Kakushigoto is an anime that has a lot of interconnected parts where it isn’t really clear what they’re all leading up to, but in the end they do manage to come together, kind of. The m…
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Kakushigoto Review
It’s often the unexpected things in life that we remember the most. Looking back on memories, both fond and terrible, are the cornerstones of what makes us up…
Kakushigoto – 01
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Kakushigoto – Review
Kakushigoto is a comedy anime that I wish was more focused with its story.
Kakushigoto – 02
「ビーサンとB4 / (お)かない (か)かない (し)あげない」 (Biisan to B4 / (O)kanai (Ka)kanai (Shi)agenai) "Beach Sandals and B4 /Don't Place, Don't Draw, Don't Finish Up" No TV and no Smartphone makes a…
Kakushigoto: Refined Absurdity
The style of manga artist Kumeta Kouji is unmistakable. His brand of comedy focuses heavily on humorous misunderstandings combined with rantings by off-kilter characters eager to point out…
Kakushigoto – Episode 1
Kakushigoto is sweeter, softer, and gentler than the mangaka's previous work Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, and the first episode was a delight to watch. The post Kakushigoto – Episode 1…
Kakushigoto Theatrical Edition
What might shock the uninitiated who sit down to experience the theatrical version of this story is how beautifully it is animated and directed, especially with the scenes…
First Look: Kakushigoto
Kakushi Goto is a loving father of a young daughter. He tries his best to give her a good life despite the loss of her mother at some…
First Look: Kakushigoto
Kakushi Goto is a loving father of a young daughter. He tries his best to give her a good life despite the loss of her mother at some…
First Impressions: Kakushigoto
I swear to goddess that if this ends up big sad, I’m gonna be pissed. Welcome back to Otaku Thursday! Today I’m here with another First Impressions for…
First Impression: Kakushigoto
Kakushigoto looks to be a lighthearted comedy. The title itself is a pun: It’s a story about the “kakushigoto” (i.e., secret) of Kakushi Goto. Kakushi is a mangaka…who…
First Impressions – Kakushigoto
This premiere did a lot of things right, but a problem for me is that the whole premise is highly dubious - just how much of a problem…
Anime Taste Testing: Kakushigoto
Yes, I genuinely like the pun. Given the synopsis, I was fully ready to experience something… well, pervy, for lack of a better term. What I wasn’t ready…
Kakushigoto – Daddy’s Little Girl
Kakushigoto manages to avoid all the tropes I was fearing and ended up being a surprisingly touching story about a dad and his princess.
Kakushigoto Movie | Mooovie Time!
The memories! “Kakushigoto Movie” was largely a compilation of the series that aired during Spring 2020. I forgot how beautiful the story was and how emotional it had…
Kakushigoto – 05 – Bathrobe Party!
Tomaruin has signed Kakushi up as a judge for a manga competition. Despite his gag manga specialty, he actually proves quite astute at judging his assistant Keshi’s manga…
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Kakushi Goto is relatively well known for the lewd manga that he creates. However, when his daughter Hime was born, he vowed to keep his profession a secret.…
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Elevens: Hamefura, Kakushigoto, ToG, Nami
Hamefura 11 spends the first half of the episode or thereabouts in a static mode, with each character (save Maria, who is still captured) talking about the comatose…
Kakushigoto – 06 – Pride and Privilege
Someone keeps giving Hime expensive backpacks every year, despite the fact her dad already bought her one. Because she’s a kind and gentle soul, Hime tries to wear…
Kakushigoto – 04 – Somewhere Far Away
This week’s time leap occurs at the beginning, with 18-year-old Hime explaining that the boxes her mother left her were full of things she’d need for the age…
Tens: Kakushigoto, Tower, Nami, Hamefura
They want the truth. Kakushigoto 10 doesn’t have much theme-play this week. The closes thing we get is Hime being a bad girl for eating the cookies and…
Kakushigoto – 03 – The Accidental Harem
I came into Kakushigoto hoping it would be a lightweight feel-good slice-of-life father/daughter comedy. Yet every time it jumps to a future where an 18-year-old Hime has apparently lost…
Finales, Tower, Kakushigoto, Nami, Hamefura
Tower of God 12 turns out to be a typical penultimate episode, with the good side rallying, the bad side dying or retreating, and a seeming betrayal at…
Kakushigoto episode 1 anime review
The chaotic story of a responsible Dad that’s also a pervy ecchi manga artist. Plot summary By night, Kakushi Gotō is the doting (single) father of a young…
Second Impressions Digest – Kakushigoto, Listeners
One indelible truth about gag manga and their adaptations is that they're only as funny as the gags. Read more The post Second Impressions Digest – Kakushigoto, Listeners…
Kakushigoto – 02 – Boxes Within Boxes
In addition to being about a single father and daughter, Kakushigoto offers a glimpse into the lives of manga artists. Kakushi’s team is up against a deadline, so…
Kakushigoto – 12 (Fin) – Lifting the Veil
Kakushigoto’s finale is truly a crowd-pleaser, and I mean that in the best way. It spends its entire runtime in the “future” and painstakingly reveals all of the…
Kakushigoto – 08 – Surpassing the Rough Draft
This episode’s first half concerns rough drafts of all kinds, starting with the rough draft of Hime’s new Puppy, whose name is still accompanied by (Tentative). Hime wants…
Kakushigoto – 07 – What They Grow Beyond
Hime voices interest in a puppy, and researches a bunch to prepare, she comes across the “ten commandments of dog ownership”, one of which is to spend as…
Kakushigoto – 10 – Prayers, Secrets, and Ghosts
Kakushi gets his team to aim for completion of a new issue in order to score a longer period off, but he only becomes truly motivated when Hime…
Kakushigoto – 11 – Out With a Bang
When Hime calls for a “family meeting”, the fact there’s no dedicated meeting room in their house becomes an issue. As Kakushi goes on a walk to ruminate…
Kakushigoto – 09 – The Time Traveling Virtuoso
We’re nearing the end of June IRL, but in the world of Hidden Things December has come. That means the harrowing end-of-year grind when editors crack the whip…
Kakushigoto – All Right, Then. Keep Your Secrets.
”What’s your secret?” Kakushigoto does a fantastic job at walking a daunting tightrope between a hilarious situational…
Nines: Nami, Tower of God, Kakushigoto, Hamefura
When it became clear that Minare would meet Mitsuo again in Nami yo Kiitekure 9, well the episode pretty much played out like I expected, though I was…
Kakushigoto: My Dad’s Secret Ambition, Vol. 1
By Kouji Kumeta. Released in Japan by Kodansha, serialized in the magazine Monthly Shonen Magazine. Released in North America digitally by Kodansha Comics. Translated by Kevin Gifford. Kouji…
Sevens: Tower of God, RailgunT, kiitekure, Kakushigoto, Hamefura
Tower of God 7 takes care of the important backstory stuff first. Anaak and Endorsi continue their fight with flashbacks and infodumps to explain why they are at…
Bungou? Mango? On a Particular Pun in Kakushigoto
This season, it’s probably going to become apparent to anime fans that bungou means “literary master”. In Kakushigoto episode 1, the title character is called a “mango”,…
Kakushigoto – 01 (First Impressions) – Den of the Fancypeeps
Hime’s father Gotou Kakushi has a secret (kakushigoto): he draws for a living (kaku shigoto). That right there is triple wordplay! But that’s to be expected of Kumeta Kouji,…
Nami yo Kiitekure 4-5, Railgun T 13, Kakushigoto 4
So Nami yo Kiitekure 4 introduces who might be the last of the regular characters, or at least the ones capable of making messes of lives. This week’s…
S3E08 - My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected, Kakushigoto
In this episode of Screentone Club, Elliot and Andy are back to doing what they love - reading questionable light novels and glorying in the beauty of puns!Series…
S3E08 - My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected, Kakushigoto
In this episode of Screentone Club, Elliot and Andy are back to doing what they love - reading questionable light novels and glorying in the beauty of puns!Series…
BNA and Ranman 2, Nami and Kakushigoto 3, Railgun T 12
BNA 2 lets us look a little more at the city where Michiru finds herself, and it’s not pretty. On the surface it’s like any other city, long…
Eights: Tower of God, Nami, Kakushigoto, Hamefura, and Railgun T 15
Tower of God 8 continues with the team-tag game and it falls completely apart. Khun has a strategy A and a strategy B which both fail because Quant…
Kakushigoto – 03 [Makeshift Circus/ The True State of Manga and Muscles]
The third episode of Kakushigoto leaves me a bit indifferent. This week, Kakushigoto presses hard on its “gags” nature and while that works well in his previous anime…
Tower of God, Hamefura, Kakushigoto 5-6, and Nami just 6
Tower of God 5’s intrigue is beginning to outweigh the story. We get people like Lero Ro and that other guy asking meaningful and double-edged questions about various…
Kakushigoto – A soft little anime that should’ve been two different shows
As heartfelt as Kakushigoto may be, it suffers from wanting to tell too many stories at once.
New Chapters of School Rumble, Peach Girl, Kakushigoto, and Again!! Now Available
It’s Thursday and that means new catalog chapters! Read new chapters for four series below. School Rumble Fall in love with three more chapters of this zany, fan-favorite…
Kakushigoto, Peach Girl: Super Pop Love Hurricane, School Rumble
Twos: Tower of God, Kakushigoto, Nami no Kiitekure, Hamefura, Houkago Teibou Nishi
The time it takes to watch the new shows as they’re being released allows me the time to think about which shows I really want to watch. After…
Kakushigoto – 02 [Beach Sandals and B4/ Don’t Place, Don’t Draw, Don’t Finish Up)
As the one who finds his Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei and Joshiraku hilarious, I was certainly looking forward to Kakushigoto. The premiere informs us that Kakushigoto is pretty much a…
Kakushigoto – 02 [Beach Sandals and B4/ Don’t Place, Don’t Draw, Don’t Finish Up)
As the one who finds his Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei and Joshiraku hilarious, I was certainly looking forward to Kakushigoto. The premiere informs us that Kakushigoto is pretty much a…