The most pointless show of the season ended this week, but it left us with a poignant reminder. To commemorate the end of the anime My Deer Friend Nokotan, YouTube channel Twin Engine released a music video for the series’ long-running opening theme song “Shikairo Days,” sung by the main cast. Featuring animation and scenes from the anime, the MV captures the sheer randomness of the show.
Shikairo Days Full MV
The trailer for “Shikairo Days” was to the anime world what a pager was to the world’s media; it was the talk of the town for days. With its catchy content and promotional video that was more catchy than the plague, the song took no time to reach #1 on iTunes Japan and surpass 1 million views on YouTube. And with profound lyrics like “Reindeer are moose, antelopes are cows,” is there any wonder?
Yuxuki Waga and Hitoshi Harukawa arranged and composed the song under the supervision of Masamitsu Fujimori, who served as the show's music composer. “Shikairo Days” is performed by Shika-bu (The Deer Club), which includes the show's main voice cast:
Megumi Han as Noko ShikanokoSaki Fujita as Torako KoshiRui Tanabe as Anko KoshiFuuka Izumi as Meme Bashame
WIT Studio, known for Attack on Titan, The Ancient Magus Bride, and Vinland Saga, animated My Deer Friend Nokotan under the direction of Masahiko Oota. The voice cast also includes:
Rio Tsuchiya as Kinu TanukikoujiChinatsu Akasaki as Chiharu TsubameyaYurika Kubo as Neko NekoyamadaKikuko Inoue as Ukai SenseiKousuke Toriumi as Narrator
Telling the story of Torako “Koshitan” Koshi, My Deer Friend Nokotan shows us that any fight against nature is a fight we will lose. One day, when Koshitan, the former student council president/delinquent and current student, walks into school, her life takes a turn for the worse. To her disbelief, a deer-human hybrid is hanging from a telephone pole and asking for her help. At first, she tries to ignore the strangeness creeping into her life, but her conscience compels her to help. Unfortunately for her, that act of kindness quickly backfires when the deer-human hybrid she saved seems determined to criticize her sordid past. Are Koshitan’s peaceful days behind her? Watch My Deer Friend Nokotan on Crunchyroll to find out.
Source: Twin Engine YouTube Channel
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