Anime Comedy Shows that I will recommend to Tickle your Funny Bone!

Hi everyone, based on a suggestion, I decided to come up with a list about some of my favourite anime comedy shows that I will recommend. Now this is my list and some of you might have already guess what is my all time favourite comedy series was. So in no particular order, here we goes!

Konosuba: A recent show that became a personal favourite of mine due to the wackiness of the characters and a parody of the sword/magic fantasy genre. Kazuma who was killed in an accident and was given a chance by a water goddess, Aqua to be reincarnate to a hero in a fantasy setting. However Kazuma tricked Aqua into coming along and soon he found out that Aqua is a slacker for a goddess.

The first two episodes didn't make much impact when I first watch it but when the other two female leads, Fire Mage Megumi and Crusader Darkness entered the group, that is where the show really shine. Megumi has an extremely powerful fire spell however using it will drain all her energy which make her useless after that and Darkness who can't hit anything with a sword but is secretly a masochist who dream of being screwed up by anyone or anything.

Every episode is very fun to watch especially seeing Kazama who ended up being the straight guy to the three girls and so often being wrongly accused of things which he did not do. A fun show to watch despite having a low episode count of 20.

Full Metal Panic Fumoffu: Some of you might have know Full Metal Panic (FMP) which is a mecha show blend with school life. Main Heroine Chidori Kaname lead a normal life but once she was revealed to be a "Whisperer"-a human that is capable of creating futuristic technology, Private Milliaty group, Mithril send a bodyguard, Sagara Sousuke to protect her from enemies. But Sagara who spent his whole life as a soldier knew zero to about normal social life leading to some ridiculous moments.

FMP Fumoffu explore this side of ridiculous as it details the "normal" life of Chidori as Sagara will do anything to protect her and the lengths he will do. From sniping down potential suitors to Chidori, rushing home to get Chidori's notes like a madman and even accidentally releasing a "deadly" virus in class, Chidori's life was turned to a living hell every day by Sousuke.

A fun show to watch but it is recommended to watch the original FMP (despite being less funny and more serious) to understand the characters better.

Handa-Kun: A prequel to Barakamon that is not necessary to watch Barakamon despite it was out first but recommended. Handa Seishun during his high school years is a child prodigy in Calligraphy however he feel uncomfortable interacting with others but what he doesn't know that everyone in school idolize him like some kind of Super Model Student that they look upon to.

Handa didn't even know that a fan club (or rather his crazed bodyguards) was dedicated to watch him 24-7 which of course led to many misunderstandings as his fans treated his words of wisdom with respect but Handa think they are all hating him.

Although you don't have to watch Barakamon which is Handa in his adult years and he was send to stay in a village on a Island after he punched a judge who criticize his works. There are Easter eggs and references in Handa-Kun which kinda guess what kind of person Handa is going to be. Overall, both shows are recommended but Handa-Kun is hilarious in it's execution.

Sakamoto Desu Ka: Meet Sakamoto-Super Cool Model Student who can turn any situation into an awesome moment. No one know where he came from but everyone who interact with him can't stop idolizing him.

From helping a fellow classmate from bullies, getting out of a building in style during a fire drill to even helping a obsessive K-Drama mother to get over her obsession. Sakamoto will make the impossible possible because he can!

Seto no Hanayome: Also known as My Bride is a Mermaid. This is a parody take on the Little Mermaid story with one hell of a twist. Nagasumi was visiting his grandmother in Seto which is close to the ocean. He accidentally fell off a cliff and was rescued by a real-life mermaid named Seto Sun. However the mermaid law state that if a mermaid and a human were to come in contact, both were to be executed however to prevent this, Nagasumi has to marry into Sun's family.

Sun was willing to become Nagasumi's fiance however Sun's father is not happy about it and the worst thing was the Seto Family are a group that resemble the Japanese Yakuza so hi jinks ensured..

What make this show so fun to watch was the people who desperately trying to ruin Nagasumi and Sun's relationship with outrageous results. There are also references and parodies to different shows like Fist of the North Star and even a parody take on Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (If you seen this episode, you know what I am talking about)

It started off like a typical Harem series which I thought but it became one of the funniest shows that the romance parts isn't that important. Highly Recommended if you can find it. Oh yeah, one more thing-MASA SAN!!! (This character in the show is one of my favourite anime characters of all time)

Watashi ga Motete Dosunda: Also know as Kiss him, Not me. In recent years, Shoujo manga (Young girls comics) has been getting a lot of attention and before that, I did watch Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki Kun which was funny although the misunderstanding between the main heroine and Nozaki was kinda of tired for a while.

So by accident, I watch Kiss him, Not me. It indeed make me go and look for the manga after that. Basically it is about a fangirl, Tae who is crazed about BL (Boys Love) but when her favourite character in a show was killed off, she went into depression that resulted in her losing weight and becoming a pretty good-looking girl.

The problem now is the guys in his school are giving a second look at her and getting unnecessary attention for herself. But soon five guys were chasing after her but she has crazed delusions of the guys in BL relationships which led to a lot of funny moments.

Although the show is only 12 episodes long, it was a lot of fun with all the BL references and a lesson of how inner beauty is also important no matter how the person looked like from outside. This is also Kobayshi Yui who voiced Tae best work since she has to play crazed fangirl one moment and sweet girl the next. Highly recommended!

School Rumble: Tsukamoto Tenma is your typical average female student but she has a crush on fellow student Karasuma who is oblivious to her. Meet Harima Kenji, a delinquent with a heart of gold and has a crush on Tenma which make him come to school every day.

A pretty typical love triangle at first but when Tenma's sister, Yakumo and fellow classmates, Eri and Hanai got into the equation, it become one hell of a rumble which explained the title-School Rumble.

A personal favourite of mine as it took a simple premise and mix with a lot of pop culture references from Initial D to Jackie Chan. Tenma is funny in her pursuing of Karasuma but Harima is outrageous hilarious as he mistaken Karasuma as a rival and his attempt in winning Tenma. With an all star cast that also launched Koshimizu Ami (Tenma's Seiyuu) and Noto Mamiko's (Yakumo's Seiyuu) careers to celebrity status.

Lucky Star: Izumi Konata love anime, video games and manga after getting influence from her father. Although a slacker but brilliant most of the time. Together with her friends, Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki, the lives of 4 friends and their anime adventures continued in Lucky Star.

Although I enjoyed this show for it's references. The real reason I like this show was one unique side character who is the unofficial mascot of Animate-Anizawa Meito who make his debut here. A hot-blooded manager in an anime shop who refer Konata as the Legendary Girl A and tried all ways and means to get her to buy something in the shop. If you still have doubts, just look for his scenes in Youtube. If such a person exist in real life then every day will truly be the fight of your life.

Gintama: Finally the show that some of you know that this is my favourite anime comedy of all time-Gintama. If you still living in a rock for the last ten years then you don't know what you are missing. Gintama took place in an alternative Japan where Samurais and swords still exist however when aliens invade the country, a bloody war was fought and in the end, the human lost and the aliens co-exist with humans which the aliens brought their culture and technology with them. (Basically if you watch Rurouni Kenshi, it is based on the Meiji Era where western countries started coming to Japan with their culture)

With it, Japan became a modern country and the age of Samurai was over. However one guy named Sakata Gintoki who now used a wooden sword but has the heart of a Samurai and his companions, Shinpachi and Kagura, the trio opened an odd job store called Yorozuya and accepted all kinds of weird and wacky clients.

Sounds simple? But what make this show really good are the characters both main and side. Everyone has their back stories and the adventures range from silly parodies to one of the best written shouen series ever. Furthermore with no or little brand restrictions, the show make fun of other anime shows or pop culture ranging from Dragonball to Nintendo itself.

I won't spoil the show but it is highly recommended to watch it yourself. Although there are funny episodes but when the show has serious long running arcs, it actually become really good and sometimes you can shed a tear.

That's some of my favourite comedy shows I will recommend. If you like it, go and watch these shows. I know I miss out some titles here and there but these are the shows that I will go and watch again just to tickle my funny bone! Until then, see you in the next post! 

2016 Spring Anime 1st Half Review-Bakuon Ep 1 to 5, Macross Delta Ep 1 to 6, Sakamoto Desu Ga Ep 1 to 4, Kotetujo no Kabaneri Ep 1 to 4 and some Honorable Mentions

Hi everyone! I know I haven't been doing reviews of other shows due to my personal commitment and the only series you see in my blog currently is Maho Tsukai Precure. I have been actually watching quite a number of shows this season and there are some good or at least decent ones (In my opinion) so without further ado, let's get started! (Spoilers included!)

Bakuon Ep 1 to 5: I used to ride a motorbike when I was younger and for a show that introduce the world of motorcycles, it brought back memories of me having the same experiences as the characters in Bakuon.

Basically, it is K-On with Motorcycles in it. We have Sakura who was impressed by her classmate, Onsa who is riding a Yamaha Scramble bike to school which if there was a school in Japan that actually allowed students to ride motorcycles then sign me up! But anyway, Sakura decided to join the bike club in school and signed up for bike lessons.

The scenes where Sakura is learning her lessons was very nostalgic for me since I too had to learn from scratch on riding a bike except the whole Sakura talking to her training bike "Baita" but I kinda of understand when Baita taught Sakura how to move off from a stationary position because that is actually one of the two most important things in operating a vehicle. (The other is how to stop your vehicle in time)

So Rin's Stand is the Oni Mask Swordman...

The rest of the cast were funny like hardcore Suzuki fangirl, Rin who is the group's Tsundere who ride a Suzuki Katana and goes to rage mode whoever anyone talk back about Suzuki bikes in general. Onsa who is a bit of a tomboy and was so embarrassed when Sakura went to her family's bike shop to buy her Honda Super 4 which personally it is one of the best bikes for long distances.

Hijiri who is the only one without a license is accompanied by her Butler, Hayakawa which I felt her character doesn't really contribute much other claiming that riding bikes is a "delinquent" attitude. Finally, the enigma Raimu Senpai who always wear her helmet every where she goes and never said a word. (Although you do find out why Raimu remained in the bike club despite being way over age)

The show also pick up when Sakura got her bike and they went on a road trip to Hokkaido. With the girls being late for the ferry and had to take the long ride to Hokkaido, Rin finding the Katana mini figure in a mini mart, Sakura meeting a biker who looked like Jesus after running out of fuel and meeting their heartbroken class teacher who is half drunk and started sexually teasing them.

Overall, it might not be as intense like most racing shows, this show will bring back some memories and the good old days of riding in the wind with your bike.

Macross Delta Ep 1 to 6: The Macross series has always one thing in common which is continuity and this new literation is no exception however one thing struck out which might alienate hardcore fans and casual fans alike.

The first was unlike the last two series (Macross 7 and Frontier), the two main enemies is a virus known as Var Syndrome which turned anyone (human or aliens) into crazed raging creatures. The other main antagonists are the Aerial Knights of Windermere who declared war against the UN Spacy claiming they invaded their solar system and planned to drive them out.

To counter the Vars Syndrome, Macross most famous plot point come in the form of a Singing Idol group named Walkure and given the Idol craze in Japan and around the world, the Walkure group sing along with the Delta Squad and even provide support in their combat to suppress the Var victims.

To me personally, I have no problem with the singers teaming up with the Valkyrie pilots. I mean, all these while, every Macross Idol singer with the exception of Fire Bomber is just standing at the safe zone to sing but now the singers are doing something too. (Except episode 6 which is understandable since it is a space battle with asteroids and stuffs)

Looking at the title which is called Macross Delta, I am suggesting it could mean our three protagonists-Hayate, a wanderer who has talents in flying, Freyja, a Windermere who aim to be the latest member of Walkure and could be hiding a secret that she might not even be aware of and Mirage who is the grand daughter of Max and Milia from the original series and trying to live up to her family name.

So far, the first four episode was more of introducing Hayate and Freyja as they both work towards their goal to become a pilot and a singer respectively. Hayate was too much of a carefree spirt and was at odds with Mirage as his instructor. But soon, he leaned the hard way after being outclassed by the team's Ace pilot, Messar who is nicknamed "Death Reaper" and Hayate start to begin taking his training seriously.

Freyja on the other hand is full of spunk despite being the weakest is full of positive energy. She never failed to pull a smile even when the odds are against her. Although her race has been suspected of having a short life span (which doesn't make any sense) and I suspecting that it has something to do with the Windermere planet eternal cold weather and a giant crater being blasted opened on the ground as seen in the latest episode.

Hayate also suffered a bit of PTSD as he has to take a life to save Mirage but he picked himself up thanks to Mirage's pep talk which I am guessing that they might be a pairing later since Macross had a tendency to put odd couples together.

Overall, the show is still taking it's own time to establish so let's hope it will get better as it goes on like how I enjoyed Macross Frontier (except the movies) in all.

Sakamoto Desu Ga Ep 1 to 4: If there is one word to describe the main character, Sakamoto is OP. (Over Powered) One moment, he could be creating a cocktail out of vending machine, taking out a bee with a ruler or in the latest episode, doing a parachute dive during a fire drill and winning the hearts of everyone.

But who is Sakamoto? No one really know only that everyone, men and women, old and young were infatuated by his cool demeanour and providing solutions in style. From the first episode where the "delinquents" tried to set him up but instead were outsmarted by Sakamoto and even win the heart of their leader, Acchan. (He is a guy!)

Even Aina who is the hottest girl in class tried to seduce him but instead learn ed a lesson of interacting with her female classmates who originally resent her. A senior student tried to make Sakamoto his personal lap dog but instead got more than he bargained for when Sakamoto acted like a stalker where ever the senior goes which result him in learning to be less dependent on others.

Overall, if last season's Konosuba was taking a stab on the whole fantasy genre then Sakamoto Desu Ga will make you laugh and amazed every moment of the way. I can't tell more of this show as it wlll spoil the jokes so go ahead and laugh yourself out silly.

Kotetsujo no Kabaneri Ep 1 to 4: In 2013, a show called Attack on Titans took the whole world by storm and brought the crazed world of humans verses giants called Titans. For me personally, I didn't went all hardcore since the story still revolve around how the humans are selfish and incompetent to work together and if you replace the Titans with zombies, the story is still the same.

So while hardcore AOT fans are waiting for the next season which I am not, the anime director of the series decided to give a warm up show and that is Kotetsujo no Kabaneri or Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. After watching the first episode, I am pretty pumped up for the next one. One is because it is an original series with no manga adaptation before so we won't know how things will progress unlike AOT that I spolit myself before the series started airing.

The show also begin with a viral outbreak that turned humans into Kabane who are zombies with super strength and it has been going on for ten years already. The surviving humans lived in large stations that acted like a colony and the only way around the country is by heavy armored trains since the Kabane are roaring freely in the open.

Ikoma who worked as a steamsmith was trying to create a better weapon to kill the Kabane since their weakness is either decapitating or destroying their lead protected heart. Soon the station was being attacked by a Kabane infested train and Ikoma managed to kill one of the Kabane with his new weapon but was bitten in the process. To save himself, he attempted a craze experiment and managed to supress the virus from entering his brain and becoming a Kabaneri. (A hybrid of Human and Kabane)

As this was going on, a mysterious young girl named Mumei who is also a Kabaneri led the survivors to the only functioning train with her almost inhuman strength and abilities. Ikoma was left out of the train despite helping the survivors but was reunited again before the train reached certain death. Mumei and Ikoma were isolated in the last carriage as the elders pressured Ayame, the former head's daughter to rid the two Kabaneri.

We do find out that unlike Kabane who feed on flesh, Kabaneri need human blood to maintain their rational or risk becoming a threat to everyone as shown by Ikoma who pound on Ayame to the ground but was saved by Ayame's loyal and slightly overprotective bodyguard, Kusru. Mumei also showed her human side since she liked children but when a pregnant woman became a Kabane on the train, Mumei showed no hesitation to kill her and her unborn child. Basically Mumei is Mikasa without the emotionless trait.

As seen in the latest episode, not all Kabane behave the same as we are introduced a sword welding Kabane called Wazatori which invaded the running train. Ikoma and Mumei rushed to save Ayame and the others but Mumei lacked human blood to feed on and entrusted Ikoma to take down the Wazatori.

Ayame who spent the last three episodes being an indecisive leader finally show off her steam powered bow and arrows and let Ikoma feed on her blood from her hand to save everyone. After that, the survivors agreed to let Ikoma and Mumei to stay on the train with the humans supplying blood for the Kabaneri. With that, the train now move forward to the Kongokaku station which is the stronghold of the Shogun.

Overall, I am intrigued to find out where the Kabane virus come from and how the survivors overcome in their Iron Fortress (Train) and what dangers await them. A definitive contender for best series for the 2016 line up!

Honorable Mentions:

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: I really enjoyed the game series of the same name (Better get started with the fifth sequel on my 3DS soon) so how the show is compared to it's game counterpart? Pros is we do see the various characters movement and personality shine out since there was no voice acting in the early games. Cons is if you played the game, it is an abridged version of it since Phoenix and his sidekick, Maya find clues like finding coins on the ground. Also, there isn't seem to be a version of the "Cornered" theme being played when the game is up for the main culprit. Hopefully we get it somehow or another. I will still follow this series despite knowing the whole plot of the first game.

This is not how you learn history...

Kuromuroko: Predicted to be a sleeper hit since it take it's own time to show how Kennosuke, a Samurai from a different time era who is now a fish out of water in Modern times. Other than some funny moments of Kennosuke figuring out modern cultural, there isn't much mecha fights despite being labeled a mecha show. But since it has two cours to show, I am sure it will get better as the story progress.

Give me back my money or my friends will kill you...

Kiznaiver: From the people who gave you Kill La Kill two years ago which I really enjoyed it come an interesting concept with a play of the words "Bonds or Kizuna"and Scars or Kizu." Katsuhira is unable to feel pain since young and has been bullied all his life. An encounter with the mysterious Sonozaki and an experiment that involved six of his classmates bind them together and they now shared physical and mental pain whenever one suffered it.

There were some dark moments but yet some wacky stuff happened and the show shifted to dark comedy but still an interesting look on how bonds between people can really affect on a physical and mental level. Good show and hopefully we get to know why such an experiment was created or a major plot twist like Kill La Kill mid season finale.

Well, these are some of the shows that I felt are good in general. I know I left out some titles but if you like these shows, go and watch it. For me, if I have the time, I might do another post again in the future. Until then, See you in the next post!