Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku: Kinetograph

During the Taishou period of early 20th-century Japan, Haru Asagi is sent to work as a maid to support her struggling family. The Miyanomori family, which she serves, is highly influential across Japan and consists of one of the nation's top magnates and his six sons—but power and money have brought out the cruelest in these brothers.

When the head of the family announces his retirement, the six Miyanomori brothers are left to vie for his position. With 18 years of experience separating the oldest and youngest brothers, frustration and competition are rife. As a result, Haru is left to deal with each of the vastly different siblings and explore the depths of their true selves. All the while, a greater conflict lies in wait with the potential to destroy everything their father has built for them.

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Miyanomori, Isami Main

Tasaka, Hideki Japanese

Miyanomori, Susumu Main

Kakehashi, Atsushi Japanese

Miyanomori, Masashi Main

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Miyanomori, Shigeru Main

Maeda, Takeshi Japanese

Miyanomori, Hiroshi Main

Kishio, Daisuke Japanese

Asagi, Haru Main

Saitou, Yuka Japanese

Miyanomori, Tadashi Main

Miyauchi, Atsushi Japanese

Miyanomori, Mamoru Supporting

Tai, Yuuki Japanese

Kuzuya, Naoyuki Director

Nakano, Tooru Sound Director

Akao, Deko Script

Annabel Theme Song Performance

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Sep 12, 2021

sourguava

Recommended

this anime has so much potential, the characters are hot af, the main character has a personality and i think they could make this story very ineresting and juicy. the only reason why i gave this a low score is bc there is only 2 episode like how could you make such hot guys with spicy personalities a 2 episode event it was the worst tease ever i hope there will be a remake or more episodes coming out. the art was awesome and everyone had their own story- it would of been nice to get a glimpse of their pasts and see how that ... plays into now because all the sons feel some type of way toward their father plus in the last 30 minutes a murder mystery appears and it made me have so many more questions

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 28, 2017

vivalcomb

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (1/2 eps)

I've seen 1 of the 2 parts and it seems to normalize unhealthy relationships. I'm not sure if the men are supposed to be tsundere but it's really not enjoyable to watch. The animation is good and they put a lot of care into the details. However, all of the characters are really one-dimensional and arrogant and status-obsessed. The main protagonist is spineless and an airhead and I get frustrated watching her. I hate how she's 'caring' as her main virtue but completely useless. I like the idea of a dynastic competition though for an inheritance. There are also too many main characters (I think ... 5 or 6 sons?) and it gets really confusing and in such a short amount of time, it's hard to sympathize with any of the characters. I didn't enjoy this even though the animation and the aesthetics were outstanding.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 23, 2021

kovya

Not Recommended

Kinetograph is an anime based off an otome visual novel.

So, first and foremost, I think it's fair to say that it's more "promotional material" than "anime".
That's the reason why most otoge-anime aren't ~good~: the plot jumps around to cover the different routes, the characters seems flimsy. Fans don't see enough of what they love and random viewers don't understand what's going on. It's no surprise, considering these +30h games are adapted into 4h series. Kinetograph itself is adapted into a 1h40 run.

For those reasons, I try to watch otoge-anime with an open mind. In Kinetograph's case, I expected a sneak peek that would hype myself ... up to read the VN. With it being an Otomate story + set in the Taishou era, I thought I'd enjoy immensely. I was reeeeally wrong.

The art was fine, the opening and ending songs were pretty nice, but the love interests...
Episode 1 was HARD to sit through. Yes, it's the Taishou era and yes, the Miyanomori are the rich upper class, while Haru/MC is *just* a maid. But I figured that, with this being an otome, we would be given reasons to like the brothers? To ship/romance them? Instead we get this snob bunch making Haru/MC's life hard for no reason at all and calling her "trash" ALL THE TIME. Susumu seems to be the gentle one out of the six, but he's basically nonexistant... Tae, the tsundere co-worker, seemed like a love interest much more than any of the brothers.

Episode 2 tries to make up for lost time and adds a bunch of silly bits and some romantic (?) scenes but, honestly, at this point I couldn't care less about it. The silver lining was that it did hint at a bigger political issue the game probably explores, but Haru/MC didn't seem involved in it at all, which was a disappointment.

In the end, I couldn't enjoy it one bit (even more knowing the score for this is higher than some of the other otoge-anime).

Before writing this, I did see some positive reviews of the game, but I figure that's all the more reason NOT to watch the anime - your interest might be snuffed out, like mine was.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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