Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Midori Asakusa, a meticulous high school student with a passion for anime, dreams of creating her own animated masterpiece. Teaming up with the pragmatic Sayaka Kanamori and the charismatic but hesitant idol Tsubame Mizusaki, they form the Eizouken, an animation club. Together, they navigate the challenges of school bureaucracy, limited budgets, and their own differing creative visions to bring their imaginative worlds to life.

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! was met with widespread critical acclaim, lauded for its inventive animation, boundless creativity, and heartfelt celebration of the animation process. Critics and audiences alike praised its unique visual style, engaging characters, and the sheer joy it conveyed in the pursuit of artistic expression.

• Praised for its unique and dynamic animation style that perfectly captures the energy of creation.
• Celebrated for its infectious enthusiasm and deep love for the art of animation.
• Commended for its charming characters and engaging, often hilarious, depiction of the creative process.

Google audience: Google users overwhelmingly loved the show's creativity, animation, and humor, frequently highlighting how it captures the passion and hard work that goes into making anime.

Won multiple awards including the Newtype Anime Awards for Best TV Series, Best Screenplay, and Best Character Design. Nominated for Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

The show's vibrant and often surreal visual style is a deliberate choice to reflect the boundless imagination of its young protagonists, with many of the fantastical elements depicted as being visualized directly from their minds.