Introduction
When he arrives at Astro Lodge to interview for the head chef position, Takumi Miyasaka finds a run-down boarding house instead of a fancy restaurant. Disappointed, Takumi nonetheless demonstrates his skills, much to the delight of the eccentric tenants. The happiest among them is the charming landlady, Mira Gotokuji, who falls in love with his cooking. On the other hand, Takumi falls in love with Mira. He decides to take the job as the breakfast chef at Astro Lodge and moves into Room 5.
Takumi soon notices strange things about Mira; she is hopelessly clueless about modern technology and Japanese food. In addition, Takumi hears an unfamiliar voice coming from Mira's room. What he does not realize is that Mira is an alien who has recently arrived from another planet on an important secret mission.
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Audience reviews
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brobin75
I wasn't expecting much when I decided to try out this show, but it's really good. You can tell how good it's going to be half way through the opening song.
The colors and animation are really bubbly and happy-go-lucky with the main girl being one of the cutest I've seen in any show. The comedy is great. A lot of the humor comes from the the eccentric side characters that live at the Astro Lodge, each one having a simple yet distinct personality and there's a good deal of care in how they all interact with each other. These side characters remind me a little of Yokai side characters in Natsume's Book of Friends, except quirkier.
The story starts out fairly straightforward with a great premise. There are a few back-stories revealed and some twists here and there. The side characters all h…
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When I first picked up Astro Note, it felt like a cozy callback to 90's era anime, with a bizarre yet simple premise and an eclectic cast of characters. But the more I watched, the more that coziness stepped aside for the increasing bizarreness of the growing plot.
Sure, the show starts off with an alien girl taking up residence in a boarding house full of eccentric individuals, with the goal of finding the mystic McGuffin of her people the Wid that would legitimize her claim to the throne, all while the Evil Hubs try to thwart her, so it's not like we aren't starting at a very 90's-era level of ridiculousness (and as an added bit of ridiculousness, Wid is meant to sound like Widow and Hub like Hubbie or Husband, which leads to all manner of misunderstandings throughout the show). However…
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It would seem as if each season, we get one or two anime which are a complete, absolute throwback to a few decades ago: clichés, simplicity and a return to the roots of anime. Yes, Astro Note is one of those anime that has no business in this time and age, but which nonetheless makes its presence known for those who will acknowledge it, either to throw them back to their younger days and fill them with nostalgia, or to allow the modern youth to experience what anime was like some 30 years ago.
Astro Note is straight-forward in its plot, its characters and its setting, it has all the clichés of a late '80s and '90s anime: varied color palettes and colorful character designs, dumb action, sci-fi aspects, mechas, space travel and an overall lack of a deeper lore. The anime tells a story that…
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Awkward, Fun, Clumsy, Yet Beautiful At The Same Time. Astro Note Giving The Most Random Cast Mixed In Together Yet Somehow Shine In Between Many Of The Slice Of Life Anime Genre. You Got An Idol, An Old Novelist, An Unemployed Dad With His Son, an Alien Princess With His Alien Dog, A Hikkikomori, And A Chef In The Same Place? It's Like The Assistant Asking The Author How Many Characters He Would Want To Create And The Answer Is YES.
The variety Of The Cast And The Absurd Setup Makes It Uniquer Than Any Other Anime Out There That Usually Focused Too Much On The World Building/Realism While Astro note Just Came In And Straight Punch You In The Gut To Knock You Out From The Expectation Of a "Serious Anime". It's So Much Fun To See How Bird Robots Got RPGed By The Alien Princess Because The…
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'Making a rom-com anime is simple, but making a simple rom-com anime is the hardest thing there is.' - Otaku Cruyff........
Though that was a playful twist on Johan Cruyff's wisdom, it encapsulates what I loved most about 'Astro Note'. That is its simplicity. This anime's charm lies in its straightforwardness, mirrored in every character it portrays. 'Astro Note' is a must-watch, especially if you're nostalgic for the 90s or simply a rom-com enthusiast.
Plot (7/10):
The core of 'Astro Note's' plot is reminiscent of many classic anime, employing the familiar 'living under the same roof' trope. In this regard, 'Maison Ikkoku' notably comes to mind. The young, beautiful female lead who is a 'Mibo-jin,' the presence of a pet dog—these similarities can't be mere coincidences. Yet, despite th…
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Astro Note - You won't be going to space with this one.
It's been a while since we've had any form of anime when it comes to the sci-fi realm (a.k.a original shows), the recent few of which I would remember as being not good at all (a la last season's Metallic Rouge), and very few and far between that I would actually consider to be enjoyable, with one very notable show being Spring 2019's RobiHachi. Why? Because this is the same director who would go on to direct the newest seasonal sci-fi show of the season: Astro Note, a (literate) down-to-Earth rom-com about aliens on a mission on Earth to dig up their treasure and return home, while the humans all live alongside her in an inn, with one particular young man being in love with her, but not knowing her true roots. It's a rom-com that wi…
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