Asobi Asobase isn’t for everyone - it’s loud and obnoxious, intentionally so - but even if this kind of comedy resonates with you, a few scattered gags are outright inexcusable. It’d be slightly irresponsible to leave a recommendation for this show with no disclaimers. For such a seemingly random series of absurd events, the gags are well constructed, and the ludicrous art (namely, the over-expressive reactions) that it inherited from the original comic is a good fit for its madness. The series follows three girls - the lively yet vapid Hanako, mischievous pretend-foreign student Olivia, and the more stoic, but still eccentric Kasumi - who form the Pastimers Club, where they kill time after school in increasingly more outrageous ways, escalating to ridiculous levels in no time.
It certainly properly conveys how nasty teens can be - although it comes with a lack of restraint that provide its own share of headaches.
Character designer, Chief animation director: Keiko KurosawaĪsobi Asobase successfully debunks the idea that anime comedies set in high school are overly sanitized.
