History Anime / NerimaDaikonBrothers

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Ichiro. Hideki has a green ''scarf'' to match his eyes.

** Mako's Okayama dialect is given the typical switch to a southern accent in the dub.
*** Interestingly, when she starts speaking Okayama-ben exclusively, the subtitles use a Cajun dialect to reflect this, but the dub just has her using rather dense slang, probably because Luci Christian isn't Cajun (a ''notoriously difficult'' dialect to imitate).

* MagicSkirt: Lampshaded in one episode with an upside-down Mako, Hideki watching for her skirt to fall, and Ichiro [[LampshadeHanging explaining]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall that the artist doesn't feel like drawing it]].
** The ''real'' reason for this is because series aired on Creator/TVTokyo and they don't allow panty shots (for the most part). Their censorship standards have been kinda strict since 1997.
** Worth noting Nabeshin himself is not a fan either; he considers it cheap and lazy (though he otherwise doesn't shy away from fanservice). When directing ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' back in 1999, he sent a note to the animation directors specifying, "No Panty Shots!"

* WidgetSeries: Well what did you expect?! This show is made by the guy who directed ''Anime/ExcelSaga''!

* ThreeAmigos: Hideki, Ichiro, and Mako.

** The band needs a quick loan; the band hits up the Nine Dragons Rental Shop for a PlotCoupon.
** Also someone exclaims their need for money, and the ATM and dancers for the NAB show up to loan them some.

* {{Bishounen}}:
** Ichiro.
** SubvertedTrope: Plastic surgery was used to put Bishie faces on [[{{Gonk}} previously unhandsome]] [[UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan Koreans]].

** Mako's Kansai dialect is given the typical switch to a southern accent in the dub.
** Hideki also having a Texan accent tends to soften the blow.
*** That... may not have been intentional.
** Interestingly, when she starts speaking kansai-ben exclusively, the subtitles use a Cajun dialect to reflect this, but the dub just has her using rather dense slang, probably because Luci Christian isn't Cajun (a ''notoriously difficult'' dialect to imitate).

The series originally aired in 2006 in Japan, and was released on DVD by Creator/ADVFilms in 2007. Creator/{{Funimation}} acquired the series during ADV's 2008 collapse and streamed it on its video portal, but eventually they too lost the license [[note]] the license is now held by Creator/AniplexUSA, making it very unlikely for this show to ever see the light of day on home video in North America ever again [[/note]].

The series originally aired in 2006 in Japan, and was released on DVD by Creator/ADVFilms in 2007. Creator/{{Funimation}} acquired the series during ADV's 2008 collapse, and has streamed it on its video portal.

* WhipItGood: Yukika {{Dual Wield}}s two cat-o-nine-tails.

* TheLoveSlapOfEpiphany: Subverted when Hideki (who is sincerely in love with Mako) tries to do the same thing.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Minor instance, when Mako was showing off her [[NaughtyNurseOutfit nurse's outfit]] to Hideki.
** This is actually fairly unusual for Nabeshin shows, as he tends to prefer more blatant innuendo to such animated {{fanservice}} (though he's never against his characters ''looking'' pretty).

** In episode 12 during the final battle Yukika transforms into a mecha that looks [[''Anime/{{Macross}}'' a lot like the SDF 1, and shouts out "Do You Remember?" as she launches a volley of missiles]]

** In episode 12 during the final battle Yukika transforms into a mecha that looks [[''Anime/{{Macross}}'' a lot like the SDF1, and shout out "Do You Remember?" as she launches a volley of missiles]]

* CampGay: The talent producer in the first episode is this, cranked [[UpToEleven far beyond 11]]. In the original Japanese, he speaks with feminine inflection – common for gay/effeminate characters – until Hideki ticks him off enough that he switches to extremely masculine rude language. Since English does not make any grammatical distinction between masculine and feminine speech, he drops his gay-lisp and starts cursing to get the effect across.

* MoralDissonance: The band doesn't particularly know/care who they're stealing money from.

* 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.[[labelnote:*]] This is actually a big deal because one of the requirements to be a grand master sumo wrestler is that one must carry oneself with dignity both in the ring and away from it, which using sex toys (especially ultra-kinky ones) is definitely ''not'' an example of. Essentially, he'd get stripped of his title and banned from the sport faster than a juicing Tour-de-France winner.[[/labelnote]]]]

* {{Gainaxing}}: Minor instance, when Mako was showing off her [[HelloNurse nurse's outfit]] to Hideki.

''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[[labelnote:*]] This is actually a big deal because one of the requirements to be a grand master sumo wrestler is that one must carry themselves with dignity both in the ring and away from it, which using sex toys (especially ultra-kinky ones) is definitely ''not'' an example of; essentially, he'd get stripped of his title and banned from the sport faster than a juicing Tour-de-France winner[[/labelnote]].]]

%% * BareYourMidriff: Mako.

* BigGood: "Pops," aka Nabeshin, who each episode rents the NDB an item which helps them fix their problems

%% * BlackComedyRape
* BrainBleach: Moi's musical interlude makes Hideki state he'll have to stare at the sun to burn that image out of his mind.
%% * CampGay: Moi, cranked UpToEleven.
* CardCarryingVillain: Most of the bad guys just ''love'' being evil, money-grubbing bastards.

%% * TheChick: Mako
%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Ichiro, definitely.

%% * CrankyNeighbor

%% * DullSurprise: Ichiro
%% * {{Earworm}}: Every goddamn song.

%% * ExpositoryThemeTune

** Despite defeating the bad guy at the end of each episode, they never get to keep the money.

* FirebreathingDiner: Pandaikon, after eating some kimchee.

* {{Gainaxing}}:
** Minor instance, when Mako was showing off her [[HelloNurse nurse's outfit]] to Hideki.

** Sort of--the one time Hideki is MIA, Yukika simply takes his place.
%% * HenpeckedHusband: Number One
%% * HexagonalSpeechBalloon
%% * HostClub: Ichiro works at one.

* TheIdiotFromOsaka: Mako is from Okayama, which is a fair ways west of Osaka and Kyoto, but still in Kansai.

* InspectorJavert: Yukika aka Inspector Widget, who is obsessed with capturing the NDB in the act of committing one of their acts of vigilantism/theft

%% * LargeAndInCharge: Hideki
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
** The English version ending theme which is basically saying, "Thanks For Buying the DVD of this show (since there was no way in hell it would ever get broadcast on mainstream American TV). Now we have money for booze."

* MagicSkirt:
** Lampshaded in one episode with an upside-down Mako, Hideki watching for her skirt to fall, and Ichiro [[LampshadeHanging explaining]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall that the artist doesn't feel like drawing it]].
** The ''real'' reason for this is because series aired on Creator/TVTokyo and they don't allow panty shots (for the most part), their censorship standards have been kinda strict since 1997

* MrViceGuy: Mako and her greed. (Although really, none of the main characters have moral high ground. She's just worse than the rest)

%% * NeckLift
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A large number of the villains are parodies of celebs or political figures from Japan. The BigBad is an Expy of [[spoiler: Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister at the time the show came out]]
%% * NoFourthWall
* NoRespectGuy: Either Hideki or Ichiro could qualify as this, depending on your interpretation--Hideki is the OnlySaneMan, but Ichiro is almost certainly more intelligent than Hideki is.

%% * PandaingToTheAudience
%% = PerpetualPoverty

* RedOniBlueOni: Hideki and Ichiro--to the point ''every outfit'' Hideki wears has red on it and ''every outfit'' Ichiro wears has blue on it.
%% * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Pandaikon
%% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: In a way, Ichiro and Hideki
* ShoutOut:
** To ''Anime/ExcelSaga''; also, the gang's clothes and preferred style of music is reminiscent of ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''
** In one of the episodes, the villain is an {{Expy}} of Music/MichaelJackson, so you can bet there's plenty of shout-out-related fun to be had, ''especially'' in the dub.
* ShownTheirWork: Nerima ward in Tokyo is (or was) famous for its daikon (radish) growing.

* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Officer Yukika Karakuri, aka [[ShoutOut Inspector]] [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Widgett]]
* TemporaryBulkChange: Hideki, Ichiro, and Pandaikon grow muscles thanks to Kimchi in episode 2.

* ThreeAmigos: Hideki, Ichiro and Mako.

-->'''Hideki''': (to Pandaikon) ''Speak English!'' Or Japanese, or...

** The picture hanging on the wall in Ichiro's host club (featuring an ever-changing assortment of stylized people in various sexual positions) is especially notable because it had to be censored in the Japanese broadcast due to the show airing on Creator/TVTokyo

** The Rental Guy has given the Brothers everything from vegetable costumes to a heat-seeking enema to a rocket to a ''drill-tank''.
** The sign outside his store actually says "I'll loan you anything. Except money."

** Nabeshin is known for avoiding panty shots in any series he directs.
** The series aired on Creator/TVTokyo and they don't allow panty shots, their censorship standards have been kinda strict since 1997

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

** To ''Anime/ExcelSaga''; also, the gang's clothes and preferred style of music is reminiscent of ''TheBluesBrothers''