K-On!: Live House!

It is almost the end of the year, and Houkago Tea Time has been invited to participate in a live house on New Year's Eve! The iconic band members are Yui Hirasawa, the carefree guitarist who is enthusiastic to play music; Mio Akiyama, the shy bassist who gets embarrassed easily; Tsumugi Kotobuki, the gentle and sweet keyboardist who finds joy in normal activities; Ritsu Tainaka, the extroverted drummer who likes to tease Mio; and Azusa Nakano, the rhythm guitarist who is one year younger than the rest but slightly more mature.

Performing in the set gives the girls the rare opportunity to meet various people from different bands, including the one that invited them, Love Crysis. Will Houkago Tea Time be able to delight their audiences successfully?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Hirasawa, Yui Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Akiyama, Mio Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Nakano, Azusa Main

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Kotobuki, Tsumugi Main

Kotobuki, Minako Japanese

Tainaka, Ritsu Main

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Hirasawa, Ui Supporting

Yonezawa, Madoka Japanese

Yamanaka, Sawako Supporting

Sanada, Asami Japanese

Manabe, Nodoka Supporting

Fujitou, Chika Japanese

Suzuki, Jun Supporting

Nagata, Yoriko Japanese

Kawakami, Mrs. Supporting

Nakamura, Chie Japanese

Matsunaga, Yuuichi Assistant Producer

Yamada, Naoko Director

Tsuruoka, Youta Sound Director

Ishidate, Taichi Storyboard

Reviews

Mar 2, 2013

NonOtaku

Recommended

You have to have had been living under a rock for the past 2 years to not know what K-on! is. This show became a phenomenon right after it aired, bringing with it a brand new wave of fans and fandoms. This show is a mega hit in Japan so how well does it hold up with this 'OVA'?

When Ritsu’s friends from Junior High invite the Keion-bu girls to perform with them at a concert house, it’s time for After School Teatime to get rehearsing. With only ten days to go until the gig on New Year’s Eve and nothing prepared, the band must decide ... on their playlist, costumes and even their lighting. While everyone is excited about their first public concert, will the five girls be able to overcome their nerves and insecurities to make their big debut as incredible as they all hope?

For a show that consists mostly of girls hanging out and drinking tea at a table, Kyoto Animation really puts a fair bit of effort into it. Watching the show on Blu Ray really helped exemplify this even more. The scenes in which the characters practice with their instruments or play Live on Stage really comes to life.

K-on! has some of the most catchy tunes in recent anime, the studio really went all out with the Opening and Ending themes and all of the insert songs that the band plays.

The real charm of K-on! is in its characters and how they interact with each other. Each character has certain defining features and reactions that make them unique and stand out. They also play off of each other very well almost always resulting in silly and comical situations. The characters have very cute and innocent character designs and the lack of any sort of fanservice in the entirety of the show helps a lot.

This episode is sometimes referred to as an OVA, because it didn't air along with the rest of the series during its original broadcast and was first seen on the DVD/Blu-Ray release. It is however a normal episode for all intents and purposes, and aired as part of the series in some markets.

A thoroughly enjoyable episode from start to finish, with the girls performing outside of school – an exciting first for the series. While episode 12 was the official season finale, and a great one at that, ending the first season with the five HTT girls starting a new year together feels fitting, knowing there’s more to come.

Having an extra episode was nice, more K-On! is always welcomed.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by NonOtaku (21)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Apr 10, 2010

Kazedouya

Recommended

K-ON Live House

It's good to have an OVA by our favorite band named After school Teatime. In this OVA we're going to see them play in a little gig, but they have fun drinking tea and eat a lot of sweets.

Story

The story resolves around the K-ON members. A friend of Ritsu is asking a manager if After school Teatime can have a gig, the gig is on new years eve.

Art:

... The colors in K-ON is amazing it's just not kawaii, but brilliant. The character looks good as well. The nature and everything is very good animated.

Sound:

It's the same songs like in the series, so nothing important to write here.

Character:

Imo when the other bands are talking about their music dreams, they change they will go further than Budakon, I'm sure they thinking we will be pro!

Enjoyment:

I didn't liked it so much I liked the series much more, but it's better then anything tho : )

Overall:

K-ON! Live House is nothing big, it's ok to watch, but since it only one episode that's sucks... Season 2 here we come :}

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by Kazedouya (7)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Jan 25, 2015

AbsarNaeem

Recommended

K-on!: Live House, an extra that I saw together with K-on!
This episode shows the band go to perform their first live show at a contest.
It's held on New Year's Eve at a club.

As this is the first time for the band to perform a live show outside the school premises, so they learn all sorts of new stuff from signing up to stage lightings. Add to that, Yui's carefree attitude and you've got a laughable situation.

They meet up with some old friends on Ritsu and Mio and perform at the live show. They do run into some problems here and there but in the end, ... everything turns out for the best like in the series.

A good, warm Extra to an amazing series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by AbsarNaeem (64)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Manga Time Kirara adaptations (2007-2015)

by qef15

43 Entries · 29 Restacks

Kyoto Animation Watch Order

by KLM101

50 Entries · 26 Restacks

Music Band/ Idol Group Collection

by TuongTho2k8

37 Entries · 31 Restacks

Recommendations

North American Anime & Manga Releases for December

Here are the North American anime & manga releases for December Week 1: December 3 - 9 Anime Releases K-On! (incl. K-On!!, Keikaku!, Live House!, Movie, Ura-On!,...read more

Dec 2, 2019 3:58 PM by Sakana-san | Discuss (2 comments)

North American Anime & Manga Releases for February

Week 1: February 5 - 11 Anime Releases Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen (incl. Prologue - Sakura to Futatsu no Kuma) Part 1 Blu-ray Deadman Wonderland (incl. Akai K...read more

Feb 4, 2019 9:26 AM by Sakana-san | Discuss (4 comments)

	Poll: K-ON! Special: Live House! Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 ) Amarrez - Jan 18, 2010	160 replies	by ParZ1val_ »» Mar 20, 8:16 AM
	Ura-On! and Ura-On!! specials... MonaGD - Jan 3, 2012	1 replies	by Scyntax »» Apr 28, 2019 7:52 AM