Double J

Hajime Usami and Sayo Arima, first year students of Nagashima High School, discover the "Traditional Arts Preservation Club" and decide to join in. Hilarity Ensues.

Double J is a unique "cultural gag manga" written by Eiji Nonaka (of Cromartie High School fame) and illustrated by Maru Asakura. It was adapted into a rather brief anime by DLE, airing from June 28 to September 14, 2011, as part of the Yuruani programming block. The anime episodes are quite short, being only 4 minutes long.

Tropes used in Double J include:

• Adaptation Dye Job: Hajime's hair is brown in the manga, but blue-green in the anime. Aya's hair, on the other hand, is dark blue-green in the manga but black in the anime.
• But Not Too Foreign: Françoise Sakai, the president of the Comedy Club, is half French.
• Butt Monkey: Poor Toothpick-san gets absolutely no respect.
• Cut Short: The anime. Just watch Episode 11. Wow.
  • See you again!!
• Edutainment Show: Between all those Seinfeildian Conversations and Non Sequiturs, you may actually end up learning something about Japanese traditional arts!
• Everybody Calls Him Barkeep: Toothpick-san.
• Expy: Françoise's character is quite similar to that of Cromartie's Yamaguchi.
• Gag Series: It's Eiji Nonaka. What did you expect?
• Hot Shounen Mom: Hajime's mother.
• Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The title of each episode is a pun involving a known slogan or phrase and the word "tradition".
• Japanese School Club
• Joshikousei: ...plus one guy.
• Limited Animation: Very Limited Animation. It's probably intentional, though.
• Medium Blending: The anime features real life backgrounds. Episode 7 is 90% live footage.
• My Name Is Not Toothpick-san!
• Non-Standard Character Design: The female students are drawn in the typical cute anime style, the male studens in a cartoony, Thick Line Animation style, and the adults look much more realistic. There are live action segments, too.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Hajime (blue) and Sayo (red).
• Running Gag: Toothpick-san and her toothpicks.
  • Ichirou's frog manga.
• Sailor Fuku: And all of them look different, despite all the girls going to the same school.
• Serious Business: Comedy, for Françoise and the Comedy Club.

Françoise: A comedian doesn't need love!

• Shout-Out: Episode 9 of the anime features Hajime and Sayo drawn in the style of Cromartie High School. The female gorilla also makes an appearance (and talks in a really cute voice, as she's supposed to be Aya).
  • Also, Hajime and Sayo's very Cromartie-esque Reaction Shot.
• Sweat Drop: Here they look like paper clips, for some reason.
• Take a Third Option: Bird trainer Sanada, in Episode 8.

Hajime and Sayo: Completely wrong!

• Widget Series: See Gag Series above.