Its passionate production demands your attention, even if narratively speaking this is no contender. Enjoy "Eizouken" as a light snack between more serious series. The presentation remains wonderful and the characters are likeable, if staid. But oh well, two more hours won't kill you. It's not as if the characters are developed any further. Its screening coincides with the story's first and only dramatic conclusion, so that should have been the end. The girls undertake three projects in total, and after the second one we get the gist of it. It is not a good sign when your twelve-episode anime begins to overstay its welcome. Nevertheless, style can carry a series only so far on its own. The world comes alive as they make it up. Sound effects were initially vocal, the noise a child makes when playing with its toys, but steadily become real clanking and music. What started out as a sketch becomes real as more thought is put into it. They enter the drawing to replace machine parts on the fly, until they have built their own spaceship. They make some changes in a fit of inspiration, first with a pencil, then with their own hands. In one of the series' best sequences the girls take an old drawing. No other anime director, not even Takahata, can visualise imagination like Yuasa. As expected of a Masaaki Yuasa production, "Eizouken" is a visual treat. Call it Not-Cute-Girls-Do-Not-Cute-Things, if you want. They are diverse, likeable, and (uniquely) not sexualised in the slightest. The tall one is a brilliant planner but needs someone kinder than herself to connect with. The average-sized one draws characters and has trouble evading her fanboys. The short one draws backgrounds and has difficulty making friends. This is not a character-driven anime, but the girls are all well-realised, complementing each other in both capabilities and personality. Three girls come together in highschool and start animating together - that's about all you need to know. Anyway, "Keep Your Hands off (the) Eizouken!" is an anime about making anime. Be sure to romanise it correctly when using a search engine, as 'Eizuken' (without the 'o') appears to mean 'AIDS ticket', if Google Translate is anything to go by. In case you wondered, 'Eizouken' means as much as 'film club'. These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles. Overall I'd say this is the 'anime of the season' for me it is just a pity it is only twelve episodes long. The characters are great fun to watch and their activities seem real even when things occasionally get far-fetched. The town they live in is beautifully designed and as Midori imagines various anime possibilities the animation style changes seamlessly to make it clear what is real and what isn't. At first sight the character designs look a little basic but really suit the characters. There are numerous anime series about school girls getting together to form a club don't be fooled into thinking this is going to be like most of those. Throughout the series the group work to be allowed to form a club then work to create their first anime to do this they will have to work with other clubs most notably the one member Audio Club. Sayaka isn't as interested in anime as the other two but she sees a money making opportunity and negotiates with the school authorities when needed. Tsubame is a local model but aspires to be an animator. Midori believes anime is all about great world building she is constantly on the lookout for inspiration in the world around them. They don't sit around watching anime they intend to make their own. This anime series is centred on a trio of school girls who get together and create an anime club.
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