Plot Summary: Tooru takes a test so she can enter the same high school as Run (pronounced as Ru-un), the girl she likes. She passes, but when she goes to tell Run, she finds her hugging a girl she's never seen before.

A slice-of-life anime that I decided to watch after passing through nearly 2 weeks of going without any anime, due to the aftershocks sent to my brain and body, caused by the events of the long-delayed, heart-stopping episode 11 and the much-awaited ending in episode 12 of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

A Channel is alike Lucky * Star in many ways, simply put, simply slice-of-life (not the slicing-of-life as depicted in Madoka earlier on).

The main character, I suppose is Run-chan (far left of the pic), who is a super air-head and innocent girl who is mostly sleepy in the mornings and afternoons, and speaks everything with due honesty and doesn't give two thoughts to anything interesting. Except that she is neither an otaku like Izumi Konata, nor does she seem to favour flat chests, as she complimented on her bigger-boobed  friend's ideal figure (Yūko, featured on far right).

Run is voiced by Kaori Fukuhara. No wonder that cute airhead voice, she's Hiiragi Tsukasa from Lucky * Star.

In the middle left is the short Tooru (I couldn't tell, but she is voiced by Aoi Yūki) who has a crush of sorts on Run-chan, and always goes out of her way to protect her. Tooru would always 'bully' Yūko by playing with her boobs, or by squeeze-hugging her.

The middle right girl is Nagi. She is pretty intelligent and often makes quip remarks to her friends. She is sometimes conscious about her weight and looks completely different when she lets her hair down and removes her glasses.



Well, someone's just forgot to wear...

Slice-of-Life anime, well, let's see what they can do with this. There's no general plot direction if you already understand this genre. So far things have been less epic than Lucky * Star, but don't dismiss this title just yet. I have watched 5 episodes and found A Channel to be "okay". But I don't know if I can pull a 24 episode off this one; Lucky * Star managed to do it with absolutely only one spectacular OP. Of course, do look forward to the character songs in nearly each episode of A Channel. It's how they market more songs too.

As for the songs,

OP: [Morning Arch] by Marina Kawano


ED: [Humming Girl] by Aoi Yūki (wait, she's getting incredible, having just finished Madoka and still ongoing Gosick. Aoi Yūki voices Tooru in A Channel, info courtesy of wiki. That is 3 main roles in a row.)