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(4.69/5)One of the best comedy animes out there
Nichijou is an anime about absolutely nothing, there's no plot to follow, just slapstick comedy routines. Which I love. If you're here for a plotline, then check out something else, but if you're interested in an easily digestible series then look no further.
Each episode takes place in the MCs' school or small town, with random cutaways to other places occasionally, so the vocab is fairly simple, with some random words popping up here or there (but based on context clues you can probably find it out). The majority of characters speak clearly, with one exception being a 9 year old girl who sometimes muffles her words, but if you watch this series for long enough then you get used to it lol. The vocab is probably N3 level, maybe "ambitious N4 with a dictionary".
The characters themselves are hilarious but there is some cultural knowledge that won't get localized well. If you've already dipped your toes into JP culture and anime then it shouldn't be a problem, but like the other commenter said there are some Haiku gags that would probably need some cultural knowledge for. Nothing to big though, and anything that you don't know can be easily filled in.
The animation itself is amazing for such a simple artstyle and the audio is good too. I would say that the anime is better than the original manga, even. If you want an easy to watch comedy series then definitely consider Nichijou!
Fantastic use of the animation medium
Honestly, I find it hard to believe that this is a manga adaptation given how masterfully they made use of the animation medium to execute the skits. I haven't read the manga but I can heartily recommend the anime to anyone. (EDIT: I read the manga but the anime is waaay better)
This is a very funny slapstick comedy with great replay value. It's so absurd and crazy, it's amazing. One of my favorites.
The main cast is middle school students so the dialogues are rather easy to understand but they can speak quite quickly at times. I also have to admit that I understood none of the haikus, which come up regularly in every episode.
In my experience, the difficulty wasn't so much linguistic, but more so cultural. There are many depictions of traditional Japanese games and references to Japanese culture that flew over my head the first few times I watched but as I (indirectly) learn more about Japanese culture, I find that I'm getting a much better comprehension on my later rewatch sessions.
The anime is broken down in many little bite-sized chunks (day 1, day 2, day 3, helvetica standard 1, ...) so it doesn't feel overwhelming.
There are many scenes that made me go "what??" and I couldn't always tell if that was intended or because I'm just not 日本語上手 enough, so I wouldn't recommend this as a very first anime because even if you manage to understand every line of dialogue, you might still be confused by the insanity of what's happening but if you've already watched an anime or two before, then, by all means, go ahead.
absolute masterpiece
can highly recommend regardless of learning japanese or not. speech is at a good tempo, very clear for the most part, very funny, nice to look at, lots of cultural jokes. everything is perfect tbh, I just wished I had more