Wave!! Surfing Yappe!! (TV)

Energetic and cheerful, 14-year-old Masaki Hinaoka takes his pet corgi on morning runs along the beach bathed in the rising sun. Suddenly, Masaki's eyes sparkle in awe: a blond boy surfs, delicate and breathtaking, with a slight smile gracing his kind face. Before long, Masaki encounters him again as a new classmate named Shou Akitsuki.

Shou is a skilled surfer and has been immersed in the sport since childhood. Even though surfing is the hobby of choice for Masaki's best friend, easygoing half-Hawaiian Nalu Tanaka, Masaki has never shown interest in trying it himself. But his admiration for Shou's surfing style finally inspires him to try the waves for the first time—despite not knowing how to swim.

On the surfboard, Masaki shows surprising potential and talent for balance. He learns quickly and eventually enters a local competition, all with Shou and Tanaka by his side. However, behind Shou's gentle smile lurks a darker shadow, threatening to overwhelm his friends. Nonetheless, Masaki fearlessly steps into the fun world of surfing, stopping at nothing to be the very best.

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Tanaka, Nalu Main

Nakajima, Yoshiki Japanese

Kido, Naoya Main

Toki, Shunichi Japanese

Fuke, Rindou Main

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Mori, Souichirou William Main

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

Hinaoka, Masaki Main

Maeno, Tomoaki Japanese

Iwana, Kousuke Main

Satou, Takuya Japanese

Matsukaze, Yuuta Main

Shirai, Yuusuke Japanese

Akitsuki, Shou Supporting

Ogasawara, Jin Japanese

Goyou, Hayamichi Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Ozaki, Takaharu Director

Yokota, Chikako Sound Director

Oguro, Akira Storyboard

Takahashi, Tooru Storyboard

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Apr 12, 2021

ou97_pths

Recommended

In the COVID-19 era, when we have to stay home during lockdown, I found this anime very enjoyable :)) it even gives me hints to understand my life more.

Because of the mood and tone this anime gives, I can hear the sea, see the waves, and feel the joy of surfing along with the characters without leaving my house.

That's WHY I like this anime.

But If I have to rate it, I will go with...

Story: 6/10
The episodes still don't fit together neatly into a continuous story. The story is overly simplistic but I like it and the way it ends.
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Art: 5/10
The art is so-so, and a CGI doesn't blend well enough with the rest of the animation.

Sound: 5/10
The seiyuu are fitting for the characters they portrayed, but the background music could be more fit for the story and atmosphere (in some scenes).

Character: 7/10
Most of the characters are too flat, but they are HANDSOME.

Enjoyment: 8/10 or 10/10 (watching during COVID-19 lockdown)

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 1, 2023

KomeadaBagel

Mixed Feelings

As a surfer i was really exicted about this anime. I never expected it to be amazing but this was still pretty disapointing. Overall story made it feel like the MC was a prodigy but then they focused on all the side characters and some of them were interesting but it was less about the actual surfing than I would have liked. The surfing itself looked very average and its pretty noticable that none of the writters have ever acctually surfed before with some of the dialouge.

Overall Im glad this anime at least exists and was kinda fun at some points but mostly just not ... what I was expecting.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Nov 2, 2021

FDTO

Not Recommended

Will anyone really start surfing after watching this subtle anime?

It seems that if you let Takaharu Ozaki, a neophyte director of a genre that you have no interest in, create a subtle anime, not just this one.

This director pretends to be thinking about something, but in fact, it's obvious that he's the type of person who doesn't think about anything.

I'm sure he'll be ripping it up as an animation director from now on.
In a bad way, that's to be expected.


... At least he's not directing an original anime.
And he's not the kind of guy you'd expect to be an anime director in the future.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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