And Yet The Town Moves
The Anime Network has added another Sentai Filmworks series to Hulu this afternoon as the first four episodes are now available for As The Town Moves. The series originally ran in 2010 for a total of twelve episodes and Sentai Filmworks released it on DVD, subtitled only, back in 2012. The series is available to Hulu Plus members so they can watch it on TV connected apps and digital devices, but there is no high definition version of the series.
Based on the manga of the same name by Masakazu Ishiguro which began in 2005 and has just under ten volumes to its name after still going six years later, And Yet The Town Moves is a twelve episode series aimed at the seinen market and animated by Shaft. The show is one that largely plays with the usual slice of life elements that we see in many series dealing with high school girls, though the school focus itself is kept fairly minimal, but it also brings in a few outlandish elements as well. When your final episode deals with the lead character going to purgatory to await her assignment in heaven after dying, well, it knows how to go into weird areas when you least expect it and generate some amusement.
Plot concept: Hotori has to start working at the Seaside Maid Cafe after school. However, she doesn’t understand how a Maid Cafe should be run. Even though everything seems like it’s going to crash at any moment, somehow Hotori’s life keeps going hilariously forward.