Photokano is about a boy Maeda Kazuya whose father passes his old camera to him. "Through the viewfinder" (he says it that way), he meets girls, and told in separate episodes, develops romances with each of them.
Story: 5/10
The initial premise frankly doesn't sound too bad. You are given introductory episodes where Maeda meets the heroines. After that, each of the heroines' romance stories with Maeda is told in one episode. Each route follows the same format: an encounter that puts Maeda on the girl's route, problem, resolution, confession, then ending. Because each route is crammed into one episode, everything is rushed, and abrupt development
...
Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Foto Kano, Photograph Girlfriend
Japanese: フォトカノ
More titlesInformation
Type:
TV
Episodes:
13
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Apr 5, 2013 to Jun 28, 2013
Premiered:
Spring 2013
Broadcast:
Unknown
Licensors:
Sentai Filmworks
Studios:
Madhouse
Source:
Visual novel
Theme:
School
Duration:
23 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Statistics
Ranked:
#90912
2
based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity:
#1837
Members:
133,384
Favorites:
182
Available AtResourcesStreaming Platforms | Reviews
Filtered Results: 9 / 26
Sort
Your Feelings Categories Jul 9, 2013
*If you're not into reading too many sentences, just read the conclusion parts*
**There is some comparison and minor spoilers in this review** "I dont like take a people photo, their smile doesnt matching with what in their mind" - Hikari Sanehara (Episode 7) PhotoKano is an anime that you wouldnt find in anywhere. Using same method as Amagami SS and Yosuga no Sora called Omnibus format*. Photokano is said to be the successor of those both anime. Many people like me (who loves Amagami SS) have a high expectation about this anime, since like i said before not many anime using this format. So is this anime ... Jun 10, 2013
Well this series kind of felt boring for me since the romance wasn't really that developed. It's like Amagami except that the girls fall in love a lot easier and well... the guy just takes pictures of the various heroines in each route.
I personally think that the whole point of this show is really just focusing about taking the photos of the girlfriends in each episodes as the title suggests Photokano which means Photo Girlfriend. I wouldn't really recommend this series but if you have lots of free time and like romance genre, you can try watching this and might come like it but who ... Jul 11, 2013
I thought it was decent, the first four episodes set it up pretty well, because it had also served as the common "Arc" for the rest, however because it was based off of a dating game, the rest of the episodes didn't have very much depth to them.
I didn't mind the idea, in fact I liked how they made the series treat the other girls as canon as he "did their route" but they condensed each story into one episode with the exception of one character in which they gave her two episodes and of course she felt more round than the others because ... Jun 29, 2013
Photokano was described as the spiritual successor to Amagami SS prior to it's airing. This fact alone made wanting to watch Photokano appealing. However, in the end, this particular anime did not satisfy the romantic in me and likely not in you.
Story: The story is an omnibus format which simply means the show is split into stand alone arcs. This is arguable the biggest flaw. There are simply not enough episodes to flesh out any meaning in the relationships given the number of heroines. Being a romance at it's core, Photokano does a very average job in capturing the emotions ... Jul 1, 2013
Photokano
Story (6) Follows Maeda Kazuya, After a boring Summer he receives a gift of a Camera from his father, From there he gets addicted to it due to him seeing the ability it has to expand and enhance his social life. Using Photography to enhance a social life or improve an non-existing one is rather unique, But that is pretty much the only positive about the story. The early episodes pans out in a way that everyone who takes pictures is perverts, It has this darker side i just didn't expect from Photokano, For example blackmailing a girl for her to take pictures of her in ... Apr 2, 2016
Its a great anime after you watch one that is either way to serious or feelsy.
It isn't that great in terms of a sophiscated story but is is kinda heartwarming and happy sort of anime. watched it after Your lie in April so it definitely cheered me up. art is pretty good but i have a bias towards clean/smoother animations characters are underdeveloped but its all happy endings so all good after you finished a trip on the feels train. ... Aug 12, 2013
When I started watching Photo Kano, I initially though that it would be a single story, harem style anime. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Photo Kano is an anime that has alternate "arcs", so to speak.
In every arc, the protagonist ends up with a different girl. In my opinion, I dislike anime in which the episodes contain the different arcs. I would prefer that the protagonist ends up with one girl in the main episodes and that the others are made into different episodes, probably much like Clannad. But that's just my opinion. The main arc was kind of interesting but when I found out that Photo ... Jan 24, 2024
It's an anime with a good premise, but the development of the routes is too fast.
The protagonist, who resembles Shinji from Evangelion to some extent, has an interesting personality, and his passion for photography is noteworthy - capturing not just beauty but also expressing the true feelings of a person. The anime initially focuses on introducing the protagonist, showcasing scenes, the girls, secondary characters, etc. However, it gives the impression that the anime devoted too much time to the introduction and forgot to focus on the girls. Three episodes are concentrated on the introduction, and the events to introduce the girls could have been spread across ... |


