Tsuritama

Also known as: つり球

Tsuritama is a TV series by A-1 Pictures that premiered in Spring 2012. It is finished airing with 12 episodes of about 23 minutes each. Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, Sports. Average AniList score: 7.3/10.

Synopsis

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!

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Tsuritama episodes

  1. Episode 1: Panicked Fishing — aired April 12, 2012
  2. Episode 2: The Frustrating Uni Knot — aired April 19, 2012
  3. Episode 3: Lonely Casting — aired April 26, 2012
  4. Episode 4: Angry Landing — aired May 3, 2012
  5. Episode 5: Discouraged Jerking — aired May 10, 2012
  6. Episode 6: Horrified Splash — aired May 17, 2012
  7. Episode 7: Painful Countdown — aired May 24, 2012
  8. Episode 8: Joyous Fighting — aired May 31, 2012
  9. Episode 9: Striking Underwater — aired June 7, 2012
  10. Episode 10: Our Tackle — aired June 14, 2012
  11. Episode 11: Legend of the Big Fish — aired June 21, 2012
  12. Episode 12: Goodbye Fishing — aired June 28, 2012

Main characters

  • Akira Agarkar Yamada (Main) — voiced by Tomokazu Sugita
  • Haru (Main) — voiced by Miyu Irino
  • Yuki Sanada (Main) — voiced by Ryouta Oosaka
  • Natsuki Usami (Main) — voiced by Kouki Uchiyama
  • Coco (Supporting) — voiced by Emiri Katou
  • Erika (Supporting) — voiced by Nozomi Yamamoto
  • Keito Sanada (Supporting) — voiced by Fumi Hirano
  • Misaki Shimano (Supporting) — voiced by Miina Tominaga
  • Sakura Usami (Supporting) — voiced by Yui Ogura
  • Tamotsu Usami (Supporting) — voiced by Shirou Saitou

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Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, Sports · Season: Spring 2012