いっしょにとれーにんぐ TRAINING WITH HINAKO

ISSHO NI TRAINING: TRAINING WITH HINAKO

OVA

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
1
RELEASE
April 24, 2009
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

"First muscle training animation ever," a 16-year-old girl named Hinako leads exercises in push-ups, sit-ups, and squats. Hinako was once a human, but she was turned into an anime character when she was a second-year middle-school student.

(Source: Anime News Network)

CAST

Hinako
Mai Kadowaki
Hiyoko

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

thetickdickler
48/100
A better than expected loneliness aid.
In "Training with Hinako", Hinako was once a person, but somehow, she gets sucked into the TV and gets turned into an anime character. After noticing you watching her, she is surprised since she hasn't seen an actual person in a while. So she decides to interact with you, by calling you pudgy and saying that doing some training could help the both of you.

Sitting through this, I didn't expect it to have some actual plot. I was expecting the anime to pretend that you were friends with the cute girl who would like someone to train with because she secretly has a crush on you as well as you having a crush on her, or it being a training video with the trainer being something to look at while you're using this as the laziest exercise video in existence. Instead, Training with Hinako has this weird meta story to explain it's existence. I guess it's something different, which is nice.

After the first few minutes of introducing the character and the exercises that she, and what your supposed to do along with her if you're not just being lazy, will be doing the rest of the OVA. It also features Hinako wearing different clothing throughout the OVA, but all of them are worn very briefly (bah-dum-tish), and it doesn't actually show her changing it and out any of the clothing presumably because that would have been time consuming and would have gone over the meager budget, it will just cut to her wearing something different in the same shot.

The fact that there is more than one set of clothing is a minor miracle, because I wasn't expecting her to appearing anything else to begin with. Also, in between the exercising, the OVA is broken up by joke credits, featuring scenes from a magical girl series featuring Hinako that doesn't exist. That's probably due to the fact that the DVD has some minor interactivity, allowing the viewer to rearrange scenes.

Would I recommend "Training with Hinako"? Yeah. It's cute, but not annoyingly cute. Sure, it's not wank material, but I expect it to appeal to someone. It might not have the variety or quality of something like (Makura no Danshi ENG: Pillow Boys), but it's remarkably well put together for what it is, and seems to be earnestly trying to be enjoyable. It's not going to be for everyone, but I imagine someone getting something out of it.
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Vvanky
70/100
The hidden gem of 2009.
Now this series might look off to you. but Im telling you, this is a masterpiece.
Never before have I been more interested in training and being active. I am generally not the one to work out all that much, but after watching this, I am sold. A series about our main heroine, Hinako, who suddenly has turned into an anime character and does not know how. She accepts it quickly and then tells the viewer that she has to lose weight and starts a collaboration between the world of anime and real life.

Story: The narrative is quite deep and complex as the main character does rhythementry movements in three different exercsise poses. The story begins with the main protagonist Hinako introducing herself to the viewer directly breaking the 4th wall and then monologues about how she became an anime character and explains she has no idea how she became an anime character. She then suggests a collaboration between anime and reality. After a quick game of rock-paper-scissors, she suggests some weight training as she has gotten a bit chubby, then directing the viewers now down moving gaze up as to ruin the viewers time. She then explains to you the three different exercises, push-ups, sit-ups and squats. She then comments about how chubby the viewer is. She decides that its settled and we start doing the exercises she planned. The exercises in question are executed in the order mentioned above.

Animation: Astounding. This really carries the anime, motivating the viewer. It really showcases the cuteness and innocence of Hinako, firing up the avarage cultured man and drives past their limits during their training regimen. It has a perfect balance of innocence and sexyness which comes across perfectly. It feels as though every scene, every second, every frame are made and animated to perfection all in the hopes of motivating the viewer to keep going and not give in! There is not much put into the setting. In the beginning we start with Hinako in the shower and after the brief introduction scene, we are shown into the Hinakos bedroom wherre our training exercises will take place.

Voice acting: The lone voice actor, Mai Kadowaki does an amazing job as Hinako. She does a good job at acting like she is exhausted, which is a necessity in this anime because of obvious reasons. She does come off as childish and innocent, much like in other roles she's had like Illyasfiel from the fate franchise.

In conclusion. This anime is a work of art and was truly ahead of its time and there is nothing that can convince me otherwise.. I cannot even fathom to believe that a hidden gem such as Training with Hinako has existed without my knowledge for 11 years and I can only thank the gods that led me to it.

69/100 will definetly rewatch this once in a while.
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