Tsuritama

Tsuritama
Japanese volume 1 DVD/Blu-ray cover art
つり球
Genre	Comedy, Sci-fi
Anime television series
Directed by	Kenji Nakamura
Written by	Toshiya Ono
Music by	Kuricorder Quartet
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	AUS Hanabee NA Sentai Filmworks UK MVM Films
Original network	Fuji TV (noitamina)
Original run	April 12, 2012 – June 28, 2012
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Tsuritama (つり球^?) "fishing ball", sometimes written as tsuritama, is a Japanese anime television series that aired in spring 2012 season. It premiered on April 12, 2012 and ended on June 28, 2012. The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America, by MVM Films in the United Kingdom and Hanabee in Australia and New Zealand.

Yuki Sanada is a high school student who lives with his grandmother Kate, a woman whose career requires frequent relocation which prevents the boy from establishing any real friendships, much less the social skills necessary to initiate them. Whenever he becomes anxious, he freezes in place, unable to breathe, and feels like he is drowning. During these episodes, he dons a markedly demonic expression—so potent with seemingly latent rage that others become wary of him at its appearance. Shortly after arriving at their home on the grandmother's most recently sanctioned work base, the island of Enoshima, a zealous transfer student named Haru— wielding a water gun and sporting a fish bowl atop his head— appears on their doorstep claiming to be an alien and that he will henceforth be living in the same house; the grandmother agrees to allow such if Haru simply meets one condition (which is undisclosed to the audience). Haru's presence continually makes Yuki uncomfortable. The two also meet a secluded young fisher, Natsuki Usami, nicknamed "The Fishing Prince" and an Indian man named Akira, who watches Haru from a distance with his duck Tapioca.

The anime began airing on the noitamina block on Fuji TV on April 12, 2012 and ended on June 28, 2012. The anime's opening theme was Tsurezure Monochrome by Fujifabric, while the ending theme was Sora mo Toberu Hazu by sayonara ponytail. Aniplex released the series on DVD/Blu-ray in six volumes from June 27, 2012 to November 11, 2012.Section23 Films released the entire series on Blu-ray and DVD on August 20, 2013.