K-ON! Anime Review

K-ON! is one of those anime you end up watching after hearing everybody talking about it and seeing it being mentioned everywhere. I initially overlooked it when compiling my spring 2009 anime watchlist but eventually got caught up in the tsunami of hype surrounding this show and decided to get a first hand look at what everyone was talking about.

From left to right Ritsu, Yui, Tsumugi and my beloved Mio

K-ON! is an ongoing Japanese four-panel comic strip manga about four female teenagers who after starting high school come together to join their school’s light music or popular music club in order to save it from being abolished due to the lack of members. The four girls are Yui – an easily distracted bundle of energy who plays lead guitar, Mio – the very cute but shy lefthander who plays bass guitar, Ritsu – the club president with energy levels rivaling Yui’s who plays the Drums and Tsumugi – a dumb but filthy rich blonde that cooks very well and plays the keyboard.

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Mio is the definition of the otaku word “moe”

I really enjoyed watching K-ON initially, I enjoyed the early episodes when the girls were coming together and the early comedy, music and style of this anime really had me wanting more. Unfortunately somewhere in the middle of this series it just went downhill, the comedy wasn’t very appealing, the music seemed Marioish and not very enjoyable not to mention the now stale and at times downright annoying comedy. There were far too many pointless episodes and the focus became less on the music club as things went on. I watched on expecting some kind on addition that would inject some new life into this series and renew my interest and when Azusa was introduced things went well for a while before she too was swallowed up.

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My reaction to Yui on screen fluctuated from laughing out loud to cringing

K-ON! is an average series that is not worth your time if you are not interested int his type of anime or have better things to watch. I did like the animation, overall production values and the opening and closing themes but I can’t help but say this series underperformed. Hopefully things will get better in a future season, I am already imagining what will happen when the girls discover something called “boys”.

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ooh snap! how this this image get into this blog post..” droool, Miiioooo-chaaaannnn”

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K-ON! Official site (Japanese)

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12 thoughts on “K-ON! Anime Review

  1. What a great and honest review of the anime . I think your right about the anime being pointless and boring but it shows how the relationship of the girls are becoming closer .

    I for one , liked the show because of the moeness and comedy of the anime . This type of anime is usually targeted to Otakus then regular anime watchers . K-ON is an all girl anime showing the slice of life of a band which is like Lucky Star showing the slice of life of 4 school girls .

  2. Not even you can resist becoming one of us… (A Mio fanboy that is)

    Did you know that her character image song topped the Oricon charts at 2nd place? (with Yui’s being 3rd)

    And also, since moe seems popular right now, GAINAX, Square Enix and SUNRISE has banded together to troll us with THIS:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDivT6hj9Vw&feature=channel_page

    After all the hype, you see THAT at 1:13…

  3. I guess I’m alone here, but I also might fall into the Otaku group. I love K-ON. I know it’s just about their everyday lives and there have been some slow episodes, but overall I enjoy it. I do agree that it would be nice if they came back to focusing more on the music. I think the soundtracks for the anime are great. The characters are all very likable and I do not think Tsumugi is dumb. I think she is suppose to be sensible and kind of quiet on the outside.

    I do understand the negative reviews, but I am usually not as critical as most when it comes to anime. [music]

  4. i love K-ON! i like your review, i kinda agree to what you said. Yeah, sometimes Yui gets into my nerves for not concentrating on music

  5. what the hell…..:”: i wanna learn how to play instrument too ,,,,,,…. no wonder they look cool for acartoon to look that nice geez realy im jealous….. well can’t be help

  6. You guys are all stupid. This anime was the best and all the episodes were funny. I know it didnt match the music but 40 episodes about that isnt gonna go well. This is the 1! anime ever. There isnt anything negative about it. And Tsumuigi is not dumb… [angry]

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