Hidamari Sketch ·ひだまりスケッチ
For years, Yuno has dreamed of attending Yamabuki Arts High School, but now that she's been accepted, it means the scary prospect of moving away from her home and family for the first time! Fortunately, Yuno quickly learns that if her new neighbors at the eclectic Hidamari (Sunshine) Apartments aren't technically family, at least the majority share the bond of being fellow art students. From second year students like Hiro and Sae, who try to behave like helpful older sisters (mostly successfully) to her hyperactive new neighbor, classmate and best friend Miyako (who has the scariest apartment ever) Yuno begins to build the support network she'll need for dealing with strange characters like her oddly masculine landlady, her cosplay obsessed home room teacher, her tooth-chattering principal and all of the other odd denizens who inhabit her chosen world of art.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Jan 12, 2007
- Popularity: 73.6953
- 11 votes
- Networks
- (JP)
(JP)
- Production
SHAFT (JP)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
4 seaons till Dec 21, 2012
Last episode: December 31st-January 1st: Years Together, Years to Come
Seasons & episodes
Total 4 seasons, 49 episodes
Specials
Aired
Episode 1August 11th: Put Her Back Where She Was24 min
In a hot summer day, after receiving a watermelon from the Hidamari landlady, Yuno and her friends make a visit to a local swimming pool, where Yuno's inability to swim and fear of water is revealed. Meanwhile, Yoshinoya, the Hidamari landlady, and the Principal spend their time together in a school swimming pool.
Episode 2November 27th: Is It Love?24 min
To Yuno, Miyako, and Sae's surprise, Hiro receives a love letter from a 3rd grade classmate. After hearing the news, Hiro's friends can hardly concentrate on the class as they are very curious about the love letter. After school is over, the classmate who write the love letter confesses his love for Hiro on the rooftop. However, on the next day, she writes him a letter of refusal, to everyone's disappointment. However, Hiro's friends look up to her for her maturity.
Episode 3February 24th: Polaroidron / February 25th: Won't Forget24 min
Sae buys a second-hand Polaroid camera and the four girls take pictures of each other dressing up and posing in different ways. Later Yuno calls Chika and arranges for her to visit Hidamari Apartments on March 25th, as seen in episode five of the second series. In the very brief second episode set the morning after, Yuno, Sae and Miyako wake up to discover a picture of their sleeping faces beside them on their pillows. This is Hiro's revenge for them laughing at the picture Sae took of her sleeping the day before.
Episode 4February 10th: Going Anywhere Bicycle / February 11th: The Tortoise and the Hare24 min
Yuno receives a bike from one of her classmates but can't remember how to ride it. The girls decide to take the bike down to the riverbed to teach Yuno how to ride again.
Episode 5June 6th: Red Thread / June 7th: Deeper Meaning24 min
Yuno stops Miyako from falling down the stairs at the apartments, but tears her uniform in the process. Yoshinoya-sensei notices and invites the girls to her room after class to fix it. The next day, having lost her Sketchbook somewhere, Yuno tells Sae and Hiro about the incident with Miyako's dress and what happened when they were invited into Yoshinoya-sensei's "forbidden room"...
