<s>
Set	O
in	O
a	O
typical	O
suburban	O
Japanese	O
town	O
,	O
Nichijou	B-Application
is	O
populated	O
by	O
an	O
ensemble	O
set	O
of	O
characters	O
,	O
featuring	O
moments	O
from	O
their	O
everyday	O
lives	O
which	O
alternate	O
between	O
the	O
mundane	O
and	O
the	O
strange	O
,	O
without	O
ample	O
focus	O
on	O
a	O
narrative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
game	O
by	O
Vridge	O
and	O
Kadokawa	O
Shoten	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
entitled	O
Nichijou	B-Application
:	O
Uchuujin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nichijou	B-Application
follows	O
the	O
everyday	O
lives	O
of	O
various	O
people	O
in	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Tokisadame	O
,	O
centering	O
on	O
the	O
energetic	O
Yūko	O
Aioi	O
,	O
the	O
bright	O
and	O
cheerful	O
Mio	O
Naganohara	O
,	O
the	O
quiet	O
and	O
deadpan	O
Mai	O
Minakami	O
,	O
the	O
anxious	O
android	O
Nano	O
Shinonome	O
,	O
her	O
young	O
creator	O
the	O
Professor	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
talking	O
black	O
cat	O
named	O
Sakamoto	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
an	O
ensemble	O
cast	O
of	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
anime	O
series	O
,	O
Nano	O
receives	O
the	O
most	O
prominent	O
story	O
arc	O
out	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
characters	O
;	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
Nichijou	B-Application
involves	O
her	O
desire	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
student	O
in	O
high	O
school	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
deals	O
with	O
her	O
fear	O
of	O
being	O
exposed	O
as	O
a	O
robot	O
while	O
at	O
school	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vignettes	O
which	O
are	O
mostly	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
focus	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
are	O
placed	O
throughout	O
each	O
episode	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
them	O
adapted	O
from	O
Helvetica	B-Application
Standard	I-Application
,	O
another	O
manga	O
by	O
Arawi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nichijou	B-Application
began	O
as	O
a	O
manga	O
series	O
written	O
and	O
illustrated	O
by	O
Keiichi	O
Arawi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Arawi	O
announced	O
Nichijou	B-Application
would	O
be	O
serializing	O
again	O
in	O
Monthly	O
Shōnen	O
Ace	O
from	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
eleventh	O
volume	O
of	O
the	O
manga	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
26	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kyoto	O
Animation	O
adapted	O
the	O
Nichijou	B-Application
manga	O
into	O
a	O
26-episode	O
anime	O
television	O
series	O
and	O
an	O
original	O
video	O
animation	O
(	O
OVA	O
)	O
episode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OVA	O
,	O
titled	O
Nichijou	B-Application
Episode	O
0	O
,	O
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Kazuya	O
Sakamoto	O
and	O
bundled	O
as	O
a	O
DVD	O
extra	O
with	O
volume	O
six	O
of	O
the	O
manga	O
series	O
on	O
March	O
12	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
simulcast	O
by	O
Crunchyroll	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
My	B-Application
Ordinary	I-Application
Life	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
video	O
game	O
titled	O
developed	O
by	O
Vridge	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Kadokawa	O
Shoten	O
was	O
released	O
solely	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nichijou	B-Application
manga	O
series	O
sold	O
1,005,300	O
tankōbon	O
volumes	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
reaching	O
49th	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
best-selling	O
manga	O
series	O
chart	O
released	O
by	O
Oricon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nichijou	B-Application
anime	O
has	O
reportedly	O
had	O
low	O
BD	O
and	O
DVD	O
sales	O
,	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
come	O
close	O
to	O
meeting	O
the	O
break	O
even	O
line	O
according	O
to	O
animation	O
director	O
Shunji	O
Suzuki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fellow	O
ANN	O
reviewer	O
Theron	O
Martin	O
stated	O
in	O
his	O
review	O
of	O
"	O
Nichijou	B-Application
Episode	O
1	O
"	O
that	O
despite	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
ability	O
to	O
entertain	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
absolutely	O
not	O
a	O
series	O
for	O
everyone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beveridge	O
stated	O
in	O
his	O
review	O
of	O
episode	O
4	O
that	O
"	O
[	O
Nichijou	B-Application
is ]	O
so	O
full	O
of	O
fluff	O
and	O
pointlessness	O
that	O
it	O
's	O
hard	O
to	O
get	O
enthused	O
about.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
Blu-ray	O
release	O
of	O
Nichijou	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Nick	O
Creamer	O
of	O
ANN	O
gave	O
a	O
highly	O
positive	O
review	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
considering	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
finest	O
anime	O
comedies	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
reserved	O
praise	O
previously	O
given	O
by	O
other	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creamer	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
As	O
a	O
tumultuous	O
collection	O
of	O
madcap	O
skits	O
,	O
Nichijou	B-Application
is	O
an	O
unparalleled	O
success	O
....	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
"[Nichijou]	O
is	O
that	O
rare	O
cult	O
series	O
that	O
has	O
such	O
high	O
end	O
values	O
to	O
it	O
and	O
so	O
many	O
layers	O
and	O
richness	O
that	O
people	O
will	O
overlook	O
because	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
comedy	O
that	O
I	O
cannot	O
recommend	O
it	O
enough.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Crunchyroll	O
's	O
editorial	O
team	O
chose	O
Nichijou	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
twenty-five	O
best	O
anime	O
of	O
the	O
2010s	O
decade	O
and	O
writer	O
Kara	O
Dennison	O
commented	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
relatable	O
slice-of-life	O
series	O
"	O
whose	O
characters	O
and	O
"	O
charming	O
art	O
style	O
,	O
makes	O
it	O
impossible	O
to	O
look	O
away	O
.	O
</s>
