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Hidamari Sketch

ひだまりスケッチ

TV · Finished · Winter 2007 · 12 episodes · 24 min

For years, Yuno has dreamed of attending Yamabuki Arts High School, but now that she's been accepted, it means the scary prospect of moving away from her home and family for the first time! Fortunately, Yuno quickly learns that if her new neighbors at the eclectic Hidamari (Sunshine) Apartments aren't technically family, at least the majority share the bond of being fellow art students. From second year students like Hiro and Sae, who try to behave like helpful older sisters (mostly successfully) to her hyperactive new neighbor, classmate and best friend Miyako (who has the scariest apartment ever) Yuno begins to build the support network she'll need for dealing with strange characters like her oddly masculine landlady, her cosplay obsessed home room teacher, her tooth-chattering principal and all of the other odd denizens who inhabit her chosen world of art.

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things, Iyashikei, Achronological Order, Primarily Female Cast, School, Drawing, Female Protagonist, Seinen, Episodic, Primarily Teen Cast, Mixed Media, Chibi

Studio: Shaft

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: January 11, Winter Collage
  2. Episode 2: August 21, Japan's Summer
  3. Episode 3: June 17, ...or an Indian
  4. Episode 4: May 18, The Singing Shortcake
  5. Episode 5: February 13, Heart and Body
  6. Episode 6: July 14, Cool and Comfy
  7. Episode 7: October 12, Stormy Drying Agent
  8. Episode 8: March 13, 3% of Hope
  9. Episode 9: September 4, the Wolf of the Shinjuku Backstreets
  10. Episode 10: November 3, Her Highness Yuno
  11. Episode 11: April 28, a Round Cabbage
  12. Episode 12: December 24, Christmas Eve / December 25, Good-bye Ume-sensei

Reviews

A very soothing episodic slice of life with great character chemistry enhanced by avant-garde visuals.

An experimental take on the slice of life genre that manages to create an artistically relaxing piece of art.