Japanese animation (anime) - あじむ ～海岸物語～

Name: Ajimu Kaigan Monogatari
Episodes: 4 ONAs
Vintage: 2001
Style: Romance

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Setting

Nakaido is an average collegial boy who falls in love for a girl he watches every week on the same train station he uses, until a destiny twist makes them meet due to a misunderstanding, and a light romantic comedy starts.

Pacing

A standard romance title: The standard love triangle, the beautiful girl who will be rejected, and the main dull character without courage ... it's all there. However clichéd, it's yet nicely done.

Animation, sound and sound track are actually above average, special Ajimu singing. She can express her feelings thru her music in an amazing way (I hope the dubbed version didn't dub her songs), and this alone might make this title worth. You won?t find someone singing - crying - at the same time, with such reality and emotion. A nice lesson which shows us that the original dubbers CANNOT be replaced.

Conclusion

A light and nice title, which follows the standard romance in every way.

Nothing new and quite predictable, though the ending does have some sudden twists ...

Yet, high points for animation and dubbing. And for those familiar, the sound track resemble Brazilian 'Bossa-Nova' ... interesting for a Japanese title!

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