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Daily Obscure/Underrated Anime Recommendations Number Ninety-Three
Sound of the Sky (So Ra No Wo To)
(Story: On the outskirts of the country of Helvetia rests the tranquil town of Seize. Upon its cobbled streets, citizens go about their daily lives, undisturbed by the increasingly tense military relations between Helvetia and the neighboring Roman Empire.
It is under these circumstances that the 1121st platoon of the Helvetian army, stationed at the Clocktower Fortress in Seize, receives a new recruit in the young and spirited Kanata Sorami. Having joined the military to fulfill her dream of learning to play the bugle, she excitedly accepts the tutelage of the Sergeant Major, Rio Kazumiya, who happens to be a skilled trumpeter. Working alongside them are the aloof mechanic, Noël Kannagi, the feisty gunner, Kureha Suminoya, and the compassionate Captain Felicia Heideman; together, they experience the beauty of life in Seize and the lasting joy of a community that has persevered in spite of the crumbling world around them.
Alongside Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin and Senkou no Night Raid, So Ra No Wo To was part of the "Anime no Chikara" project, a project to create more original anime, not based on any existing media.
Source: MyAnimeList)
(Genre: Sci-Fi, Slice-of-Life, Iyashikei)
(Released 2010; 12 Episodes; TV-14)
(Notes: Well this is a very sweet one. It has a darker tone than a lot of anime of its genre [Iyashikei] but that definitely didn't take away from my enjoyment of it. I'm honestly surprised it is as overlooked as it is. The story is great and uplifting, the animation is wonderful and the characters are easy to fall in love with. The anime studio behind this series is A-1 Pictures. A-1 Pictures is an anime studio that's had their hand in a lot of iconic and well-known anime such as Black Butler, Black Butler II, Fairy Tail, Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Blue Exorcist, Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%, Your Lie in April, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online II, Aldnoah.Zero, Erased, Black Butler: Book of Circus, Blend S, Darling in the Franxx, Sword Art Online: Alicization, Lycoris Recoil, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Nier: Automata Ver1.1a, Mashle: Magic and Muscles, AND they're currently working on/going to be the anime studio behind Solo Leveling and Fate/strange Fake. Anyway, Sound of the Sky melted my heart tbh i recommend it. It's short. You can find it on Crunchyroll and Funimation but i think you nay need the Premium Subscriptions to actually watch it. I've had Crunchyroll Premium for awhile so I'm not sure it's actually behind that wall or not. You can buy it on Apple TV and I saw a listing for it on Prime Video but I'm not sure if it is still available but i know a lot of you probably use the "unoffical" websites to watch anime anyway. Go off. A
lso, try anime planet if you haven't already. You won't find Sound of the Sky but you can watch a lot of other anime for free and legally on there. i mean- honestly i use it because im tired of all the "singles in your area" ads i get from other free sites. I know why they're there. They need to make money somehow but still. The popups are crazy lmao. Okay. Rambling over. This isnt my diary lol. Watch Sound of the Sky. Also I know it looks like K-ON hush. Bye.) Read Note
(Story: On the outskirts of the country of Helvetia rests the tranquil town of Seize. Upon its cobbled streets, citizens go about their daily lives, undisturbed by the increasingly tense military relations between Helvetia and the neighboring Roman Empire.
It is under these circumstances that the 1121st platoon of the Helvetian army, stationed at the Clocktower Fortress in Seize, receives a new recruit in the young and spirited Kanata Sorami. Having joined the military to fulfill her dream of learning to play the bugle, she excitedly accepts the tutelage of the Sergeant Major, Rio Kazumiya, who happens to be a skilled trumpeter. Working alongside them are the aloof mechanic, Noël Kannagi, the feisty gunner, Kureha Suminoya, and the compassionate Captain Felicia Heideman; together, they experience the beauty of life in Seize and the lasting joy of a community that has persevered in spite of the crumbling world around them.
Alongside Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin and Senkou no Night Raid, So Ra No Wo To was part of the "Anime no Chikara" project, a project to create more original anime, not based on any existing media.
Source: MyAnimeList)
(Genre: Sci-Fi, Slice-of-Life, Iyashikei)
(Released 2010; 12 Episodes; TV-14)
(Notes: Well this is a very sweet one. It has a darker tone than a lot of anime of its genre [Iyashikei] but that definitely didn't take away from my enjoyment of it. I'm honestly surprised it is as overlooked as it is. The story is great and uplifting, the animation is wonderful and the characters are easy to fall in love with. The anime studio behind this series is A-1 Pictures. A-1 Pictures is an anime studio that's had their hand in a lot of iconic and well-known anime such as Black Butler, Black Butler II, Fairy Tail, Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Blue Exorcist, Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%, Your Lie in April, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online II, Aldnoah.Zero, Erased, Black Butler: Book of Circus, Blend S, Darling in the Franxx, Sword Art Online: Alicization, Lycoris Recoil, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Nier: Automata Ver1.1a, Mashle: Magic and Muscles, AND they're currently working on/going to be the anime studio behind Solo Leveling and Fate/strange Fake. Anyway, Sound of the Sky melted my heart tbh i recommend it. It's short. You can find it on Crunchyroll and Funimation but i think you nay need the Premium Subscriptions to actually watch it. I've had Crunchyroll Premium for awhile so I'm not sure it's actually behind that wall or not. You can buy it on Apple TV and I saw a listing for it on Prime Video but I'm not sure if it is still available but i know a lot of you probably use the "unoffical" websites to watch anime anyway. Go off. A
lso, try anime planet if you haven't already. You won't find Sound of the Sky but you can watch a lot of other anime for free and legally on there. i mean- honestly i use it because im tired of all the "singles in your area" ads i get from other free sites. I know why they're there. They need to make money somehow but still. The popups are crazy lmao. Okay. Rambling over. This isnt my diary lol. Watch Sound of the Sky. Also I know it looks like K-ON hush. Bye.) Read Note