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The city of Iwaki in Fukushima prefecture is known as the "Hawaii of Japan" because of the "Spa Resort Hawaiians" resort and theme park. Both anime focus on this resort. Aru Otoko no Ikikata is about the history of the resort coming into fruition while Hulaing Babies is the modern aftermath of being the center of Japan's own little Hawaii for the last half decade through a local school's club.

These use the same dream team: director Shinkai, character designer: Jun Oson, Nasu voicing: Matsuda and Wada, Shigeki voicing: Sweets and Morino and Blanco, Yusuke voicing: Araki. The chemistry between these industry professionals creates a hilarious atmosphere of datsuryoku-kei comedy. With only a few minutes screen time they fabricate a story at impeccable speed with strong cadence. Which has let to the extreme success of both series as they ran for several years (Meisaku-kun is still running with over 100 eps and Chuugaku received over 400 episodes).

The two shows revive famous Shouwa Era anime--while Osomatsu is a sequel, Enma is a remake. They cater towards an adult crowd who watched the originals as children but do not require the watcher to have seen the originals to whole-heartedly enjoy the revivals. The display of never-ending gags, ecchi/dirty/toilet humor comedy, and a multitude of hyper parodies is a delight to watch.

Both series take place during the Taishou era in Japan. And follow young women trying to fight the archaic Japanese role of women being "seen not heard", being a proper wife (cooking and cleaning and other Yamato Nadeshiko ideology), and submitting to the decisions of male figures in their lives. They attempt to do 'boy' things such as practicing kendo in "Haikara-san ga Tooru" and playing baseball in "Taishou Yakyuu Musume." which ultimately are given grief from their teachers and parents. Granted both anime show the girls putting up a good fight but they do quickly submit to the romance and arranged marriages forced upon them as typical of any anime with these tropes.

Both of these series are composed of mini-stories which try to promote the tourism industry in a certain region in Japan. Toyama tries to go for an alternative art style in each episode to draw viewers in. While Four Season tires to go for an alternative story style in each episode to draw the viewer in. The love for their region overflows in each series. And each episode ends with real video and real photographs of the area that was covered to give the watcher realistic perspective of the region.