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Today, as mentioned earlier, I started watching Non Non Biyori. While the series doesn't have much of a continuing overall storyline each episode is not entirely a stand-alone event but often references or continues events from previous episodes. Overall I'm finding the series great fun to watch.

I wouldn't go as far as to say I hate all other forms of animation, but on the other hand I don't really like Pixar/Disney's style of animation. On a technical level Pixar/Disney's 3D CGI is very impressive, but to me the characters come across as cartoon characters and lack any sense of being 'real' people and once the movie is over so are the lives of the characters in it. While with the vast majority of anime I've seen when the movie or series is over I'm often left with the feeling that I've shared part of the lives of the characters and that somewhere they are still living their lives. Someone once said that the reason behind this is because anime characters are created in a similar way to characters in a book, and of course many anime start out as manga, where the book's author has gone to great lengths to make their characters as real and believable as possible.

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Yuru Camp and Bocchi The Rock are worlds apart. Yuru Camp is and excellent series and highly re-watchable, and I plan to re-watch it, Bocchi The Rock on the other hand is totally forgettable. I've not seen Non Non Biyori, but I note that it's available on CR so as I want a new series to start watching while I have my meals I'll give it a watch from today.

I've now finished watching Bocchi the Rock. And I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with the series, most of it seemed to revolve around Hitori/Bocchi's insecurity which resulted in her zoning out for a while which was shown using a very cartoony sequence, this was OK at first but by episode 10 the gag had gotten rather old and tedious and I kept wishing that they'd stop wasting screen time on it and got on with the story. I felt that Hitori/Bocchi's 'zone outs' cost character development for the other 3 girls. Overall, I thought it a bit of fun to watch, but ultimately disappointing.

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I've started watching Bocchi the Rock. The basic story is about a group of high school students who decide to form a band, OK so I've seen this scenario before, and to be honest I've seen it done better- but it's early episodes so far and perhaps it will improve. The Unique Selling Point for this one is that the main character is an excellent guitarist and has a huge following on her, anonymous, social media account but is terminally shy and introverted when around people, so much so that she plays her first gig sitting inside a cardboard box on stage!

This morning I woke up to see the street blanketed in thick frost, reduced visibility due to a freezing fog and a temperature of -3C Why did I get out of my nice warm bed? One thing is certain, I'm not going out today.

This evening I spent a highly enjoyable 2 hours watching the Laid Back Camp Movie. I'm often a bit wary of movie versions of popular series because far too often they're just recaps of the TV series and usually end up changing the story to fit the run-time of the movie. The Laid Back Camp movie doesn't fall into that trap and stays faithful to the original by creating a really beautiful original story. And as ever, Rin and Nadeshiko steal the limelight they're such a great double-act. Oh, and I've read that there's a third TV series in production.

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This evening I finished the second series of Laid Back Camp. I've really enjoyed watching this series the artwork, animation and background music all combine to make this a beautiful series. The storyline and characters are also excellent, but Rin and Nadeshiko steal almost every scene they're in as they make a great pair. I'm looking forward to watching the movie tomorrow.

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I'd settle for that. It's bright and sunny here, but only a chilly 7C and it's expected to be -3C tonight.

Thanks for that. More to look forward to.

Wait! WAIT!! I've found that there's a second series! More of Rin's camping expeditions. She's such an interesting character, the others are good as well.

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I've now finished watching Laid Back Camp. A highly enjoyable series about a group of cute girls who spend their time going on overnight camping trips to remote places where they admire the scenery, visit the hot springs and prepare, cook and eat large amounts of food.

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