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Browse pictures from the manga Classroom☆Crisis on MyAnimeList, the internet's largest manga database. With aims to one day reach out into the stars, humanity has colonized all the planets of the solar system. This story of young high school hopefuls is set in Fourth Tokyo in a Japanese Martian prefecture. Iris Shirasaki is a third year student/aspiring test pilot. Mizuki Sera is her peer/mechanic and Mizuki's brother Kaito is their homeroom teacher and the young director of the program develo…

Classroom Crisis was that show for me in the Summer of 2015. A show that, against all the heavy hitters and solid series, continued to occupy a decent part of my ever crowded anime watching schedule, and rose to exceed expectations in its final few episodes. Its also a show that, I think is very much falls into the niche category, and will be interesting exciting to a select few people.

The series starts off with this very unique and interesting premise, one where business is at odds with creativity and technological advancement and academia. Its a very very interesting concept for anyone that’s been even remotely involved with technology, IT or Engineering themselves. Of course, Classroom Crisis turns it up a notch, setting things in the near future where space travel has become a regular thing, and other planets have been colonized and inhabited by humans. The series is almost remarkably timely, with the recent surge of space related entertainment making its way to the masses in the west with movies like Gravity and more recently the Martian, while Japan has had its own revitalization of the concept with the currently ongoing mega franchise Uchuu Kyoudai (Space Brothers).

While Classroom Crisis never quite lands into the realism and idealism of the great Uchuu Kyoudai series, its still got at least one foot firmly planted there. There’s a genuine sense, appreciation and love for the realities of the technology industry, about how business and costs and results all tie in together. As anyone who’s actually worked in these industries will tell you, these things are often at odds with one another, dependent on one another and if nothing else, deeply related.

There’s a part of me that really appreciates how much of the gamut Classroom Crisis runs through, in its meager 13 episode run. There’s everything from corporate politics, to unions, to overtime, to budgets and there’s even some PTSD pilot stuff thrown in there for good measure. Classroom Crisis establishes a world that really does seem like the near future, and then commits to it, looking at current day issues through a more science fiction lens.

Its in this near future, slice of life, corporate technology storytelling that I think Classroom Crisis both wins audience members and loses them. For those of us that have actually crunched hard on making something, be it software, hardware or just worked in the tech industry, its all pretty relatable. In a lot of ways, I suspect that Classroom Crisis’s intended audience is very much those of us who can relate to it, because its almost got an insider’s perspective into the ways of the tech world, through a uniquely japanese lens of course.

As with most successful slice of life shows, Classroom Crisis has a good deal of the classic high school elements to make things interesting. Although its a bit later in the series, there’s a pretty awesome romance element that takes the stage, and stays with us till the end. The romance element, coupled with the more general high school beats that the anime medium in general does well, is great.

Which brings us to the real strength of the series; its characters. More so than most series, Classroom Crisis really does rely on its characters to make its world and its plot feel satisfying and interesting. And the characters really do come through, with a collection of varied, flawed but ultimately likable cast of characters.

Its also worth noting, that Classroom Crisis is also one of those series that ends on a satisfying note. There’s enough of a resolution to the core issues of the series, that it feels complete as a stand alone package, yet there’s some obvious hinting at a potential larger story in the making. The characters themselves all go through a nice gradual character arc, one that definitely rewards the viewer with true progress and change, both in the dynamics between the characters, and their own personal growth and maturity itself. This is a story that successfully juggles contemporary corporate work life issues, with the classic coming of age high school stories that are fairly prevalent in anime these days.

In the end, Classroom Crisis is a unique beast. Its a competently done show, one that will undoubtedly find an audience in those familiar with today’s modern Tech industry. The classic high school slice of life elements add another interesting layer to an already unique show, grounding it into something more palatable for the general audience. Despite its best efforts though, Classroom Crisis isn’t for everyone. It may grab you with its strong cast of characters, or its intricate world building and unique perspective on the Corporate Technology sector of Japan. It also might just not jive with you, which is an equally possibly outcome.

For me though, Classroom Crisis is a fascinating and endearing piece of entertainment, one that stands a cut above the general cop of Anime simply because of its unique subject matter and charming characters. While it certainly won’t appeal to everyone, it still gets an A Grade for being a nice, likable, pretty and satisfying romp till the end.