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StatusFinished AiringSeasonSpring 2009StudioKyoto AnimationSource4-koma manga
Story
Synopsis
Yui Hirasawa is an excitable, easily distracted high school freshman determined to join a school club, mistakenly assuming that the Light Music Club involves easy instruments like castanets. In reality, the club is on the verge of being disbanded due to a total lack of members. Desperate to keep the club alive, drummer Ritsu Tainaka, bassist Mio Akiyama, and keyboardist Tsumugi Kotobuki eagerly welcome Yui, despite discovering she cannot play a single chord on the electric guitar. Through lazy afternoon tea parties, confectionery binges, and patient guitar lessons, the girls form the beloved rock band Ho-kago Tea Time.
⚠ Background — may contain spoilers
Kyoto Animation produced this landmark thirteen-episode slice-of-life comedy series, which broadcast in spring 2009. Directed by visionary director Naoko Yamada in her full series directorial debut and written by Reiko Yoshida, the anime adapted kakifly's four-panel manga. The series ignited an unprecedented global pop-culture phenomenon, pioneering the modern cute girls doing cute things subgenre and driving historic spikes in real-world guitar instrument sales across Japan. Its character music singles and theme songs topped the mainstream Oricon music charts, establishing Kyoto Animation as an industry titan of nuanced character acting.
These early episodes reveal a relaxed and confident take on the slice of life genre that looks the part and barely puts a foot wrong when it comes to pleasing fans of this kind of anime.
Yet another by-the-numbers high school slice-of-life comedy with a gimmick they barely care about using. Add one or two stars if you're hankering for some moe-blobs.
Established in 2002 and launched as an independent event in 2014, the Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) is an annual international animation festival hosted in Tokyo, Japan. Operating under the slogan "TOKYO is the HUB of contemporary ANIMATION," its goal is to discover new talent, promote animation culture, and celebrate outstanding works worldwide.
