Tonagura!

Kazuki has been awaiting 10 years for the day when her neighbours moved back to their old house. She has a crush on Yuuji, whom she considers as her first love but to whom she never managed to express her feelings for him before they moved out. Yuuji often comes over to play with Kazuki, Kazuki's older sister Hatsune and Yuuji's sister Marie when they were kids. Her ideal depiction of Yuuji was soon shattered when he turned out more than she had expected, him acting all ecchi during their reunion. With their parents off in South America, both families must learn to live with each other and rekindle the childhood feelings they shared together. Things get even more crazy as they attend the same school.

(Source: ANN)

Kagura, Yuuji Main

Yoshino, Hiroyuki Japanese

Arisaka, Kazuki Main

Kanda, Akemi Japanese

Arisaka, Hatsune Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Kagura, Marie Supporting

Hazuki, Erino Japanese

Isokawa, Niina Supporting

Tsuji, Ayumi Japanese

Suzuhara, Chihaya Supporting

Sekiyama, Misaki Japanese

Serizawa, Miu Supporting

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Yamanaka, Takahiro Producer

Nishioka, Daisuke Producer

Abe, Tatsuya Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Series Composition

Aketagawa, Jin Sound Director

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Aug 11, 2007

megara

Recommended

Tonagura! is basically an ecchi anime. There are a lot of fanservice and the requisite male character who always finds himself being slapped, kicked, and hit because of his perverted ways.

I like the premise of the story because it deals with a childhood friend and crush who the female character meets again. Trouble is - the person Kazuki remembers from her childhood is not the same as the one she is seeing now. But as the series progresses, you might become annoyed with Kazuki for her continuous (and sometimes unfair) abuse for Yuuji - who is just probably just a little bit more perverted than ... boys his age.

One of the more interesting characters who shine in this anime is Kazuki's older sister who is perfect - her evil, sadistic ways notwithstanding. She cosplays a lot - depending on the menu. But my favorite character would have to be the teddy bear gun-toting Marie, the younger sister of Yuuji, who deals out 'divine punishment' whenever her brother gets too perverted (which is most of the time).

It's not really the best out there, but it could get you a few laughs and give you your fill of ecchi-ness if you're looking for one.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 10, 2008

verayo

Mixed Feelings

This anime being a simple childhood love story, is pretty good. It can be great but it lacks some important things in the creativity department. This is not a "must-watch", but it's also not a "not-watch"

Tonagura starts out well. A girl's fantasy that went wrong and then the funniness begins. It has good comedy, enough to make you laugh sometimes and it has a bit of drama too. Good, satisfactory story.

The art is the main problem here. It wasn't consistently good. Everything looked fine, but just fine and nothing past that. I'm most disappointed by the hairstyles. Most characters don't look very good because of ... that. The violence lacks creativity too. The first two punches are funny, then it begins to loose its magic, but it regains a little afterwards. It's a zigzag of improvement and disappointment. Anyway, all is fair. The art isn't that bad. Only some characters and some animation punchlines were made disappointing.

Sounds are okay. Just at the okay limit, nothing to be impressed about and nothing to be depressed about either.

The characters give hope to the show and somehow saves it from completely failing. The main boy, Yuuji, is the one that keeps the show good and funny. Supporting characters, Marie her sister, and Hatsune-neechan are there for backup when Yuuji starts to become boring. The other characters are just for story completion.

Tonagura is enjoyable, but not so much. Watch it incase you run out of comedy titles.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 31, 2012

inumaster10

Not Recommended

Up front this is a very poorly made anime unless you like watching anime with no action, romance, or any story development/drama. The basis for the story is alright albeit cliche, a girls first love comes back after 10 years but he is different than she remembers (he became a pervert).

The characters in the entire anime have been some of the most generic ever seen (the kind older sister that can do anything with ease, the pervert who has little skill at anything and gets hit for his perverted actions, and finally the girl with a short temper for perverted action).

not only does the story ... take FOREVER to develop, once again in animes that the creator cant think of a suitable ending, everyone is right back where they started with almost no understanding of the other characters in the story.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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