Locodol
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | 普通の女子校生が[ろこどる]やってみた. |
| Romaji: | Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yattemita. |
| Titles: | |
| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Jul 4, 2014 [10 years 6 months ago] |
| Ended: | Sep 19, 2014 [10 years 4 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Genres: | |
| Tags: | |
| Links: | MAL ANIDB ANN |
High school girl Nanako became her town's local idol after being requested to do so by her uncle. Together with her upperclassman Yukari, a girl who seems perfect but is actually quite airheaded, as local idols, they get interviewed (by the town's shopping centre), go on television (low-budget cable), and do concerts (on the roof of the department store). The girls' salaries come from the town's taxes.
|
Episode 1: [Locodol] We Tried Starting It.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-07-04
Nanako Usami is a first year high school student living in the country town Nagarekawa.
Just as she starts getting used to high school life, she makes plans to visit the public pool with her friends after its renovation.
While she begs her mother for a new swimsuit for the special event, her mother refuses her flatly.
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 2: We Tried Going and Playing.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-07-11
Nanako and Yukari begin working as Nagarekawa's Locodols.
While they appear on cable TV as reporters, Nanako wonders if their actions are actually helping the community.
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 3: We Tried Putting It On. We Tried Taking It Off.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-07-18
Their next job is the "City Revival New Project Presentation".
Having received no details, Nanako and Yukari enter their dressing room while wondering if they'll get a new member, where they find Nagarekawa's local mascot Uogokoro-kun.
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 4: We Tried Adding a Manager and Stuff.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-07-25
Nanako visits a cable TV station to tape a program. In her changing room, she discovers a suspicious person going through their outfits...!
Recently there have been multiple reports of people stealing clothes from popular idols, but have those people finally come after them?!
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 5: We Tried Setting a Big Goal.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-01
Early afternoon. On the roof of their high school, the Nagarekawa Girls and Yui Mikoze hold a Nagarekawa Girls meeting.
The subject: their futures.
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 6: We Tried Gathering Cute and Loose Characters.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-08
Uogokoro-kun represents the city of Nagarekawa in a field day for the nation's cute and loose characters. Nanako and Yukari are worried when Uogokoro-kun appears nervous, but the Nagarekawa girls have their own job to do: promote Nagarekawa on a national TV broadcast. Concerned a mistake might ruin the image of Nagarekawa, Nanako loses her cool.
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 7: We Tried Adding a Lot of Things.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-15
Today the Nagarekawa Girls are giving a report on a local hot spring. While taking a break after playfully completing their job, the girls discuss the Cute and Loose Characters Field Day they recorded previously. Both Yui and Yukari are excited for the broadcast, but Nanako isn't too excited.
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 8: We Tried Gathering the Courage to Call.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-22
The new Uogokoro-kun actor Nazukari Mirai and Nanako are both first years students at the same school. However, due to Mirai's extreme shyness, they haven't become friends. Nanako talks to her friend Noda, who attended middle school with Mirai, in order to get closer to her, but her plans don't go well.
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 9: We Tried Being Selfish.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-29
Oota and Nanako face off at Nagarekawa City Hall. The air was filled with an unprecedented tension. Nanako asks her uncle if he's engaging in illegal activity with a look of unprecedented earnestness. The employees around them begin whispering. Yukari and Saori are among them.
With all eyes upon him, how will Oota respond?
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 10: We Tried Working as Four.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-09-05
The Nagarekawa Girls decide to participate in the Locodol Festival. The girls are excited for the nationally broadcast gathering of Locodols from around the nation. With no prior contact with other Locodols, as the girls begin wondering what kind of work they perform, Mirai brings the other members back to reality with a certain message.
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 11: We Tried Gathering Locodols.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-09-12
The Nagarekawa Girls are prepared for the Locodol Festival and are making final adjustments.
Amidst the heat they prepare at city hall, but for some reason they choose to hold their meeting in a room without air conditioning. While they will be appearing on national television, the girls treat it like any other job. As the girls think about sightseeing after the festival, Saori informs them of some very important news...
Source: crunchyroll
|
|
Episode 12: We Tried Being Locodols.
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-09-19
It's finally the day of the Locodol Festival. However, Nanako and her friends continue moving at their own pace and enjoy a lively breakfast together. Though Nanako was triumphantly basking in the praises of her friends, a single word from Yui has her agitated again... Despite all their uncertainty and doubts, the Nagarekawa Girls' big moment at the Locodol Festival's main stage begins!
Source: crunchyroll
|