Introduction
The Ayanoi High School features the Geijutsuka Art Design Class (GA) that focuses on the arts. Five close friends — the energetic "hime"-prankster Noda Miki; the level-headed, cynical Nozaki Namiko; the intelligent, observant, and kind Oomichi Miyabi; the lively and mischievous tomboy Tomokane; and the curious, innocent, glasses-wearing Yamaguchi Kisaragi — attend this class with great enthusiasm, learning about the many art techniques. Every day seems to pose a new and interesting challenge, be it struggling with the latest assignment or when dealing with the daily strangeness of school life.
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Audience reviews
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Jersie
To be honest, this anime never really had got me coming back to it. For me, that's usually a sign I'm not interested in it if I don't want to watch the next episodes. But every time I did come back to an episode, I enjoyed myself.
The basis for this anime is very plain and simple, just 12 (13 if you count the OVA) straight episodes of moe girl stereo types living their daily life throughout their art school. I myself do like to draw, but I am not that "artsy" per say, my doodles are quite alright but I don't do much more than that, I only sketch. With my limited knowledge of art, there was a lot of jokes I didn't get, but I still enjoyed this anime.
There is always at least one really interesting thing that happens each episode that is pretty enjoyable. This anime was actually very infor…
Read at the sourceDanevsAnime
GA just throws you right into it. Though not uncommon for the genre of Cute Girls Doing Cute things, being pushed straight into the day to day lives with no attempt at character introduction is jarring, especially for people who are not already into the anime scene. The story really goes no where; even within episodes it is unclear what the struggle of that day is. The art style is fitting to the characters and the show's tendency to launch into an over the top exaggeration. The music and sounds of the show are solid, with an added bonus of the sounds will often be represented on screen with words from where the sound is coming from, labeling the sound.
This anime is probably better than I'm giving it credit for, but as I just finished binge watching K-On!! I find many aspects of it lacki…
Read at the sourceAquaHaze
"Hitosu, Hitosu, Hitosu, Hitosu", if you watch the opening of this anime every episode, you will not forget where this came from.
GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class is a slice of life series which is about art much like the more well known Hidamari Sketch. Despite that, GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class is unique in it's own way and is pretty entertaining.
Like most slice of life anime series, there is no plot. It takes a similar approach to the genres as most slice of life anime where you watch what the characters do in different situations. However this series is unique in it's way. For one, everything that happens is art related, which isn't too uncommon but it also teaches you about art. All these lessons about art fit in very well with this anime and they add to the effectiveness of the…
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Ok, this is my first review...
First things first. I'm terribly Biased. like, REALLY biased. Not only do I love the author of this work, I tend to love moe animes in general. To me, the ability to generate a really good atmosphere is just as important as telling a good story, and an anime with a horrible story can be more than completely forgiven in the case it has a really good atmosphere. This anime does. Granted I loved the character designs (and had real fun guessing what S-A-C Kuro characters these were designed off of), found them a little tropey, but hey, tropes are things that work, and they were different enough to keep from becoming flat characters, so they're good. also, I enjoyed this anime ALOT.
The plot is essentially if you mixed Azumanga Daioh with the occasional little a…
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I'm a huge fan of slice-of-life comedies, but that doesn't mean I like every single one out there. K-ON! was overdone and downright stupid. Some would say the same for GA, but I beg to differ.
==[Pros]==
- Jokes are original because the material they cover is not standard fare. This isn't Lucky Star. This isn't Azumanga Daioh (though both of those series are great stuff). The normal SOL comedy uses stereotyped characters and running gags to stir up laughs. Osaka was funny because she was the constant village idiot. Panty-flashing-girl and dog-with-stick-in-butt from Zetsubou Sensei are funny because they pop up repeatedly. But does GA rely solely on this? Nope. The Geijutsuka Art Design Class lives up to its name - it makes jokes grounded not only in the usual school life situations (sc…
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One of the problems with anime these days is the tendency for studios to stick to formulae, and to capitalise on what has gone before (also known as jumping on the bandwagon). It's unfortunate then that GA: Geijitsuka Art Design Class is a victim of this mindset, especially given the subject matter and the potential for experimentation.
Originally a yonkoma (4-koma), manga by Kiyuzuki Satoko, the anime adaptation is actually based on the 2005 serialisation that was published in "Manga Time Kirara Carat", and while the series is very much aimed at the moe market, it has benefitted from the directorial talents of Sakurai Hiroaki (Di-Gi-Charat, Sweet Valerian, Majokko Tsukune-chan), and the art direction of Kasuga Reiji.
The story follows the lives of five girls who attend a specialist desi…
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This anime is about "art (well, in fact plastic arts) and you better have that in mind when you watch it.
The story is not very complex, and the principal support of this animation are the characters: a group of girls that love art and express their unique personalities through it. The principal topic is the different activities the GA class (with some participation of the art club members) have every day: painting, drawing, CG, assignments, and some activities of their school life.
Each episode is, in fact, an visual art "lesson" but showed in a very funny (and sometimes crazy) way because of the creativity and different personality of each one.
At first sight this can seem as another school-life anime with moe characters, but believe me... is more than that. I really enjoyed this, altho…
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