I finished watching Trapeze today, VERY good. It's a show that's weird, but does it very well. There's 11 episodes, each containing there own self-contained story, character development, and satisfying resolution. What's more, is that the entire series takes place in a 7-8 day period where each story takes place in an intermingled fashion, and as you follow each character, you'll see characters from both future and past episodes doing their thing, and you realize the good doctor Irabu is taking care of all of them.
You see, the story is about a rather weird and easygoing psychiatrist named Irabu, who's weird in that he seems to be comprised of 3 different people: An eccentric with a bear mascot head, a little girl, and a rather lanky girly-man. It's never explained whether or not he has a split personality, or if there's actually three people all representing one doctor, but it's one of the anime's oddities that is rather quirky and fun to watch. All of his patients are rather realistically mentally and psychologically ill people, that all have interesting backstories and personalities. It's actually very entertaining to watch them as they deal with their problems, and eventually overcome them.
It's short, but sweet, and I highly recommend it. I'm not sure if any of the psychiatric tips that the real-life doctor Fukuiichi (who literally pauses the show to tell you facts) espouses are true at all, but it would seem that way, and it's another quirk that's fun to have around.
Plus, the opening and ending songs are catchy as heck. I'll need to look them up some time. Also, while it's called Trapeze, there is actually only one character that is in a circus.
I paused my watching of Giant Robo to watch Trapeze, now back to Robo.
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