A great sequel to a nice slice of life anime series
If you've watched the first seasons (Hidamari Sketch and Hidamari Sketch x 365) already you should know what the series is all about... but if you're reading this review and you haven't yet I suggest you watch the past two seasons if you are interested in slice of life and watching this series.
But yeah as usual, this series is about 4 girls who live in an apartment and attend art school (which happens to be right across from the apartments!). However as you can tell from the cover of the DVD there are two new main characters that are added to the roster! Their names are Nori (the blue haired girl) who's likes computers and is pretty level-headed compared to the rest of the characters and Nazuna (the girl with the white/sandy blonde hair) who is very shy and not in the art department.
The series deals with the daily lives of these 6 girls focusing on them doing relatively 'normal' things such as going to school, hanging out together, and doing things at home...
Ume-sensei still going strong
Hidamari Sketch (now heading for a 4th season in 2012) is based off a 4-panel ("yon-koma" in Japanese) comic strip style manga-- you can find it translated to English as Sunshine Sketch, Vol. 1. Because it's based off what is basically a comic strip rather than a more comic book-like manga, the story isn't going to be as compelling as the characters and how they interact-- other shows based on "yon-koma" like Lucky Star and K-On! bear this out.
The structure of the "yon-koma" is designed to quickly set up a punch line in the 4th panel, so naturally the gags are fast-paced, and the characters are very quirky. In fact, without these the manga (let alone the anime) would fall very flat, and probably wouldn't make it past the initial pitch. By season 3, however, the writers have added enough story structure to the episodes to achieve the right pace and still retain the same comic timing.
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