Laid-Back Camp Season 3

New studio? No problem. Same old Yuru Camp we know and love. Look, by now you all know the magic that is spending 23 comfy minutes travelling through the Japanese countryside with our girls. It’s a feeling that no other anime can really replicate and inspired many of us to recreate these experiences ourselves. Season 3 of Yuru camp maintains that same special feeling and even with a new studio behind it, feels like a natural continuation of the franchise with more great trips, laughs and wholesome moments that’ll leave you craving more. I had so much fun with this season of Yuru camp. I’d saythe big difference this season narratively is the focus on the girls solo camping. Granted, it’s been a while since I watched the first couple seasons, but I don’t recall the girls being on their own as much as this season. While the girls planning and going on trips as a group is what made the series good for some, I enjoyed seeing them doing their own thing and just getting lost in nature. Sometimes it’s nice to just get away from the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives and relax in the great outdoors, and Yuru camp really reinforces that idea. With Nadeshiko and the other girls getting ready to graduate soon, you also get a sense throughout the season that we’re nearing the end of this journey, at least in this form, which feels bittersweet. From Sakura viewing to bridge crossings, there was a lot of cool new sights and places in Japan I learnt about this season. Yuru camp is cool because it doubles as a CGDCT anime as well as free promo for the Visit Japan tourism board and it really worked on me. I plan to visit several of the spots shown in this season soon. The backgrounds always look so gorgeous and make you feel like you’re right there in the story with the girls. There was some talk about the production of this season not being as good as previous ones, I disagree. I really didn’t notice any quality differences and tbh, I didn’t even notice the different character designs until a friend of mine pointed them out. They are noticeable if you’re paying close attention, but I’m so absorbed in the comfy camping that it’s a non issue for me. The backgrounds do blend a lot more 3DCGI and seem very photorealistic at times, which I liked, but some don’t. For me, that type of stuff just enhances the immersion. At the end of the day, any season of Yuru camp is a must watch and this is no exception. Grab a blanket and some snacks and tuck in for a great time. Hopefully we get even more of these girls sooner rather than later🙏🏾 Yuru camp season 3 gets a very easy 10 out of 10

rather just enjoy the first 2 seasons and call it a day ☼ i loved yuru camp back when i watched, might i say one of the best iyashikei !! when i got the news about S3 being out this season, i broke my burnout to watch it and ALAS!!! it was disappointing...it's not BAD okay !! it is just so sub-par i'd say people who love yuru camp not ruin their streak. we didn't get the cozy moments between our girls, Nadeshiko was great but she is so much more than great. same with Rin. i think since they all didn't really have a slumberparty sorta camping i was pissed (yes, it is personal and a big deal). regardless, it was just wasn't good enough, the CGI 💀💀💀 no comments. i will still be watching S4 when it's out, that's just who i am, but i'd just say S3 did nothing to my girls and their character development, they just camped (which the show is about) and the camping wasn't good enough. alright, leave me alone - i am mourning.

Laid-Back Camp - Anime's most self-indulgent and comfortable CGDCT Iyashikei adventure show, is back...but is it any better than ever? Since the anime dropped all the way back in Winter 2018, Yuru Camp△ a.k.a Laid-Back Camp has resonated more than just the hearts of the adventurous Japanese, for whom the outskirts of the cities provide lots of backpacking for camping, it really defined the Iyashikei genre that the series is known for, Thanks to mangaka Afro's rough, but very detailed drawings of the Japanese outback with the smaller prefectures and towns within, it's pleasing to see, know, and learn about landmarks that we might've not knownabout yet. However, this time, the obvious big question is one that has everyone's eyebrows swooning: with a new staff and studio, how can the franchise be taken in a new direction that still oozes the same charm as per prior seasons? Season 3 adapting Volumes 9 to (the beginning portion of) 14 of the manga, the mangaka himself has been anticipating a lot since the finale of Season 2 back in Winter 2021, with the adaptation of his favourite chapter of the entire manga: "Hatanagi Attack! Death Road from Hell", which is adapted into Episode 4. Otherwise, it's the same Yuru Camp we all know and love, like with the previous seasons, with Rin, Nadeshiko, and the Outdoor Adventures Club, plus long-time friends and the like venturing into unconquered territories and making new memories as they go whilst in their growing young adult years that's all the more same and comfier. It's clear that the big outlier is the change in studios, going from C-Station to 8bit, plus the directorial change from Yoshiaki Kyogoku to Shin Tosaka, and this bit actually surprises me that it's not Yama no Susume a.k.a Encouragement of Climb's franchise director Yusuke Yamamoto, chosen for the job (since he was already busy with directing Synduality: Noir at the moment), being the director whose talents match Yuru Camp's standards. Still, with a very big miss of a director alongside his equally rivalled big miss of series composer Masafumi Sugiura (whom had a very long hiatus going from Uma Musume: Pretty Derby all the way back in Spring 2018 to this), Yuru Camp should've mulled expectations to do way worse than what C-Station and director Yoshiaki Kyogoku's staff team had mustered with the previous 2 seasons. But you know what? Despite the 3-episode rule of valid criticisms from all walks of life that the overall composition was worse than what we've been used to from C-Station's rather goofy animation that surprisingly elevates the source material, 8bit's final product itself turned out to be rather decent, and progressively stayed true to the spirit of the manga itself, being more faithful when it comes to stylized character designs. It's just that you'll need more time than the above proclaimed rule to really get used to the new production standards with animation that slowly refines its form into the franchise, even if it's stiffer and more limited than C-Station's whimsical freedom of animation that allows for creativity. The OST is thankfully the sole constant, thanks to music composer Akiyuki Tateyama, who stood around for Season 3 to give more or less the same vibes of the franchise that have ever been experienced. What's not, however, are the OP/ED songs. With Yuru Camp being given the Date A Live treatment, where its main OP artist is now relegated to the ED, it's just sad to see such a fate happen here. Don't get me wrong, Kiminone's OP is good and still respects the song towards the vibes of the series, but there is no competition towards Asaka's song composition being one of the franchise's icons, and her ED song "So Precious" is great, being a mash-up of her previous OP songs for the series. Look, I understand if you think that Season 3 is the weakest, at least in terms of art and animation, that will be a deal breaker to many, but at least the heart and soul of the series are still there, and that is the fundamental that should not cause a series to fall off badly. You'll still have a great time with Yuru Camp, and all I have to say to the worried average anime watcher is this: just one more episode.

Yes the production value has gone down, yes the artstyle changed, yes the new studio uses CGI and real life pictures for the backgrounds every chance they get. However, none of that hinders the show. it's still the Yuru Camp experience through and through, that much hasn't changed. The Yuru Camp formula is basically unfuckable. The only thing that could really mess with it is its pacing and I can safely say that is still intact. One cool thing that I noticed is that in the previous seasons there characters were constantly struggling to buy equipment and camping on the cheap, but now with jobs and disposableincome that is no longer the focus, which shifted to cooking and sightseeing. It was a pretty subtle but realistic change in tone. There's not much else to say, I enjoyed this season as much as the others. One episode at a time, with something to eat; like this show should be consumed. With the new characters on deck I can only hope for more seasons, which I'll eagerly continue to watch.