ilene.green - 2017-07-17 04:49:32

The girls were really really cute…

marlon.oconnell - 2017-01-23 16:22:15

The characters are good but the whole story is just a little bit boring. It should’ve been better if they put more romance into it since it discusses some kind of romance.

The ending is the most annoying part because it feels not complete yet.

Overall nice anime with very good character personality. Should’ve been better if the anime is about other things rather than Dagashi. Kudos!

gregory98 - 2016-06-09 09:10:32

[Old review is old.]

Dagashi Kashi knows perfectly well that majority anime watchers will accept the same unchanging cookie cutter characters if they stand around joking about niche subjects. The levels of bad that this show constantly reaches aren’t exactly impressive or ironically entertaining, but that only adds to how fleeting its memory is after watching it. Since this is an extremely straightforward show, I won’t be taking up too much of your time. Though right off the bat, if learning about quirky Japanese snacks doesn’t interest you in the slightest, you’re not gonna have a lot of fun.

The story (or lack thereof) focuses on a candy shop in the middle of generic Japanese village number 36, the residency of Kokonatsu Shikada, who runs the shop with his father. I would also tell you that he’s an aspiring manga artist if they didn’t drop that aspect quicker than the key from Attack on Titan. His everyday life hanging out with childhood friends and doing who knows what up in his room is interrupted one day by an obsessive girl named Hotaru Shinade, who comes to recruit Shikada Sr. for her dad’s company. Her knowledge of vintage candy fuels many  of the gang’s proceeding shenanigans and wacky scenarios.

Most of the sketches are not funny whatsoever, and you can find the same type of humor in hundreds (I wish that was an exaggeration) of other anime shows designed around easy filler comedy. When all’s added up, we have about twenty sleeping pills revolving around snack trivia and occasional spontaneous sexual content. It couldn’t even bullshit a last minute climax when it tried, though it did throw in some extra-specific fetish scenes for good measure. So big shocker, turns out that a five hour story about food jokes was unnecessary.

For characters, we have yet another black-haired nobody to add to the landfill of recycled boy protagonists without personalities. We have the generic comedic guy friend, an obsessive otaku lolita, and a tsundere-lite to carry the entire show. I feel nothing when they appear onscreen, and even after a predictable set of developments occurs to set up minimal emotional connection (halfway through the damn show), the anime forgets about it right afterwards. Another scene where a character appears to be going through a drastic change turns out to be another buildup for an unfunny punchline. All of the characters are tools to spew convenient facts and react to dozens of candy sketches that come and go unnoticed. While none of the one-note personalities or jokes stuck, I definitely remember some of the dagashi products they talked about. The show’s formula banked on attaching usual anime downtime humor onto retro sweets, but a few of those sweets do stick in your mind in the long run. However, say that out loud to yourself. “The candy ended up being slightly more memorable than the story and characters.” Ain’t that pretty sad?

Animation was done by studio Feel, who have nothing done noteworthy apart from inbetween animation on much better shows. The average movement and mediocre colorization make it clear that their productions aren’t going to be improving anytime soon. The beady eyes and tacky hair shines are the only lazy aspects to separate the show’s art from its seasonal lineup, and I don’t have to add my own commentary for that to sound pathetic. Speaking of, if the regular dose of anime sexism isn’t evident enough in the writing, then the character design, OP and ED bumpers, intermission shots, and increasing fanservice make it perfectly clear that they’re cashing in on waifu bait. The only plus in the art department is that they animated Holden, and that’s kinda fun.

It’s going to be difficult to talk about the sound because nothing stood out. Both the opening and the ending are sugary visuals with generic J-Pop tracks that I blacked out from my memory. The voice actors and the background music weren’t too impressive, but I also don’t remember many times when they were unbearably annoying. Surprisingly, that’s a big plus for me.

While Dagashi Kashi doesn’t have anything unfathomably awful or incomprehensibly insulting, there’s only so many times I can fall asleep while watching something just to retread ground the next morning (shoutout to Chobits). It’s actually kind of surprising how this show proved how little I could care about something transpiring one foot infront of my face. If my devolution into more stupid jokes than usual is getting a bit too old, then it must be time to wrap up what I hope I’ve made clear. Better shows await beyond pointlessness, put this dud down and continue on.
Dagashi Kashi (2016):
3.0/10

sipes.madyson - 2016-01-28 09:28:12

Ignore me. I suck cocks. The first episode is by far the worst. It's pretty entertaining after that hurdle.

Studio Feel isn't known for complexity. Or depth. Or comedy really. Or story even. No, our beloved Feel is known for one thing and one thing only: Incest porn. Well, they did animate the second season of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU and made it look better than the first season, but no one will remember that. Or care. They'll just assume whatever they want. What's important is incest porn. Dagashi Kashi is not incest porn. It's retarded. I can see it's attempting to draw all of it's comedy out of simply being bizarre, and it's ish-working, but only time will tell how it ends up. Right now, it's kind of stupid. But it knows it's stupid. It tries to be. It tries so very hard to be stupid, and I'm not sure I can get on board with that. Something like FLCL, you watch it and the absurdity seems effortless. Dagashi Kashi feels forced. Generic. Also like it's trying to one up everyone else. It's not compelling. It can be funny, but that comes down to taste. The best way I can describe it is if you were able to somehow personify various drugs(Cocaine, Acid, Shrooms), put them into a little hick town with a candy store and write a story around that. If that sounds interesting to you, watch Dagashi Kashi. If not...don't.

The opening is Hawt though.

hauck.veronica - 2016-01-21 09:38:42

It's plot is very straight forward. Kokonatsu's father wants him to take over their candy shop. He has a couple of friends and meets a girl called Hotaru, which he instantly falls for.