Kanamemo

Middle schooler Kana Nakamachi's life drastically changes when her grandmother passes away. Leaving behind an empty house, Kana learns that no one can provide her lodging due to her young age. Eventually, she stumbles upon the Fuhshin Gazette, a local newspaper delivery business who is able to provide her with a place to stay if she works for them in return.

The small store is staffed by several unique people: the sweets-loving Yume Kitaoka and her girlfriend Yuuki Minami; the frugal Hinata Azuma; the alcoholic Haruka Nishida; and the young but mature Saki Amano. It is not all fun and games at the Fuhshin Gazette, though, as Kana must deal with long working hours, energetic dogs guarding mailboxes, and confusing delivery routes. Add in a small rivalry with Mika Kujiin, a girl from a competing store, and Kana will have more than enough to keep her hands full!

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Nishida, Haruka Main

Horie, Yui Japanese

Kujiin, Mika Main

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Amano, Saki Main

Mizuhara, Kaoru Japanese

Kitaoka, Yume Main

Hirohashi, Ryou Japanese

Nakamachi, Kana Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Minami, Yuuki Main

Endou, Aya Japanese

Azuma, Hinata Main

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Marimo Supporting

Takahashi, Mikako Japanese

Nao-chan Supporting

Oohara, Momoko Japanese

Yamanaka, Takahiro Producer

Kawasaki, Tomoko Producer

Sawahata, Kouji Assistant Producer

Takayanagi, Shigehito Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Sep 30, 2009

CherryHawk

Recommended

Here we have a yuri, ecchi, slice of life comedy with a little bit of a warm and fuzzy feel to it. If you like those genres then you should definitely check this one out. Allow me to break it down for you...

STORY 7/10- Other than the story behind the main character's arrival we don't have much of a plot, which is fine given the anime's episodic nature which I personally find fitting for a comedy. There are numerous strong ecchi scenes which an outspoken population of anime viewers find distasteful, but I generally look at it as another form of ... comedy since my typical reaction is to laugh when I see vulgar acts groping and molestation. It all depends on your taste.

ART 7/10- Everything was drawn well, characters were cute in my opinion. Nothing particularly amazing, but it was all in good taste.

SOUND 8/10- Voice acting was great, a lot of big hitters in the cast: Toyosaki Aki (Shugo Chara, K-ON!), Horie Yui (Higurashi,Umineko), Kugimiya Rie (Gintama, Saki), and though not as popular but one of my personal favorites Hirohashi Ryou (Kaleido Star, Bamboo Blade). I must say though, pretty much all these roles are in the shadow of the work that you may find in these fine actors' resumes. Great nonetheless though. I also greatly enjoyed the song for the ED credits... Yahoooo! : )

CHARACTERS 8/10- Our main character is someone you feel very sorry for, which is where this show draws some of it's comedy. Some people might think that that's a horrible thing, but it's not as cruel as it may have been suggested and I personally saw the humor in it. The supporting cast are all very like-able, distinctive characters including a chief who for some unexplained reason is a small child that has the maturity of a 30 year old, a perverted drunk, a lesbian couple and someone who collects money (or something like that. She wasn't in the spotlight much) all female and all moe-tastic!

ENJOYMENT 8/10- I was always excited about this one. It's funny, charming and sentimental (and slightly explicit). I'm really glad I picked this one up.

So if you're looking for a light-hearted ecchi daytime comedy (I like to watch scary stuff and tear-jerkers at night XD) definitely check this one out!

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 9, 2010

8thSin

Mixed Feelings

"Kanamemo" is about Kana, an orphaned girl working at a newspaper delivery office after the passing of her grandmother.

Animation: 4/10
Nothing spectacular about the animation, I would even say it's below par. Character design is pretty cute, and the vivid coloring was nice though. Some outdoor scenes had a decent atmosphere using blurring techniques, but overall, lacking detail.

Sound: 3/10
Extremely poorly done and annoying voice acting. Perhaps it's my personal preference, but voicing of all the young girls sounded strained and tiring after couple of episodes.
Music/OP/ED were bland, and didn't really stand out.

Story: 8/10
Despite the technical flaws in this series, the story was extremely strong. Kana slowly ... learns the job, and gets along with fellow workers while facing various obstacles of the tough delivery job. What really impressed me, was the focus of this story. Even though Kana is a middle-schooler, there were very few scenes in her junior high school, and very limited school life. Her classmates appear only to develop the story, and does not deviate the central theme of this anime, which is delivering newspapers. Use of Kana's 'memo' to grandma was also a very effective device for narration.

Character Development: 5/10
Kana's character was developed fairly well from a hopeless new recruit to an unreliable yet vital existence in the team. She slowly found her place in the 'big family'.
Sadly, the side characters were all overly predictable and lacked depth. In fact, all the coworkers can be characterized under two words.

Saki: Chibi adult
Hinata: Cheap
Yume: Rich lesbian
Yuuki: Quiet lesbian
Haruka: Drunk pervert
Kujiin Mika: Tsundere.

Interaction with these side characters were always same: Kana is molested by Haruka, Hinata or Saki shows up and violently stops it, while Yume and Yuuki are making out in the back. The producers persistently pushed these developments long after they stopped being funny.

Enjoyment: 5/10
I haven't seen the manga (as usual), but "Kanamemo" was clearly a failed attempt in anime adaption. The story and setting was good, but overall it was extremely poorly executed. It was neither slapstick nor drama.
One thing I really enjoyed though, was the 'finding small joys in life' aspect of the story, but otherwise, this series had very little to offer. A typical loli/moe show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 11, 2023

Nerdodivergent

Not Recommended

Yo this show straight up sucks.
I really tried to like this show, and I went in with an open mind. Reading the summary it has a cool premise with a fun cast of gals working together. But that is not what is happening here. This show is 13 episodes of uncomfortable, gross, yuri stereotyping that feels like a group of horny guys just threw together their fantasies. If it was just some sexualized ladies that would be one thing, and it probably wouldn't be that bad. But like half of the characters are literal minors? One is literally in elementary school??? Honestly it feels ... like something borderline illegal is going down here. I know that censorship and age of consent and sex culture is different in Japan and it's not cool to judge another country's culture by my standards, but this is just okay.
Do not waste your time on this garbage, there are plenty of other shows out there with much better yuri relationships.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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