Super Cub, like any good story about vehicles, knows that it’s not REALLY about the vehicles.
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A review of Super Cub
High school student Koguma lives alone in a small, nearly empty apartment. She wakes up early in the morning, makes breakfast, and goes to school on her bicycle.…
Super Cub hits like a truck
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Super Cub Review
“But, and this is the key thing – the key reason I love Super Cub so much… it’s pure inspiration.”
Super Cub
It’s finally here! A few months prior, I started watching my own mini trilogy of cute girls doing cute things, bike version. It was in anticipation of me…
Super Cub
Super Cub is a slice of life anime about a girl who learns the joys of owning an old Honda Super Cub motorcycle.
Super Cub – 01
「ないないの女の子」 (Nainai no Onnanoko) "The Girl With Nothing" No parents, no hobbies, no money, no friends, no goals.
Super Cub – 06
「私のカブ」 (Watashi no Cub) "My Cub" If Reiko is like a racing horse wearing blinkers. Koguma is like your neighbor's fat cat that likes to stroll around town getting treats…
Super Cub – 08
「椎の場所」 (Shii no Basho) "Shii's Place" Handlebar covers, connections and international specialty coffee.
Super Cub – 11
「遠い春」 (Tooi Haru) "A Distant Spring" On this week's menu we have one naked Reiko and Koguma's hard-boiled eggs.
Super Cub – 10
「雪」 (Yuki) "Snow" Helmets are very important.
Super Cub – 07
「夏空の色, 水色の少女」 (Natsuzora no Iro, Mizuiro no Shoujo) "The Girl of Summer-Sky Aqua" What's possible once move beyond our beliefs about our permanent identity?
Super Cub – 02
「礼子」 (Reiko) "Reiko" Changing your behavior in a sustainable way is a slow process.
Super Cub – 09
「氷の中」 (Kōri no Naka) "In Ice" Don't trust Reiko with the sewing.
Super Cub – 05
「礼子の夏」 (Reiko no Natsu) "Reiko's Summer" “Ever since I was a child, I felt like there were walls up. They would hem me in and prevent me from doing whatever…
Super Cub – 04
「アルバイト」 (Arubaito) "Part-Time Job" We got a part-time job!
Super Cub – 03
「もらったもの」 (Moratta Mono) "Things Received" Could Super Cub also be a love letter to patience, personal accountability and problem solving?
Super Cub – 10 – The Girls of Winter
For me, there are few things better than waking up in a warm cozy bed, pulling open the curtains and discovering that the world has become white—or silver,…
Super Cub Episode 6: Cub Trip
I mentioned last time this episode would either be about Koguma getting her full license or something else. It was something else.
Super Cub – 05 – The Ascent
Kudos to Koguma, who over the summer she expanded her horizons, learned an abject lesson in preparing for the elements, saved up some cash ferrying documents between her…
Super Cub #01 — Montages of Landscapes
Life is boring, buy Honda. Impressions: I'm not quite sure who the audience for this show is either. People who just want to look at landscapes and…
Super Cub Episode #10
Let’s start this episode where Koguma received a call from Reiko where she wants to show something interesting.
Super Cub Episode #04
Let’s start this episode where Koguma went to Shino’s motorcycle dealership where she took her Super Cub for maintenance like changing oil. Of course, she can do it…
First Impression: Super Cub
A train pulls into the station. It is nighttime in a small town, and everyone is asleep as Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1 floats gently through the air. The…
Super Cub Episode #09
Well everyone, looks like the cold winter is making it a bit difficult for the likes of Koguma to travel via her Super Cub. I mean, she can…
Super Cub Episode #08
Oh look, it’s Shii Eniwa where she asks Koguma and Reiko to visit her family-owned café, which is located somewhere around the highway that you need a car…
Super Cub Episode #01
Meet Koguma, a girl who don’t have parents nor hobbies to spend time after school. Basically, she doesn’t have anything aside from riding her bicycle which is quite…
First Look: Super Cub
Koguma has nothing going on in her life. No family, no friends, no hobbies, nothing. That changes when she buys a small motorcycle to help with her long…
Super Cub – Episode 1
Super Cub captures all the feelings of loneliness and yearning in a beautiful executed premier about a girl and her brand new motorbike.
Super Cub Episode #12
This is the final episode of Super Cub where Koguma will be going out for a 3-day road trip together with Reiko and Shii Eniwa. Of course, the…
Super Cub – 12 (END)
「スーパーカブ」 (Super Cub) "Super Cub" “Do not fear failure by challenging, but failure by doing nothing.” – Soichiro Honda, Founder of Honda
Super Cub Episode #03
Let’s start this episode with Reiko where she has big plans with her Postal Cub such as travelling around Japan. Heck, Reiko wants to go to Suzuka Circuit…
Super Cub Episode #06
Let’s start with Koguma where she was supposed to join her classmates on a field trip in Kamakura. However, she got a fever which is why Koguma stayed…
Super Cub Episode #02
Well everyone, it appears that Koguma is about to meet someone who’s riding a Honda bike. After all, she recently bought a refurbished Super Cub in this first…
Super Cub, Volume 1
So this month and next are going to be a bit of a lot, and I was looking for something to fall into for relaxation, I popped over…
Super Cub Episode #11
Well everyone, here’s the penultimate episode as Koguma went to the cat trail in order to rescue Shii Eniwa. Of course, going to the cat trail is very…
Super Cub by Kanitan
Long time readers of MangaKast know that I am a sucker for really slow placed slice-of-life manga. The lower the dramatic stakes, the more I am into it!…
Super Cub Episode #05
On this episode, Koguma visited Reiko’s log cabin in which she lives by herself, not to mention that her place is near Mt. Fuji.
Super Cub Episode #07
Well you look at that, Reiko managed to buy a Hunter Cub in which this Super Cub derivative outputs 110 horsepower and it can handle off-road, perfect for…
The Sound of Depression: Liminal Spaces, Sound Design, and Super Cub
Ruminations on everyone's favorite motorbike anime, the pandemic, and my favorite topic: liminal spaces.
You Meet the Nicest Animes on A Super Cub
It’s not a big motorcycle, just a groovy little motorbike… but can “Super Cub” live up to its namesake’s reputation?
Sweetness and Lightning
A sweet and wholesome Slice of Life that takes you through the joys of discovering cooking, and learning to do so for those you love and care about.
Super Cub - Episode 7 - Reiko Has a Rope
Super Cub - Episode 7. Reiko and Koguma volunteered to help their class move supplies for the cultural festival. Reiko tied a trailer to her Cub.
Anime Taste Testing: Super Cub and Fairy Ranmaru
I really seem to have a knack for reviewing two complete opposites in the same post, don’t I?
Super Cub – 04 – Summer Courier
Some of my favorite moments of Yuru Camp involved Shima Rin on her own, setting things up, figuring things out, or on the road in harsh weather with the…
Super Cub Episode 3: Upgrades
The adventures of Koguma and her beloved Super Cub continue.
Super Cub, Episodes 1-12
Written by Toshizō Nemoto, directed by Toshiro Fujii for Studio Kai. Based on the light novel written by Tone Kōken and illustrated by Hiro, published in Japan by…
445th G-View: Super Cub
I mentioned in the Mug-Cup mo G-View that there were two chill anime in Spring 2021 I picked up. It is time to look at the other one…
Super Cub – 06 – Forbidden Joyride
Koguma has been busy since we last saw her: she has her motorcycle license and Shino bored out her Cub into a 52cc Type II Motorbike, meaning she’s…
Super Cub Anime on Funimation
Super Cub is not, in any way, not even remotely, Yuri. It is, however, a compelling, if often enraging, anime about many things, including friendship, dreams and, quite…
Super Cub – 08 – United Nations
The bike wives have become so close they’re now casually drinking out of one another’s Thermoses. Fall is transitioning into winter, which is no joke for riders. Kitting…