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Monthly Delusional Magazine|Anime

“Monthly Delusional Magazine” is a comedy anime themed around unique scientific experiments and innovative ideas. It is a Japanese TV anime produced by OLM Team Yoshioka and aired from January to March 2024. The show garnered attention as a work that combines captivating experiments with humor, enchanting viewers. The story blends scientific concepts with fantastical elements, delivering surprises and laughs to its audience.

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The setting is Most City, a town in an unnamed country. On the second floor of an old building, there is a small publishing house that produces the magazine “Monthly Delusion Science. “Monthly Delusional Magazine” is a science magazine that reports on extraordinary incidents and over-the-top scientific phenomena that even professional scientists cannot accomplish. The staff consists of only a beautiful editor-in-chief and an editor named Taro J. Suzuki. Additionally, there are just two more members: an elementary school assistant named Jiro Tanaka and a dog named Saburo. The editorial office is almost always empty, with Taro, Jiro, and Saburo spending most of their time lounging on the first floor of the same building at a café called “Rock.”

One day, a scientist named Goro Sato visits them for advice, marking the beginning of an extraordinary and whimsical story…

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The charm of “Monthly Delusional Magazine” lies in its stories that wholeheartedly tackle trivial and absurd matters, paired with a B-movie-like atmosphere. It’s an anime that you can enjoy without overthinking, offering a unique comedic style that might not appeal to everyone. However, if you let yourself go with the flow, it’s quite entertaining. While there may not be any particularly compelling elements throughout the story, the unwavering and chaotic antics of the characters provide plenty of enjoyment.

© Ichigo Umatani / Monthly Delusional Magazine Production Committee

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