History Anime / NerimaDaikonBrothers

* AuthorAvatar: ShinichiWatanabe, though silhouetted, appears as [[Anime/ExcelSaga his character Nabeshin]].

* CrankyNeighbor

* OnlySaneMan: Both Ichiro and Hideki have their moments.

** Although Ichiro's behavior is often at least as bizarre as that of anyone else's, even if he doesn't have the personality to match.

** [[spoiler: Except for a couple of times, one in which Yukika joins in and another wherein Nabeshin himself (along with Yukika again) joins up]]

** [[spoiler: Except for a couple of times, one in which Yukika joins in and another wherein Nabeshin himself joins up]]

** When [[spoiler:Yukiko]] temporarily joins, she also sports a pair.

* ChrisPatton: Plays Ichiro in the English dub.

* {{Main/Greed}}: Mako wants to blow all her - and Hideki's - money on Pachinko parlors and top-shelf champagne.
* GregAyres: Plays Hideki in the English dub.

* KissingCousins: Unrequited, anyway: Hideki wants Mako, [[spoiler: Mako wants Ichiro]].

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The English version ending theme which is basically saying "Thanks For Buying the DVD of the show (since its very unlikely this show will be broadcasted on U.S. airwaves) now we have money for booze."

* LuciChristian: Plays Mako in the dub.

** In one of the episodes, the villian is an {{Expy}} of MichaelJackson, so you can bet there's plenty of shout-out-related fun to be had.
* ShownTheirWork: Nerima ward in Tokyo is famous for its daikon (radish) growing.

* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Both Ichiro and Yukika REALLY like Pandaikon.

* LoveAtFirstPunch: Mako doesn't develop an interest in [[spoiler:Ichiro]] until he slaps her. (Hideki tries, too, but it just pisses her off when he does it.)

* [=~That's All, Folks!~=]: The ending theme song.

* RapeAsComedy

* WidgetSeries: Well what did you expect?! This shows is made by the guy who made ''ExcelSaga''!

* ShoutOut: ''ExcelSaga''; also, the gang's clothes and preferred style of music is reminiscent of ''TheBluesBrothers''

* AuthorAvatar: ShinichiWatanabe, though silhouetted, appears as [[ExcelSaga his character Nabeshin]].

The show uses a musical comedy format, with the characters often breaking out in song to show their emotions or go through a montage scene- there will often be 4 or 5 songs in the body of an episode. The melodies are sometimes recycled episode after episode with different lyrics substituted for the particular situation. The musical comedy format is rare in Japanese animation and the show's style is influenced by American musicals such as ''TheBluesBrothers'' and Bollywood musicals such as ''Muthu''. There's some ''Bonny and Clyde'' inspiration in there as well.

* WidgetSeries: Well what did you expect?! This shows is made by the guy who made ExcelSaga!
* XMeetsY: see BetterThanItSounds, in the {{YMMV}} page.

[[caption-width:300:The main characters of NDB. From the left: Mako, Hideki, and Ichiro (no, not the pandas).]] ''Nerima Daikon Brothers'' is about three struggling would-be musicians, Ichiro, Hideki and Mako, who dream of becoming a famous R&B act and building a huge domed stadium where they play sold-out shows night in and night out that also carries their namesake. In the meantime, they run a daikon (radish) farm in Nerima Ward (famous for its daikon harvests) while trying to fend off creditors, their neighbors, trespassers, and Mako's unmitigated greed.

* ArsonMurderandJaywalking: Madame Gokutsubushi threatens to expose various famous people's scandalous activities such as a company president's keeping a house for his mistress, an athlete's steroid usage, and a sumo wrestler who [[spoiler:uses baby toys on his wife in bed at night.]]

* [=~But You Screw One Goat!~=]: Both Ichiro and Yukika REALLY like Pandaikon.

* InspectorZenigata: Officer Yukika Karakuri, aka [[ShoutOut Inspector]] [[InspectorGadget Widgett]]

* AudioErotica: All the protagonists have this to some degree when singing. The biggest offender is no doubt [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZH0ccTMmE Ichiro.]]