Kuuchuu Buranko


Welcome to Irabu's Office

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Synonyms: Kuchu Buranko, Trapeze, Flying Trapeze
Japanese: 空中ブランコ
English: Welcome to Irabu's Office
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Type: TV
Episodes: 11
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 15, 2009 to Dec 24, 2009
Premiered: Fall 2009
Broadcast: Fridays at 00:45 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Toei Animation
Source: Novel
Genres: Avant GardeAvant Garde, DramaDrama
Themes: MedicalMedical, PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Ranked: #7652
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Popularity: #2157
Members: 94,094
Favorites: 1,279

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Very similar style in which they tell their stories. You see events from different perspectives and how everyone is related by the end of each series. They each may seem solely episodic but by the end you see the big picture and how everything fit together. They're both pretty psychological and delve into its characters minds to confront their delusions and problems. 
report Recommended by Danish
They both are informative comedies explaining mental illnesses that commonly plague us anime watching cretins. Everything from social anxiety to getting boners. Anime de Wakaru Shinryounaika is the more informative of the two but the comedy falls completely flat, luckily the episodes are only 5 minutes long. Kuuchuu Buranko is the more comedic of the two with it's bizarre imagery that incorporates live-action several times within the episodes, which I find to be quite off-putting. In any case, the two shows are noticeably similar and if you like one then you will probably like the other. 
report Recommended by born2biscuit
Both of these anime deal with the psycosis of the mind, paranoia, problems with how people mentally think, as a good deal of the characters have some sort of problem with themselves or other people around them, coming from having some sort of mental problem that needs to be fixed. Of course... the way the problems are fixed varies in the two shows. 
report Recommended by Yemi_Hikari
Both works are about investigating disorders. Kuuchuu Buranko is about treating actual psychiatric disorders while Bakemonogatari is about treating the supernatural. Think of Buranko as the psychiatric version of Bakemonogatari and Bakemonogatari as the supernatural version of Buranko. 
report Recommended by Yukariki
Kuchu Buranko is the newest series made by the same staff of Mononoke. Despite having considerable different themes and settings, both have unique art style and animation techniques, with mysterious and intriguing plots led by mysterious and intriguing main characters. If you're enjoying Kuchu Buranko, check Mononoke. If you enjoyed Mononoke, check Kuchu Buranko. 
report Recommended by Mah_Marina
Both of them deal with the inner universe within a human's head. We explore various images of unconscious through an unique style of animation and character designs. Mind Game and Kuchu Buranko also features some real actors playing roles of anime characters. Sometimes they're integrated in the whole picture, by adding some drawn elements to their appearance, sometimes they completely separate from anime. PS personally don't like to write recs after the first ep, but in this case it seems that Kuchu will work out in Mind Game style. 
report Recommended by Iahel
Wonderfully, these two anime capture your attention from the start. The protagonists of the series dually act as minor and major roles in the "episodic" storyline. The two protagonists from Bartender and Trapeze tend to deal with peoples social troubles and help them solve them through strangely fitting and often intriguing ways. The anime Bartender is more serious, while Trapeze cracks jokes to enhance the psychedelic mood. If you're contemplating on watching these and are led astray by the art or concept, give either a try! If you enjoyed or are enjoying either, check the other one out - you won't be disappointed. 
report Recommended by Detective
Both anime are crazy comedies about psychological issues. They include playing with different types of animation and are drawn in an uniqe way.  
report Recommended by Snowley
Both shows are psychological shows with some zany "realistic" character designs. Kuuchuu is about an array of psychological problems while Aku no Hana is about growing up. 
report Recommended by umami_bomb
Many characters go through deep changes and development, facing their personal obstacles with other people. They have interesting meaning behind characters' actions and also unique/creative art style and animation that fits fine with their tone. Not very hard to understand what is happening but I'm sure you might have a lot of struggle with these 
report Recommended by Joshhhp
Let's look a little deeper into who you are and what makes you tick and all the colorful secrets will come spilling out! Artiswitch and Kuchuu Buranko use vibrant, flashy and surreal imagery to discuss real world issues like mental health. Nina the witch and Dr. Irabu are both strange colorful main characters who mysteriously help people with their problems in often bizarre ways. 
report Recommended by MikeOnHighway61
Both deal with psychological problems and the ways to solve them. The visual part is also similar - it gives the viewer the same feeling of irreality. Both are filled with weird characters. 
report Recommended by Aimeecchi
While the genres are worlds apart, the striking visuals in this anime reminded me of those in Madoka Magica. There are alternate universes called "witch's labyrinths" where the background changes from your usual anime style to include bright collage art, paper cut-out images, and cute but creepy creatures. If you enjoy more serious anime and liked the sudden switch of art style or concurrently used styles featured in Kuuchuu Buranko, I'd recommend checking out Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica! You may end up falling in love with the story and OST as well~  
report Recommended by lamentingempath
Far-fetched? Possibly, but at its core Gintama and Kuuchuu Buranko are anime focusing on an individual's story in a world where everyone has a story. While Kuuchuu Buranko tends to delve into psychology their focus on storytelling and the use of an indirectly/directly involved protagonist leads to heart-warming tales. They also have their fair share of dirty jokes. 
report Recommended by Kylax-
Super surreal and unorthodox animation style with colourful and bright palette.  
report Recommended by FireX
both shows revolve around new characters(or characters only appearing in one episode) interacting with the main character(in death parade, a bartender, and in kuuchu buranko, a psychologist), resulting in psychological breakdowns in the character's lives. in death parade, it takes place in a purgatory bar where two episodic characters have to play games to either be resurrected or to enter the void resulting in psychological break downs and their true emotions releasing out. and in kuuchu buranko, the episodic characters visit this crazy psychologist who has a fetish for injections, and have him go through their daily lives to improve a psychological problem/mental illness the  read more 
report Recommended by NintensityCrowds
While both shows have completely different generes, both share everything else. Both anime share the episodic style with interconected story points and characters that get foreshadowed every episode. Both are carefully woven stories with interesting characters crossing paths and storylines. Both share a distinctive art style, Kuuchuu Buranko being more chaotic and colorful, and Odd Taxi being... well... represented with animals as characters. Both share a protagonist which serves as a center and in some cases guide for the rest of the cast while dealing with problems of their own. Kuuchuu Buranko is way mor extravagant and weird, but if you enjoy the inteligent format of  read more 
report Recommended by -Names
Strange and psychological, with a creative art style. Much more upbeat in comparison! 
report Recommended by bonethieves
I feel like if you liked Popee for it's surrealism, you'd appreciate Kuuchuu Buranko. They both have such similar color palettes (bright, bouncy, and neon) and tone while watching them. 
report Recommended by rebenoks
Interesting art choices, characters with their own issues 
report Recommended by _slowdiver
Very similar psychological themes focused around critically thinking to uncover latent problems and solutions. 
report Recommended by EmilCioran
Both have unrelated characters that end up indirectly linked by a chain of events. 
report Recommended by nightlord6
Probably makes just as much sense. You understood Dead Leaves when you weren't high? One step up yourself with 'Welcome to Irabu's Office'. 
report Recommended by Honch
Both Kuuchuu Buranko and Nanbaka have eye-popping crazy animation style that you can't look away from. They both have a unique cast of characters, and random comedy to lighten up the grim setting (Being in jail vs getting treated for a mental disorder). 
report Recommended by Third-Impact
Though both are vastly different in genre and plots, the two are very similar in terms of presentation. For those who fell for the artistic usage of patterns in Gankutsuou as I did, then Kuuchuu Buranko might be for you. KB is a mish-mash of medias, combining colorful, ornate patterns with live media. Like Gankutsuou, it is was truly makes this eleven episode series unique. Also, as stated before, despite the different genres and telling of stories, the two have compelling tales, and is certainly worth a watch for something different than the norm of today's ecchi and otherwise. 
report Recommended by radishleaf
Deals with psychology. If you liked Kuuchuu, Perfect Blue is definitively worth checking out as it falls into that abstract psychological genre as Kuuchuu, Mind Game, Paranoia Agent and Paprika. These series are King in value, in my opinion.  
report Recommended by Zeromus267
This may seem crazy, seeing that xxxHolic is a supernatural show and Kuchu Buranko is about psychological disorders, but if you look beyond their genre they really are rather similar. Both shows involve the main characters and their sidekicks solving people's problems; both make you look at things from a different perspective; and both have problem solvers who are rather crazy, Irabu in one and Yuuko in another. Effective, but crazy. Plot-wise, xxxHolic and its sequel are more developed as there are way more episodes, but they're both equally entertaining. 
report Recommended by Athena
Both animes use real people in the shows  
report Recommended by wabowser
Zany animation, eccentric characters and a very eye opening, unique feature of introducing real humans in anime.  
report Recommended by arimakenshin
Various psychiatric disorder 
report Recommended by Cthulhu
Kuuchuu Buranko as well as Jigoku Shoujo tell their stories more or less episodically. The doctor of Kuuchuu Buranko as well as Hell Girl of Jigoku Shoujo are similar to one another: they always know more than everyone else, be it a diagnosis or coming up with a suitable revenge. 
report Recommended by Dawnrazor
both of them attract with the atmosphere and performance of the complete madness, put in an order which makes it impossible to turn eyes off it. 
report Recommended by iwanbakari
Both have really vivid colors and a seemingly light and cheery atmosphere with very dark and twisted undertones.  
report Recommended by olboyfloats
Both of these shows start off as episodic, with their main topics being people with mental problems and complexes. Both shows reference future and past episodes if you pay attention to the background. Boogiepop gets a continuous story as it progresses, but trapeze sticks with its problem of the week set up. Atmosphere wise, they're exact opposites, but both stray from the norm. If you liked one, try the other. 
report Recommended by M0richild
There are weird people in both shows and a similar use of vibrant and saturated colors. 
report Recommended by Kiiroi
Both shows have a very unique art style. Although the theme of Kuuchuu Buranko is a little bit more serious, they both give of a similar feeling. 
report Recommended by Raasontu
Both anime has an element of using real people. Cooking Idol has a segment of real people instructing cooking, while Kuchu Buranko has real people in the anime. 
report Recommended by tsubasalover