K-On! (2009)

Original title

けいおん!

Directed by

Naoko Yamada

Genre

school anime and manga, comedy anime and manga, slice of life anime and manga, cute girls doing cute things, coming-of-age anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 36 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 188 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Five high school girls revive their school's light music club, even though most have little musical experience. They hang out, practice, and play rock music together while navigating their daily school lives.

lightheartedwhimsicalgentlefunnyrelaxingwarmcheerfulslow-paced

What happens

K-On! (Japanese: けいおん!, Hepburn: Keion!) is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga K-On! written and illustrated by Kakifly. Produced by Kyoto Animation, it aired in Japan between April and June 2009. An additional original video animation (OVA) episode was released in January 2010. A 26-episode second season, titled K-On!! (with two exclamation marks), aired in Japan between April and September 2010, with an OVA episode released in March 2011. An anime film adaptation was released in Japan in December 2011. Bandai Entertainment had licensed the first season until their closure in 2012. Sentai Filmworks has since re-licensed the first season, in addition to acquiring the rights to the second season and film, and is currently streaming at first on Anime Network Online then later Hidive. The series focuses on five Japanese high school girls who refound their school's light music club. However, they begin with only four members, one of whom has little experience with musical instruments. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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