Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
PrincessLutrinae
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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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…
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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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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…
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(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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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…
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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.…
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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…
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[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.
~{Story}~
The story revolves around Karasuma Chitose, a newbie in the seiyuu industry who dreams of making it big. With…
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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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Gi(a)rlish Number is certainly not the anime you think it is. Its sickeningly ideal group photo as the flagship header of the title would lead most seasonal anime consumers to think that the title is nothing other than another skin-deep value-less moe title that does nothing other than behave incessantly saccharine throughout its entire cour. Girlish Number couldn’t be farther from that reality, definitely not with Wataru Watari’s writing credits.
While Watari procrastinates indefinitely on releasing that highly anticipated yet elusive Volume 12 of OreGairu, he’s been keeping himself busy with other works such as Qualidea Code and this season’s Girlish Number. Typically when established writers deviate from their staple series and comfortable genres there tends to be a noticeable dip in q…
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With the growing popularity of the anime medium, there’s a rising interest in the production of anime. Gi(a)rlish Number offers insight into the industry through the lives of ‘seiyuu’; voice actors. It’s a slice-of-life show adapted from a light novel by the creator of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Wataru Watari. It’s animated by Diomedea and is a slight shift from their bright and colourful comedy shows like Noucome and Campione.
[A boring critique]
The plot of Gi(a)rlish Number revolves around the production of KuuSure, an anime by the fictional studio Number One Produce. From the onset we see a critique of the anime industry as the producer of the show and the CEO aren’t interested in creating a great series but in how much money they can make off it. The plot of KuuSure is generic, t…
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Girlish number is an anime thats also part of a multimedia project that includes a serial novel and manga that looks at the careers of five voice actresses as they enter the world of voice acting. First of all of this project the only thing that i seen is the anime but after watching this i think i will look for both the manga and the novel as well.
The story for girlish number follows the lives and careers of five different girls as they enter the world of voice acting and looks at some of the struggles that they face in the industry as well as the effects that it has on their lives as well. The anime takes place in the modern world and is largely centered in Tokyo with few exceptions.
Chitose voiced by veteran seiyuu Sayaka Senbongi of Unlimited Fafnir fame is one of the main charact…
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[NO SPOILERS]
First of all I want to say that I consider this anime not only to be the best of this season (fall 2016) but also to be one of the best I've ever seen! If you like a feel good show about funny characters trying to make it in the world of voice acting than this anime is definitely for you!
Story 10 / 10
The story itself starts out with Chitose who, with the help of her brother / manager, is making her big deput as one of the main characters of a new anime. She's awful at first, but gradually gets better by learning from her fellow actors / friends.
What struck me as odd when taking a look at the genres after finishing this amazing anime is that the only genre included is "slice of life". The great thing about this anime is not just the interaction between the cha…
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When it comes to anime that give us an 'inside look' into the anime and manga industry, most of them often times give us a very rose-tinted look into how the medium is made rather than the deep dark truth of the arduous, almost slave-like work that goes into making a single anime. So instead of talking about artists or writers like so many other anime do, Gi(a)rlish Number focuses on the one very important aspect that hasn't really cropped up in this bloom of insider anime. Seiyuu.
Story: Our story begins with Karasuma Chitose, a very exuberant and confident rookie seiyuu who finds great pride in her ability and skills. Wanting to be a strive and become a very popular and very recognized voice actress, she one day is given a heroine role for a harem series known as KuuSure, thus boosting…
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♪ Rookie seiyuu, availability is first, acting comes in second ♪
Everyone. please meet the cynical sister to Sore ga Seiyuu!, Gi(a)rlish Number!.
Gi(a)rlish Number is another one of those workplace animes like SHIROBAKO or for more precise for this review, Sore ga Seiyuu!, this time it looks at the voice acting, light novel and anime industry through the lens of cynical narcissistic Chitose, in comparison to Sora ga Seiyuu's Futaba Ichinose optimistic ones.
The main group of seiyuu's Chitose Karasuma voiced by Sayaka Senbongi (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri as Mumei, Kitakubu Katsudou Kiroku as Claire Kokonoe), Koto Katakura voiced by Yui Ishikawa (Shingeki no Kyojin as Mikasa Ackerman, Qualidea Code as Canaria Utara, Owari no Seraph as Shigure Yukimi), Yae Kugayama voiced by Kaede Hondo (Hand…
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