Introduction
In the town of Nerima, the boisterous Hideki and his stoic brother Ichiro run a daikon radish farm along with Mako, their bubbly but vain cousin. The three dream of raising the money needed to build their own concert hall, where their band—Nerima Daikon Brothers—would perform and hopefully rise to stardom. But their farm and Ichiro's host club job aren't raising money fast enough for their liking, leading them to resort to get-rich-quick schemes.
Their plans usually involve tracking down evil-doers and then stealing their ill-gotten gains. Yet, while they usually do put a stop to the villains, they always end the day no richer than before. However, neither these failures nor interference from the policewoman Yukika Karakuri can come between this trio and their dream! With help from gadgets provided by the rental shop owner Nabeshin, the Nerima Daikon Brothers get themselves into and out of all kinds of ridiculous situations through their boisterous singing and comedy.
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Audience reviews
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Ashhk
For an anime that’s pretty obscure nowadays, it’s actually quite interesting and original at its core. It’s rare to see musicals in anime, especially with a group like this. The aesthetic is very "cartoonish" but underneath that, it’s fairly critical and talks about the real world of show business in a quirky way while still touching on genuine and interesting themes.
The very "random" style of humor was a good idea at first, but I also think that’s what hurts the series the most... In the beginning, it’s actually pretty enjoyable because it’s funny and surprising to see an anime with so many songs and absurd situations, but it quickly becomes TOO repetitive. It keeps recycling the same songs over and over (and they weren’t even that great to begin with in my opinion). As the show goes on…
Read at the sourceTheSlyRomano
This might genuinely be the worst anime I've seen this year
Every few minutes this anime throws a song in your face with drags out the plot of each episode so much, There's even this weird incest between two of the characters who are cousins?, I mean what?, I've seen my fair share of anime bad, strange and lewd but this show definitely makes my top 10 of worst animes of all time
Negatives aside, I did like the animation here especially when you look at what time this was made
My rating for this is a disgusting 3/10, I'd definitely skip this loud annoying show if you can
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For lack of a better comparison (never saw Blues Brothers, and I’m not totally well versed in the Blues as a whole) Nerima Daikon Brothers is kinda the closest we’ve ever gotten to an anime version of Elite Beat Agents, except less dancing and more singing. It’s got a rather simple premise, as it takes place in little town called Nerima and follows a goofy trio of that live on a stage in the middle of a daikon field that’s owned a by the leader of the group, a square-jawed daikon farmer named Hideaki. Oh and their mascot, Pandaikon . He along with his cohorts, cousin Mako (the clingy gold digger) and Ichiro (doesn’t seem to care about anything, and oh yeah, he works for a sleazy bar) aim to rake in enough cash to build their own stadium and share their music as the “Nerima Daikon Brothers”…
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The show is really stupidly silly. But unlike Puni Puni Poemy and Excel Saga, this one has a story that he sticks to. I like the story because its heart wrenching but because of the black comedy, it doesn’t make me want to cry. I wanted to keep watching because of the characters and how they interact with each other, and to see if they ever would make their dream come true. They had me laughing from the start even if some of the jokes were a little gross.
The animation is not really all that wonderful, but it works with the fact that this is a comedy and not a normal show. The characters at times lose all proportion, turn chibi, stretch out strange or have their arms and legs move strange but it all works.
When we get down to the music, It’s wonderful! Sometimes then they have a show th…
Read at the sourcesen_mcgrath
I actually analyzed this series for a University paper (yeah, you read that right...)
Directed by the infamous Nabeshin, this is exactly what one should expect from him, with a twist. This is the first ever anime musical comedy. While fans of the typical Nabeshin screwball comedy will love it's off the wall flavour, it was also the pioneer of a new subgenre. Unfortunately...the pioneer was drunk off his ass and ran his covered wagon into many a ditch.
Story:
The show does have a basic plot that tie all of the events together. Hideki, Ichiro and their cousin Mako have big dreams of building a concert dome on their daikon field in the suburb of Nerima, where they will perform for sold out crowds of adoring fans. The problem? The brothers and cousin are perpetually broke due to freak ac…
Read at the sourceColonelfancy
I really respect Watanabe Shinichi for what he does as far as being an active face and voice in the anime community, advising fans to buy anime DVDs and manga instead of stealing them via torrent download and scanalations, but I haven't enjoyed any of his work all the way through. Excel Saga was great, but got old near the end, and I hated Poemy from minute one. Nerima Daikon Brothers is the third Nabashin related work I've seen thus far, and this one is sliightly better, but suffers from the same problems.
The comedy is pretty much what can be expected; an insane vault of madness with little rhyme or reason. And it works great at first. I pretty much loved all the parodies featured, even if I'm not native Japan and don't get 98% of the cultural references. The English dub is pretty damn f…
Read at the sourceLyraciilee
Ahhh, Nerima Daikon Brothers. When I first watched it, I was like, wait a minute, can you put this on T.V.!? I watched the entire series in the english dub, and let me say, one of the best dubs I've seen, next to Full Metal Alchemist ( Not Brotherhood. The first one. ) I laughed, I cried because I was laughing so hard, and I absolutely adored it. If you're easily offended, then don't watch it, but if you can take a joke or million, watch it. If you don't like musicals, you ought not to watch it either. I honestly thought the series was pretty amazing, and the humor just never stopped. I recommend it if you're looking for some good clean fun, nothing really intense in the story line. Just funny.
Read at the sourceSplitter
Nabeshin, most famous as the afro-sporting director of Excel Saga, thrives with material no one in their right mind would even think to create. With Nerima Daikon Brothers, he molds the story of two brothers, their cousin, and a soft... VERY soft... panda, who want nothing more but to turn their paltry daikon field into a concert dome where they can perform their music. But this is Nabeshin, so there has to be a catch, and it's a doozy... you see, Nerima Daikon Brothers is an anime musical. Singing, dancing, and lots of it.
Every episode deals with the Nerima Daikon Brothers looking for a break, finding corrupt rich people, and taking their money then losing it all once again. Though the episodes are formulaic, enough elements carry over and alter the story so no episode is exactly the sa…
Read at the sourceElianava
Nerima Daikon Brothers is definitely for the comedic anime fan. The story revolves around three relatives, Hideki, Ichiro, and Mako, who are trying to make it big as blues musicians in the city of Nerima. They farm a type of radish called Daikons in order to get by though they still find themselves constantly out of cash. Their dream is to build a dome where they can perform.
The thing about Nerima Daikon Brothers is that the three are always getting into quite random trouble fending off unexpected enemies of all kinds. From the Panchiko Parlor owner to the japanese take of Michael Jackson, you'll be kept laughing at the unexpectedness of it all.
To fight these wrong doers the Nerima Daikon Brothers have help from a mysterious rental man whom you might recognize if you're an Excel Saga f…
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