get used to it at certain point. The comedy is just brilliant. this is the first anime that i know of, to put a "shittyflute star spangled banner" as a BGM. The character is so well done, and did i mention the voice acting ? some of them are still new to the industry but have such a great voice. Especially for Hanako Honda seiyuu. Overall, it's a great anime, and kinda underrated. hoping for a season 2 soon

Daily lives of highschool girls AKA nichijou on crack 10/10 Story lacks depth but makes up for it by high-quality and consistent stupidity and slapstick Low budget moebait art that I usually hate works so well here, since part of the enjoyment comes from being jebaited so hard Hina Kino is a demon goddess. You could remove all music and I'd still rate sound 10/10 because Hina Kino on Hanako is good enough to be a standalone piece of art. Great deconstruction of CGDCT into Questionably Cute Girls Doing Stupid Shit (QCGDSS) Haven't enjoyed this level of mindless comedy since Saiki & Nichijou. The only thing that threw me off my enjoyment was the fact that there aren't any more episodes The fake s2 reference and the ending is like a big fuck you to viewers, but it is only then we will realize we actually don't mind being fucked like that. Please release more material, my weekly temporary depression cure

I expected this show to be a nice slice-of-life series because the opening provides three main girls with pretty dresses singing about friendship. Then it quickly turns out to be a vicious comedy about the three main jealous schoolgirls who have brought some wacky, over-the-top sense of humor. Hilarious situations and rapid gags between the three main girls are what make this show so entertaining, and I am amazed by the direction and cleverness of the humor. The main cast consists of three girls, and they are Hanako, Kasumi, and Olivia. Hanako is obsessed with being popular, Kasumi dislikes most fun things, and Olivia is an American that was raised in Japan and speaks very little English. Together with their teacher adviser, they form the Pastimer's Club, though what the club actually does is debatable. Most of their adventures take place in their club room, which I'm surprised they haven't surmounted significant damage from their antics. The anime-style tends to jump from one style to another. One minute is a typical anime style, then the next one is an art reminiscent of horror anime, then it goes into another art style, and so on. Most of the episodes are done in skit fashion, jumping from one misadventure to another. Their adventures range from defending their club room from other usurping clubs that actually do things, to hi-jinks trying to figure out what to do that day. Most episodes end with a live-action puppet show, detailing some form of past time. The voice acting is incredibly well done, with Hina Kino being a standout of the show. She's done phenomenally well as Hanako, and I'm especially impressed by her distinct voice range. Konomi Kahara and Rika Nagae have also done an exceptional job as Kasumi and Olivia as well, respectively, and they all have brought a lot of passion to their roles. Asobi Asobase is one of the funniest comedy anime I've ever watched, and I hope there could be season 2 of this show some time.

My friend recomended me this one (usually the other way around) and i was a bit sceptical because his taste in anime isn't the same as mine but i gave it a shot and BOOOOI i was wrong, this anime is one of the best comedy i've ever seen, from the OP it looks like a normal school anime series wtih 3 friends having fun and doing cute stuff but after like a few minutues i was already laughing my arse off and had it's moments and blew me away but then the ED came and i was like -this is the most fricked up anime i've seen in a long time. so diffrent from the OP but it fitted so well, it all made sense, the ED was the real version of the girls. If u have a few hours spared and want to have a rly good time then you should watch this series 9/10 for me atleast

I am a huge sucker for comedy anime and I always go out of my way to watch shows like this season’s Grand Blue (another really good comedy) and less conventional comedies like Watamote. Asobi Asobase is probably one of if not THE greatest among them. Story 8: I wasn’t looking for a spectacular story with a dozen underlying messages so I’m content with what I got. There isn’t much to say about the story except for the fact that it tied everything together. If you watch Daily Lives of High School Boys, the story flows almost the exact same way, with exceptions to a certain main character never making an appearance. The events shown consists mostly of boring situations transformed into a hilarious spectacle or a serious misunderstanding acted upon comedically with the characters in the show perfectly voice acted. (more on that later). Art 10: Love the art style… nothing to really expand on with this. Animation can be a little choppy but that’s to be expected Like I’ve said before, I’m easily impressed by any forms of art and this show probably gets away with more than it should. That being said, the show is drawn perfectly, easily capturing emotions in reaction frames, and very unique and sometimes ironic characters. Sound 10: Every reaction has an accompanying sound that fits it perfectly People tend to focus on the music when it comes to the “sound” category, and for good reason, most anime don’t have too many notable sound effects when it comes it what characters do. I’m glad to say that Asobi Asobase is a HUGE exception to this. Every time something funny happens it’s due to not only the art, but the sound and anyone who’s watched to show can tell you that the show gets a 10 in both. Character 10: You shouldn’t judge someone by their appearance… or should you? I love all of the characters in Asobi Asobase, they have their own personalities and quirks that you won't be able to figure out the first time you see them. It’s not GROUNDBREAKING to have a character show their true colors later in the series but I think this show does this well. My personal favorite example of this is the character, Fujiwara. She looks like something out of a classical Japanese painting, so naturally, everyone expects her to be a master of Japanese, but surprise surprise! She’s actually gifted in English and goes as far as to mix it in with her Japanese in conversation and in her thoughts. It may not be for everyone, but this show is filled with people like this and I love it. Enjoyment 9: Even though I don’t like that organization of each episode, I still love it overall. I don’t really have much to say here… uhh, I loved every episode and you can find some on youtube for free if you want. Overall 9: A solid comedy anime that’s able to compete with the big boys of comedy.

The comedy is... amazing! If you're wondering if you should watch this; please do. The comedy style is similar to that of more mainstream anime like Love Is War and Nichijou. With a goofy and not-so-serious story, I recommend this to everyone. Take off your socks, pop open a cola, sit back, and enjoy. - Art (7/10) - The art direction is not meant to be candy for your eyes. Characters are drawn in a more simplistic and cute manner, that pairs nicely with the narrative of the anime. - Sound (9/10) - The voice actors killed it. I will not further elaborate as the voice-acting itself is a piece of art that must be witnessed first-hand. - Comedy (9/10) - Unrealistic as heck, which is also why I love it so much. It's unhinged, crazy even. The fact that the anime is hardly rooted in reality makes up a huge part of its own identity. If the show was ever slightly more realistic, or less dramatic, or not over-the-top, then the show would lose what made it so special. And in today's industry? That's something that's hard to come by.

First of all, I went into this anime without much prior reading. I reverse searched a smug anime girl reaction maymay and tracked it down to this show. The rating was solid and the description sounded like it could be decent. I was hesitant to continue watching after the first two episodes, but I'm glad I stuck with it. The description of Asobi Asobase really makes it sound like a slice of life show, and the first couple episodes mainly focused on introducing the characters would make most viewers believe it is in fact just another mediocre slice of life. However, once the foundation is built up, Asobi Asobase turns into a fantastic comedy. Going into Asobi Asobase nearly blind is the experience the creators want most for viewers. The opening theme is a light, fluffy song played to a slideshow of the main characters in a dreamy flower field playing with each other wearing white dresses. The ending theme is death metal. That should be plenty to explain the overall theme of this comedy. This switcharoo for someone like me who didn't read much about the show was absolutely amazing. There isn't terribly much to say about the show, besides it being hilarious. One thing I can say Asobi Asobase did particularly well is the voice acting. Think about what an anime character typically sounds like when they're screaming for a second. It probably sounds like hentai, right? Not in Asobi Asobase. When a character screams, they really scream. This seems like such a small detail that anyone could get right, but actually hearing a real scream in Asobi Asobase was a slap in the face that made me realize no other anime I've ever seen does this well. Overall, I give this a 9/10. The music isn't fantastic and I'm not a huge fan of the general artistic style, but that's not the focus of the show, and I feel it wouldn't be right to detract more than one or two points from my overall rating for that. Asobi Asobase wants its viewers to laugh, and it made me laugh a ton, every episode.

Every time I have done watching one episode of this anime, I should... No... I must wonder how many screws in my brain that had fallen off from its original place because this anime is so vulgar yet stupidly funny at the point I became more and more stupider every time I finished one episode of this anime. Asobi Asobase is becoming a very proof of one proverb that is "Don't judge book from its cover" as its innocent and beautiful art style really swayed me into its very dark yet vulgar jokes and I still like it for some reason. While the jokes in this anime are very funny in my opinion, those jokes are certainly not for everyone or maybe those with fainted hearts. Not everyone could enjoy this anime's jokes as I do and I think this point as both flaw and advantages at the same time. Asobi Asobase did not shy away from throwing vulgar and dark jokes to make this innocent looking anime funny as hell. Watching Asobi Asobase really reminded me of watching a softer and far tamer version of Family Guy. So, I must be very careful to recommend this anime to anyone. Nevertheless, kudos for the writers who successfully took off my brains screws and made me laugh stupidly while being protested by my roommate as I was laughing so loud in the middle of the night. Psst... I love that part when Hanako accidentally sets a cafe on fire. I laughed so hard at that scene that I almost threw up. Yup. That happened. Yeah, the Past-timer club trio are very crazy and I love how they depict each of them with crazy traits those are very stupid if you think about it but have connection to each other. We got the smart looking one who actually very bad at studying English, we got the stupid looking one who acts stupidly but actually a genius, and we got a fake foreigner who does not speak any English and have spicy armpits. I don't know why but just describing those trio, I could feel I lost one of my screw in my brain. I think that is why this anime is very funny that just describing the character would make you want to laugh. Now let's go to the very core of this anime's deceit and that is its beautifully drawn and colored art style. For some reason, my very innocent friend loves this anime's art style and she was pretty shocked when I told what this anime about. Sorry, but I must protect her innocence or she would be drown into the same state that is me. The art style looked very soft and beautifully painted and this made a huge out of character feeling for this whole anime and I know that is the purpose of the artist : make this anime looks as innocent as ever to conceal its true identity that is cruel, dirty, and vulgar. Their constant art style changing in their animation is really good and make a huge addition to what is already funny punch line. Kudos for the studio who works on this anime production. Then let's talk about soundtrack especially the opening and ending which both are opposite from each other. The opening is very deceiving as it is very soft and fun just like a regular slice of life anime. Those who watch the opening only would think that this anime is a regular slice of life anime with three girls as its main character. But the ending is a heavy metal song that would blow off your mind and made you bang your head all over the course of the song. This two opening and ending are very supporting the theme of deceit in this anime. In the beginning you thought it was a happy regular slice of life but the truth is this anime is full of cruel, vulgar, and dirty jokes. Kudos for anyone who brought the idea to make the ending a heavy metal song. Overall, I would like to thank everyone who work on this anime for deceiving me into watching this anime. I really enjoyed the ride, the references to other media, the stupidity, the laser butt, the spicy armpits, and other things that I have not mentioned. Congratulations for making a proof of a proverb "don't judge book from its cover". Well, done. Oops. I think I lost my brain's screw again.

Before I get to Asobi Asobase, I wanna touch on another series I'm acquainted with. Nichijou is, in my opinion, one of the more overrated anime of all time. While the animation is phenomenal, I don't believe the writing and pacing are nearly good enough to back it up. While it is an enjoyable series, it is not the pinnacle of comedy as some people treat it to be. My experience with Nichijou made me believe that explicit randomness would be extremely difficult to pull off in anime. Why do I bring up Nichijou, you may ask? Because Asobi Asobase completely killed the preconceived notions that Nichijou set up for me. It takes that explicitly random style and executes it to near-perfection. The main reason Asobi Asobase works so well is that it succeeds in an area where Nichijou fails: focus. Rather than jumping back and forth between quick, poorly-paced jokes involving irrelevant characters, it takes ample time to set up everything, making the payoff that much more satisfying and funny. The focus is centered almost entirely around the three members of the Pastimers Club, and I actually feel like I'm supposed to care about what happens as a result. The expressive, metal-style animation pairs extremely well with the style of humor that it presents, and the voice acting is probably the best I've ever heard in an anime. There is also extra care taken to make sure that the pacing works. Whereas Nichijou had bizarre 15-second cutaways that completely disturbed the flow of certain jokes, Asobi Asobase only takes two seconds to transition between scenes, indicated by the phrase "And then what happened?". Additionally, there are no characters made to be outwardly obnoxious. Everything just works here, and Asobi Asobase has really proven to me that the random style of humor can work if writers put the effort into making sure that it DOES work. This is a phenomenal series and I do hope there is more Asobi Asobase to come in the future.

You know that feeling when you yearn for something that is just fun? Nothing else, no depth or wrinkled foreheads, thinking of the plot...well, this is the anime I longed for a while ago. I had sooo many real good laughs from, I almost fell out of my sofa. These girls sure knows how to make you laugh, with their hilarious expressions and longing to be among the popular kids. I will try to review this show in the order that MAL has put up, I want to warn you for mild spoilers ahead. First; the story: story? What story? There is not a single clue to this show to have a story, in fact that is one of the charms with it. The sound; it´s a great sound; especially all the funny and laughable screams coming now and then. Character; the three girls, in middleschool for once, are the real main characters in this show, with some useable sidekicks. Enjoyment; both high and sometimes VERY cringy..you know, when you want to put a pillow in front of your face?! As an overall rating of this show I would like to set an 8. It is well spent time together with these three funny girls!!