Episode 74 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Come in, have a glass of barley tea, and sit with us next to the fan. It's another scorcher of a day, one in a series that never seems to end, but eventually this summer of pandemics, unemployment, and anime will be over and we'll all have to go back to school. In the meantime, enjoy the sounds of Andy practicing the recorder out on the porch. Once he's done, we'll find Ben and Duncan and get snacks from the corner store.
Discussed:
Non Non Biyori Repeat (3:01)
Working!! (5:17)
Mobile Police Patlabor: The Early Days (6:54)
Minami-ke (9:20)
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (10:14)
Genshiken (11:38)
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction (manga) (13:23)
Girls' Last Tour (15:41)
Lucky Star (18:57)
K-ON! (20:38)
Shirobako (22:13)
Bakuman. (26:03)
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo (manga) (28:13)
Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow (29:46)
Grand Blue (32:43)
A Place Further Than the Universe (33:48)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009) (36:50)
In This Corner of the World (38:15)
Himouto! Umaru-chan (39:52)
Rent-a-Girlfriend (42:35)
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! (57:33)
Great Pretender (1:04:36)
A Certain Scientific Railgun T (1:25:01)
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (1:38:45)
Related Links:
TV Tropes' monstrously unfocused list of slice-of-life anime
Definitions of "slice of life" from literature and theatre
Mercifully, TV Tropes is better when listing "healing" anime
CBR dumping on Rent-a-Girlfriend
CBR dumping on Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
The ANN review for Uzaki-chan calls it "a disservice to preteens everywhere"
Who is Hyadain?
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid gets a second season
Dealing with the arson attack on Kyoto Animation, one year later
