Anime Review: Bananya and Room Camp

First of all, full disclosure: I expected these two anime to have something in common - plot, style, animators, something. Instead, the only thing that these two have in common is that their episodes are 3 minutes long. Bananya has two seasons, 13 episodes each. Room Camp has one season, 12 episodes plus an 11-minute E-SP. (...what the heck is an E-SP? Extra Special Program?). Bananya is comedy, Room Camp is slice of life. Bananya is an original anime not based on a manga, while Room Camp is a spin-off anime based on a spin-off manga (spun off from the anime and manga LAID-BACK CAMP, while I promise to review later this year).

But apparently Japan has a need for three-minute episodes of anime. Or 2 minute 30, given that 30 seconds is taken up with the closing theme.

( First up, Bananya, which is going to be a shorter review because what do you say about cats in bananas. )

( And then Room Camp, which gets an actual review. )

Next week: a series of short reactions, including series tossed out of my queue, and series that I'm continuing to watch!