Nichijou and the Absurdity of Everyday Life

Nichijou is a series that it’s easy to write off as a screwball comedy with beautiful animation and a few touching moments. However, it has a dedicated cult following that seems to have been legitimately impacted by it, and I don’t think it’s for those reasons. I’ve personally found myself going back to clips and episodes of Nichijou on a regular basis. There’s something captivating about it that’s lying below the surface. It’s a bunch of wild, reflective, cute, emotional, silly scenes that don’t seem to have anything to do with each other, but there’s actually a common theme connecting most of it.

“Our everyday lives may, in fact, be a series of miracles. They just may be….” ~Sasahara, episode 4

The Bugcast: Episode 2

Buggy and Chris are joined by Kurt, AKA generalgyrozen, to talk about comedy in anime.