Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Specials

Since the total runtime for this entry is about half an hour, let's make this a quick one!

Story (6) - These are just cute skits spinning off of situations and characters in the original series (whether it be the anime or manga). Nothing significant is really added, but just for fun!

Art (8) - Looks as good as the original anime. Nothing to add.

Sound (8) - Same thing as the Art. The music's stellar as per the norm.

Character (6) - Like the comments for the Story here, nothing substantial is added here. Just silly situations based off of established character traits

Enjoyment/Overall (7) - These specials were ... fun! I recommend these if you either want more of Tanaka-kun's adventures or want something laidback.

It's nice to have specials that genuinely feel like more episodes of the anime. Biggest disappointments with them are that some of the plots here would have made for some nice, full-length episodes. Most notably, the siblings of Tanaka and Oota, Rino and Saya. They really did not get very much screen time at all in the anime, so seeing them have a dedicated special felt sad due to how short these are. The special with the WacDonald's worker, Saionji, felt like it fit the short length of the specials the most.

I enjoyed my time with all of these, and at the end of the ... day, we should always be grateful to see any manga adapt into an anime, as well as those that are raw anime. It just makes you wish the anime standard was twenty-four episodes instead of twelve. The moment you fall in love with these shows, they are over.

These episodes feel like an extension to the great series, wonderful if you finished the main show and just wanted some extra content to watch before you completely "finish" the series.

I recommend this shorter form of the show if you are on edge about watching the regular show. The episodes are shorter, they keep a similar level of comedy and maintain the same art style as the show - so, if you like this, you should like the normal show.

I found the shorter episodes to be both enjoyable but also slightly annoying - as some of the episodes would have been better as full ... sized episodes. Other than that, the shorter form of episodes was perfect for someone like me - who struggles to sit through more than 2-3 episodes of anime straight.

These short extension episodes continue what the anime started : they deliver on the concept, and they deliver well. Each about 4 minutes long, the stories are standalone comedy scenarios that occur in the daily lives of the strong Oota and listless Tanaka.

Each scenario is nothing over-the-top - nothing in Tanaka's life is - but they are all short and interesting enough for the viewer to care. They provide nothing more than a look at what school life is like for someone of their calibre.

The quality has not dropped. It is just as beautiful, just as good to watch. The art style is great as ... always, and the voice actors perform well once again.