Tsuritama: Complete Collection (2012)

High Schooler Yuki has just moved to Enoshima to live with his grandmother. He has transferred schools a bunch of times, but Yuki doesn't make friends easily and he doesn't expect this time to be any different. But he didn't count on Haru. Haru is not only new to Enoshima, but also Earth, since Haru is an alien. Or so he says. Yuki thinks he is just nuts. But he finds himself drawn into an unlikely friendship with Haru and moody classmate Natsuki, as well as the mysterious Akira with his pet duck, Tapioca.

I have never had any interest in fishing (which is the hobby that brings the 4 friends together), but I thought it sounded like a fun show despite that. And it is fun. But it is also a lot about fishing. Which ended up more interesting than I had thought (still not taking it up myself though). You actually learn quite a bit about ocean fishing.

Aside from the fishing, there are aliens. And ducks. And of course, fish.

tsuritama is only 12 episodes long, which is the perfect length for the story it had to tell. The ending was nice and wrapped up the story perfectly. I enjoyed tsuritama quite thoroughly and will be buying the DVD set once it is released.

This dvd series main focus is on learning to fish on the ocean. Thought I like the way the creator showed the inability of the main character, Yuki and his inability to communicate while worrying about other people like being drowned in water. The aliens are like exotic colored siamese fighting fish that have the ability to change shapes and control people and animals briefly through water outside their bodies.

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