Kirayoshi

I was recommended this anime when it was into its second episode and I immediately loved it. Each episode has its own little story following each of the girls’ progress to reach the goal of performing live. Explained from the other reviews here, the story follows four girls in an after school club involved in light music (technically pop music). Our main character Yui joins the group even though not having played any instrument before (except Castanets). Under the guidance of the bassist Mio Akiyama, Yui learns how to play the guitar (or “giitah”; Yui’s pet name for her... See full review

If you read other peoples’ comments about this anime, you will find them relating it to another anime ‘K-ON!’. The only thing that they have in common is the story involves five girls and has a musical theme. However that is where the similarities end, here half the girls are involved in music; with one of them learning, whilst ‘K-ON!’ has all five. Set in a Post-Apocalyptic world in the future, our main protagonist is a young girl named Kanata, who joins the army of Helvetia, at war with the Roman Empire (which somehow they speak German)  to pursue her dream of... See full review