Nichijou (2011– )

A group of students lead normal lives and cope with normal predicaments, but all too often find themselves in abnormal situations.

Stars:

Mariko Honda, Mai Aizawa, Misuzu Togashi

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mariko Honda	...	Yuko Aioi (26 episodes, 2011)
Mai Aizawa	...	Mio Naganohora (26 episodes, 2011)
Misuzu Togashi	...	Mai Minakami (26 episodes, 2011)
Hiromi Konno	...	The Professor (26 episodes, 2011)
Minoru Shiraishi	...	Sakamoto (26 episodes, 2011)
Shizuka Furuya	...	Nano Shinonome (26 episodes, 2011)
Banjô Ginga	...	Narrator (26 episodes, 2011)
Cho	...	Principal Shinonome (26 episodes, 2011)
Chika Horikawa	...	Misato Tachibana (26 episodes, 2011)
Yoshihisa Kawahara	...	Kojiro Sasahara (26 episodes, 2011)

Storyline

Yuko and Mio are normal schoolgirls who lead ordinary lives and cope with day-to-day matters. Their friends, however, are not that normal: Mio's crush Kojiro brings a goat and butler to school even though his parents are farmers; Kojiro is constantly attacked by his female classmate Misato, who is also in love with him; Mai is a quiet friend but an inveterate prankster; a child genius known only as the Professor, who built her own parental guardian, the schoolgirl Nano. Added to the zany mix are the talking cat Sakamoto, the nervous teacher Izumi Sakurai and the deer-wrestling Principal Shinonome. In spite of all the insanity around the girls still manage to lead their regular affairs of work and play with sanity, as it's all just a part of life itself.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Nichijou: Uchuujin [jp] Official site [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

3 April 2011 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Regular Life

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kyoto Animation

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Zzz"
Composed and sung by Sayaka Sasaki

User Reviews

A surreal high school comedy

When one thinks about school based comedy anime titles like 'Azumanga Daioh', 'Lucky Star' and 'School Rumble' spring to mind... to that list should be added Nichijou, AKA My Ordinary Life. This isn't really like any of those series though; it is far more surreal for a start, characters include Nano; a robot girl who was built by The Professor who is herself only eight years old! There is also a talking cat, a boy who rides to school on a goat and a girl who pulls out huge guns when annoyed! What makes the series such fun is that these things are all played straight; apart from her science teacher nobody seems perturbed by the fact that Nano has a giant key in her back.

The episodes are broken up into several parts which are often unrelated; in the first half of the series Nano and the Professor's story is totally separate from that of comparatively normal school girls Yuko, Mio and Mai who are the other protagonists. The animation is not particularly detailed and but that suits the series and gives it a distinctive look that I really liked. The main attraction of the series though is the cast of likable characters who somehow manage to be believable even in the most bizarre situations. The fact that it is effectively a stream of sketches means that if one bit isn't amusing you something different will be along very soon. As you can tell I really enjoyed this series and hope that it gets a UK DVD release.

These comments are based on watching the series on line on Crunchyroll in Japanese with English subtitles.