[Geo69]

Synopsis
Chihaya is a lighthearted tomboy, who's not especially good at anything in particular. Her dream has always been for her sister (an aspiring model) to become the number one beauty of Japan, or perhaps of the world. But then one day she meets someone who tells her that a dream is something that should concern only herself - and something she has to work hard for as well.

At the same time, Chihaya discovers a passion for the old Japanese game hyakunin ishhu, also called "karuta".

Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Airing: Oct 5, 2011
Producers: Madhouse Studios
Genres: Drama, Sports

PVhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAU2e...layer_embedded

Dunno about this one, I'm not into sports animu D:

[jaks]

u can add slice of life as a major genre as well xD , its a very nice series

[OtakuDao]

Another long run series for this season , Not to mention by Madhouse too.
PV Looks a bit meh.. & Summary looks a bit meh..

[vinamara]

I thought for sure the title Chihayafuru was a play on the English word cheerful.

It was a nice start for the pilot. The heroine Chihaya is interesting enough and seems to be a fan of Karuta (100 poems).



Mystic eyes of death perception!

Not to be a dick but Wataya is a big fan of that game and he plays with those tapes all the time so I'm pretty sure he'll remember the sequence of the calls. But he remembered the delivery list for the newspapers so I guess its proof enough that he's got a good memory. I also think he's gonna probably lose the kansai accent in present time.

The other guy is a douchebag and the third wheel of this series. Someone snipe this guy already.

They should really lose the lipstick on Chihaya as that is very distracting and doesn't really suit a shoujo series. Anime females look best in lipstick only if they're wearing on formal occasions. The plus side was that there was no overabundance of pink bubbles and sparkles covering the screen.

As long as this series keeps itself from being turned into a love octagon I'm looking froward to it. Its just the first episode and I'm already rooting for Chihaya X Wataya pair.

[OtakuDao]

Well, It wasn't that bad I guess. :/
Not really my type of anime but , I guess I'll keep watching to see what happens & I'll decide if I want to drop it or not.

[PKK_Haseo]

Mmmm this series actually is a bit better than i expected... @_@ i think i might like this lot more then i thought

[weika]

Me likey. Me likey alot.

[demx]

I sense over the top sequences in the near future when the tournament comes around.

[PKK_Haseo]

Originally Posted by demx

I sense over the top sequences in the near future when the tournament comes around.

@_@ you confused me... not sure what are you talking about...

[vinamara]

Originally Posted by PKK_Haseo

@_@ you confused me... not sure what are you talking about...

You ever seen Beyblade or Yu-Gi-Oh?

The battles are flashy and ridiculously ridunkulous. They execute exaggerated moves to show how cool it all looks when actually they're just plastic inanimate things.

Even if this animation does that, I don't think it will be a minus. On the contrary it'll be funny.