A Channel (2011) Aチャンネル

it was the story of 4 friends. Run, a second year student who was so blur that her friends often have to stop her from getting hurt; Yuuko, a long haired second year student who was often teased by everyone; Nagi, a second year student with pigtails n glasses who was very intelligent; n Tooru, a short first year student who just entered the same high school as them. Tooru n Run were childhood friends, with Tooru purposely applied to enter the same high school as Run. from there, she got to know Run's classmates, Yuuko n Nagi, n joined their daily lives.

A Channel felt like Lucky Star (2007) or even K-On! (2009), so simple n straightforward yet so absolutely entertaining! it wasn't all the time just plain comedy, sometimes it was serious yet not serious at the same time. among the 4 characters, Tooru stood out for me, a character struggling against jealousy n betrayal to gain back the complete attention of Run, with Yuuko n Nagi sort of like her rival. it was situation like this, which does happened in real life, together with its attached feelings, that made the anime so surreal that i felt completely connected with! another worth mentioning scenes that often took me by surprised, was the hugging scenes. it would happened at the least expected moment n had me completely melted, feeling all warm n fuzzy inside.

some background on the anime:
- episodes: 12
- director: Manabu Ono (小野学)
- released: 2011
- language: Japanese
- genre: Comedy/Romance