Binchou-tan 1

  
  
Opening: "iroha" by CooRie - A very pretty OP introduces us to Binchou-tan and her friends. kawaii~. Being a big fan of CooRie, of course I like the song. Probably my favorite OP of the season :)

First of all, could somebody please tell me why this is paired up with REC? Talk about different... Anyways, I had already seen this episode over animate.tv, but that was low-quality (badly compressed) streaming stuff, so watching it in full quality made it that much better.

Binchou-tan@Ai Nonaka lives alone in an old house in the mountains, surrounded by nature. This first ep shows us what she does during the day: walking in the forest, going to the lake and getting a ride on a duck, going home and taking a nap, eating yummy rice, just really simple everyday stuff. And that's about it ;)

Like ARIA, Binchou-tan is an 癒し iyashi ("healing") anime, focusing more on enjoying the small things rather than having some big story, so if you liked ARIA you'll probably like this -- which means this is definitely my kind of show. Production values are very high. 3D panning and such usually really bothers me, but the scene at beginning looking around Binchou-tan's house didn't since the CG quality is so high. Backgrounds are meticulously drawn (as they should be for a nature-focused show), and Binchou-tan herself is terakawaisu ;) GJ, Studio Deen! Music is also quite good and relaxing, enhancing the soothing mood of the show.

Next time, Binchou-tan's going to be doing some work. Wonder when we'll meet some of Binchou-tan's (very cute) friends :)