Mustard Chocolate - Recommendations

• TV (12 eps)
• 2009

The students of the Geijutsuka Art Design Class study all the various fields of art, from sketching and painting to graphic design and photography. While the mischievous Noda is always thinking up new ways to have fun with her partner in crime - tomboy Tomokane - the ditzy Kisaragi is content with doodling cats in her sketchbook. With Namiko attempting (and failing) to keep the energetic duo in line, the quiet and mysterious Kyoujyu seems happy to observe the odd behavior of her classmates. Whether they are transforming a congealed lump of paint into a sculpture of a pudding, playing ‘color tag’, or making thought collages, the gang live their life to the max through both their friendships and their art.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2010

It’s time the Geijutsuka gang to take textile class, and Kisaragi is praying for a natural disaster to disrupt the lesson for good reason. They have to hand in their assessment of an innovative clothing design to the strictest teacher in school and while Miyabi, Noda and Namiko have managed to complete their creations, Kisaragi and Tomokane continue to struggle. Will either of them find a way to gain their teacher’s approval and manage to submit their work on time? Then, after cleaning yarn balls off of the school curtains, Kisaragi ends up on a series of errands that have her traversing the entire school.

• TV (24 eps)
• 2005 - 2006

After abandoning a promising future career as an artist to follow the path of a teacher, Kamikura Hiroki is faced with the responsibility of supporting his cousin Hosen Elise, who has just recently lost both of her parents. To complicate matters the high school she is attending is the very same one at which Hiroki is finishing his teaching experience requirements! Elise soon develops feelings for Hiroki, but a new rival arrives in the form of the teacher Kikyo Kiri – a familiar face from Hiroki’s past. With two women vying for Hiroki’s affections, who should he choose?

• TV (13 eps)
• 2007

Kajiwara Sora is a shy girl who loves to draw. She's a member of the art club at school, even though one of the other members scares her sometimes. She finds drawing things like flowers or fruit easy enough, but she puzzles over how to capture more fleeting moments, like the flapping of a bird's wings or a cat that won't sit still. There are things she can draw, and things she can't draw, and with the help of her friends in the art club, she's going to experience them all to the fullest.

• TV (26 eps)
• 2005

Shiratori Ryushi is a young man who wants nothing more than to be a children’s book author. To accomplish his goal he moves to an old-style apartment in the middle of Tokyo, and at first, his humble abode seems heaven-sent… but not for long! In addition to meeting Aoba Kozue, his good-hearted landlady who isn’t entirely what she seems to be, Ryushi discovers that he has a whole cast of crazy neighbors to handle! What started out a dream has turned into a nightmare of chaotic proportions. Can Ryushi survive his stay in Tokyo?

• DVD Special (1 ep)
• 2009

Sae has recently invested in a second-hand Polaroid camera and one ordinary Sunday morning she surprises the girls by unexpectedly taking their photo. Miyako decides to name the camera Polaroidon, and after snapping a shot of Hiro asleep, the girls decide to give each other a makeover. Meanwhile, the Yamabuki teachers have decided to have a karaoke competition...

• TV Special (2 eps)
• 2010

When a new family restaurant opens in the area, the girls at the Hidamari Apartments decide to try it out during a half day off from class. While the group looks forward to eating the food, Miyako is determined to try every beverage available at the bar. Then, one weekend, Yuno decides to take advantage of having two free days and travels back home for a visit. Finally, one morning Miyako wakes up with a craving for meat, so the gang prepares to have a barbeque in the courtyard complete with meat, marshmallows and… dried fish?!

• TV Special (2 eps)
• 2011

When they're not working hard at school, the girls of the Hidamari apartments love to get out and about. Whether they decide to visit an art museum on a day off, go for barbecue with the landlady, or visit the pool at the height of summer, Yuno and the gang know how to make the most of every situation they're in. But sometimes it's just as nice to relax at home with friends, from enjoying a peaceful pajama party, to helping Hiro wash her curtains and blowing bubbles with the detergent.

• TV Special (2 eps)
• 2007

It's vacation time at Yamabuki High school and the girls of the Hidamari apartment complex are about to go home for the summer. Over a bowl of noodles Yuno, Miyako, Hiro and Sae decide to head off to the pool for their last day together, before they are scattered across the country; and of course no summer night is complete without a chilled watermelon. Then, on an ordinary November school day, the girls are thrown into a frenzy when Hiro finds a love letter in her shoe locker. Who sent the letter, and just how will Hiro reply?

• TV Special (2 eps)
• 2009

As a new flock of prospective students descend upon Yamabuki High to take their entrance exams, Yuno and the gang have to find something to keep themselves occupied. Luckily, one of their classmates has given Miyako a bicycle and, since Yuno has forgotten how to ride, they head to the riverbed to help her practice. Then one summer day Miyako slips and manages to rip part of her uniform on the way to school. When Yoshinoya-sensei notices, she calls her to the art room after class, but with so many rumors circling the cosplaying teacher’s ‘summons’, what exactly lies in store for Miyako?