City The Animation Episode 13 Discussion

KyoAni and the author do their utmost to show how important and precious friendship is. Some people still say, "Are those ships?" But it was a unique experience, though I found City significantly more surreal and artistic overall than I expected after watching Nichijou.

@WaterMage As far as I understand from discussions with people who follow the author closely, he decided to write City while Nichijou is on hiatus.

@Marinate1016 I don't know about the "totally in love" part, but it really depends on what you like about City. Just make the main trio high school students, add a rom-com element, and significantly tone down the surrealism, and you've essentially got Nichijou. It's not for nothing that people say that City is Nichijou without the author's self-limitations.

@0451 I think it's not so much about life in Japan, but rather that the show's humor is largely oriented toward the surrealism and quirkiness of the situation or context. Like in that scene where Tatewaki's father pretended to be his future self because he caught him in his room early.

@RobertBobert I just watched Nichijou few montha early still would rather had Nichijou S2 than this but it wasn't bad either.

KyoAni and the author do their utmost to show how important and precious friendship is. Some people still say, "Are those ships?" But it was a unique experience, though I found City significantly more surreal and artistic overall than I expected after watching Nichijou.

@WaterMage As far as I understand from discussions with people who follow the author closely, he decided to write City while Nichijou is on hiatus.

@Marinate1016 I don't know about the "totally in love" part, but it really depends on what you like about City. Just make the main trio high school students, add a rom-com element, and significantly tone down the surrealism, and you've essentially got Nichijou. It's not for nothing that people say that City is Nichijou without the author's self-limitations.

@0451 I think it's not so much about life in Japan, but rather that the show's humor is largely oriented toward the surrealism and quirkiness of the situation or context. Like in that scene where Tatewaki's father pretended to be his future self because he caught him in his room early.

@RobertBobert I'd say that was one of the tamer jokes. I liked how Tatewaku's father pretended to be him from the future. It was funny. Meanwhile, the jokes about the animals are so out there. It almost feels out of place. I'd say Nagumo, Niikura, Wako, Ecchan, and Matsuri are about the only characters who felt like characters in this show. Other characters didn't really get their chance to shine all that much.

Lack of focus. Maybe I just don't vibe with this type of humor. But from what I saw the anime had a crap load of cut content. If those content were adapted maybe I'd think differently of the characters.
I wonder if this is how people who only watched Urusei Yatsura Remake felt. I pity them.

Well UY had quadruple the episodes so it did it better than City at least. But it pales in comparison to the OG. I doubt most people who only watched the remake were invested in the characters anywhere near as much as people who watched the original. And that's basically the problem with City. Other than the characters I already mentioned I couldn’t invest in any of the characters. Like I had no idea Izumi and Izumi Wako were sisters until I looked it up just now. Maybe it was mentioned in the anime at some point but I didn’t remember it. IMO the heart of SOL/comedy shows like this are the characters and they heavily influence how much you enjoy the show.

I enjoyed City for what it was but it’s obvious it could've been even better if it had more episodes where you could get used to the characters more. Either that or cut back on the number of characters to only focus on some of them. But reading what KyoAni said their focus was on making sure every single character got to appear aka quantity over quality which was basically what the UY Remake did. I feel like all characters suffered because of this because I didn’t even care about for example that old landlady or the Adatara siblings because of how small their appearances were.

@0451 To be honest, I only learned this from one of the comments. So even if it was mentioned in the show, it didn't affect my knowledge. Hmm, I think they primarily wanted to represent the manga well as a thank him for Nichijou and the support it brought. That's why they also adapted the chapters partially out of order. But I also think that if CITY gets a sequel, it would be beneficial for both sides. After all, Nichijou could also get a sequel someday.