Welcome to Irabu's Office
空中ブランコ
Many patients with different problems visit the psychiatric ward of Irabu General Hospital; a trapeze artist suffering from insomnia after suddenly failing his jumps, a gangster afraid of knives and sharp objects and a business man who has an erection 24 hours a day. They undergo counseling by Dr. Ichiro Irabu, who is the child-like son of the hospital director. His assistant is the sullen faced sexy nurse Mayumi. With his mysterious injections, and advice that does not make sense, Dr. Irabu confuses his patients. But at the end of his unique treatments, the patients are led to digging further into their souls to find peace of mind. (Source: fujicreative.co.jp)
Welcome to Irabu's Office is a tv with 11 episodes, from Fall 2009, produced by Toei Animation, rated 7.6/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Many patients with different problems visit the psychiatric ward of Irabu General Hospital; a trapeze artist suffering from insomnia after suddenly failing his jumps, a gangster afraid of knives and sharp objects and a business man who has an erection 24 hours a day. They undergo counseling by Dr. Ichiro Irabu, who is the child-like son of the hospital director. His assistant is the sullen faced sexy nurse Mayumi. With his mysterious injections, and advice that does not make sense, Dr. Irabu confuses his patients. But at the end of his unique treatments, the patients are led to digging further into their souls to find peace of mind. (Source: fujicreative.co.jp)
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- Denpa — Works that feature themes of social dissociation, delusions, and other issues like suicide, bullying, self-isolation, paranoia, and technological necessity in daily lives. Classic iconography: telephone poles, rooftops, and trains.
- Achronological Order — Chapters or episodes do not occur in chronological order.
- Surreal Comedy — Prominently features comedic moments that defy casual reasoning, resulting in illogical events.
- Episodic — Features story arcs that are loosely tied or lack an overarching plot.
- Medicine — Centered around the activities of people working in the field of medicine.
- Satire — Prominently features the use of comedy or ridicule to expose and criticise social phenomena.
- Rotoscoping — Animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action.
- Primarily Male Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of male characters.
- Urban — Partly or completely set in a city.
- Meta — Features fourth wall-breaking references to itself or genre tropes.
- Primarily Adult Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of characters above a high school age.
- Educational — Primary aim is to educate the audience.