SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation

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Japanese: そにアニ -SUPER SONICO THE ANIMATION-

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 6, 2014 to Mar 24, 2014

Premiered: Winter 2014

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: Genco, Pony Canyon, Movic, Half H.P Studio, AT-X, Nitroplus, KlockWorx, Showgate, Good Smile Company

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: White Fox

Source: Other

Genre: Comedy

Themes: Adult Cast, Music

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.08¹ (scored by 31,933 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #9201²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2263

Members: 87,038

Favorites: 211

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Synopsis

Super Sonico is a clutzy, adorable, and well-endowed 18-year old girl. She's a complete sucker for anything cute, especially stray cats, all of which she giddily adopts. However, though Sonico should be enjoying a carefree and simple lifestyle as a young college student, her life is really anything but easy: she must balance being a professional model, working part-time at her grandmother's restaurant, and practicing guitar and performing concerts with her friends Suzu Fujimi and Fuuri Watanuki in their band, First Astronomical Velocity—all while attending college. SoniAni: Super Sonico the Animation follows Sonico as she faces daunting challenges in her search for her place in the world, even when her days are brimming with love and happiness.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Super Sonico

Main

Yamamoto, Ayano
Japanese

Watanuki, Fuuri

Main

Ozaki, Mami
Japanese

Fujimi, Suzu

Main

Gotou, Mai
Japanese

Kitamura

Supporting

Takeuchi, Ryouta
Japanese

Leila

Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko
Japanese

Tomano, Kyouko

Supporting

Itou, Shizuka
Japanese

Satsurikuin, Ouka

Supporting

Kanemoto, Hisako
Japanese

Joujouji, Kabuko

Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko
Japanese

Kinomoto, Sayaka

Supporting

Toyoguchi, Megumi
Japanese

Sakura, Kayono

Supporting

Yuzuki, Ryouka
Japanese

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Iwasa, Gaku

Producer

Oosawa, Nobuhiro

Producer

Doi, Yoshinao

Producer

Kawamura, Kenichi

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

	1: "Beat goes on!" by Super Sonico (eps 1)
	2: "SuperSoSuperSoni♥ (すぱそにっ♥)" by Super Sonico (eps 2-6, 8-12)

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Ending Theme

	1: "LOVE THE WORLD" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 1)
	2: "Sky Love Hurricane (スカイラブハリケーン)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 2)
	3: "Summer Illusion (サマーイリュージョン)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 3)
	4: "Moonlight de Buttobase! ~MOONLIGHT STAR~ (ムーンライトでぶっとばせ! 〜MOONLIGHT STAR〜)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 4)
	5: "Crystal Dream (クリスタル・ドリーム)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 5)
	6: "Nightmare Buster (ナイトメア・バスター)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 6)
	7: "Star Rain (スターレイン)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 7)
	8: "Shinjitsu no Hikari (真実のヒカリ)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 8)
	9: "Go! Go! (ゴー!ゴー!)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 9)
	10: "Affection" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 10)
	11: "Very Merry (ベリメリ)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 11)
	12: "SuperOrbital" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (eps 12)

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Reviews

Apr 22, 2014

Bacon_Party

Recommended

This is the first time I've written a review on MAL, but I feel the need to because I think all people see when they look at this anime is Super Sonico and all that she and her merchandise implies and automatically discard it. While I can't really blame them for that because the merchandise implies a lot, I gave it a chance and was pleasantly surprised. While it's no masterpiece, the fanservice was mild, the characters outside of Sonico were actually interesting and engaging, the soundtrack was excellent, and overall it was enjoyable to watch.

---Story 7/10---
The anime was fairly episodic, and it didn't ...

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Apr 2, 2014

abystoma2

Mixed Feelings

I'm gonna disagree with all the previous reviews: this anime is not so bad. I've seen better, but I've seen worse ones.

Story: 5/10
Well, this is not the "Wow, so much plot twist I din't seen that coming" anime. This is nice, relaxing anime. Something you can watch if you really don´t want to think at the moment.

Art: 7/10
Art is quite well done, and I really like the endings (my personall favourite was the one at the end of episode 10). Don't expect any super computer modeled fight scenes, but who would with music/ slice of life genre.

Sound: 8/10
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Mar 28, 2014

GonzoLewd

Not Recommended

What do you usually get from something inherently a marketing ploy for an animation studio, no more minor, for an anime? Most people don’t think of it much and go with the flow while they’re suckered into the gimmick. Not that there’s anything wrong with that at all. When the marketing has something to show for it with lots of fun creativity mixed in to make the experience worthwhile, it can be conceived as quality entertainment for the masses. Now take most of those qualities away that make the show quality entertainment, and you have Super Sonico the Animation.

Showcasing the boobilicious Super Sonico, the mascot ... of the company Nitroplus, the show is mainly existing to appease the fans of Sonico to have her show where she is the main star. I never really knew much about this particular character outside of being part of some April Fools joke that Nitroplus put out in the ONA for Madoka Magica until I saw the poster for the Winter season and showed it to her in nothing but a tight slim bikini. Likewise, I was intrigued to see where Nitroplus was going with this angle of giving their mascot some much-needed life into her to make her more than just something purely for aesthetic beauty, for better or for worse. By the time I was halfway done with the show, I couldn’t help but wonder how a show like this can’t seem to get down the crucial steps of making a character endearing and charming.

When you get right down to it, this show is mainly about Sonico, and the show doesn’t even try to make the rest of the characters slightly exciting or entertaining. Sonico must have enough charisma to carry the show forward to keep the charm looking fresh on the eyes and pleasant to listen to with our ears. Unfortunately, the amount of personality is almost second to none because she’s not a fleshed-out character. In the sense that whenever I look at Sonico, It’s not that she’s a bad character because her only reason for existing is that she has big breasts. It’s just that all I see from her archetype is a mascot. Throughout the majority of the time, they do absolutely nothing to make her seem like more than just a mascot, and we watch her do everyday activities without any significant growth.

There’s even an episode where they give Sonico some material that makes her more of a human character that involves her interacting with other people and learning about what they do and how they live out their lives. As most people would expect, it does not include any fanservice shoved down our throats. Now, this becomes a big problem in the form of a question: What is this show supposed to be? Is it a pure fanservice show? A slice of life show? An all-girl rock band show? Or is it a zombie horror show? These genres mixed in an episodic fashion, badly, I might add, make Super Sonico a show extremely puzzling to figure out what it wants to be. It can be frustrating for me, who wanted a fun fanservice show only to have around 3 to 4 episodes entirely devoted to it. The rest are only partially present, and even those aren’t that titillating to even be acknowledged.

To extrapolate my point about Sonico being a flat character, many might see that her cheery personality and optimistic nature fuel her as likable and charismatic. You can have someone like Sonico just fine with those qualities, but you can’t just rely on them alone because it makes her a person with no humanity. Since she’s nothing more than a mascot character, I can never see her as anything else but that unless she’s been given enough development for me or anyone to care about her. Sadly the number of scenes shared with Sonico and her friends wouldn’t be enough to see Sonico as anything but bland.

As you might already know, Super Sonico’s music consists mainly of your standard J-rock compositions that play from the Opening, Ending, and some concert scenes in some episodes. These are some of the best qualities of Super Sonico. The opening theme is rhythmically fast, and a fast vocal performance that compliments each other. There’s always a different ED song in each episode that is always welcomed, especially with a show focused on music. Despite the rather average CG animation on the characters, the concert scenes are pleasant to listen to, thanks to the top-notch vocals.

The technical aspects of the show do have some high-quality art to make the show look pretty by the animation studio White Fox, who’s no stranger to animating some of Nitroplus’s more well-known original works such as Steins;Gate. Not to say that Super Sonico achieves that same level of quality as that show, or even White Fox's other recent effort Hataraku Maou-sama. Sonico is drawn nicely with her firm thighs and nice breasts complimenting her well-endowed figure. I’ve briefly mentioned the CG in the concert scenes, and that’s probably the weakest aspect of the animation. Don’t come here and expect Angel Beats quality concert animation with this one. There were several moments when the drummer’s playing style wasn’t syncing correctly with the music and even with some of the guitar playing.

I could consider this show as somewhat of a disappointment, but on the other hand, I wasn’t expecting much either. There may have been some good ideas in giving some decent fanservice for the season, but I kept looking at the clock to see if the episode was almost over. The show just kept dragging on and on over really simplistic characters that aren’t all that enthralling or entertaining to look at. It’s far from the worst. It would just be best to listen to the OSTs of the show and have fun with those than the actual fanservice. When even that becomes more memorable than the titillation, that’s not a negative to be taken lightly.

Grade: D+

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