Joshiraku
Cinematography:
Yoshio ÔkôchiComposer:
Masaru YokoyamaCast:
Kotori Koiwai, Hisako Kanemoto, Saori Gotō, Ichitarō Ai, Kōji Takeda, Nobuo Tobita, Ayane Sakura, Yoshino Nanjō, Nozomi Yamamoto, Kenji Nomura (more)Episodes(14)
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Normal Dialogue / Different Clothes / Shouting Instructions (E01)
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Backstage Riches / Three Towers and a Vow / Cold Girl (E02)
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Heartless Bath / Going to Asakusa / Sanada`s Little Zoo (E03)
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The Young Girl With Glasses / A Good, Good Fort / Eyes of the Rabbit (E04)
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Praise the Girl / Small Holey Town / Farewell to Glasses (E05)
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Four Wows / Musashi Scenery / The Servant`s Vengeance (E06)
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Yankees are Scary / Fish Story / Backstage Files (E07)
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Bag of Gold / Totter / Is It Over Yet? (E08)
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Butt-tofu / The Bear of Ueno / Sleep Talking (E09)
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Pumpkin Band / Battle of Shinjuku / Cavity Shore (E10)
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Family Play / Sakai Five / Tree Tragedy (E11)
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The Dreamer Strikes Back / Gotta / Blacks (E12)
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Character Guts / Mighty Akiba / Extra Lectures (E13)
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Store of Spoils / Three Publishers / Surprising Resolve (E14)
Plots(1)
Marii, Kigurumi, Tetora, Gankyo and Kukuru are five young women with completely different interests and personalities, but there's one thing that they all share: performing Rakugo, a unique form of Japanese comic theater in which a single artist sits in front of an audience and tells an entire story, portraying multiple characters solely through changes of voice and minimal movements. It's a challenging art but all five of our heroines are determined to become the best they can… and in the meantime, they find themselves hanging out together, both at the Rakugo theaters and around town. They also have a shared acquaintance, a mysterious stranger who's always wearing a wrestling mask! What's that about? To find out, pull up a seat and watch as our heroines put on the best show in town in Joshiraku! (Maiden Japan)
(more)Reviews (1)
Once again, this is a conversational anime series full of strange storylines and insane associations between certain characters. However, it won me over, and this is mainly because even though it is a crazy madhouse of a show, I could understand most of the girls' thought processes, and I often found them amusing. I feel like this whole show has incredible energy. The five main protagonists of the show are a nicely balanced group, and so the show features each character taking their turn, every dog has his day. The show does not contain too many Japanese cultural references which a "western audience" would probably not get either, or perhaps that is because I have seen so many anime series that I now get some of them without thinking so I do not notice them?!? The soundtrack also makes the show more pleasant to watch, including the opening, which I did not skip over even once, and the ending, which (as daGGos writes in his review) is truly unforgettable. 7/10.
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