Nichijou: My Ordinary Life - The Complete Series [Blu-ray]

this is an adorable anime with a mix of very subtle comedy, and over the top deadpan and slapstick comedy. while it may appear to be rooted in reality, being a slice of life series, it's actually not all that realistic. it blends a sort of real life meets sort of silly cartoonish gags that definitely break the reality one may expect from a typical slice of life series. also, i noticed in the second half of the series, the ending theme song is different every episode, but with that said i am not a big fan of the ending themes in general. the lyrics used in all the intros and outros seem to be very cheesy, like on the level of children's nursery rhymes, but i suppose this is supposed to promote the idea this anime is supposed to be very cute. speaking of cuteness, i noticed something of a pattern with Kyoto Animation. they don't really produce much of anything in a sexual nature. recalling back to previous animes, aside from their very first production ever, they have always avoided overt sexual themes for the vast majority of the time, which is very true for this anime specifically. there are no panty shots, no blatant nudity scenes. this series is practically safe enough to let your middle schooler watch with you. considering how many animes these days are guilty of sexual fanservice, it is a relief to see a brand of comedy not so reliant on anime cliche'. one final thing to note, for a slice of life comedy meant for 10 year old boys (it is "shounen" afterall), the budget in this series looks like it was overkill. for something seemingly so basic as this genre, i feel like they had the same kind of money that was put into Attack On Titan, if not at least 80% of the budget. this was a really high quality series, and though i took 6 years to get into it (it never got dubbed and i'm lazy to read) i don't regret taking a leap of faith and suffering through reading subtitles, for everything was really done well, even the Japanese voice acting was just right (female Japanese voices actually irritate me in some animes which is in part why i prefer english dubs, but this anime i didn't have any major issues).

Nichijou (ordinary life) is my favorite anime of all time. I watched this not knowing what to expect and was blown away. The story, the emotion, the comedy, the depth and range of characters, the music, EVERYTHING about was amazing. I laughed, it makes you think about your position in this crazy world, and it leaves you feeling hopeful about this crazy world we live in. This is the second copy i have purchased because i literally watched the other one so much the blu-ray player stopped recognizing the disks. PLEASE, watch this anime. The blu-ray was well packaged and authentic. Thank you!!!

I've never watched anything else quite like Nichijou. The characters are all entertaining in their own ways, and the way the unique visual style is used to emphasize various gags is as impressive as it is hilarious. This show is a prime example of how to absolutely abuse the animation budget for a comedic slice of life show, and the end result is wonderfully ridiculous and charming.

I was very happy to see Funimation resurrecting this gem which I believe can now be considered a cult classic of the anime genre, sub-genre slice of life. This is not your typical anime. The tropes, jokes and non-jokes, and sketches are like those you don't normally see in any other anime. Imagine if the comic strip Non-Sequitur made an anime, except in Japanese (subtitled in English). I might even describe this as WTF-Slice-of-Life for lack of a better brief description, and without giving too much away.

I just want to help clarify the dub info for anyone else look to get Nichijou cheaper than the currently out of print US release. The release as show in the photos (Amazon likes to mix reviews for different releases so look at the photos) does have the English dub on it. There are other releases out there that only have the English sub so be careful. I also tested it and I can confirm that is is region locked to region B players. To play this you will need either a hacked region free player or an import region B player. The discs worked fine in my hacked player.

US here and can safely say it will not play on any current players unless it's type B players. Only bought because it's out of print currently and I absolutely adore this series, as an adult I sit back and watch this as my morning cartoons along with other funnies. Would be happier if I had a players but thats on me. Fantastic series over all and it's worth the watch even if it's only available on crunchyroll here.

I saw clips of Nichijou on tumblr and twitter not long after the show began airing in Japan, but didn't want to fall into the trap of buying individual volumes of an anime, only for the series releases to discontinue, as was and is a common occurrence. This set was a welcome relief. This anime is all over the map for what it gives you, it's very, very hard to tell when a bit starts how the comedy with intensify, or if it will, or if there will even be comedy in that section. The show deliberately messes with your expectations, but still manages to be very fun and shockingly heartwarming. For some, this anime may feel like a test of patience, for others very rewarding. You do get the DVD and Blu-Ray versions on this set, so why not share it with a pal?

This anime is so wild and silly. I was expecting a hilarious comedy and they delivered in abundance. Weather it be the school principle bodyslamming a wild deer, the child genius constantly being scolded by her robot or even the tsundere unloading onto her crush in the most explosive way, your in for a treat. This anime will have you laughing at its absurdity the entire time and questioning how did they even think this series up? But highly recommend giving it a watch.

Die Blu-rays kamen sogar einen Tag früher als erwartet an (Postversand). Ordentlich verpackt, ohne Schaden oder optische Mängel. Nichijou ist eine der genialsten Serien (ebenso der Manga) und ich bin glücklich, die komplette Serie auf einmal und zu einem günstigen Preis kaufen zu können. Ich werde mir das Sortiment des Anbieters mal komplett ansehen, denn es gab auch keinerlei Probleme bei Bestellung und Versand!

海外の声優さんが日本語版のニュアンスを大変よく理解して演じていらっしゃるように感じました。普通に日本語でも視聴でき、安価なので これから見ようと思っている方にオススメです。

Love this series and was very excited to watch it again. Sadly it didn't say on the ad that this Blu Ray was US region. It wouldn't work in any of our consoles or DVD players. UK buyers, be wary!

Nichijou es una serie comica que no se deberian perder. Sobre el producto el unico problema es que no tiene subtitulos en español, lo cual es obvio ya que originalmente es distribuido solo para el publico en USA, sin embargo ya que el BluRay se puede ver en todo america sigue siendo una buena compra y probablemente la unica forma de tener esta serie de manera oficial.

Had serious compatibility/playback issues with my old Bluray player and literally could not play any of the 4 Bluray discs. Now after testing the set with a new Bluray player there are nearly no issues. Although, it froze on the Fbi warning the second time I loaded disc 1 into the new Bluray player. It's probably the issue with the player since the player froze completely during the Fbi warning and I had to unplug the power to get it working again.... I'm changing the rating to 5 stars. _____ Headline: "Bluray cannot play..." Rating: 2 stars If I could get the Bluray discs to play, this would've been a great purchase. Unfortunately, only the DVDs were able to play properly on my Bluray/DVD player. I could not get any of the three Bluray discs to play any of the episodes at all! The first disc was able to play the pre-menu commercials but could not display the menu. Discs 2 and 3 could not play anything at all, including the pre-menu commercials. I've even tried updating the firmware of my Bluray/DVD player. After the update, I could get the pre-menu commercial of disc 2 to play, but could not get disc 1 to play anything at all this time. I think disc 3 was able to play the pre-menu commercial, although I can't recall it for sure. But that doesn't matter, because none of the discs were able to show the menu, anyways. And no, it didn't work when I tried to skip to the menu or use the menu button on the remote. This was a horrible experience. Why does Bluray have so many playback problems? None of this ever happens with DVDs....