We already knew Taiko no Tatsujin's characters are pretty darn cute from playing the games, but this clay anime series, officially produced by Namco, makes sure we'll never forget it. Though it's supposed to be a show for children -- it originally aired on Japan's Kids Station channel, if that's any indication -- we've found ourselves totally drawn into the adventures of Wada Don, Wada Katsu, and their clay friends.
A total of 26 episodes were put out over two seasons in 2005-2006, and the first seven are subtitled and available to watch on Youtube. Like the clip above, each Taiko No Tatsujin Clay Anime episode is only four minutes long, so you could feasibly watch the entire collection of translated videos in the time it takes you to watch a single episode of a much less interesting anime.
On the topic of Drum Master, Siliconera has an excellent preview and walkthrough of Taiko no Tatsujin: 7 Islands' Adventure, which shipped to stores in Japan just last week. Combine that with these menu translations, and you've got nothing stopping you from importing the rhythm game!
[Via GameSetWatch]
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5-01-2008 @ 12:43PM
iruka said...
That clip is so cute! I'm going to check out youtube next time...
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5-01-2008 @ 9:59PM
elsng said...
I've definitely seen better claymation than this, but it's too cute to pass up.
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5-02-2008 @ 1:48AM
Waffala said...
Your maths had me excited when I thought this was roughly 30 minutes of unadulterated cuteness, but then I double checked and this is not the running time of a more boring anime and clocks in at roughly 104 minutes, much closer to the length of a short feature film (or a quarter of the length of one lord of the rings movie)
Still interested, but not watching tonight.
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