School Festivals in Anime - The Amusing Side

Although part of life comedy like Lucky Star and Azumanga Daioh anime series shows the important and out of school life in Japan, many non-Japanese fans might not the Japanese school festivals and events throughout the year are familiar with. Perhaps the most classic traditional festival, or Bunkasai. It is regularly held in the Japanese schools throughout the country and most people are usually invited to see the students work outside school.

Different classes, groups and clubs and a gym changing rooms in various topic areas. Made in restaurants and cafes offer food, they are so common that they are clichés. Also make a room in a haunted house idea is a commonplace that the two concepts are often described as animated and some ideas for the first time they have through the cultural celebration of comic books do during the student.


For those of us who only in the Field Day games, but in fact many of the characteristics of the Japanese school for one week version will likely familiar with the idea of shocking. The festival-like atmosphere surrounding the so-called sports days are often very strange, because it is a challenge. In many cases, all regular classes are canceled before the events of this week the students have sufficient time to practice their own game.

From Monday to Saturday, students in training and preparation. Then Sunday, the actual event. As the area of school grounds has little protection against the sun, often scheduled several weeks to cooler times of the year. Some of these campaigns is very off the wall, with a huge ball game. There are always welcome competition to see which group can be the hardest.

Art by the club and a school band has the usual features, but there are more traditional, celebratory aspects of the event. Thus, the days usually work closely with non-competitive Japanese folk customs.

Graduation ceremonies are usually held in March, and usually with a degree and distribution of class representative of the General Assembly. Aogeba Tochi or Thanksgiving theme song is usually played on a graduation internship. Interestingly, another theme is no Hikari firefly graduation, this piece of music of Auld Lang Syne. Same songs, sometimes with the end of the day to their customers' demands by Japanese companies!

If the school is like a holiday, in cartoons and comics stereotypes of school life an important part of a series they may not normally appear as a small party thing. However, a series good for them, this festival is often added over the top funny dose. Few fans will forget the cheerleading session, from the Lucky Star girls perform their own schools.

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