The Tatami Time Machine Blues

[Kanon]

Disney plus released English subs, but is it actually available on the platform? It's not on the French one.

Originally Posted by Blaat

Watched the first episode and it's pretty good.

Spoiler:

It's definitely not a direct sequel, the characters are the the same but the situation is not where we left off at the end of Tatami Galaxy. Also you can already tell that there's time travel shenigans involved from the get go with with the future main character promising the other characters he perform a naked naked dance or that he's (presumably) the one asking Akashi out for watching the bonfire together. No idea who the shabby character is though, my first thought was a tanuki for the unexpected Uchouten Kazoku crossover.

Also the Time Machine uses a tatami as its base, it looks so silly and I love it.

Spoiler for episode 1:

It's basically a spin-off set in yet another parallel universe.

The author went with the predestination paradox for the time traveling mechanic. The past won't change, they're already a part of it. My guess is that they'll get the remote back by replacing it with the broken one right before the incident, most likely around the time the protagonist promised to do a naked dance.

Hanuki was confused when they said she was there for the shooting, so she'll most likely use the time machine to be there on that day. You already mentioned the rest.

Also, ponytail Akashi is love.

[Kanon]

Spoiler for episode 2:

Shabby dude is the time traveler (duh) from 25 years into the future, and it's implied his parents could be Watashi and Akashi. I refuse to believe they would make such an ugly and dumb kid though. Not to mention no one reacted when he said his last name, but it's possible he's not dumb enough to the point of giving his real one.

Higuchi still being there in the future is somehow not surprising

[Guardian Enzo]

I thought he was kind of funny and likeable in a schlumpy sort of way...

[Blaat]

His hairstyle and glasses reminds me of his dad, and the mole below his left eye reminds me of his mother. I think he's a bit of an amusing dork.

This episode was a lot shorter than the previous one but apparently this is supposed to be a movie and it looks like they're just picking good ending points unlike previous movie-cut-into-smaller episodes anime which tend to rigorously sticked to the 22 minute mark.

Anyway some quick observations: the Ozu who leaped through time joke made me snort, Jougasaki is wearing a shirt that says "Kaori-san" and we continue having characters mentioning events that have happened due to time travel shenanigans looking forward to seeing how that plays out.

[Kanon]

Spoiler for episode 3:

Definitely didn't notice the three guys in the bathhouse in episode 1 were future Watashi, Ozu, and Higuchi. Watashi seems to be starting to understand how the time travel works, but he's still scared of breaking the universe.

The time machine disappearing is not that big a deal, since they only went back one day. Just have to hide until the next day. It'll probably come back though.

[MeoTwister5]

Just saw the fist 4 episodes. The way the writing manages to maintain logical consistency with the details both obvious and subtle in a closed loop time travel setting is incredible.

Akashi is, of course, always enjoyable to watch.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

Akashi is, of course, always enjoyable to watch.

I already loved her, but I think she's even more endearing in this.

The show definitely handle the time travel well, but my issue with it is that this story doesn't really seem to add much to the Tatami universe. It's enjoyable but that's it.

[Blaat]

And it's over. It ended with the fifth episode, as for the sixth episode at the first I thought it was an extra episode for season 1 but ended up showing what happened before this season.

Anyway can't wait for the next Tomihiko Morimi adaptation.

[Kanon]

Disney+ is the best when it comes to killing all hype about an anime. You can barely find any discussion about it on the internet.

I enjoyed it, but it fell really short of the Tatami Galaxy and other Morimi works. I guess it makes sense since the plot is borrowed from a movie and therefore isn't a 100% Morimi product.

I thought I had missed an episode for a moment because we never saw Watashi ask Akashi out. It turns out they cut that scene for some reason. It was basically a big Tatami Galaxy call-back, with Watashi pitching the idea of the final arc of the Tatami Galaxy to Akashi for her next movie and saying he saw it in a dream.

I think I actually enjoyed the final episode the most out of all of them. Bringing back the Tatami Galaxy format and having it be the prequel to the story was really nice. And finally a timeline where Watashi gives Akashi her mochiguma right away instead of hanging onto it!

[Guardian Enzo]

It does feel strictly like a side story, but nevertheless very enjoyable. Middling Morimi is still elite.

Tamura kind of made the show for me, TBH. That schlumpy character design and offbeat seiyuu performance were enormously winning.

[MeoTwister5]

I never thought I'd be this invested in the time travelling shenanigans of an AC unit remote control. It's as much the MC of this side story as the original MC.

And as a side story, you typically don't see side stories of the original material as well written and produced as this. Side stories often get relegated as an afterthought to either rekindle interest in the original material or boost sales.

[SeijiSensei]

I have US Disney+, and a search for "tatami" brings up nothing. Searching for "anime" brings up a list of shows that we'd all agree have nothing to do with anime.

Limiting "Summertime Render" to Japanese Disney+ made no sense to me; I thought at the time that limitation might be a vagary of Disney's contract with the production committee. Now I don't know what Disney's strategy is.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

I have US Disney+, and a search for "tatami" brings up nothing. Searching for "anime" brings up a list of shows that we'd all agree have nothing to do with anime.

Limiting "Summertime Render" to Japanese Disney+ made no sense to me; I thought at the time that limitation might be a vagary of Disney's contract with the production committee. Now I don't know what Disney's strategy is.

I don't think even they know what they're doing.

They bought the rights for the Bleach anime for every territory besides the US and they're only simulcasting it in the UK.

[Kanon]

Forgot to post it when I saw it the other day. Tatami Time Machine Blues will be released on Disney+ US on November 9th.

[SeijiSensei]

Curious to see which category they will put this in. "Weird stuff from Japan even we don't understand" maybe.

[Kanon]

I don't know how it is in the US but here they'll probably put it and other anime in the "Star" category here, which is where everything that isn't Disney, Star Wars, Marvel, or Pixar go.

[Sides]

Think it rolling out slowly region-wise on disney+. Season 1 has been made accessible now on disney+ UK and like Kanon posted it is listed under STAR.