Both series contains realistic depiction of problems that people might face in their lives and great illustration of their mental state and changes while confronting the problems. In addition, the music and art style are excellent and very suited for these slice of life stories.
Otona Joshi is more oriented to mature audience, while 5 cm/s is perhaps more suited to younger and older alike.
Mature, thoughtful stories about adult women living in contemporary Japan. Neither show shies away from realistic depictions of romance, sex, and failed relationships. Both have a strong sense of melancholy interspersed with levity at life's absurdities, and their protagonists make difficult and interesting decisions. Nana is long and lacks a conclusive ending; Anime Time tells four unrelated short stories. In each case it's less about the destination than the journey.
Otona Joshi no Anime Time and Nana both focus on the inner lives of adult women, using a narrator as a way to complicate simple actions and to explain to or frustrate the viewer.
Otona Joshi is an anthology, while Nana is driven by one of two characters the entire time, but the examinations of obligation to loved ones, self-imposed isolation, and traditional roles of women are not only examined in both, but seem to share a similar sense of value. Nana is just more upfront, probably due to the longer run time.
Both series are stories based on actual literature. Though the audience for both are vastly different, they both take on very mature and profound themes about life. I think that anyone who appreciates the rawness of literary stories would enjoy both.
I think these animes are both intended for the same target group.
Both show different complex female/male-relationship between adults/ older adults .
Otona Joshi no Anime Time is more poetic and focuses on the women while Ristorante Paradiso shows the relationships mostly from the male perspective and has more steady art.
both rumiko takahashi anthology and otona joshi no anime time are episodic shows about daily situations that can be a little uncommon but can happen to anyone.
rumiko takahashi´s is more light hearted with some comedy and anime time has a really nice animation and it really goes deeper into the characters minds and feelings while rumiko series is more about the situations
Both involve older Japanese women, often reminiscing on their pasts and their dissatisfactions in life; they often recount specific childhood memories, and trace these memories back to the person they'd become, abandoning the life they thought they should have been living for a new way of life that brings them true happiness.
(they also both operate under a romantic slant!)
Both have simple but deep stories about the daily lifes of women made by different directors for each episode.
"Otona Joshi no Anime Time" has completely different stories whereas "Near Death!! Ekoda-chan" super short episodes are based on the same manga.
The artstyles are extremely unusual and more appealing for arty people I guess. They vary from episode to episode.
I really think someone who likes one of them could be interested in the other one since they are rare finds of anime about/for grown up and a little bit weird women.
Anyone who enjoys short stories or shot films understand how challenging it is to create them. Their objectives are different than a feature film or a novel. They focus on specific literary elements (e.g, theme, style, narrative structure, mood, etc) to communicate the intent of the author. Otona Joshi no Anime Time and Aki no Kanade provide a glipse into the lives of your everyday women and the issues they face. Aki no Kanade provides a more positive outlook than Otona Joshi no Anime Time. Otona Joshi no Anime Time is better at crafting short stories and has better visuals compared to Aki no Kanade. Both are still very much worth your attention.read more
Few anime focus on the lives of adult women and the difficulties of their relationships in a realistic manner. Otona Joshi no Anime Time and The Garden of Words are animated short stories that portray the lives of five women and how they deal with their personal issues. I count these two titles among the few anime shorts that are worth watching. Their stories would stand up as a live-action short film.
While Tokyo Marble Chocolate and Otona Joshi no Anime Time are anime shorts about relationships, they make different choices when it comes to style, narrative, and mood. This is likely due to the age and personalities of the characters. Chizuru (Tokyo Marble Chocolate) is cheerful and a little naive so the anime is very colourful, bubbly, a little whimsical. As an anthology, Otona Joshi no Anime Time does not have a consistent style or mood, but does have one or two short stories that is heart warming. It is very difficult to create a engaging anime shorts, but these two are standouts.
Two anime anthologies structured around a single theme - goodbyes and journeys in Tabi Machi Late Show, and adult relationships in Otona Joshi no Anime Time. Both titles have a natural/realistic outlook on life rather than a romanticized outlook.
Flavors of Youth is likely the most known title anime anthologies not based on a franchise given its international distribution by Netflix and may give more attention to other anthologies and anime shorts. Otona Joshi no Anime Time benefits from having different animators and directors responsible for each episode, which allow teams to make creative decisions to highlight their own literary elements (e.g, theme, style, narrative structure, mood, etc). Flavors of Youth benefits from having a single vision across the anime, which creates more cohesion in the anthology and in this case a higher animation budget. If you're looking for more anthologies and anime shorts then Otona Joshi no Anime Time would be a good option. read more
Both of them are made in no-anime style. I don't mean graphic (but in Jin-Roh it's more realistic than nice). These works resemble serious movie so much like director didn't find any good actors and decided to make an anime.
These are collections of very realistic and reflective stand-alone stories, with each focusing on an adult in modern Japanese society and the things that they deal with.
Both are josei/slice of life that share similar themes. Focusing on the lives of 30-something working women making their way in a modern world. The tone is different (though there is some overlapping). Otona is a somber and nostalgic character study of the four different women. Hataraki Man is more 'sex & the city', but in a good way.
Mature and realistic slice of life, female point of view.
If you enjoyed the slow pace and you are in one of those "look at yourself in the mirror" kind of moods this is exactly what you are looking for.
Slightly nostalgic, bittersweet, very enjoyable watch.
I really wish there was more like this!
