Anime de Wakaru Shinryounaika

Meant to publish this review way back when in 2016....

An anime that's actually about mental disorders? Wow. Okay. ... This anime DOES explain how mental disorders work and how they can arise, but not exactly to a T on how they come (not everything happens the same way. NOTHING!!), with five minutes running time per episode. Comical Psychosomatic Medicine (CPM) also uses somewhat good humor. Not exactly SFW, but not exactly 100% appalling (well, depending on who you are and what exactly offends you. I won't get into that because everyone is offended by SOMETHING), taking mental illness seriously yet not being afraid to be ... funny about it. Like haha funny, not 'I'm uneasy' funny.

Ever want to know about mental disorders?, did you want to have a large order of fanservice and comedy on the side?..well this is the best you get! The comical humor for this anime short ranges from "meta-ecchi" jokes, character jabs and just plain old pop culture references through puns or the references appearing in the meta sense, due to this your comedy WILL vary as it can quickly change from ecchi jokes to actually talking about mental disorders with some puns thrown in/character jabs. The runtime for each episode is 5 minutes long thus you can get through this anime short in no less ... than 2 hours. The characters are pretty typical of anime although wacky in their own quirky ways as well, such as Ryou who is the main exposition guy but isn't given the screentime due to the meta-fanservice in the way to the ditzy Asuna making puns and comically jabbing at Ryou to one of Asuna's sister and one of the other three assistants of Ryou, Iyashi voiced by ''Yoko Hisaka'' being the shameless sadist fanservice girl to the last of Asuna's sisters Himeru voiced by ''Maaya Uchida'' being the shy depressed eccentric one, LA's favourite would have to have been Asuna only because of the awkward puns she makes diverting the attention from Ryou almost instantly. The animation is "ok" from the character designs to the barely there backgrounds unless a reference is needed. The voice acting well, for this LA will say due to the short length of each episode, ALL the voice actors tend to quickly say their lines and LA can easily say that it's acceptable due to how short the anime short is and for the fact that each episode needs to say the information about the mental disorder at hand AND do multiple jokes and puns and REACT to it all in 5 minutes, the quickness of many of the vocal work is warranted and makes each episodes fly by...whether it be with your sanity or not. So LA will probably say this as honest as possible, if ya wanna know about actual facts about mental disorders with huge bits of Japanese puns, character jabs, meta-fanservice and references all condensed in 5 minutes TIMES by 20 then you get Comical Psychosomatic Medicine. If your reading this anime review and is interested then visit the mental clinic~!...or not, LA isn't a psychologist...

Not gonna lie. This is the worst show I have seen since.... well perhaps I shouldn't mention it. This show is absolutely awful. If you are into anime that make you hate yourself for having watched and wasted time on it then this is for you.

The information regarding each disorder they talk about is actually kinda sorta a tiny bit interesting although some of it only seems to be relevant if you are a Japanese male. The information may not be entirely accurate but it's not really expected to be (it's an anime, not a documentary or educational show).

However, the very small positive that the ... information brings is greatly offset by the horrid way it is presented. The show is a mess. The jokes are ridiculous, stupid, and unfunny. With the characters being just as bad. It's got creepy old guys, perverts, voyeurs, and airheaded nurses to point out a few. Sure, some of the disorders might relate to these oddballs but the characters are still a major negative.

The art and the animation aren't great. The music is meh. Overall I'm giving it a 3 and I might be generous giving it that. Probably deserves a 2.