felicita.kreiger - 2013-11-13 16:17:25

I don't even know how I ended up watching this anime. It wasn't dubbed, it wasn't airing, it wasn't famous and nobody recommended it. I didn't watch Fate/Zero although it matched all of the criteria but I picked up this thing that didn't match none.

The plot is rather slow and at times non-existant (this is slice of life after all) but it's steady and isn't jumpy. The animation wasn't very sloppy, but the rather bleak lighting and stereotypical character designs made me admit it's average. The music wasn't good for a show supposedly centered on choir activities but it also wasn't cringeworthy, perhaps because someone in charge thought 'hmm, if this is about choir maybe we should have someone who can sing a bit.' The characters were stereotypical, but they weren't necessarily badly executed. The romance was awkward and out of nowhere, but if it had been hinted earlier on it would have been just fine.

The score is 6 because I was left with zero emotion. I went into the series just the way I emerged from it. Slightly entertained, a tiny bit curious and scrolling the sidebars looking for the next anime to watch.

vivienne.pfeffer - 2013-09-15 03:17:16

If you like music and the slow pace of slice of life animes then your going to enjoy this. The songs are still stuck in my head.

funk.eda - 2013-06-06 07:03:25

Tari Tari is a glaring example of an anime with commonly done themes, as is evident from one glance at its genres— School, Slice of Life, Music, Drama. It is centered on five members of a choir club, each with their own tribulations of 'growing up' as they strive to make the best out of their last year of high school, rectify some mistakes made in the past and accomplish their goals. There are quite a handful number of titles out there that make use of this subject with the hope of bringing something decent to the screen. Some pull it off somehow while a few mess up, and while it's true that Tari Tari is by no means groundbreaking, it certainly lives up to what it attempts to achieve and what any sane viewer would expect it to be— a simple, unpretentious and heart warming school drama. Last year P.A. Works, the studio behind Tari Tari, gave us Hanasaku Iroha and anyone who has watched it must have felt the resemblance between the two shows since both more or less take a similar approach in terms of not only the story but also to some extent, the characters and of course the visuals. I must confess that the only reason why I picked Tari Tari was because it seemed to be reminiscent of Hanairo which I admired a lot when I watched it a year ago. Like Hanairo, Tari Tari starts off with a somewhat laid back atmosphere and then takes a dramatic turn, especially towards the end. It delivered everything it could have, given its length and the story line, and probably would have felt draggy if it was any longer. The characters were lively and relatable. The way it was wrapped up, though nothing unique, was quite satisfactory overall. Visually, Tari Tari was a treat. It was a pleasure to behold the beautiful, detailed backgrounds. The character designs were fine, nothing revolutionary there. It also had some nice catchy songs that fit the bill. I especially like the opening theme 'Dreamer' by AiRi and I'll probably be humming it for quite some time now. Overall, Tari Tari is your run of the mill school life-esque drama that certainly doesn't stand out much but I see no harm in giving it a try if you ever feel like, that is.