So the latest episode* of Hanayamata features this little gem:
Tank Club!? Really? I’m suddenly wondering if there’s anything in this list that isn’t a shout-out to another anime.
The other ones that I’m confident about being able to identify the shout outs for are the:
If you know any of the others for certain**, sound off in the comments and I’ll add them to the list of links.
Well played Hanayamata. Well played indeed.
*It’s also an excellent episode. Again. Hanayamata is definitely the star of the Summer 2014 season for me.
**I don’t think that the Swimming Club is one of them, Hanayamata is set in all girls school which rather rules out the obvious candidate.
Pirates of the Burley Griffin 
NB: The still was sourced from http://www.crunchyroll.com/hanayamata/episode-9-sister-complex-657019?p360=1
There’s a romance club? The only thing I can find on google when trying to find out if that’s a reference to anything is an adaptation of an adult bishoujo game, but I am entertained by a romance club being on the list at all, shout-out or not.
Light music clubs are, I think, actually pretty common but, yeah, with a tank club and an idol club it’s hard to not read that as a shout-out…so considering that and going just by which clubs play major roles in other recent anime, the astronomy club might be a shout-out to Ebiten, the tea ceremony club might be a joke about YuruYuri, there are enough shows involving art clubs to be their own subgenre of the cute-girls-doing-very-little-at-a-school-club, Teekyu’s about a tennis club, I think there was a show about a photography club recently, I wish my school had had an archery club… but like I mentioned, most of these are common enough in both schools and in anime that they’re probably not all shout-outs to specific shows. Except for the Tank Club and probably the Idol Club. And that Romance Club,
The school could use an occult club and a save our souls brigade.
Quite possibly. 🙂
So a whole bunch of possibles but no solid definites…
For extra points they should have had the Far Eastern Magic Nap Society.
What would that be a shout out to?
Besides I’m not going to complain when I still haven’t identified all of the shoutouts they DID slip in there. 🙂
It is the club the cast of Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai(Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions) form.
I loved the first season but the second was a bit meh, except for Ep 5 where they enter a competitive napping competition.
Thanks, not a show I’ve seen and one I’ve had mixed reports about.
I agree with Brendan’s assessment. Season one was one of my favorite shows of 2012, but season two felt a lot more run-of-the-mill, both in story and in overall theme. It wasn’t bad, it just didn’t have quite the same level of charm. Also season two introduced a love-triangle, because that is clearly what every show needs. I’d say check out season one if you ever get the chance. It has some great comedic timing.
Duly noted, thanks.
The swimming club could be a reference to Free!
That’s possible but I think I discounted it as the school in Hanayamata is a girls school.
More importantly, are you still enjoying Hanayamata? And, have you finished yet?
I have finished it! In fact, I link-hopped here from your Final Thoughts post. It was a very sweet show and I enjoyed it a lot.
Excellent!