A cute girl sitting behind a desk with a puppet? Why I am I reminded of Lucky Star? Just finished watching the first episode of this show, pretty much the only slice-of-life moe comedy this season. 
The focus of this one is a school art class, which doesn't win any points for originality. I couldn't get into either Sketchbook or Hidamari Sketch, but will give it a try. Also not getting any originality points for the characters, I can't remember any names yet but so far (from left to right in the above picture) we have the quirky quiet girl (reminds me of PPD's Ichigo), genki girl (Kagura clone), glasses/overwhelmed girl (Miyuki/Osaka), another quirky energetic girl (Tomo with a hint of Himeko and the sensible girl (Yomi/Kagami)
Did like the quiet girls painitng in this shot, am hoping for dark gothic work from her (reminded of the artist on The Fast Show who'd go mad whenever the word 'black' is mentioned)
Another plus point- random stuff lying around in the backgrounds. Looks like a giant Buddha statue.
Most of the episode was pretty random, with no real plot to speak off. Lots of discussion of art techniques though.
Final random though- the way chibi Genki girl is 'riding' the eddy bear in the end sequence is slightly disturbing (is worse when its moving!)
Overall a so-so start, but will give another episode or two to settle in.
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