Aiura

As spring vacation comes to a close, a new school semester approaches. Deciding to make the most of the remaining holiday, Ayuko Uehara takes a stroll into her neighborhood and stops by a small cafe. However, her peaceful day is abruptly disturbed when a girl clumsily bumps into her. Left puzzled by the encounter, Ayaku is even more surprised when she meets them again as freshmen at the same high school she attends. Recognizing her from the store, the girls introduce themselves as Kanaka Amaya and Saki Iwasawa, and the three quickly become friends.

As they go through their daily lives as high school girls, the trio's distinct personalities—Kanaka's happy-go-lucky attitude, Saki's tomboyish behavior, and Ayuko's easygoingness—are sure to make every mundane school day filled with silly and fun interactions.

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Amaya, Kanaka Main

Nakajima, Yui Japanese

Iwasawa, Saki Main

Iida, Yuuko Japanese

Uehara, Ayuko Main

Tamura, Nao Japanese

Wakatsuki, Misuzu Supporting

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Yanase, Mei Supporting

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Amaya, Souta Supporting

Hanamori, Yumiri Japanese

Yamashita, Sumiko Supporting

Uchiyama, Yumi Japanese

Matsuno, Shuusaku Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Satomi, Tetsurou Producer

Horikiri, Shinji Producer

Nakamura, Ryousuke Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Key Animation

Shimizu, Youji Sound Director

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Jan 2, 2025

HaruHaruMon

Recommended

This anime was very stupid. I mean that positively!
A series of 3-minute funny shorts about three girls, this anime accomplishes what it sets out to be (silly, fun, and easy-to-watch) very well.

The animation was nice, fairly smooth, and the artstyle has a cute and fun feeling that matches the series nicely. The girls designs were nothing unique, but I didn't mind--they were easy to distinguish and suited their personalities.
The voice acting was notably good too, feeling very natural and pleasant to listen to, which was a nice bonus!

If you just watched a depressing anime, or are feeling low, I reccomending watching Aiura! Its a fun ... little mood-boosting anime, with a surprisingly sweet final episode to round things off with a nice warm feeling as well.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 18, 2022

Patrik_Pepe

Mixed Feelings

Story:
In short 4-minute episodes, we look into the lives of three female students.The story shows ordinary life, school and friendship.
Personally, I was sorry that the anime was also short, so you can't make any demands on the characters. The story will make you laugh at times and maybe even remind you of your school days. But otherwise the story is not very imaginative.

Soundtrack:
I didn't like the opening song at all, but I liked the ending song.

Characters:
They are quite simple, actually we don't learn much about them during the entire anime
which will likely be due to the length of the episodes.
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Enjoyment/Viewing experience:
A pretty average anime that doesn't take much time to watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Sep 20, 2021

Firechick12012

Not Recommended

The subgenre of anime "Cute Girls Doing Cute Things" has gotten a bit of a bad reputation over the years...and some of it is for good reason. Most anime companies see it as an excuse to market moe girls who act younger and dumber than regular high schoolers do. While anime has always been a tool used for advertising at some point, there are just as many anime that prove you don't have to be soulless in doing so. Unfortunately, Aiura is one of the worst CGDCT anime I've ever seen. It's literally about three girls—Ayuko, Kanaka, and Saki—who just go to school, hang out, ... have pointless, cringey conversations that devolve into weird nonsense, and make Kanaka into the butt of their jokes. That's it. There is literally nothing to this anime at all.

None of the characters are memorable or likeable in any way whatsoever. They're all a bunch of one-note stereotypes who are as bland as wheat toast. Ayuko is the short girl who gets mistaken for a grade schooler, Kanaka is the peppy cheerful dumbass who's always the butt monkey, Saki is the straight man, and...oh lord, that one teacher Wakatsuki...don't even get me started on her. Her whole purpose is to be a cutesy moe shortstack who has a higher pitched voice than her students and mistake the (very reasonable and mature!) male teacher for being a pervert based on an absolutely baseless assumption. God, I wanted to smack Wakatsuki so hard in the face. Worst character in the entire show. Seriously, I can name several other CGDCT anime that have much more effort put into their characters than Aiura does.

Honestly, the show's only real saving graces are the lusciously detailed and fluid animation and the fact that every episode is two minutes long. I mean, the background art is colorful and bright, very easy on the eyes, and the actual motion is as smooth as butter...with the occasional obvious CGI, of course. It's kind of weird learning that Aiura was animated by LIDENFILMS, as their most recent project is the admittedly very ugly-looking Farewell My Dear Cramer. I mean, the difference in animation styles and the care put into them (or in Cramer's case, lack of care) is unbelievable. Plus, I'm glad every episode is only two minutes long, save for the opening and endings, which are both only 1 minute long. If this show had episodes that were half an hour long, it would have worn out its welcome long ago, though considering the show is pretty bad already, that's not saying much.

The soundtrack is...fine, for the most part. The background music and the ending theme are nice, but dear lord, that opening is so bad! Not only is it badly sung, it's basically a rip-off of a crap ton of other anime openings that are similar! Also, the actresses singing it are clearly straining when they try to sing really fast and high pitched, and the end result makes it sound like tin foil in a root canal. I mean, you have to TRY to be that bad. It actually hurts to listen to! Basically, Aiura is a bland, lazy, terrible slice-of-life moe girl anime that's best left forgotten. I can recommend several other slice-of-life anime that are way better, like Flying Witch, Place Further Than the Universe, Laid-Back Camp, and even Aoi Hana and Hitohira! Seriously, anything that's better than this piece of crap. Do yourself a favor and don't watch Aiura. The episodes may be short, but you'll want it back if you even think of watching this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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