Girlish Number
ガーリッシュ ナンバーCollege student Chitose Karasuma is determined not to do boring things as she enters the adult world. To this end, this bad-mannered beauty barges into a facility that trains would-be voice actors and actresses, somehow landing a job at "Number One Produce," a seiyuu agency managed by her older brother, Gojou. In Chitose's mind, she's poised for greatness, but finds herself at a loss when she continues to only get minor roles. As she clashes with other girls in the agency, including a cunning airhead and a girl with a Kansai accent, Chitose is about to learn that there's more to succeeding in this competitive industry than she imagined. (Source: ANN)
Reviews
matt.grant - 2016-12-29 16:15:30
Very funny Slice of Life, great drawing
okey23 - 2016-11-08 04:01:53
I picked this show up from just looking at the title and promo image: cute girls, vivid colors, happy-go-lucky look to it: basically the perfect show to fill in that empty slot in my seasonal watch list previously occupied by New Game, but boy was I ever wrong to judge this show by its cover. And I could never be happier.
Instead of the done-to-death trope of a newbie starting from the bottom and working her way up the ladder and winning all the things, our lead girl Chitose Karasuma (no not the one from Galaxy Angel) is already knee deep in the seiyuu business and full of herself, even though she kind of sucks at voice acting. Her brother and agent, Gojou, is quick to reminder her of this and the banter between the two is worth the price of admission on its own, but once Chitose gets a lead role out of the blue one day and top tier voice actresses now work in support of her, the levels of dry catty dialogue reach levels I didn't think were possible in a moe-styled anime.
Pictured above: Gojo-kun
And when Momoka teaches Chitose how to blow off people and be a basic bitch while still keeping a cutesy facade this show basically becomes a personified moe-blob show that has become cynical and bitchy as it quickly approaches 30-something, developed a drinking problem, and wonders why it's still single. I love it.
There's also the ever-growing story of the studio in charge of making the anime not knowing what they're doing and trying their damnedest at every turn to steer the whole project into an iceberg, all while Gojou looks on and tries to make sure his sister doesn't get taken advantage of and her career wrecked.
Dry humor is certainly an acquired taste that isn't for everyone, so just watch the first two episodes of this anime to get the feel of it. After that, if you're still into it, buckle up because the show's hinting that it could take some interesting turns later. We'll see if that comes to pass or if I'm just looking too far into things at the moment.
emard.ansel - 2016-10-15 00:18:25
Its not bad but its too moe blob pandering that killls it for me
the story about the hardship of seiyuu work is interesting but it would have work better if it didn't have a moe blob pandering characters attached to it.