Takunomi

LegendAqua★ 8

Grab a beer, some snacks and let's start this review.....unless your underage then...soda? Girls and beer has been sorta a small trend of anime shorts as of late as LA writes this review like Osake wa Fuufu ni Natte kara and Wakako-zake and Takunomi is no different looking at 4 girls and their love of beer. Takunomi looks at the daily lives of the 4 girls, Michiru Amatsuki voiced by Ayaka Imamura, our main protagonist who transfers to Tokyo and works at a start up company, Makoto Kiriyama voiced by Maaya Uchida, a college student who is the minder to her older sister and clerk toa clothing store Nao voiced by Chika Anzai and finally, wedding planner Kae Midorikawa voiced by Mikako Komatsu. LA doesn't need to tell you of this cast's chemistry and their love of beer with LA's favourite character being the mood setter Nao in all her drunken genkiness. Takunomi does get bit informative about the beer of the episode, though LA knows some like Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin Ichiban however LA didn't know about "Highball", but Takunomi doesn't only tackle the beer itself but the culture and ethnic involved in Japanese companies with those late night "meetings" where beer is common and our audience surrogate Michiru goes through the motion as we learn with her. In terms of animation, Production IMS did pretty well in animating many of elements even for an anime short, as such, the character designs are polished and shiny with some striking detail even though Takunomi tends to go into chibi for informative or comedic moments. the beer and the food is also pretty detail to make LA's mouth water at times almost akin to Shokugeki no Souma's animation on their food. Production IMS did pretty well overall for animation. Voice acting had some surprises for LA, but the typical voice actor roles LA found were Mikako Komatsu as the motherly figure vocals as Kae and Maaya Uchida as Makoto . The two more interesting voice actors in Takunomi LA found were Chika Anzai as Nao mainly for her 100% genkiness and her even doing a half-drunk vocals was VERY surprising, the other would be Ayaka Imamura as Michiru, as she too went full genki but aloof, sorta a balance between the two. Voice acting though minimal was interesting to say the least. One thing that actually surprised LA was by one cameo from another anime running next to Takunomi and it actually made sense for that cameo both in terms of the episode and it actually made sense for that cameo both in terms of the episode and Takunomi's scheduled time to that anime. *cough* Dagashi *cough* Takunomi is one and only relaxing yet informative anime shorts about girls and their love of beer LA has seen from the Winter of 2018. Expect LOTS of beergasms...

YumiSeulgi★ 8

Are you happy? Drink! Are you sad? Drink! Are you hungry? Drink! Are you afraid? Drink! Did you get a new job? Drink! Did you buy new clothes? Drink! Have you lost weight or gained weight? Drink! Did you watch an anime about alcoholic drinks? Drink! Do you want a hug? Hug the beer bottle! (And drink the beer later)... Are you drunk? DRINK! Well, what do I have to say about an anime that encourages you to drink to solve or celebrate everything and anything? (If you are over 18/20, of course) This Anime has a story about 4 women living in a shared house in Tokyo and how they drink for everything that happens. Michiru Matsuki: A woman extremely worried to fit the standards of Tokyo; Seems to be the main character in the story; Makoto Kiriyama: The most sober character in the entire anime; Nao's younger sister. Nao Kiriyama: The most drunk character in the entire anime; Makoto's older sister. Kae Midorikawa: An extremely cute and gentle character most of the time; She is the one who usually tries to impose order before joining the mess. This Anime is literally about drinks, so if you do not like culinary animes, you'd better look for another Anime to watch. The characters are very funny and drunk, and it is very explicit how much they are loving the drink lol. This Anime does not have an incredible super mega hyper story, but it does what it promises; an anime about 4 women, drinks and Tokyo XD