Join Our Newsletter
  • Visit Our Store
  • Come Write for J-List!
J-List Blog
Visit J-List - Your Favorite Online Shop and Friend in Japan
  • Featured
  • News
  • Gallery
  • Product Reports
  • Your Friend in Japan
No Result
View All Result
J-List Blog
  • Featured
  • News
  • Gallery
  • Product Reports
  • Your Friend in Japan
No Result
View All Result
J-List Blog
No Result
View All Result

‘Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!’ is the Soul of Animation

Peter Payne by Peter Payne
4 years ago
in Your Friend in Japan

Eizouken Ni Wa Te Wo Dasu Na

With so many anime series to watch these days, it can be easy for a quality show to slip under our collective radar. That’s why I always try to cast a wide net and watch out for shows that blaze an original path to introduce to you here, rather than only focusing on the latest isekai and harem shows or the 27th season of the latest neverending shounen series. And one show that immediately stood out from the crowd has been Eizouken Ni Wa Te Wo Dasu Na!, or Keep Your Hands Off the Motion Picture Research Club!

One day, a girl named Midori is watching anime while home alone and discovers a classic series called Future Boy Conan, animated by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata in their pre-Ghibli days. Her life is changed forever. “That was the first time I realized that real people made the anime I’d been watching.”

Before long, Midori finds herself forming a new school club with Tsubame, the daughter of two famous actors who wants nothing more than to become an animator, and Sayaka, Midori’s lanky friend, who’s sure there’s some money to be made in anime somewhere. Because Tsubame is forbidden from joining the school’s anime club, they name their club the Motion Picture Research Club (Eizouken), reasoning that animation is a form of a motion picture.

One anime I’m enjoying this season is Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, a show about three girls who want to become animators. It’s a really fresh concept. I especially love the fantasy worlds the characters create.

(Video is from episode 3, so mild spoilers.) pic.twitter.com/7Jr0L8pfWm

— Peter Payne (@JListPeter) January 22, 2020

Without a doubt, my favorite parts of the show is whenever Midori creates a wonderfully complex fantasy world based on her background and mecha designs then takes the other two girls on an adventure inside the world she created. It’s like seeing hand-drawn illustrations from Hayao Miyazaki come to life, and the result is incredibly fresh and new.

I Love Anime That Define Animation and Otaku Culture For Us

One thing I think about from time to time are the really special shows that come to define why animation is important to us. Here are four shows that have done this for me in the past.

Genshiken

Genshiken, the anime that made us all wish we attended a Japanese university so we could be in an awesome modern visual arts club.

Welcome To The Nhk Image

Welcome to the N.H.K., the anime that delved into the dark side of otaku culture as we follow the journey into, and out of, NEET-dom by otaku.

Shirobako Animation

Shirobako. The anime that taught us how anime is made, right down to the “white boxes” each episode is delivered to TV stations in.

Otaku No Video

Otaku no Video. The hit 1991 anime by Gainax helped make the word otaku a household name in Japan and around the world.

Eizouken Anime

And maybe, just maybe, someday we’ll have added Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! to this list of special anime series that have really defined why we all love animation.

Jlist Wide Game Collectors Email

Do you have a Nintendo Switch or Sony PS4? Then you could be playing awesome region-free anime games from Japan, which we have in stock! Like the super fun Kandagawa Jet Girls, in which you actually race through the riverways of the Kangadawa River. Browse all new titles here.

Tags: anime figuresKeep Your Hands Off Eizouken!ShirobakoStudio Ghibli

More Posts Like This

Voice Actor Pinch Invoice System Tax Rules
Your Friend in Japan

Voice Actor Pinch Under Japan’s ‘Invoice System’ Tax Rules

by Peter Payne
10 months ago

A change is coming to the Japanese tax code, and it’s likely to affect some of the anime voice actors...

Sakuma Drops Going Off The Market
Your Friend in Japan

Sakuma Drops Candy Going Away Due to Bankruptcy

by Peter Payne
11 months ago

We've got bad news for fans of traditional Japanese candies: the famous Sakuma Drops, a hard candy made famous in...

Unpopular Anime Opinions Blog Post

What’s Your Unpopular Anime Opinion? J-List Customers Respond!

1 year ago
Nijojo Castle, Built In 1603

Tourism to Return to Japan! When Will You Plan Your Next Trip?

1 year ago
Why Does Japan Love Great Britain Senpai So Much?

Why Does Japan Love Great Britain-Senpai So Much?

1 year ago
The Saddest Anime Deaths Blog

The Top 14 Anime Deaths! Which Ones Affected You the Most?

1 year ago
Next Post
Quora Questions About Japan

More Random Quora Questions About Japan Answered!

Trending Today

Why Is Umi Yatsugake So Popular
Your Friend in Japan

Why is Umi Yatsugake The Most Popular JAV Actress?

2 days ago
Roxy Migurdia Blog Post
Figures

This is the Roxy Migurdia Figure We All Needed!

4 days ago
Why Are There So Many Characters Named Sakura
Your Friend in Japan

Why Are So Many Anime Characters Named Sakura?

4 days ago
Tan Fighters List1 6
Featured

Lovely Tanned Fighters Who Need No Protection

7 days ago
Neko Pako Fuck Paradise
Adult Toy Reviews [NSFW]

J-List’s Top 11 Hentai Cosplay JAV Works

3 years ago
Get the Newest Figures from J-List - Your Favorite Online Shop and Friend in Japan
What Autumn 2023 Anime Will J List Watch
Your Friend in Japan

The J-List Autumn 2023 Anime Guide! Which Anime Should You Watch?

by Peter Payne
September 28, 2023

TenPuru, Episode 12 [END]: Where Are You Looking?

Comic Con Africa Is a Slice of Global Otaku Culture

The J-List Autumn 2023 Anime Guide! Which Anime Should You Watch?

Bibury Animation 100 Girlfriends Who Really Love You

New Slime Isekai OVA, Coleus’ Dream, Releases PV

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Discord
  • YouTube

© J-LIST. All trademarks, characters and images are property of their respective owners.

No Result
View All Result
  • Featured
  • News
  • Gallery
  • Product Reports
  • Your Friend in Japan

© J-LIST. All trademarks, characters and images are property of their respective owners.