# The Tatami Galaxy (2010)

> A college student relives his disastrous Kyoto campus years through branching alternate choices, guided by a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/33327

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 11
- Episode runtime: 25 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, fantasy
- Network: Fuji TV
- Cast: Shintaro Asanuma, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Keiji Fujiwara, Yuhko Kaida, Maaya Sakamoto, Junichi Suwabe
- TMDB rating: 8.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1847445/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Tone: absurdist, wry, rueful, surreal, playful

## What critics say

Audiences broadly acclaim the series as a visually inventive, intellectually playful anime whose repeating campus loops reward close attention.

## Synopsis

The Tatami Galaxy (2010) is a Japanese animated comedy series produced by Madhouse and aired on Fuji TV, adapted from a celebrated novel by Tomihiko Morimi. Its narrator, a college student known only as 'I' (voiced by Shintaro Asanuma), meets a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony at a mysterious late night ramen stand and is pulled back into his bungled university years in Kyoto. Each episode replays those years from a different branch of choices, so the same club, the same friends and the same romantic disappointments keep resurfacing in new shapes. Ozu (voiced by Hiroyuki Yoshino) is the cruel new acquaintance who turns the protagonist from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous black cupid. The engine is his shifting quest for a campus romance and a rosier college life, with each alternate path colliding with the ones that came before. The eleven-episode series is a single continuing story with a stylized, rapid-fire look and surreal set pieces. Its mood is rueful, wry and quietly wistful, with an absurdist streak. Fans of Welcome to the NHK, Paranoia Agent and Sliding Doors will find resonance here.

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