History Anime / TamakoMarket

''Tamako Market'' (たまこまーけっと) is an original anime TV series produced by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Naoko Yamada, with Reiko Yoshida serving as series composer, and Yukiko Horiguchi serving as character designer and chief animation director--and all three women previously worked together on ''Manga/KOn''.

* AmbiguousGender: Kaoru Hanase; official sources indicate that Kaoru is male, but other characters refer to Kaoru with female pronouns, thus it's left unclear whether Kaoru is a [[DudeLooksLikeALady very feminine man]] or a male-to-female {{Transsexual}}.

* DesignStudentsOrgassm: After Mochizou confesses to Tamako in ''Tamako Love Story'', she's left running home in a state of confusion, seeing the world in a maze of blobs, shapes and colors.

* MotivationalLie:[[spoiler: Near the end of the movie Midori tells Tamako that Mochizou was leaving for good to start attending a University in Tokyo, when he was simply just going to take an entance exam. This prompts her to frantically try and catch him before he leaves so that she could finally confess to him. This was even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Kanna, who tells Midori she's awful for doing so.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: The people that Dela work for. The food Choi prepares in episode nine looks suspiciously Vietnamese.

''Tamako Market'' (たまこまーけっと) is an original anime TV series produced by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Naoko Yamada, with Reiko Yoshida serving as script supervisor, and Yukiko Horiguchi providing character designs--and all 3 of them previously worked on ''Manga/KOn''.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Tamako's mom was most likely this, considering how cute she is in her high school flashback, and Mochizou's mother, [[http://i7.minus.com/i2Jk53v5fKWZI.jpg Michiko]], definitely qualifies, she could pass for her son's older sister.

** Anko looks like a younger version of [[KOn Azusa]] in the "Listen!" ED. Even the hair decs match. Like Azusa, she also seems to get a tan real fast(albeit not as absurdly fast) despite putting on lots of sunscreen.

** [[http://i2.minus.com/iWX00VFt7DIxy.png Shiori]] looks like two meganekko side characters from [[KOn K-On!]]

* SceneryPorn: To quote the ''KOn'' page, "What you get when you hire KyoAni to do a high school show taking place anywhere."

* AnimeFirst

* DevelopmentGag: The opening's stage magic bits may be references to the show's MagicalGirl roots. In the final episode, Tamako says that she once wanted a magic wand for her birthday.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod states that the series was originally supposed to have more fantasy elements, bordering on a full on MagicalGirl series. However, the plot was changed at the last minute and most of the fantasy elements were scrapped with the exception of Dela.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: At the very end of the movie Tamako finally reciprocates Mochizou's feelings by confessing to him at a subway station using their TinCanTelephone. It is heavily implied, if not confirmed that they finally end up together. Some Official Artwork even supports this.]]

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: At the very end of the movie Tamako finally reciprocates Mochizou's feelings by confessing to him at a subway station using their TinCanTelephone. It is heavily implied, if not confirmed that they finally end up together. Some Official Artwork even supports this]]

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: At the very end of the movie Tamako finally reciprocates Mochizou's feelings by confessing to him at a subway station using their TinCanTelephone. It is heavily implied, if not confirmed that they finally end up together.]]

* MotivationalLie:[[spoiler: Near the end of the movie Midori tells Tamako that Mochizou was leaving for good to start attending a University in Tokyo, when he was simply just going to take an entance exam. This prompts her to frantically try and catch him before he leaves so that she could finally confess to him. This was even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kanna]]

* MotivationalLie:[[spoiler: Near the end of the movie Midori tells Tamako that Mochizou was leaving for good to start attending a University in Tokyo, when he was simply just going to take an entance exam. This prompts her to frantically try and catch him before he leaves so that she could finally confess to him. This was even [[LampshadedHanging Lampshaded]] by Kanna]]

* MotivationalLie:[[spoiler: Near the end of the movie Midori tells Tamako that Mochizou was leaving for good to start attending a University in Tokyo, when he was simply just going to take an entance exam. This prompts her to frantically try and catch him before he leaves so that she could finally confess to him. This was even [[LampshadedTtope Lampshaded]] by Kanna]]

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: At the very end of the movie Tamako finally reciprocates Mochizou's feeling by confessing to him at a subway station using their TinCanTelephone. It is heavily implied, if not confirmed that they finally end up together.]]

''Tamako Market'' (たまこまーけっと) is an original anime TV series produced by Creator/KyotoAnimation and directed by Naoko Yamada, with Reiko Yoshida serving as head writer, and Yukiko Horiguchi providing character designs--and all 3 of them previously worked on ''Manga/KOn''.

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in episode 11. It looks like Mamedai's consoling himself with an Irish whiskey after storming out of the community meeting...but then we find out that he had no idea that cafe owner Kunio spiked his coffee.

* NiceGuy (and NiceGirl): Both Tamako and Mochizou are the most friendly and kind-hearted characters in the series, and are known to get along with each other pretty well.

* DeadpanSnarker: Kanna at times.

** In the movie, Tamako even manages to almost drown in one of the shallowest parts of the Kamogawa river, which is already extremely shallow overall.

** In the movie, [[spoiler: this seems to be Midori's main motivation to give up on Tamako.]]