Anime-Gatari

Anime-Gatari (アニメガタリ, lit. Anime-chat) is a Japanese short animation that served as intermission for Toho Cinemas' animated films at Shinjuku, Tokyo from 2015 to 2016. The anime follows the rapid-fire chit-chat of "charming characters" in an anime club at the Tokyo University. An anime television series based on the short and titled Anime-Gataris (アニメガタリズ) aired from October 8 to December 24, 2017.

Anime-Gatari
Key visual
アニメガタリ
Genre	Comedy
Original video animation
Directed by	Kenshirō Morii
Studio	W-Toon Studio
Released	April 17, 2015 – 2016
Anime television series
Anime-Gataris
Directed by	Kenshirō Morii
Produced by	Utsumi Hiroshi Kenji Ebato Yáo Xīn Hiroaki Takeuchi
Written by	Mitsutaka Hirota
Music by	Keigo Hoashi Kuniyuki Takahashi
Studio	Wao World DMM Pictures
Licensed by	NA: Funimation
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, AT-X
Original run	October 8, 2017 – December 24, 2017
Episodes	12

Characters

Animegataris

Minoa Asagaya (阿佐ヶ谷あさがや 未み乃愛, Asagaya Minoa)

Voiced by: Kaede Hondo (Japanese); Dawn M. Bennett (English)

A girl who just recently began watching anime. She wants to reopen the inactive anime club, even though she is still unfamiliar with anime. She is Maya's younger sister.

Arisu Kamiigusa (上井草かみいぐさ 有ゆう栖, Kamiigusa Arisu)

Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi (Japanese); Alison Viktorin (English)

A girl with an ojou-sama manner but she is actually an otaku who likes moe characters.

Miko Kōenji (高円寺こうえんじ 美子よしこ, Kōenji Miko)

Voiced by: Hisako Tōjō (Japanese); Elizabeth Maxwell (English)

Minoa's friend who likes to read light novels before watching their anime adaptations. She often clashes with Arisu on differences of opinion.

Kai Musashisakai (武蔵境むさしさかい塊かたまり)

Voiced by: Setsuo Itō (Japanese); Alejandro Saab (English)

A member of the anime club and an eccentric. His particular interest is in media typically associated with chuunibyou, and is a chuuni himself. He generally looks nerdy, but when he takes his glasses off he is considered very handsome. He has a crush on Miko.

Nakano Mitsuteru (中野なかの光輝みつてる, Mitsuteru Nakano)

Voiced by: Junta Terashima (Japanese); Jordan Dash Cruz (English)

A member of the anime club and an upperclassman. He, like Neko-sensei, actually came from the Anime World, and his real name is pronounced Aurora; he came to the real world to acquire the power to change it into his preferred pronunciation.

Yui Obata (小幡おばた 唯ゆい, Obata Yui)

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (Japanese); Kristen McGuire (English)

Neko-Senpai (ネコ先輩せんぱい, Neko Senpai)

Voiced by: Hironori Kondou (Japanese); Brad Smeaton (English)

A talking cat from the secret room in the anime club.

Animegatari

Maya Asagaya (阿佐ヶ谷あさがや マヤ, Asagaya Maya)

Voiced by: Inori Minase (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English)

A new member who is not familiar with anime. In Animegataris, Maya is a third year high student and Minoa's older sister.

Erika Aoyama (青山あおやま 絵里香えりか, Aoyama Erika)

Voiced by: Anju Inami (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English)

A girl who seems to be a normie outside, but is actually an otaku. In Animegataris, Erika is a third year student at Sakaneko High School and the president of anime research club.

Other

Tsubaki Akabane (赤羽あかはね椿つばき, Akabane Tsubaki)

Voiced by: Asuka Nishi (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English)

Tsubaki is the Student Council President at Sakaneko High School and used to be Erika's childhood friend. Now that Tsubaki considers Erika to be a nuisance, she is determined to have the anime club shut down at any cost.

Ayame Osaki (大崎おおさき菖蒲しょうぶ, Osaki Ayame)

Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori (Japanese); Jeannie Tirado (English)

Student Council Vice-President.

Matsuri Toda (戸田とだ茉莉まり, Toda Matsuri)

Voiced by: Miyu Takagi (Japanese); Megan Shipman (English)

Sakeneko High School student council Treasurer.

Masato Gomon (五門ごもん真人しんじん, Gomon Masato)

Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa (Japanese); Cris George (English)

The anime club's advisor.

Toru Roppongi (六ろく本木もとぎ透とおる, Roppongi Toru)

Voiced by: Naomi Maruyama (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum (English)

Yui's homeroom teacher and supervisor of the sports club.

Principal

Voiced by: Ryūsei Nakao (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)

The principal of Sakaneko High School. He is a former member of the anime club and creator of the anime "Eternal Symphony" that Minoa loves so much. However it was canceled after the first episode due to the fans' critiques, hence why he wants to shut down the current anime club.

Beibei Yang (楊貝貝かい, Yang Beibei)

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Trina Nishimura (English)

An otaku girl and exchange student from Beijing, China. She met Minoa during the Otacon and also goes to the same school as her sister.

Shugo Asagaya (阿佐ヶ谷あさがや修吾しゅうご, Asagaya Shugo)

Voiced by: Kenta Zaima (Japanese); Kyle Phillips (English)

Minoa and Maya's Father. He is an otaku but hides it to keep his perfect father image to his daughters (which he fails).

Ai Asagaya (阿佐ヶ谷あさがや愛あい, Asagaya Ai)

Voiced by: Ai Kakuma (Japanese); Natalie Hoover (English)

Minoa and Maya's Mother. She has no problem revealing her husband is an otaku.

Anime

The short animation served as an intermission for Toho Cinemas animated films at Shinjuku from 2015 to 2016. The anime follows the rapid-fire chit-chat of "charming characters" in an anime club at the Tokyo University.

An anime television series partially served as the prequel aired from October 8 to December 24, 2017. The opening theme is "Aikotoba" (アイコトバ, Password) by Garnidelia, and the ending theme is "Good Luck Lilac" by GATALIS, a unit form consisting of Kaede Hondo, Sayaka Senbongi, and Hisako Tōjō. Crunchyroll streamed the series while Funimation streamed a simuldub.

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Minoa, Anime Rookie!" Transliteration: "Minoa, Anime Rūkī!" (Japanese: ミノア、アニメルーキー！)	October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08)
Minoa finds out Arisu is an otaku and decides to help reopen the inactive anime club. She later finds a mysterious room in the clubroom where she finds a beret and a strange cat.
2	"Anime-Gataris, Assemble!" Transliteration: "Tsudoe, Anime-Gataris" (Japanese: ツドエ、アニメガタリズ)	October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15)
Minoa and Arisu starts recruiting students for the anime club.
3	"Erika, Cosplayer x Cosplayer" Transliteration: "Erika, reiyā × reiyā" (Japanese: エリカ、レイヤー×レイヤー)	October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22)
Erika takes Minoa and the others to Akihabara to expose Minoa to more anime-related stuff while figuring out how to keep the anime research club from being abolished by the student council.
4	"Club Room Go Boom!" Transliteration: "Bushitsu, daibakuhatsu!" (Japanese: ブシツ、ダイバクハツ!)	October 29, 2017 (2017-10-29)
Arisu explains to Minoa about anime production and business. In order to prove their club is productive, the club is asked by the Drama Club to help with the costumes for their play. However Erika hits a roadblock when designing the costumes.
5	"Beibei, Don't Go" Transliteration: "Beibē, ikenai susumenai" (Japanese: ベイベー、イケナイススメナイ)	November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)
Summer has arrived and the anime club head to Comiket, while there they meet Yang Beibei, a Chinese girl studying Japanese who tells them that anime is popular in China as well.
6	"Kaikai Love Climax" Transliteration: "Kaikai, rabu kuraimakkusu" (Japanese: カイカイ、ラブクライマックス)	November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)
The anime club is traveling to certain places in Japan that anime used for their stage (currently going to Oorai). Meanwhile, Kai is suffering from love-struck from Miko and Minoa is trying to find her goal in the club while getting into a string of bad luck situations.
7	"Miko Quits Writing" Transliteration: "Miko, danpitsusengen" (Japanese: ミコ、ダンピツセンゲン)	November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19)
With the culture festival coming up, the anime club decide to participate to show their progress. However when the student council rejected the anime screening, they decided to do anime shorts which actually is harder than it looks.
8	"Arisu Can't Make Enough Money" Transliteration: "Arisu, okanegatarimasenwa" (Japanese: アリス、オカネガタリマセンワ)	November 26, 2017 (2017-11-26)
Tsubaki proposes the anime club fill the auditorium or the club will be shut down. The anime club must complete their presentation and get a full house in 2 days. Minoa and Maya finds out their dad's secret (even though it's not a big deal).
9	"The Anime Club: Forever Snobs" Transliteration: "Aniken, zuttotengu" (Japanese: アニケン、ズットテング)	December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03)
With the success at the festival, the other clubs come to the anime club for advice which later gets out of hand.
10	"Anime Club Finally Falls" Transliteration: "Aniken, yattohaibu" (Japanese: アニケン、ヤットハイブ)	December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10)
Betrayed by one of their own, the anime club is disband. In order to find out the reason, Minoa and Neko-Senpai confronts the Principal and finds out his secret.
11	"Our Friend Kouki's Second Betrayal" Transliteration: "Kyō ni go rishi kōki (mei yū) no uragi ri" (Japanese: 共きょうニ語ごリシ光輝こうき（めいゆう）ノ裏切うらぎりリ ミノア、カタルシス)	December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)
Minoa starts noticing anime things are happening in real life. The secret room in the anime club is revealed.
12	"Minoa, Katharsis" Transliteration: "minoa, katarushisu" (Japanese: ミノア、カタルシス)	December 24, 2017 (2017-12-24)
In order to save the two worlds from merging into one, Minoa and Neko-Senpai have to convince Nakeno to change his mind.

External links

• Anime-Gatari (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Official website (in Japanese)
• Anime-Gataris official website (in Japanese)