![]() Their relationships with one another are real and believable. They are beautifully fleshed out characters, with actual personalities and meaningful interactions. ![]() It’s all very important.įor me, however, the true genius of the series lies in its secondary message about the power of friendship, of finding your tribe, and discovering your place and purpose in this world.Īsakusa, Mizusaki, and Kanamori are perfectly drawn in every way. And it manages to perfectly capture that painful dichotomy between the art we love and the sometimes unpleasant reality that goes into its creation. Through Asakusa, Mizusaki, and Kanamori, who play surrogates for the director, artist, and producer respectively, we are given some insight into the issues that plague the industry and the conversations it inspires everything from the long hours and low wages, to the ongoing debate between digital and hand drawn animation, to that perennial conflict between art and commerce. On the one hand, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! provides a deep cut into the struggles of those working in anime. The series tracks their madcap adventures, cutting back and forth between reality and the expansive worlds they’ve conjured in their minds, as they enthusiastically work towards their creative ambitions. It is my new anime obsession and the perfect counter programming for 2020.īased on the manga by Sumito Ōwara, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! is ostensibly about three high-school girls – the obsessive nerd Asakusa, the talented and ebullient Mizusaki, and the poker-faced Kanamori – who form a film club at their school so they can make their own anime. Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! is that series. ![]() That manages to somehow be clever and insightful, yet funny and entertaining. That is an uncynical celebration of humanity and all of its quirks. Every once in a while there comes a series that is joyous, and pure, and inspiring.
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