Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai

I am not an avid anime watcher, so I was hesitant to pick this up at first, but I was pleasantly surprised.

The story follows four late teen girls who form a band. The girls become close friends and work to not only achieve a shared goal, but also support each other emotionally as they overcome personal obstacles.

The first half of the series is really gripping and exciting, but it becomes uninteresting in the second half.

This was a refreshing series to watch. I know this may seem obvious to some, but not everybody is aware of the talented people who work on these series.

With that said, I think that if you have a friend who is not really interested in anime, but you want to introduce them to it, this may be a good gateway series for them. It is nowhere near perfect, but it does illustrate that anime series can have the same subject matter as any live action show, it is just done using a different medium.