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Tsuritama

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You can't catch fish if you don't go fishing, and you can't make friends if you don't at least try.

Which is how relationship-challenged student Yuki finds himself on a fishing trip to a tiny island with three other boys he barely knows. Well, two other boys and Haru, who claims that he's an alien. Not that constantly stewing Natsuki or mysterious Akira are any more likely as prospects for good companionship.

But there's something about fishing that makes it unlike any other pastime, and maybe that quiet sense of companionship and hopeful expectation is just what Yuki needs to start charting the unfamiliar waters of personal connections. Or maybe it will turn out that Haru's right and they're going to have to save the entire planet.

There are lots of different kinds of fish stories, from the "ones that got away" to the "best catches ever," but whichever way the currents of life take them, for four young men, this trip may turn out to be the biggest whopper ever!

TV anime, 12 episodes, Spring 2012, A-1 Pictures. Episode guide with the official trailer and links to licensed services. Studio A-1 Pictures. Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, Sports. Season: Spring 2012.

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Production: Aniplex, Dentsu, A-1 Pictures (animation), Fuji TV, Sentai Filmworks, tsuritama partners, Sakura Create.

Rankings on AniList: #34 highest rated 2012, #63 most popular 2012, #10 highest rated spring 2012, #15 most popular spring 2012.

AniList members score Tsuritama 73/100. On their lists: 1,329 watching, 15,188 completed, 19,589 planning to watch, 1,556 dropped; 788 favourites.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Panicked Fishing
  2. Episode 2: The Frustrating Uni Knot
  3. Episode 3: Lonely Casting
  4. Episode 4: Angry Landing
  5. Episode 5: Discouraged Jerking
  6. Episode 6: Horrified Splash
  7. Episode 7: Painful Countdown
  8. Episode 8: Joyous Fighting
  9. Episode 9: Striking Underwater
  10. Episode 10: Our Tackle
  11. Episode 11: Legend of the Big Fish
  12. Episode 12: Goodbye Fishing