TARI TARI
STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
13
RELEASE
September 23, 2012
LENGTH
24 min
DESCRIPTION
The last year of high school is always a time of both looking forward and looking back. Before you lives the future, alternately bright and scary. Behind you lie memories, both happy and sad. And somehow, in the course of one year, you have to reconcile those two and decide where your life is going to go.
For Wakana Sakai, who had started studying music, it's time to face the tragedy that made her abandon that path. For Sawa Okita, it's about her dreams of riding professionally. And for Konatsu Miyamoto, it's about bringing her friends together through the magic of a song. Can something as simple as the formation of a choir club really help solve the hurts and pangs that come with growing up? Can music bring people together despite their differences?
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
CAST
Sawa Okita
Saori Hayami
Wakana Sakai
Ayahi Takagaki
Konatsu Miyamoto
Asami Seto
Atsuhiro Maeda
Natsuki Hanae
Taichi Tanaka
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Naoko Takakura
Atsuko Tanaka
Gaikoku Condor Queens
Jorge Diaz
Mahiru Sakai
Sayaka Oohara
Mine
Yuuki Matsumoto
Midori Ueno
Risa Taneda
Haruka Tanaka
Ayako Kawasumi
Nagaoka
Ryoukichi Takahashi
Rika Katae
Natsumi Takamori
Shiho Okita
Mamiko Noto
Akio Hanaya
Mitsuru Ogata
Matsuko Arita
Rena Maeda
Tooru Hamada
Yuuki Ono
Mika Sakaki
Ikumi Hayama
Makoto Miyamoto
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Masami Ootani
Saori Oonishi
Youki Condor Queens
Yutaka Aoyama
Tada
Shunzou Miyasaka
Touyama
Yukihiro Misono
Kanan Nitta
Mami Fujita
Mai Ayabe
Naomi Shindou
EPISODES
Dubbed
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REVIEWS
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70/100Nothing too outstanding, everything is done as it should be done with an anime like this.Continue on AniListNote: I copied, and edited my review from the other well-known listing site which will remain unnamed now.
High school is a place which everyone experiences different. Some people hate it, while others love it. Most friendships formed during these years either last for a life time, while others only last until you finish high school. Everyone remembers something out of those few years, both the bad and good times and things that happend during it.
Here we have 5 high schoolers who got into a group with a common goal they all wanted to accomplish. Each of them had their own struggles and objectives they wanted to get over. The whole thing started of with our main girl, Konatsu who was in the choir club, but decided to quit it because she was banned from participating in the competition that is hold every year due to her embarrassing performance at last year's competition. That's where the whole adventure begins, where she decides to make her own club with her friends. As a club they overcome many hardships and do many activities as a club or group which results in them all growing as a person too. Not a really original story,some would even say it is really mediocre, but the characters change it up a little bit.
The characters have depth to them, most of them have a backstory that explains their behaviour towards each others. Because of these backstories they have obstacles in front of them which they have to pass in order to grow as people, even if they had to go against others for their own goals. Teaches you how about the importance of dreams, to always follow them and to never give up on them. Most of them also have a connection with each other one way or another.
Since it's an anime about music, it is expected to have good soundtracks. It definitely does in my opinion. The songs they were practising, learning and writing were all good to listen to. Whatever the situation was, the correct music was always playing.
There wasn't anything outstanding in the animation. Typical, clean, smooth looking school art, probably seen dozens of times already. There wasn't anything bad with it either, no lacking anywhere, always looked as it should. Just what you would expect from a show like this.
HidamariSeashore
92/100The most underrated music anime ever.Continue on AniListIf you love something or someone, you should have a right to express that love. For example, if you love music and singing, you should have a right to sing your heart out; no one should hold you back. The anime that has caused me to say such a thing is one that, along with another anime called Hanasaku Iroha, I discovered through a music video that kind of crossed over those two anime and True Tears. However, I held off on watching it for so long, but after listening to some songs from it enough times, I decided that I couldn't stop myself from watching it anymore. I swear, not watching this particular anime sooner has to be one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my review of Tari Tari.
Tari Tari follows the final year of high school for Konatsu Miyamoto, a former member of her school's choral group. She had quit the group because of the adviser and vice principal not allowing her to sing due to an incident from the previous year's recital. Despite this, she wants to sing at one more recital before she graduates, so what would she do other than form her own choir club? She recruits Sawa Okita (an archery club member who dreams of becoming an equestrian), Taichi Tanaka (a badminton player), and "Wien" (a boy who returned to Japan after living in Austria for 12 years) for her club; she also tries to recruit a friend of hers, Wakana Sakai, but she has given up music as a result of her mother's death. As the anime goes on, Wakana slowly but surely becomes able to love music again, and the choir club moves forward with their ambition to sing.
The story of Tari Tari is quite good; there are moments that got me laughing, and there are other moments that nearly got me to cry. Another reason for the story being great is the outstanding character development; although not all of the characters are necessarily likable, all of them have depth to them, going through real dilemmas. I especially liked Wakana's character development; I was originally annoyed at her for constantly running away from music, but as the anime went on and she started to come to terms with things, I came to like her, as well. If you want to know my favorite character, though, it was Wein; every time he was on screen, he just simply put a smile on my face. I also liked the bond between each of the members of the choir club; their friendship is perhaps the most genuine I've ever seen in anime.
P.A.Works is the animation studio behind beautifully-animated anime such as True Tears, Angel Beats, and Charlotte; luckily, I can say that they also did a good job with the animation for Tari Tari. It's not the most breathtaking animation I've ever seen, and I'm not sure if I can say that the character designs are anything special; however, it was very pleasant to watch. The voice acting was amazing, as well; with talented voice actors such as Saori Hayami (Sawa) and Nobunaga Shimazaki (Tanaka), there's no going wrong here. However, the best part about this anime, without a doubt, is the music; considering what this anime is about, this is definitely a good thing. The opening theme, "Dreamer" by Airi, is a song that I constantly found myself singing along to, and the ending theme, "Shiokaze no Harmony" by Ayahi Takagaki, Asami Seto, Saori Hayami, Nobunaga Shimazaki, and Natsuki Hanae, is also a very catchy song; all of the insert songs are charming in their own ways, with my favorite being "Radiant Melody".
Overall, Tari Tari is a great anime. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for an anime with a great story, lovable characters, and of course, music that you'll find yourself listening to again and again!
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- (3.5/5)
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Ended inSeptember 23, 2012
Main Studio P.A. Works
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