Introduction
Manzai is a traditional form of Japanese stand-up comedy where two comedians act out skits as a straight man and funny man, guiding the audience through a series of punchlines. Two determined girls, Mafuyu Kogarashi and Fubuki Kitakaze, are aspiring manzai entertainers who struggle to achieve any real success, despite their lengthy time on stage. They often partner up with manzai newcomers and their close friends—Rin Araya and Nayuta Asougi—to help in the opening acts of each other's routines.
In order to eventually reach their desired fame, the four girls challenge themselves by changing venues, switching roles, entering competitions, and giving it their best to hone their craft and gain more experience. But before that can happen, these flourishing young artists must first grow into presentable performers to get signed as amateurs and start their dream in earnest.
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Audience reviews
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lamaraptor
Never have I seen a show about comedy manage to be so unfunny. Comedy is supposed to be subjective, but the jokes in this are very objectively bad. The worst part it's that they're not even bad in an ironic way, where the jokes are funny because they're bad. They simply fail to summon any response other than boredom. You know it's bad when the joke bad comedy duo routines in other anime making fun of the art form end up being funnier than the supposed authentic experience on display here.
Part of the problem is that none of the characters are in any way actual characters. Gun to my head I could not tell you a single thing about any of them that sets them apart from the rest, much less what any of their names were. Bland is putting is nicely, and only sadism would bring anyone willingly to…
Read at the sourceDarkArmaggedom
If you don't like stand-up this show suck, its weak, not visually appealing, but it can be appreciated by some.
As a person that does not appreciate stand-up this show was kind of a hard pill to swallow taking a fair amount of time because i couldn't stand watching all at once. The voice acting is good being far from that annoying high pitch voice that SUCKS ASS and is present in almost every moe.
At some point the anime is structured in a way that every scene feels like a stand-up, which gets tiring if you try to finish fast, but to be fair they are somewhat good, improving a lot during the middle-end.
The story is average, what you expect from a moe with some unexpected twists here and there.
I don't know why but the music part that appears on some episodes is just so good its weird.…
Read at the sourcePeewee78368
This just proves that people only see one form of comedy. Me on the other hand have have visited these places and i understand what they are doing. once you get its not that hard. Just shows how one minded people are. I ran into this show from some ad when watch Boruto and i just have to say its amazing.. I know we wont get another season one can only hope :/
There is so much info we have not gotten and soo much back story for characters it would be a shame if they dont keep going on.
After this show i had watched K-On and that one is also amazing... I hope people go in with an open mind. Just give it a chance. Please
Read at the sourceweebtrashco
Are you unfamiliar with manzai? I wouldn't recommend this. Oh you are? Well, I'd still be ambivalent about recommending it.
Many have overstated Yoshimizu Kagami's role in this shows production and while he does offer some solid character designs I wouldn't consider it in the vein of Lucky Star.
I'm no manzai expert, as someone with a bit more familiarity with the medium than most in the West, perhaps such a perspective might be useful.
As an original co-production with Yoshimoto Kougyou, the largest comedy agency in Japan there's a novelty to this, and it's wholeheartedly committed to giving a broad look at the industry from an amateur perspective.
But the jokes aren't that funny, even from the context of someone familiar with the style and its sense of humour (this was a minor point…
Read at the sourceEfemey
The proposal of this anime is interesting, but something quite foreign to us, since I doubt that there are many people who enjoy Japanese humor/Japanese comedians in this part of the world, and this is the main argument of this anime. While it's not a work on the same level as Lucky Star, it's not a bad anime, since Yoshimizu Kagami doesn't create bad works. Also I noted that the director in charge of this anime is the same as Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, High School Fleet and who has worked for other anime such as Endro~ and Toji no Miko, in fact he directed Mini Toji's anime, a plus for me.
I laughed, although not much of the routines, but there was a Freak!'s routine that I did like a lot, that of the husbandos in the second round, I mean, the one in the final episode, even though they didn't s…
Read at the sourceESER10
I'll keep this shorter than I usually would (partly because I didn't actually plan to write a review for this) and just get to the point. The premise of this show is girls doing comedy, and trying to make it to the big stage. With that being said, you may be expecting absolute comedy gold to come out of this, but unfortunately, that won't come. I assume that would disappoint many, so it's best that you know that you would be as well if that's what you were expecting. In reality, this is more of a slice of life (the cute girls doing cute things type I suppose) where the stand-up comedy acts as a supplement. In reality, most of the funnier moments just come from the day to day lives of the main characters (which compose two 2-person stand-up comedy pairs). They have their own specific person…
Read at the sourceKANLen09
Comedy is subjective.
What does stand-up comedy mean? According to Britannica: It is comedy that generally is delivered by a solo performer speaking directly to the audience in some semblance of a spontaneous manner.
However, this business practice is very different in Japan. Owarai geinin, or two-man comedians as they are referred to, is a very lucrative business, and by no doubt very popular in its own homeland. I remember having used to watch Owarai geinin in many variety shows through Japanese-imported programs over the years, and the insanity of referencing as much content as they can really helps add to the hilarity vibe, not to mention the already magnificent calibre of prolific Japanese comedians that never ceases to amaze me growing up with them in the past.
To no one's surpris…
Read at the sourcedlxuniuniu
In 2007 a new era of CGDCT (Cute girls doing cute things) began with “Lucky☆Star”. One of the best studios of all time was involved in this work: Kyoto Animation. 13 years later, Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ try to create something similar with "Maesetsu! Opening Act", but unfortunately this work does not quite create the "WOW" effect. Why am I comparing these two? You will see more about this below.
Have you ever heard of the Japanese word “Owarai”? Before I came into contact with this anime, this term didn't mean anything to me either. Owarai is a traditional Japanese comedy duo who perform in front of a live audience. It’s quite similar to stand-up comedy but they always appear as a duo. Their goal is clear: With various gags making people laugh. But this path is also hard and requires a lo…
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