Tsukigakirei (月がきれい) (Tsuki ga Kirei) is a 12 episode original romance anime by studio Feel. The anime aired in the Spring of 2017.
In the beginning of his third year of middle school Azumi Kotaro notices a classmate named Mizuno Akane. Akane notices Kotaro as well and shows signs on interest in at least getting to know him. The problem is that both of them are incredibly shy around anyone they are not familiar with. When they are both recruited to the clean up crew for a school event they both see a way of breaking he communication barrier with an online chat program.
Slowly but surely their relationship grows to the point where romance enters the picture. Beyond their mutual communications problems there are external forces that threaten to shatter the thin connection they have established. Can they overcome their own awkwardness and fend off external problems to see if their relationship can grow or will they succumb to adolescent awkwardness and confusion.
It's been quite a long time since I have watched a romance that really grabbed me. I had originally caught the first episode when it began airing but had to set it aside due to time constraints. In the push to clear up my stupidly long Crunchyroll queue I picked it up again and wasted no time burning through it. The series was pretty decent, calming, dream like and frustrating at the same time. The main characters are obnoxiously timid with much of the in person communications being little more than positive noises instead of actual dialogue. But beyond their unrealistic portrayals the pacing and overall story are enjoyable and welcomed in the ever increasing world of junk romance anime.
That said there are a few issues with the series beyond its plot and characters...the animation. It's like there were two groups doing the artwork, your A-team that focused on the backgrounds and main character designs. And the D-group that was responsible for filling in everything else. I didn't notice it until a few episodes in but a good portion of the background characters look like Nintendo Mii's, its really weird and distracting. This is heightened by the enjoyable washed out set pieces and the main character designs. Its really noticeable when a shot is outside with a lot of people milling about, they all have a similar posture and gait that makes things really awkward and bad. I was embarrassed for the studio, it's that bad. I really started to pay attention to it once i picked up on it and at some times got to distracted from the story its self, especially when they were in Kyoto for a school trip.
Aside from the horrible 2nd animation division work the anime was really enjoyable, it could have been longer but its better it wasn't. Instead of wrapping it up in the final credits I would have really liked an OAV to cover some of that material instead. In a few ways it reminded me of a more realistic and enjoyable Suzuka, especially given the severe lack of modern fan-service!
The series was licensed by Funimation in North America and is currently available for streaming on Crunchyroll.
In the beginning of his third year of middle school Azumi Kotaro notices a classmate named Mizuno Akane. Akane notices Kotaro as well and shows signs on interest in at least getting to know him. The problem is that both of them are incredibly shy around anyone they are not familiar with. When they are both recruited to the clean up crew for a school event they both see a way of breaking he communication barrier with an online chat program.
Slowly but surely their relationship grows to the point where romance enters the picture. Beyond their mutual communications problems there are external forces that threaten to shatter the thin connection they have established. Can they overcome their own awkwardness and fend off external problems to see if their relationship can grow or will they succumb to adolescent awkwardness and confusion.
It's been quite a long time since I have watched a romance that really grabbed me. I had originally caught the first episode when it began airing but had to set it aside due to time constraints. In the push to clear up my stupidly long Crunchyroll queue I picked it up again and wasted no time burning through it. The series was pretty decent, calming, dream like and frustrating at the same time. The main characters are obnoxiously timid with much of the in person communications being little more than positive noises instead of actual dialogue. But beyond their unrealistic portrayals the pacing and overall story are enjoyable and welcomed in the ever increasing world of junk romance anime.
That said there are a few issues with the series beyond its plot and characters...the animation. It's like there were two groups doing the artwork, your A-team that focused on the backgrounds and main character designs. And the D-group that was responsible for filling in everything else. I didn't notice it until a few episodes in but a good portion of the background characters look like Nintendo Mii's, its really weird and distracting. This is heightened by the enjoyable washed out set pieces and the main character designs. Its really noticeable when a shot is outside with a lot of people milling about, they all have a similar posture and gait that makes things really awkward and bad. I was embarrassed for the studio, it's that bad. I really started to pay attention to it once i picked up on it and at some times got to distracted from the story its self, especially when they were in Kyoto for a school trip.
Aside from the horrible 2nd animation division work the anime was really enjoyable, it could have been longer but its better it wasn't. Instead of wrapping it up in the final credits I would have really liked an OAV to cover some of that material instead. In a few ways it reminded me of a more realistic and enjoyable Suzuka, especially given the severe lack of modern fan-service!
The series was licensed by Funimation in North America and is currently available for streaming on Crunchyroll.
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