Audience reviews
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charlieswan
This show is very cute to watch and so enjoyable. There are pops of dark humor and real life so its a bit more for adult viewers who like cute things. You will find the episodes are rich with witty one episode story lines and familiar characters.
As far as animes with dialogue and learning potential, as a beginner to the Japanese language, this is easy to follow with some regular daily conversations. I have watched it multiple times and really enjoy it. The english sub is also really nice and both voice actor sets and dialogues are very good.
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AAAAAAHHHHH!!! THIS SHOW IS SO CUTE! I started it on a whim one day after coming across it randomly on Netflix, and I immediately fell in love.
Japan has this wonderful ability to take something that seems like it should only be for children and molding and shaping it into something that is enjoyable and relatable for adults. And that's definitely what the writers and artists and overall production team did here with Rilakkuma to Kaoru-san. This is a show perfectly appropriate and enjoyable for a child audience, but the heart of the series is very much one that intentionally speaks to adult audiences.
Being myself a single woman in my thirties trying to figure out my own life, dating, work, finding purpose and meaning, this little series is infinitely relatable to me. I found Kaoru-san t…
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Rilakkuma and Kaoru is a breath of fresh air and a relaxing show to watch. It's wholesome and adorable, it's funny and each episode has different life lessons and important little messages to send across to the viewer.
Rilakkuma may look like a kid's show but anyone can enjoy it, it has many things to teach young people and adults a like and a lot of things to enjoy. Just from watching you can tell the creators put a lot of heart and soul into this show and it's totally worth checking out, even if you are unsure about it at first glance.
The story follows Kaoru over a period of time and her companions and how they grow and experience life over time, the anxiety of making several different life decisions and how you don't need to worry and sweat every little thing. The show is simple but…
Read at the sourceLovelyTekki
Rilakkuma and Kaoru is one of the shows that makes Netflix worth it.
A lot of people find stop motion creepy, but I found it endearing in this case. Rilakkuma and his animal friends look like plushies, which captures the source material of fluffy collectibles really well. The humans don't look quite as good as the animals, but their designs aren't ugly or anything. Aside from the character models, the settings also look amazing. They all look like little, cute dollhouses, but simultaneously they look like real places to live in. Sure, being stop motion it doesn't look flawless, but I think that's part of the charm and style of it.
3 of the main characters don't talk, but their personalities are well conveyed by their actions and the little sounds they make. Rilakkuma is a big, lazy boy…
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What do you do when your fans grow up?
Rilakkuma and his friends began their lives as mascots developed by the San-X company in 2003. Their initial appearance in children’s picture books made them desirable for very young children to acquire merchandise of—rather that be stuffed animals, notebooks, or anything else their little hearts desired. (Such is the genius of companies like this who manufacture adorable characters to essentially print money.)
After sixteen years, the characters (and their fans) are getting up there in age. (Thankfully due to the magic of animation, Rilakkuma and his friends will always appear the same age, with the same cuteness.) Some of the kids who walked around with Rilakkuma backpacks are old enough to have kids of their own. As such, perhaps in response to t…
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this is tagged 'kids' but it definitely is for adults...
what i love about rilakkuma's designs is that they are very cute but aren't targeted solely at women. the unusual visuals and sound design are incredible and are integral to the anime's themes.
this series is mostly about mental hygiene and managing your anxieties. these include common ones like career indecision and money problems but it also tackles social issues like compulsive behavior, our relationship with the internet and such. there are a lot of hugs, crying, and laughs and the viewer will feel compelled to connect with their own feelings.
the strangest thing is that rilakkuma and co. can't speak and mostly have emoticon-like expressions. however, their feelings are clearly understood and felt. i believe one of the intents…
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I'll say right now that clay animation and the like gives me the heebie-jeebies, something about the way they move just creeps me out. Thankfully that wasn't the case as much with this anime.
Rilakkuma And Kaoru is about a Japanese office woman, her stuffed animals' friends who live at home, and their (mostly) mundane and uneventful life.
No one questions why these stuffed animals are alive they just accept it's part of life, Which reminded me a lot of Shirokuma.
Most of what happens in the anime will either be minor mischief, Kaoru taking care of her friends, or just relaxed moments. Make no mistake though, Rilakkuma And Kaoru is by no means a borning show, infact it always drew me in to watch more of their slow paced relaxed world.
The animation can seem clunky and as stated above eve…
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