Dec 19, 2014
Since this is based solely on my opinions of the show and I'm not an expert or specialist in the area, I would call this a commentary rather than a review. Also, because it is my first time writing something like this, minor spoilers and misjudgments are expected.
I will begin by stating how I quite enjoyed Denki-Gai no Honya-san. After getting to know about the show and reading a bit about it, I sincerely did not expect much from Denki-Gai. As time went by and episodes kept airing, I began to like it more and more and ended up being a good, short one season
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anime.
Story - 6
I believe that the story of Denki-Gai was quite simple. Definitely not the strong point of the show. Although that doesn't mean it was bad.
What I took from every week's episode was that the story was about the people who worked at the bookstore, how the bookstore itself worked and it gave me a bit of information about the manga industry in Japan. More specifically, about "doujinshi", a word I heard a couple of times but had no idea what it actually meant.
There were also references to other anime which were quite smart and amusing, but the one which takes the cake, in my opinion, (SPOILER ALERT) is the one in the last episode, in which the characters cosplayed other characters from different shows voiced by the same seiyu. It's a shame that I only recognised the simplest one, Kantoku as Kirito from SAO (Matsuoka Yoshitsugu).
Art/Animation - 6
To clarify things, I did not found the animation bad. It was not that good, but in hindsight, I felt that it was appropriate to the anime.
I won't say/write anything else about it, because I have very few knowledge about anime animation.
Sound - 7
I found the OP and the ED songs enjoyable and quite cheerful. Other than that there was nothing about sound that stood out for me, except for, the (SPOILER ALERT) "Boys don't hate underwear" voice.
Characters - 8
With Denki-Gai no Honya-san you don't get a lot of characters overall. What you do get are quite a few characters very relevant (Hio-tan, Umio, Sensei, Kantoku, Fu Girl, Kameko and Sommelier), two not so relevant, which still matter (G-Men and Tsumorin) and finally the rest, which I feel that are only there to make the store look legitimate and provide some extra laughs, for example, the manager.
My opinion is that the character development is acceptable. You get to know more about the characters' past and you see, in some, them changing a little bit gradually.
I would just like to add that I kept thinking that Umio was being ignored midway and at the end of the anime, but with the last episode, that "issue" was fixed. Also the seiyu for Sommelier should receive an award for best seiyu of 2014 because those lines were just class. XD
Enjoyment - 9
This is where, in my opinion, the show shined. It was so entertaining, I started laughing in the beginning and would only stop after the episode ended.
Needless to say that was always happy to know it was Thursday and I would be able to see a new episode of Denki-Gai.
All in all, for me, this show was comedic gold. No matter how I was feeling before watching an episode, I always felt much better after watching it. The anime certainly gave me a lot of smiles while it was airing.
I apologise if the review/commentary is a bit long so...
tl;dr: Great comedy and characters, short and enjoyable anime; Tomita Takahiro best seiyu 2014 AHAHA.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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