Yojouhan Time Machine Blues (The Tatami Time Machine Blues)

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Japanese: 四畳半タイムマシンブルース

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Type: ONA

Episodes: 6

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Sep 14, 2022 to Oct 12, 2022

Producers: Fuji TV, Kadokawa

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Science SARU

Source: Novel

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Suspense

Themes: Adult Cast, Psychological, Time Travel

Duration: 20 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Episodes: /6

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Synopsis

On a hot summer day in Kyoto, a young man walks toward his apartment, dreaming of turning on the air conditioner and cooling down. But before he can turn his dream into reality, disaster naturally strikes in the form of Ozu, who spills soda all over the remote. With the air conditioner rendered completely unusable, the man and his friends are left to suffer in the terrible August heat.

Just when all hope seems lost, the group finds a true-to-life time machine in their storage room. Not knowing the dire consequences of doing so, they decide to travel back to the past and grab the remote before Ozu even has a chance to destroy it. What awaits them on the other side is a staggering adventure none of them are prepared for.

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Yojouhan Time Machine Blues premiered in Japanese theaters for a limited three-week run starting on September 30, 2022. The sixth episode—which features original content—is not included in the compiled film version. For the first two weeks of the film's release, attendees were gifted one of two short stories written by Tomihiko Morimi.

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Adaptation:	Yojouhan Time Machine Blues
Prequel:	Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei

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Characters & Voice Actors

Watashi

Main

Asanuma, Shintarou
Japanese

Akashi

Main

Sakamoto, Maaya
Japanese

Ozu

Main

Yoshino, Hiroyuki
Japanese

Higuchi, Seitarou

Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya
Japanese

Hanuki, Ryouko

Supporting

Kaida, Yuuko
Japanese

Jougasaki, Masaki

Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi
Japanese

Aijima

Supporting

Satou, Setsuji
Japanese

Tamura-kun

Supporting

Honda, Chikara
Japanese

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Choi, Eun-Young

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Sugawara, Hana

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Natsume, Shingo

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Kimura, Eriko

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Opening Theme

"Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe (出町柳パラレルユニバース)" by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

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Ending Theme

"Time Machine Blues" by Chloe Yhun and Phil Matthews

Reviews

Apr 10, 2024

Godslayer27

Recommended

Just like with the previous season the plot starts with kinda absurd reason that puts on movements all the followed events with this time our characters trying to go back on time preventing that the air conditioner remote gets broken which sends them on a crazy journey throughout of time.

Now the nature of the series is very fast paced on the sense that the dialogs between the chracters as well as the narration that happens sometimes are fast (not so much like the first season at least i feel that way), on simple surface might seems like all fun though just like with tatami galaxy ... there are many serious and reflexive themes along the series on this instance being the premise revolving around time travel touching things like destiny or freewill like many others series that play with these themes yet like any others work of masaaki yuasa has this own unique take and approaching on it which makes for something really distinctive and fun experience. Im aware that on this instance the director is a complelty different person and that only natsume shing who was involved on the previous season is present but still hold the same elements, pacing and overall values that make so recognizable yuasa works.

This is supposedly to be a secuel (or at least that is how is categorize on MAL) and although might be true to some degree it is too that feels like an more standalone work and is because doesnt really follows an choronological manner so much like others series sure we can learn a little more about ozu and his relationship with watashi or akashi itselft but right from the beggining stars off like his own thing which besides the apparition of the same sacondary characters leaves little to place it like an direct continuation from the previous season.
This makes it on my opinion something possible to watch and enjoy without having knowledge of the previous one for anyone interested, its an kinda short season with only 6 episodes that last until all the time travel thing is done.

The op was kinda meh but the end is such a gem i love it, the soundtrack just like with the first season have so many cclasical pieces and are used so well to support some dialogs and moments.

RESUME

The Tatami Time Machine Blues is a crazy experience about time travel that although is categorize like an secuel due to his nature rather more independent doesnt make it necessary to watch previously the first season to fully enjoy this one, if you liked tatamki galaxy this one surely will be the same and for those new just give it a try im sure that at least you are gonna find some things whether be the chracters, plot , music, etc pleasing to you.

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Oct 16, 2022

tenderclovenlair

Mixed Feelings

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Story 6
It wastes a lot of time on its main point and it doesn't get very far away from it. Everything happens twice, the second time to explain itself. Entire episodes are dedicated to explanations of things you already saw happen. It's not like they're very easy to figure out, but the process of explaining is still boring (yea it's in the nature of this type of story for it to be this way, ). It guarantees the story stays within some tight boundaries. And all the explanations ever reveal to you is something about how things were able to stay internally consistent, instead of ... anything about the characters or their personalities or motivations. The only way you can really feel about how they constructed everything is "Isn't that so impressive and complicated". I think they overestimate the number of people who watch anime to experience those feelings, instead of PBS spacetime or something.

Music 9
It reuses a lot of the music from the original series, which I really like. All the new songs are good too.

Animation 9
There are moments that are really impressive. A lot of places are revisited. Half of the series takes place within a 50 sq foot area. Everyone looks slightly different than they did in the original series. I still really like this art style.

Characters 7
On episode 5 at 15:22 when the camera cuts to different characters acting casually, it cuts to one specific character whose actions are revolving around an item which have defined his small role on screen, but which he really has no reason to be thinking about.
He's not obsessed with this thing, he has no reason to be as loving towards this thing as they try to show him. It's just that the small amount of time he has spent in the story has revolved around it, and they forget that he exists outside of that.
It just makes it feel like he doesn't exist beyond the one thing he does in the story. Completely missing out on characterization that better stories always take advantage of for no reason other than just not having any better ideas for it.

A lot of the characters are mistreated this way, just not enough attention given to if it makes sense for them to be doing what they're doing.

The long part where the story gets put on its rails, it's a lot more important that certain things happen in a certain order than it is that the characters do things than that they do it for reasons that make sense for them.
And if you want to accept that the things they do are consistent with their personality, then it just makes their personalities ridiculously simplified versions of what they were in the original series.

I really like these characters. This story just forces them to do too many things that they wouldn't do. A lot of them really just don't behave like the characters in the original series would've, which is like, most of the joy of a new series coming out 12 years later getting taken away.

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Mar 25, 2024

Bountyfull

Not Recommended

Operation nostalgia that does nothing of value, playing with the watcher's feelings about the 2010 masterpiece.

The problem with this sequel? Potential future? Whatever it is, is that it's lazy. Extremely lazy. It backloads the entire character development, background, and nuances to the 2010 main series while giving us a glimpse of a different path.
But let's go in order.

When dealing with this kind of anime, which is abundantly quoting and taking inspiration from the original, it's impossible to not consider parallels with the former series. The screenwriters impose it on us, anyway, since the series forces you to know all the characters beforehand. This ...

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