Kaginado

People from various worlds and across different universes attend Kaginado Academy, a school of which its creation can only be attributed to a miracle. While everyone is trying to lead a normal school life, the clash of bustling personalities causes many of the students to beg questions about their world and the complexes they brought with them.

Ryou Fujibayashi feels like her life is dictated by how she is judged by others, expressing her jealousy toward other girls. Yukito Kunisaki constantly finds himself out of place and neglected, continuing to wander around unemployed and penniless. Meanwhile, Ayu Tsukimiya keeps running into the most untimely of situations—all while crashing into her surroundings along the way. Such is life at Kaginado Academy, and all the fourth wall breaking and comedic antics that come with it!

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Okazaki, Tomoya Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Sunohara, Youhei Main

Sakaguchi, Daisuke Japanese

Aizawa, Yuuichi Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Tennouji, Kotarou Main

Morita, Masakazu Japanese

Kunisaki, Yukito Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Naoe, Riki Main

Horie, Yui Japanese

Furukawa, Nagisa Supporting

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Sakagami, Tomoyo Supporting

Kuwashima, Houko Japanese

Fujibayashi, Kyou Supporting

Hirohashi, Ryou Japanese

Ibuki, Fuuko Supporting

Nonaka, Ai Japanese

Sakamoto, Kazuya Director

Maeda, Akane Sound Director

Aoshima, Takashi Script, Series Composition

Kai Script, Theme Song Lyrics

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Dec 28, 2021

SSSTenshi

Recommended

Kaginado. The series that covers many stories, the story of those who can fly in the sky, the stories of fake worlds, even the story of forgotten memories.

A series that brings all of Key's works together and does it fabulously. These 12 weeks of Kaginado airing had been brilliant. A quick reminder though, you will need to have watched/played the following visual novels Key has created, Kanon, Air, Clannad, Planetarian, Little Busters!, Rewrite and Angel Beats.

STORY: Kaginado doesn't have a true set story or anything like that. It's simply a hilarious comedy show based in a high school setting that brings many of Key's works ... together. All these universes come together into a show of true comedy. I really enjoyed the way they utilized the fact all these stories came together. 10/10

ART: The characters are all chibi so if you don't like chibi art then this might not be the anime for you. The backgrounds are all pretty colourful and in my opinion, beautiful. Of course, the art isn't perfect. In my opinion, the art isn't perfect however, it's still really good. 9/10

SOUND: All the voice actors are the same as they were in the original anime... With the exception of Misuzu Kamio's original voice actor Kawakami Tomoko, may you rest in peace. The other sounds fit the theme of the little bright comedy show. 10/10

CHARACTER: The characters are exactly the same as I remember them from the other series, still fabulous. Maybe these characters were not their best in the original shows but, when they come together with other Key characters, they become truly fabulous. Especially Sunohara in my opinion.

ENJOYMENT: As someone who adores Key and all their works, I have had many incredible memories with each of their series. When I first heard of this, I was so excited. And once it began airing, me and my friend are always messaging each other every week. A series like this means a lot, not just to me but every fan that Key has. I'm incredibly excited for season 2 and thus I give my enjoyment rating also a 10/10.

OVERALL: 10/10. Fabulous.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 28, 2021

Ragio

Recommended

"My child, please listen carefully..."

There´s a forgotten girl.
A girl in the sky.
A girl with a strange disease.
A shy girl playing baseball.
A girl in the moon.
And a girl who wants to see the stars.
These 6 make me who i am today. Without KEY, we may have not have had the impact on drama/romance visual novels or anime we have today. The fantastic character designs and personality; the comedy genious laying around in every episode making me laugh my ass off and the climax scenes turning every man into a crybaby; all of this adds up for unforgetable experiences within our hearts.

Yet one question remains. What ... if they ALL got togheter? Strap yourself in because you've just gotten into something special.
‌Before you do that you must have READ or WATCHED: Kanon/Kanon 2002,Kanon 2006; AIR/AIR TV,AIR:The Motion Picture,AIR: In Summer;CLANNAD/CLANNAD, CLANNAD:After Story; Little Busters!/Little Busters!,Little Busters!:Refrain, Little Busters!: EX; Kud Wafter Rewrite,Rewrite:Harvest Festa!/Rewrite,Rewrite Second Season; Planetarian/Planetarian(anime)/ Tomoyo After(this one you must play as there is no anime.)
Don't let the chibi style or 4 minute episode runtime fool you; it's a masterpiece! The classic jokes such as "Toilet Seat Cover" or Kyousuke being a lolicon are very much present with the addition of lots of references to specific scenes or character traits but with a few wholesome moments that bring water to our eyes. Sadly(and this might be a huge drawback to you)character attention might vary a lot. Because it's a limited cast, some characters might show up in 4 episodes while others show up with 3 lines of dialogue with 10 seconds. Personally, i didn't feel loss with that because they really can make every episode feel unique with the same set of characters specially when you can feel that they've enjoyed working on this project; i really loved the voice acting. One major example of this is Misuzu's voice actress. Her past VA is no longer with us so she had big shoes to fill in the girl in the sky. Let me tell you, she was perfect; it was just barely a 1:1 to the original.
Finally, KEY also brought the audience their favourite tunes back; i'm talking about the BGM playing in each one of the games(not all of course) and one special singer returned to melt our hearts once again: Lia.

After watching Kaginado, all i could feel was that this anime was a "Thank you for being there." A Thank you to all of us fans who have witnessed these wonderful and powerful stories that will forever have marked history and our lives.
So from me and all of the fans; Thank you for inspiring millions of people to pursue their dreams and to give us more meanings of important words such as family or friendship.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 28, 2021

Swoss

Mixed Feelings

Kadokawa's 'Isekai Quartet' and the amalgamation of the world's most overrated anime of the worst genre. Type Moon's 'Carnival Phantasm' which you're likely only watching for Fate and don't even know what a 'Tsukihime' is, aside from the funny cat. Now, Key has joined the fray. Kaginado is the gathering of Key's most notable works, from Clannad to Air to Kanon to Little Busters and et cetera. Each episode lasts for a mere 4 minutes and you always feel like there should be more... Let's talk about it.

Like 'Isekai Quartet,' all of the characters from numerous Key works are gathered into a single high school ... where they live out their lives in unrelenting comedy, a breath of relief for those who've cried their eyes out with each show/visual novel. Basically, it's a high quality shit post.

Do you want to see your favourite characters like over-sized babies? Then Kaginado is for you!

Everyone is here! Every seiyuu is voice acting their respective character and it's truly a relief.

The characters are the same. LMao.

If you still haven't recovered from the emotional trauma of that Key visual novel/show, then Kaginado is a great place to go on from there. At some point in the future, you'll see your favorite characters reimagined like a tinny little twerp with other characters that you probably don't know.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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