Alternative title:
Hōrō Musuko (Japanese)
Wandering Son
放浪息子 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Shuicihi Nitori appears to be a shy and quiet preteen boy, when he transfers to a new school he quickly makes friends with the tomboyish Yoshino Takatsuki who sits next to him. It soon becomes apparent that both Shucihi and Yoshino are more than simply a sensitive boy and masculine girl, they both are transgendered. Together they decide to take the first steps toward becoming the people they want to be.
release date: 2011-01-13
Mitsudomoe
Episodes 1-7 Streaming
Director Masahiko Ohta made his bones on a different comedy about three sisters; namely Minami-ke. Though their plot, tone, jokes and just about everything else are different as can be, thanks to Ohta the two do share a love of, and skill with, physical humor. The series has superior, though not top-notch animation, helped probably by the simplistic nature of the designs, and Ohta uses it for some inspired slapstick. A lot of it involves Futaba and her violent outbursts and bizarre behavior (the scene where she surfaces like a submarine from a department store's panty bin is a technical standout), but the very best of it involves the Marui triplet's father.
