Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru

Shouzou Saitou and his wife, Ine, have been married for nearly sixty years. Though they have not become wealthy or been able to go on a honeymoon in all that time, their love has remained steadfast. The couple spend their days peacefully tending to an orchard of apple trees and receiving visits from their loving family.

While tending to the apple tree they planted on their wedding day, which had snapped in half during a typhoon, the couple notices a golden apple hanging from one of the branches. They decide to eat the apple back at home, and the next morning, the couple awakens to find that they have become young again!

In their new but familiar bodies, Shouzou and Ine are able to live life as they never had before: they engage in more modern activities together, such as participating in a sports festival and playing video games. As they revisit the memories of their young love, the romance between them is rekindled, inspiring similar feelings in the younger members of their family.

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Saitou, Ine Main

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Saitou, Shouzou Main

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Saitou, Mino Supporting

Mikami, Shiori Japanese

Saitou, Shiori Supporting

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Igarashi, Shouta Supporting

Terashima, Junta Japanese

Takahashi, Setsu Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Nakata, Kousuke Supporting

Kinoshita, Suzuna Japanese

Nakata, Shunsuke Supporting

Mitoma, Kouhei Japanese

Takahashi, Hajime Supporting

Hiyama, Nobuyuki Japanese

Saitou, Kaoru Supporting

Sasaki, Mikoi Japanese

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Ueda, Kiyoka Producer

Hirata, Minoru Producer, Executive Producer

Takemoto, Kentarou Producer

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Dec 27, 2024

MidniteAndBeyond

Recommended

You'll never guess what this show is about! I really love that this show didn't do the old trope of "Oh no, something magical happened! Gotta keep it a secret so that we can maintain normalcy and blend into society!" Nah, instead grandma and grandpa are like "Heck ya! This is awesome! Let's go party!" It's a blend of them making up for what they weren't able to do during their youth, while also just going about their daily business but with more energy than they had before. It was so incredibly cute and wholesome with a lot of beautiful emotional bits that stem from ... the other family members and their reactions to the situation the grandparents are in. It's SUPER short, but it honestly got everything done that it needed to and ended it when the time was right, which I always appreciate. Please give this show a watch if you need some warm fuzzies, followed by a good cry.

9/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 21, 2024

Aug1799

Mixed Feelings

Jiisan baasan wakagaeru is pretty much self explanatory from the title as to what it has to offer, it's the story of a old couple who turn young and the story proceeds from there covering how they spend their remaining life and how it leads to intresting developments.

Though the narration uses a very unnatural plot device mixed in with lack of realism and low level animation, which may not to be everyone's liking, the true charm of the show lies elsewhere.

The show really highlights the differences between generations, how time changes a person's perspective of their life, like how to a parent their child will ... always be their precious child no matter much they've grown, how to live a happy life and similar nuances.

Highly recommend to watch the show if you're looking for a slice of life, with just mild comedy and romance sprinkled on top. The show is built on a very unique concept and is wholesome to the end with no drama. Shutting the brain off and watching it purely as fictional story helps to enjoy the show better.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Aug 9, 2024

Cielord

Not Recommended

One of the worst anime I watched.

Firstly, let start with some positivity, and talk about the one and only good aspect of this anime. That being the premise/concept.

An old couple, who has been married for over half a century, one day found their bodies reverting to their youthful appearance. The 2 who faced troubles in the past, weren't able to truly enjoy their time as a young couple. But now, thanks to their current stable life and this supernatural event, could they make up for the past?
This premise intrigued me, creating an ideal setting for a unique romance anime, one that will focus on ... a more mature romance. Which will differentiate itself from the hundreds of romcoms existing. Yet, unfortunately, it didn't live up to my intrigue.

Plot, the series is quite episodic, mainly focusing on the eccentric events surrounding the 2 main characters. Eccentric events being other characters reacting to their transformation or to how amazing they are. When it's not this, it's a 'sad' story relating to the past, or romance between the 2 main characters or other characters. The romance part being the worst of it all, Shouzou and Ine act like virgin middle schoolers, even though they have been together for over half a century (which the series constantly reminds us of) and had 3 kids together. This is so unrealistic and unnatural, and it completely ruins my expectations. What also made me more annoyed at it was that the Mushoko Tensei sequel aired in the same season on the same day. Mushoku Tensei is a series that is actually capable of depicting a mature and developing romance.

Characters, the characters in the series, are the definition of shallow. And you can divide them into 3 categories.
Those who only exist to be amazed at Shouzu and Ine, be it their appearance, or driving skills, or cooking skills, or anything else, because they are so perfect.
Virgin middle schoolers, which is only really the 2 main characters. Cause everyone else need to be amazed by them.
And the combination of them both, which are any characters whose only purpose is being a reaction GIF to Shouzo and Ine. That purpose is to have their own dull romance.

Comedy & Supernatural, the other 2 tags of this series, and like the romance part, they also suck.
For the comedy part, I don't have much to say, with comedy being a more subjective thing, so I guess I can only call it, not my cup of tea.
While the supernatural part... At first glance, I understood the series wasn't going to take it in a serious manner, but the way it executed it was ridden with plot contrivance. The main characters freely use their 'powers' of changing their bodies from old to young, going out of their way to tell everyone they know about it. But do we get some consequences from it? Does the government want to experiment on their body? Do they gain national or international news coverage? And as you guessed, the answer is no.

Animation, I don't pay much attention to the animation of non-action anime, but in here the animation was so bad it caught my attention. Many scenes in the series had the designs look off, to the point it harmed my watching experience.

In conclusion, this series had an interesting premise but a miserable execution. The author seemed more focused on creating a comedic and wholesome anime, rather than using the setting he created to its best.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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