The anime community has something special in store for them next season with the brand new original TV anime show Negative Positive Angler which revolves around fishing. Scheduled for the release on October 3, 2024, this anime combines fishing – a rather calming and peaceful sport – and End Industries, as well as funny and emotionally touching characters. Animation of the series has been done by Studio NUT, which has been responsible for many famous shows such as Saga of Tanya the Evil and Deca-Dence. The new trailer for the anime has been released and any anime fan would be heading forward to watch this new, original anime.
Story Overview: Fishing for More Than Just Fish
Anti hero Protagonist The film is titled ‘Angler’ which revolves around the life of two opposing personalities who build a meaningful friendship over fishing. The main protagonists – Mitsuru is a negative and introverted character who prefers to focus on the negative aspects of life. Nonetheless, having a negative perspective of life, he has a place where he takes solace and that is fishing because it helps him to ease away from all the pressures of life. However, his normal fishing live is drastically changes when he met Sora who is an hyper-optimistic angler. In her attitude towards life Sora is an excellent example of an obsession with the positive outlook and the ‘something good’ that has to come out of each thrown fishing line.
Their friendship is at the focus of the series, which depicts their dramatically different outlooks on life, and the images being very transforming for one another. Although the premise is basically fishing, Negative Positive Angler aims higher and explores the ideas of the main character’s transformation, of the person healing, and of the importance of not just taking the negative and good moments in life. Going for the presence of conflict between the show’s protagonist Mitsuru being a negative character and Sora being the positive character of the show provides a good number of jokes and sentimental scenes.
Main Characters and Cast
This indicates that the basis for Negative Positive Angler is in its characters, which are unique, interesting and original. While the concert emphasizes Mitsuru and Sora, tip and tail of the series title’s positivity and negativity, respectively.
Mitsuru: Now a voiced anime character portrayed by the rising anime star bright Kaito Ishikawa from Haikyuu and One Punch Man, Mitsuru is a brooding, quiet character who uses fishing as a coping mechanism from the life stressors. His arc in the series, as a whole, is about learning how to trust and accept the positives into his life courtesy of his bizarre association with Sora.
Sora: Sora, voiced by Ai Kayano (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Sword Art Online), is Mitsuru’s complete antithesis. Instead of common irritation her endless energy and love for life and especially for fishing is creating both, conflict and humour, as she is unwaveringly dragging Mitsuru out of his comfort zone.
Secondary characters which consist of other fishermen or other competitors will also be present, thus giving chance for development and comic relief. These characters are also expected to improve as friends or family members or spouses or whatever throughout the series and what is expected is not just a nice show about fishing but very emotional and pressing drama of characters’ growth.
Release Date and Trailer Highlights
Recall, Negative Positive Angler is to premiere on October 3, 2024, which makes it fit the fall anime season perfectly. Furthermore, there is a new released trailer that presents fishing background and the active character communications with the still water fishing background. Audiences who are indeed in anticipation for slice of life and more especially character –driven anime should look forward to this original title.
The teaser takes the audience into the comedy that arises from total opposite personalities that Mitsuru and Sora have. The animation is good, particularly the work done by Studio NUT, that depicts the serenity of the natural environment while at the same time being able to overemphasize the characters’ movements and actions. First, it is the fishing scenes which look really well animated, the water is relaxing, the fishing process looks quite realistic and the backgrounds are stunning; the atmosphere of the series is relaxed and even therapeutic giving a good balance to the amusing characters relationships.
Production Team and Studio NUT’s Involvement
Studio NUT, who last worked on high-action Anime like Saga of Tanya the Evil are going to approach the Negative Positive Angler in a different way. More than merely the recount of a battle-like scenario which has just happened, the studio has been able to paint another picture the more relaxed sphere of fishing. This show is in good hands given that it is being directed by Yutaka Uemura who directed Deca-Dence.
It seems that tension between fresh and unusual plots and sound character growth will be beneficial for this series, in which the primary focus is not only fishing itself but the characters’ combined personal development. The screenplay is going to be penned by Yoshiko Nakamura who has previously penned slice-of-life and comedy series such as Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun is expected to provide both comedy as well as emotional episodes in this show.
How Negative Positive Angler Fits in the Anime Landscape
Fishing anime is not a very common genre in the animation industry of Japan as it has Tsuritama and Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater. However, Negative Positive Angler recognized the uniqueness of the point of view as they investigated the question focusing on the fact that the two main characters had entirely different personalities. This makes the show not only about the fishing as the sport but also about fishing for the meaning and change of character.
It is crucial to mention that Negative Positive Angler is not borrowed from any other sources but at the same time shares some concerns typical for slice-of-life and characters’ development anime genres, including friendship, personal change, and the pleasure which comes from the appreciation of happiness from small things. Having said that, people who love to watch series which are full of relaxed and thoughtful anime moments like in Laid-Back Camp or Barakamon will probably like the promised tense-leisure series.
Final Thoughts: A Unique Mix of Serenity and Comedy
A Stand-Still Blend of WASPY Calmness and Humor Negative Positive Overall, Angler is looking to be a rather strong contender for one of the titles to watch out for in the anime season in fall of 2024. Thus, its concept of fishing complemented by outrageous character personalities and hidden emotional problems is rather refreshing for anime viewers and casual audience. Thanks to great visuals, expressive character relationships, and an appealing message, Negative Positive Angler is going to be a positive-functioning and light-hearted show.
Save the date for October, 3, 2024, and prepare yourself for new fishing trips with Mitsuru and Sora where each throw into big water is a move forward to the character development. It doesn’t really matter if you are a fisherman or an anime lover in general, this series is worth checking.
Source – crunchyroll