Audience reviews
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JapaneseImm22
This anime is perfect for fans of anime such as Yuru Camp/Laid back camp. Initially, I had no idea if I was going to enjoy this anime at all, as im an introverted indoor loser, but, as time went on. I found myself rooting for the heroine of this show. The anime doesn't pull any punches either. Not every moment is a happy moment, it shows the struggle of trying to achieve something, the struggle of failing, yet the passion that remains to never give up. Simultaneously, this manages to be a high school anime with some drama elements to it. This anime, if you couldn't guess from the title, is, encouraging. It also however isn't too plot-centric. You could easily use this to just kill 20 minutes, if youre not in the mood to be paying full attention to something. Overall this anime is great for…
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Encouragement of Climb consists of 12 episodes each clocking in at 3 minutes.
Usually anime shorts like this consists of little sketches that are either comedic or fan service-y in nature. It's very rare that a show can contain the storyline within that amount of time and still be a proper one with arcs, character development and plot.
It also highlights the beauty of the locations mentioned (mt Takao specifically) and pays attentions to the details of both the climbers and the trail.
I can't believe this also counts as a point but it allows children to be just that, children. They look like kids, act like kids AND they don't suddenly flash their panties or get over sexualized when they're KIDS. I feel like 99% of all recent animes can learn from this.
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"You can't do it because you think you can't. For almost anything, if you try, it'll usually work out."
It's refreshing to find a fresh short anime akin to Yama no Susume. There isn't a lot like them, ones with a continuous story, an enjoyable growing cast of characters, and most importantly of all is a joy to watch. In 3 minutes Yama no Susume captures the essence of a normal 20+ minute episode without losing any quality. It doesn't feel like a shorts anime is what I'm trying to articulate, the pace is what you'd expect from a typical CGDCT anime. For that alone, I admire this series even more cause it's not easy to have that feel down perfectly by the first episode.
We follow Aoi Yukimura who is naturally shy and is a novice when it comes to climbing. When she stumbles into Hinata Kura…
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I adore this show so much. This show is perfect in a sense of showing not only information about the various mountains they climb but also the developing relationships between the girls. They did a really good job with showing the process of a young girl re-learning what she used to love but became afraid of. Often times most shows based on the outdoors often dont show the little moments between trips or the build up before the trips. honestly i hope to see more shows like this, peaceful and bunch of friends doing what they love. I also loved seeing the rooms of the girls, the oldest had gear proudly shown on her walls, hinata had gear shown throughout the house because of her father. This show is just great overall and a great way to show the love of hiking
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With anime the likes of Non Non Biyori and Yuru Camp exploding in popularity for their focus on nature and the beauty of exploring your friendship outdoors; I find it disappointing that more of these viewers haven't taken the time to watch the few seasons there are of Yama no Susume.
The premise of Yama no Susume is simple, two childhood friends reunite and rediscover their love for mountain climbing/hiking. The story generally focuses on character relationships and how their friendships are growing, but never shoves this in your face. Each episode has a short run time and makes for an easy watch when you need a pick-me-up after a busy day. I find it to be so enjoyable it's hard not to watch it all at once.
While the art and budget is not that of the adaptations I compared it to, I find…
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Why do humans climbs mountains? Well people climb dangerous mountains simply because they can!! They see the mountain as a challenge,a challenge that cannot stand unanswered!!!! Can cute little girls also climbs mountains? Well let's find out , Welcome to my review of Yama no Susume!!!
Years before this tale take place Aoi and her friend Hinata climbed a mountain together!! Holding hands and seeing the sun rise!!! Casting its piercing rays over the world and blessing it with its precious light!! While they are sharing the magical display from nature. My girls makes a vow and pledge to relive this moment again together!!! But life inevitably throws us curve balls. After a nasty fall which resulted in a broken arm, Aoi suffer from trauma and developed fear for heights, and social anxiety…
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When Yama no Susume premiered, I took one look at the show and passed, thinking it was a "sports anime" like Yowamushi Pedal or any of the billions of baseball/soccer shows that Japanese producers can't get enough of. "Hiking club? Whatever." But the Anime Drought of Summer 2018 showed up (1), and I needed a pick-me-up anime to break the monotony that set in. A colleague at work heard that I enjoyed Yuru Camp, and suggested Yama no Susume. All right, let's have a go, but I want to start from the beginning.
So, how do you get an acrophobe to climb a mountain? Just make her, says the show. It sounds cruel at first blush, but unless we're talking Alps or Himalayas, many mountain climbs don't involve sheer cliff drops, and I thought this was a wonderful way of not only helping Aoi's isolation…
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Initially, I didn't expect much from the collection of hiking shorts, known as Encouragement of the Climb, or Yama no Susume. And following my expectations, the first season of the series is just average, I can't say that it's anything other than average, but I thought the second season was good.
• Much like other moe shows like K-On, Yuru Yuri, or New Game! The second series are usually far superior, due to the fact the the studio seems to be more comfortable quirks, and the audience is more familiar with the girls’ cute quirksーso character and story exploration can take place. Encouragement of the Climb doesn't betray its sister shows in that aspect.
• Along the same vein of Akari having an existential crisis at the end of the second season of Yuru Yuri, the second season of this seri…
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A fantastic short anime with great character development. Yama no Susume is about Aoi, a shy girl who is scared of heights, then a childhood friend Hinita forces her to start climbing, a friendship begins and Aoi gradually begins to have more confidence.
Short anime series are known for not having a clear plot, but this surprising has one and has great continuity. The series focuses on Hinita and Aoi’s goal to climb a mountain, and the episodes flow and join each into each other seamlessly. Each episode is focused climbing in someway, whether they’re shopping for a new bag, or climbing up a hill.
The character’s are fantastic. Aoi starts off shy and is socially awkward, but overtime as she goes outside her comfort zone by climbing mountains/hills and talking to people, she becomes more c…
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It's ultra-moe propaganda for casual mountain climbing and camping. All things I am definitely into. And it's divided into 3 minute concentrated shots.
And I mean concentrated, every shot, line, moe noise, and character are perfectly distilled to their most moe in an effort to get people going to easy to climb tourist mountains. Every syllable of the 15 second 7-line ED is dripping with moe.
The only complaint I had with this show was that it's adorable and good-natured atmosphere baited me into watching the last 4 episodes in front of my roommate. Half of the last episode is in a shower room with a lot of nudity.
It really came out of left field, but I kept watching it thinking it would be over after a few pans and he's probably too engrossed in Skyrim to notice. Well I was wrong on at…
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This is one of the best and short anime series I have ever seen, since its three minutes in one episode and the story is really simple but really good.
Kinda long review, which could help you decide watching this anime.
Story (8):
This story follows an introverted girl named Aoi and her childhood friend Hinata.
Aoi is introverted and shy, when Hinata is an extrovert and loves mountaineering (going to mountains). They both decide to climb a mountain, to see a sunrise they saw together when they were younger.
Episodes fit together into a continuous story, it wasn't very predictable but the story is very short and simple because each episode is only 3 minutes long.
Art (9):
Art is very nice, pleasing, heart warming, cosy and all those feelings.
Very beautiful backgrounds, cute characters…
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A new chapter in the collection of "cute girls doing cute things" anime, Yama no Susume is a series of short episodes (which evolved into a longer second season) that does not deserve to have such a low score, 6.85 at the time of writing, being objectively a very good show that satisfies the target audience of slice of life and moe enthusiasts.
Let's start addressing the elephant in the room: can this show be good with three-and-a-half-minutes-long episodes including ED? Yes, no doubt: it's a slice of life, it hasn't a dense complex plot which has to be carefully developed in order to be enjoyable; it's just 2 to 4 girls mountaineering, everything that has to be said for plot purposes fits perfectly in the short span of time that the anime is allowed to occupy, with plenty of room left fo…
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I want to start off this review by saying , you wouldn't think it's possible to have as "complex" of character development in 12 three minute episodes. But it is , and its heart melting to say the least . The stories about 2 high school girls , one outgoing and boarder line obnoxious and the other shy and reserved and terribly afraid of heights . The rest of the story is the development those two girls go through in their journey to climb mountains together as they once did as younger children . The art is BREATHTAKING !! Every nature scene looked just like I were climbing through the mountains myself . By the end both girls have drastically changed from who they were introduced as in the beginning , and only for the better . Enjoyment overall was an easy 10 to give . I found myself smilin…
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You are in a school and want to pass it peacefully by doing stuffs you want to do. People usually keep their distance from you as you are not good at socializing. Is this the story of your school life? No there will always be a person in your life who gonna break the barrier and drag you out from your illusion-normal day-unsocial life.
Set on a high school Aoi is your "Unsocial" main character who prefers indoor hobbies but her childhood friend [whom she forgot already] came out from no where and pursue her to mountain climbing as they once did when they were child. And thus there mountain climbing story starts.
It wasnt like they went out to explore Mt.Fuji or some big shot mountains as they are high school students they started it small with the neighbor hood mountains.
Also the an…
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Moe at the right point, the kawaiiness is just enough to melt your heart and hugs you just as a loving sugoi mother would.
Everything is perfect: outstanding characters with realistic personalities, beautifull landscapes and wonderful stories with an enchanting yuri subplot with that weird irl alterego of Black Rock Shooter and the main character from Hidamari Sketch.
Truly a masterpiece that everyone should see at least once in their lives.
Wonderful.
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Childish show? Yes. About cute girl doing cute things? Yes. At first, I thought this anime will just gonna waste my time. It is short, only 3 minutes per episode. That's why I think this anime can't be very good. How could it be good if it is only 3 minutes? Moreover the story is just about little girl playing around? But, seriously this anime is not like what I thought at first.
Yama no Susume. A story of courage and friendship. As its title -Encouragement of Climb- say, this story is about a little kid (Aoi) who build up her courage in trying something new with the help of her friends. This anime has strong nostalgic feeling, reminding me of my childhood. The moment when we still dream high and try to achieve it, even if it seems impossible. A nice anime that everyone can watch. Watchin…
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Yama no Susume is a light and warm series of short episodes about cute girls doing cute things. Also, mountains.
There's really not all that much I can say about this series. The art style is beautiful and captures the essence of the locations well. If you know nothing about mountain climbing, it's even a little informative, and "peaked" (bad pun, I know!) my interest in trying it myself some time.
There's no action or drama here, just a cute story about a girl gaining confidence and making new friends. The characters come off as a little generic, but they fit in to the story well enough. There is a bit of the "moe" aesthetic here, but this isn't one of those otaku-pandering shows.
The only thing I didn't like about this series was the sound. The music was bland and forgettable, and th…
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When seeing the title of this anime, I thought that watching a acrophobic moe girl trying to climb mountains could lead to some funny hijinks. Sadly I was kind of disappointed when more than half of the show was about moe girls doing cute things and "talking" about climbing. This made the story kind of generic and forgettable.
The art of the show is your standard moe style, with all the bright colors, cute girls and big shiny eyes that you expect from such a show. Other than that I can't really say much about it, except that it was okay i guess.
The sound is where the show really looses quite a lot of points according to me. Because I think that the soundtrack of a show can really lift it to new heights or drop it down a cliff of being really generic. The later is sadly true for this sho…
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Recently Japan likes to make animes of 3 to 5 minutes per episode. This is an example of this. There isnt any bad to make that short anime, becouse I consider if you can, you can tell a story in a short time.
Here we dont have any ecchi, action ore something like other animes. The anime inly focus in a girl with a fear and how her friend helps with that. The only know about the main character more than the other 3. Some episodes the characters go into a mountain and others we see that buying things (and for this makes the anime boring), so I put a 7 and in characters 8.
Talking about music is saying nothing. You can ignored the music, but the ending song is cute.. A 5 for that.
I am getting sick about see a lot of animes with moe characters, and seems that this season has a lot of anime…
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It’s very rare to find a great show among animated shorts. Many of them produce situational one-shots with the same characters in the same setting. While some of them do have a serial timeline, shorts often lack the details of storytelling. The short series Encouragement of Climb (Yama no Susume) counters these claims by creating situations chronologically with wonderful progression and development for its protagonists.
Encouragement of Climb follows two high school girls and their adventures in hiking to mountain summits across Japan. Aoi, the scared and unsure of the two, learns to overcome her anxieties while being accompanied by Hinata, the tomboyish enthusiastic one who appears to have some experience in hiking. With each episode, audiences learn a little tidbit on activities and eth…
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