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The Tatami Galaxy

The Tatami Galaxy
★ 8.3/10•2010•25m•TV-14•Animation•Comedy•Drama
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There is no such thing as that rose-colored campus life.

When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”

StatusEnded
Runtime25m
LanguageJA
First Air DateApr 23, 2010

Episodes

Episode 1 - Tennis Circle "Cupid"E125m

Tennis Circle "Cupid"

A college dropout in search of ramen crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his days as a “black cupid.”

Apr 23, 2010

Episode 2 - Movie Circle "Misogi"E225m

Movie Circle "Misogi"

The not-so-lovable loser and his sidekick Ozu use hidden cameras in an attempt to overthrow the head of the campus movie circle. Glorious revolution is the goal, but if their plan backfires - things could get ugly.

Apr 30, 2010

Episode 3 - Cycling Association "Soleil"E325m

Cycling Association "Soleil"

After the campus cleanup crew confiscates his state-of-the-art bicycle, a college misfit trades his wheels for some wings in an attempt to become a human birdman. Why? To impress a girl, of course.

May 7, 2010

Episode 4 - Disciples WantedE425m

Disciples Wanted

A lowly college student signs on as a disciple to a madman who’s wanted by the library police. His first assignment: accompany the girl of his dreams on a quest to attain a mystical toilet brush.

May 14, 2010

Episode 5 - Softball Circle "Honwaka"E525m

Softball Circle "Honwaka"

The Softball Club, with its supply of tanned and toned female members, seems like a good place for a lonely boy to find intimacy, but the action takes a foul turn when his only friend hatches another heinous scheme.

May 21, 2010

Episode 6 - English Conversation CircleE625m

English Conversation Circle

When a young man seeks romance and adventure by joining the foreign language club, he gets caught in a bizarre love triangle where a night of drinking leads to intrusive gum massages and sloppy tongue baths.

May 28, 2010

Episode 7 - "Hero Show Association" CircleE725m

"Hero Show Association" Circle

Everyone falls in love at least once during college, but not everyone severs all connections with actual humans in favor of an illicit romance with a life-sized plastic doll.

Jun 4, 2010

Episode 8 - Reading Circle "Sea"E825m

Reading Circle "Sea"

A name scrawled inside a secondhand novel leads to a romantic exchange of letters, but the storybook ending takes a bizarre turn when the two star-crossed pen pals meet face-to-face.

Jun 11, 2010

Episode 9 - Secret Society "Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant"E925m

Secret Society "Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant"

Membership has its privileges, but not for an unsuspecting college student forcibly initiated into the Secret Society Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant! Will his covertly cruel conduct spoil a young man’s chance at love?

Jun 18, 2010

Episode 10 - The 4.5 Tatami IdeologueE1025m

The 4.5 Tatami Ideologue

An unusual young man with no interest in the outside world tries to survive the college experience by refusing to leave his room. Will it be extreme hunger or a desire for female companionship that forces him out first?

Jun 25, 2010

Episode 11 - The End of the 4.5 Tatami AgeE1125m

The End of the 4.5 Tatami Age

The angst-ridden narrator becomes lost in a maze of 4.5 Tatami rooms as he searches for what lingers just out of reach. Will he finally make the long-awaited, often-hinted-at love connection he’s sought for so long?

Jul 2, 2010

Actors

Shintaro Asanuma

Shintaro Asanuma

'I' (Watashi) (voice)

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Ozu (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara

Higuchi (voice)

Yuhko Kaida

Yuhko Kaida

Hanuki (voice)

Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto

Akashi (voice)

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Jogasaki (voice)

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