Omake Gif Anime - Saekano - Episode 12 [END] - Michiru Nekomimi Meido

Saekano - Episode 12 [END] - Michiru Nekomimi Meido



Michiru didn't know her band Icy Tail played anime music. Her first clue was the cat-ear maid uniform costume for their first concert.

Haha! Now we know why Tomoya was doing the full-on villain megane pose last episode! He already knew Michiru's other band mates were otaku and their Icy Tail, which is a pun on ai shiteiru (I love you), is an anime cover band. What a shock to find out that you're the only non-otaku in the building before you have to go on stage! Micheru didn't take it well at first, but she got over it. What a fun way to end the "first route" of Tomoya's meta visual novel. 

Omake Gif Anime - Saekano - Episode 11 - Michiru Strum

Saekano - Episode 11 - Michiru Strum



Tomoya thinks Michiru is wearing less by using his dress shirt. Okay, technically less, but it covers more.

Even though, Michiru was only introduced last episode in an eye-popping way, the fanservice didn't end there. She's maximizing her limited amount of screen time. Add in her interactions with the other girls, especially her "rivalry" with Eriri, and this show is stepping on the accelerator towards the final episode. Which aired right after!

Omake Gif Anime - Saekano - Episode 10 - Michiru Towels

Saekano - Episode 10 - Michiru Towels



Michiru, the tomboy cousin, just walks around Tomoya's house like she owns the place. Like walking around topless, for example.

We haven't seen Michiru since the prologue episode, which takes place even after this one. Needless to say, she made up for a lot of lost fanservice. I-I think we're full up over here now...

Omake Gif Anime - Saekano - Episode 9 - Megumi Blessing Shock

Saekano - Episode 9 - Megumi Blessing Shock



Oh? The English word "Blessing" in Blessing Software is Megumi in Japanese? What a coincidence!

For a couple of episodes focused on Eriri, the production staff smartly threw in some Utaha time for her fans. You can't have a deconstructed harem anime without making a nod to the lack of airtime for the cheesecake character. All is forgiven!

Omake Gif Anime - Saekano - Episode 6 - Utaha Memento

Saekano - Episode 6 - Utaha Memento



After all the suggestiveness and innuendo all night from banging out a new script, what better way to "remember" the special night?

There was a huge revelation in this week's episode of Saekano - Megumi Kato can make an angry pouty face! Oh, wait. You're probably thinking of that other thing, that backstory tension between Utaha and Aki-kun. She tried to get his input on a manuscript because he was such a big fan, but he refused because it was her creation. Now that he's involved with artistic creation, he has to put that awkwardness aside and act like a producer and editor for Utaha's output. Media production is all about collaboration behind the director's vision, after all.

Omake Gif Anime - Saekano - Episode 5 - Utaha Pokki

Saekano - Episode 5 - Utaha Pokki



Utaha asks to be fed by typing on her laptop and then almost bites the hand that feeds her. Watch out, Tomoya-kun!

Actual work got done on Tomoya's game, and as ridiculous as the plot was, Tomoya was extremely happy about the words "Big Brother" being used by the heroine. Megumi had no idea this was "thing" for otaku.

Omake Gif Anime - Saekano - Episode 4 - Tomoya Writes

Saekano - Episode 4 - Tomoya Writes



When Tomoya does things with passion, passionate things get done. Like writing a schedule on a whiteboard. Passionately.

Tomoya has most of his staff on board for his game project, but now they need to wrangle over schedule and budget.

Omake Gif Anime - Saekano - Episode 2 - Eriri vs Utaha

Saekano - Episode 2 - Eriri vs Utaha



Nothing says "eternal rivals" like kicking each other under the table. Eriri, Utaha, fight-o!

Megumi Kato, the heroine, finally gets to sit down and talk with mega-otaku Tomoya, and she proves she is a very normal girl. Normal. Except for her stealth mode. That's just creepy.

Omake Gif Anime - Saekano - Episode 1 - Eriri Twintail Lash

Saekano - Episode 1 - Eriri Twintail Lash

Eriri knows just how to punish her childhood friend Tomoya.

For a show seeking to deconstruct your average galge animation adaptation, Saekano appears to be doing a pretty good job. From the OTP heroine being someone whose face Tomoya can't even remember, to having almost extortion level info on the other girls Eriri and Utaha as their reasons for being drawn to the harem king, this story is not a formulaic harem romance comedy. The antics are the same, which leads to a couple of extra layers of chuckles to the usual chuckles. Eriri here, in the role of the childhood friend, looks like she's been growing out her twintails for a very specific reason - to smack Tomoya!

10 Second Anime - Saekano - Episode 0

Saekano - Episode 0

An otaku recruits creative arts girls and a normal one to help him create a visual novel. Romantic comedy elements ensue. Series premiere.

First Thoughts.

Sexy fanservice while a metanarrative critique of this very anime ran through the dialog grabbed my attention in the first few minutes. When normal harem comedy anime started happening again, the metanarrative continued. Good. I doubt the rest of the season will be like this, since this is a prelude episode, occurring sometime after the actual story begins, but it did its job in introducing the characters, the premise and the narrative tone (light comedy). Unfortunately, because of the meta nature of this prelude, I paid more attention to things than I normally would have, like the voice actor of the main guy character. He's called Tomoya here, but you could also call him Kirito, Arata, Tooru. Another harem king role for this same guy. He's also going to be in that Unlimited Fafnir show. Too many harem show roles, too close together kind of ruins the individual show for me. I'll have to see if I can appreciate this show on its own terms: gorgeous girls, reaction gag comedy and harem clichés. They seem to be doing a good job so far.