Audience reviews
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toxicgreen777
In a world where the genre of "cute girls doing cute things" has overtaken the anime market, "Gi(a)rlish Number" seems to be the the pioneer and sole survivor of the "voice actor girls doing voice actor girl things" genre. From start to end of this anime goes through the many events and emotions of what a female voice actor goes through such as landing the first main role, working with managers/agencies, and emotionally dealing with voice actors that are better.
It's hard to classify and review this show as a normal anime, as most anime has some out-of-this-world setting or twist that makes it interesting. Meanwhile what makes "Gi(a)rlish Number" "interesting" (quotations depending on who is watching) is how grounded it is in reality. There's nothing supernatural that occurs, just voice…
Read at the sourcePrincessLutrinae
Kinda bad in its reveling in anime stereotypes, weak characterisations, and a seemingly deliberately unlikable protagonist. The story had weird pacing, and didn't end at a time that felt like a natural perfect end to the story. However, it was watchable, and I finished it thinking it was alright.
The in universe anime had a cool title tho, millennium princess and the Kowloon overlord, sounds like it slaps. However, found it a bit odd in the whole show, we never see the voice actor for the Kowloon overlord. They state it's a harem show, and make it clear there should be a male protagonist, but his VA is never even a background character. I know it's a show focused on the girls, but when we have male producers, managers, and light novel authors, I thought it would make sense to at least hav…
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Ironically this anime is about the harsh truth of making anime, and that not all of them will be good, but there is a lot of work put into making one.
So IMO they kind of had a weird sense of humor by basically making fun of their own anime.
IMO this anime is bad.
But like i said , since i know the amount of work that was put in, i will give credit where credit is due. I like the Character design and art. The animation was decent. But that is about it. The anime is boring AF. We have to w8 all the way to the last 2 episodes for something to actually happen, and even that is very short lived.
It was very hard for me to go all the way through to the end of the anime, but i made a pact with myself to watch any anime i start all the way to the end, even if it is bad. I came across a few ani…
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The main character in this is the cheeky Chitose, an aspiring voice actor. She's a breath of fresh air in this genre where the leads tend to be very wholesome characters. It's not that Chitose is a bad person at all, but she's quite the arrogant, self-centered, brash individual. Her conversations with her brother, Gojou, is by far the most interesting thing in this anime because we get to see how far Chitose can go on thinking very highly of herself.
Girlish Number is a show about a group of voice actors, most of them just getting into the business. We get to see a little bit of their daily lives, talking with the producers, the recordings sessions and the conventions. The characters are interesting enough and the plot gives ample space for character development so it's always fun to foll…
Read at the sourcePhebe_The_Weeb
[SPOILERLESS REVIEW (with a little bit of spoilers, but there's a warning before it appears)]
Ok, so before I start, if you would prefer to listen to my review instead of read it, you can do so here as I know this might be a bit long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiWxUTvu54M&t=646s
Idol anime, the window into the Japanese anime and music industry like nothing seen elsewhere. Idol anime are typically about the protagonist working their best perfecting their talents to become a successful idol, which in the end, they typically do. But this isn’t always the case, what if the idol isn’t successful in the industry and is crashing? This occurred with Wataru Watari’s 2016 light novel, Girlish Number. Today I will be talking about the high’s and lows of the anime adaptation of said manga.
To…
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I am a huge fan of Wataru Watari and I need to get that out of the way before I dive into my review. This doesn't necessarily reflect on my enjoyment or lack of enjoyment associated with this show and I have admittedly not touched the source material for this show. I will say, first and foremost, I have no idea why people enjoy the character that is Chitose Karasuma. She is awful, she is disdainful, she is prideful, she is a pain, and worst of all this doesn't really change by the end. They just continue to allow her to be the way she is because it supposedly makes her a good seiyuu. The supporting cast is alright, but none of them are particularly great as individuals. I think Kazuha and Momoka stand out as well-rounded characters, but we only get a semblance of true depth from these two…
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If you have spare time and the only thing in your backlog is isekai garbage No.10000, this deserves some time just for how meta it could be, especially if you are familiar with the world behind Japanese animation, like the voice acting world.
Let me start by explaining why some might have a low opinion of the series, calling it a waste of time. The gist of it is it tried to do 2 things at once, and both of them were not particularly well done. By well, I mean exploring uncharted territory or going in depth and exposing ideas that the audiences might not be familiar with.
Those 2 things are: revealing the inner workings of the voice acting and animated production world and emotional development of its characters. About half way through they switched from the former to the latter. The tra…
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Good anime but easy to forgot. I really like the artstyle even tho it was a bit shiny/ The topic is interesting, if we like the job of this show, i can't stop myself from imaginining the voice actresses when they had to do an anime about their job with a studio who do a ot so great anime. Characters are hard to remember we dont even have to remember their name. But i really liked the personality of the main character who is really funny. I'd like to say, yes this is not the best anime of the world but it's still nice to spend time.The first part of the anime is a little bit boring because it only deals with the development of one char not really useful for me, it wasn't really good to put that for the beginning, at least the second part is more interesting and better.
Animé sympa mais ou…
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I really consider it a great series is very well developed the story is created in a surprising way, even with the drama of the comedy this serious knows how to add and solve the difficult points of people in his career with seiyuu, focuses well the persistence of the current situation of the anime and simply knows how to innovate with enough imagination.
the series even being with a common history in the anime, manages to blur very well the reality of the anime in a comical way, the series does not stop bored because it always knows when to change the rhythm, it fits very well in the problems of the people and seeing from chapter 01 the personalities of the protagonists to how they change radically in the end is simply beautiful, I get to swallow and really congratulate the author for th…
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while reading this review just wanted to remind that these review is just about my opinion, even though im gonna thought not to do ,it's gonna be one sided it's from logical afterall
this was merely watchable if we went on the enjoyment, but it was indeed quality and was good managed at all.
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a story which tries to explain what is going on in this industry or so, the directors doesn't care on details they just want to get to tomorrow or getting money and so the other things was like this. for example speaking for events and small things, was for kinda get viewers and kinda manipulate the audience, but i think there was on the plot that interested me so much about this show, it was from reality thought i guess, because the plot was about to explain pride is not exis…
Read at the sourceBanjoTheBear
(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
Parenthetical asides (or those statements that are enclosed by parentheses) are awesome. They invite extra information within a sentence without impeding on the purpose of said sentence.
It’s not recommended to us them all the time since they can clutter a paragraph or even distract the reader from its meat. But, when a side comment or a small explanation for something written is required, the use of a parenthetical makes for a wise decision (or at least that’s what I believe).
Gi(a)rlish Number contains a parenthetical right in the middle of its title. And it’s less a phrase and more a single letter. My guess (and it’s really just a guess) is that it’s a metaphor for the show itself. That is, like anime, there a…
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Story: so the story is about Chitose who wants to become a actress but she is having a hard time landing a real good role and or a main role and just get stuck with the lesser known roles and what not so she is able to finally land a lead role in a anime but of course that wont come with out some hardships and also with dealing with the voice acting the hate from other people ect. so she pretty much learns to adept to everything while trying to get out of the mob roles and into the spotlight as a lead in a anime.
Art: i don't really knack on the art that much but ill say the art is really well done here nothing else to say here.
Sound: sound is really good actually loved both the OP and the ED here and also loved all the Voice actors here.
Character: Chitose is the one of the many femal…
Read at the sourceAmaeMei
Gi(a)rlish Number reminds me of Shirobako.
Except with an in-depth perspective of the voice actor industry mixed with realism and truth.
With that being said, this anime is not for the light of heart. For those that expect moe/kawaii, cute girls and happy endings, this show might not be for you.
For those that wish for a greater understanding and appreciation for those that work their butt off into the amazing voice actors we know today, I highly suggest giving this a watch.
This anime will turn many off, filtering many out along the way. But for those that stay until the end, you are bound to learn something valuable from this show.
※ STRENGTH ※
► Unique character development. We may see a snobby girl, wanting to be famous for the wrong reasons. Of course, we may dislike her for it…
Read at the sourceblackdogcolt
One of my favorite things about Japan is that it's culture seem to be the last resort against cynicism: the only country where giving your best is really a value in itself, not only as a justification, but as the foundation of a whole culture, a kind of shared social pathos. There is no backlash to doing so, no social interference, no evil antagonist sabotaging your every move, no one ridiculing your attempt: there's a weird purity in this.
But there's also Gi(a)rlish Number -- which is actually my introduction to japanese cynicism, I guess. The making of a shitty light novel adaptation, anchored by two over-confident incompetent characters that want to do everything but their best.
The series is build on this great dynamic: those characters (Chitose, a newbie seiyuu, and Kuzu-P, the irr…
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Girlish Number is another of a number of recent anime titles that attempt to believably explore an element of the anime industry, in this case work as a seiyuu. Whereas titles like Shirobako and Seiyu's Life paint a more optimistic mood of the developments of their lead characters within the anime industry, Girlish Number opts for a more realistic look at things in its focus on our main lead and struggling seiyuu, Chitose. While a struggling seiyuu in the same vain as Seiyu's Life's Futaba, Chitose sports a more cynical outlook on her present situation as she is struggling to get a breakthrough role and while putting on the public persona of a highly confident and energetic person, her private persona is not so appealing as her brother/ manager often has to put up with. In addition, Chitos…
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Production and Popularity
Girlish Number is a slice-of-life anime about careers in the world of Japanese voice actresses (seiyuu). It started as a light novel by Wataru Watari, with illustrations by QP:flapper and Yamcha. A manga version was created around the same time by Yuuki Doomoto. The twelve-episode anime aired from October to December 2016. It was created by Studio Diomedea, which has made many all-girl anime and several Ecchi anime. I know them for animating Akuma no Riddle (Spring 2014) and Mayoiga (Spring 2016).
Since it's such a recent anime, Girlish Number has few votes on IMDb and even fewer on Crunchyroll. Viewers have begun ranking it on myanimelist.com, however. There, as of February 2017, nearly fifteen thousand viewers have given it an overall rating of 7.07 out of 10.…
Read at the sourceAoiYukihira004
It's been while since my last review. I will try to write it with careful.
1. Story
So, the story itself about Chitose Karasuma, a newbie seiyuu. It's all about her to achieve success with her "stardom" attitude. Okay, the story was good but it's just that. They can explore with much roast about industry they have work, but then they turn it to be some drama and character development. It looks like generic anime in the end and clearly not look as good as first half.
2. Art
Art was great. Sometimes it was inconsistent, but in the end, i can't complain so much about this aspect. 3. Sound
I like opening song, the BGM look fit with this anime, but nothing special about them.
4. Character
All character have problem and they could resolve it in the end. With such a lazy and diva attitude…
Read at the sourceArtrill
[6.5/10]
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The last thing I was expecting was a show about people. Rather, a show about humans. It's very common in anime, whether it's due to subs or the mediocre writing, that characters feel detached from what you would imagine people to be like. That's why it's so easy to "act" like an anime character, because the very concept is so cliched. Just become loud, abrasive, and energetic and talk about some pseudo-philosophy. For the most part, you just encapsulated every single action-anime protagonist. Or maybe be an understated cool-kid that pretends he doesn't care but really has a heart of gold. There, you got the other half. Obviously i'm over-exaggerating and joking, but to every joke…
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Ever since the 11th volume of OreGairu was released, fans were heavily waiting for the next volume. For the last two years, the author of the series, Watari Wataru, has been working on many multimedia projects, including Qualidea Code from last year and Gi(a)rlish Number from this season. With Qualidea Code being average and with Gi(a)rlish Number looking like a “cute-girls-doing-cute-things”, many were keeping their expectations low. Luckily Watari Wataru uses the same formula that made OreGairu a success; a mix of heavy cynicism and characters reflecting on themselves. What originally seemed overused and generic managed to be some of the best fun you’ll get this year.
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The story revolves around Karasuma Chitose, a newbie in the seiyuu industry who dreams of making it big. With…
Read at the sourceRelapsedWeeb
This is going to be one of those anime that I'll feel vaguely good about for a year and then forget I ever watched it.
The show is at it's best when all the girls are working. I love work dramas--especially with something as stressful and interesting as the making of a terrible anime. When that is the focus of the show (especially early on) it shines. It's a pretty harsh critique of anime production in general, but the cynicism pays off in the form of good humor. The characters are generally enjoyable, especially the main character. Chitose is arrogant and lazy and not particularly talented, but generally good natured. She seems to be one of those people who you just love watching in a show but would hate to work with. The side characters are mostly a little bland, with a cute bit in the…
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