{"id":3340,"date":"2011-01-08T15:57:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T19:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2011-01-08T15:57:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-08T19:57:57","slug":"keiths-anime-reviews-k-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/01\/08\/keiths-anime-reviews-k-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: K-ON!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>K-ON!<\/a> (yes, the exclamation mark is part of the title) is an absolutely fantastic<\/em><\/strong> series. Unlike some of the other anime I’ve reviewed recently, it’s also quite upbeat and cheerful – in fact, whenever I’m watching it, I can’t help but smile. (Usually I’m smiling through the entire episode <\/em>– it’s really that good.)<\/p>\n

The premise of K-ON!<\/em> is quite simple – a couple of high-schoolers join the “Light Music Club” (the Japanese name of which is where the name “K-ON” is derived from) and play music, form a band, have adventures, drink tea, and generally goof around all the way through high school.<\/p>\n

Overall, K-ON!<\/em> is a very lighthearted series, with a recurring theme of the value of friendship and being yourself. It really is just a lot of fun to watch; you can’t help but smile while watching it.<\/p>\n

Another aspect that makes this series very enjoyable to watch is the music, which is simply fantastic (as you would expect about a series about people in a school music club that form a band). Everything from the opening theme to the closing theme (which is usually done in the format of a music video featuring the main characters), along with every song that is performed in-series is just terrifically upbeat and catchy, and you’ll undoubtedly find yourself humming one (or more) of the songs at some point.<\/p>\n

Ultimately this is just an incredibly adorable and fun series. The characters are just so much fun to watch as they interact with one another, and there’s a nice mix of humor, sweetness, and “slice-of-life” style stories that just make it just a pure joy to watch – either from start to finish, or picking any random episode and letting yourself smile the whole way through.<\/p>\n

You won’t find anything in K-ON!<\/em> that is overly dramatic, but it is a great series that is just plain fun to watch. I highly recommend it.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keith reviews the (relatively new) anime series K-ON! and finds it so good that he can’t stop smiling the whole way through!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[78,266,249,124],"class_list":["post-3340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","tag-anime","tag-k-on","tag-anime-reviews","tag-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-RS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2964,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/03\/13\/keiths-anime-reviews-the-melancholy-of-haruhi-suzumiya\/","url_meta":{"origin":3340,"position":0},"title":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's Review of \"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.\"","rel":"","context":"In "My Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/03\/the-sos-brigade-150x150.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3147,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/07\/08\/keiths-anime-reviews-samurai-champloo\/","url_meta":{"origin":3340,"position":1},"title":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Samurai Champloo","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's review of the anime series \"Samurai Champloo\" - 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