Ao Oni The Animation

In most ordinary high schools, many stories and rumors float around—some scandalous, some happy and some...more macabre. One such example is of monsters lurking in an abandoned mansion outside of town. Such tales, however, prove too tempting to resist for Hiroshi and his friends Mika, Takeshi, and Takurou. They decide to brave the rumored dangers in order to investigate the manor and complete a test of courage. Each of them approaches the mansion with an overwhelming sense of dread. And when they enter, they come upon a blue monster named Ao Oni who attacks them.

As Hiroshi and his friends try to solve the various puzzles in the mansion and escape their new blue nemesis, they find themselves meeting several horrible endings as they fail miserably.

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Ao Oni Main

Hiroshi Main

Oosaka, Ryouta Japanese

Mika Main

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Takurou Main

Mizushima, Daichuu Japanese

Takeshi Main

Morishima, Shuuta Japanese

Narration Supporting

Touchi, Hiroki Japanese

Shun Supporting

Anna Supporting

Maeda, Chisei Director

Machigerita Theme Song Performance

Sakai, Kyuuta Original Character Design

kichi Character Design

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Sep 29, 2023

slonkyguts

Recommended

This is the weirdest way to interperate a horror game from the early 2000s, in the best way possible. The comedy is fast paced and the episodes are short. Perfect for any zoomer erectus, tiktok rotted brain. What if there was an alternate universe where Yume Nikki or Ib got a comedy anime like this? Anyway, this anime is fun, nerds will say it isn’t “faithful” to the source material. Personally, a world where we get strange genre flipping interpretations sounds way more fun than the same story over and over again. Like taking the story and making something new out of what it gives. ... Because the original source material is pretty straightforward. Just a bunch of teens stuck in a spooky manshion and a monster chases them. Most of the teens die, one lives. There we go, endless content farm. No wonder the franchise is so huge in Japan.
All in all:
-Short program.
-Fun comedy
-Bouncy animation
-Actually laughed while watching it

(9/10)

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 28, 2020

bagel_bred

Mixed Feelings

I was pleasently surprised and disappointed by this series. It's kind of like a "Pop Team Epic" for horror. The characters seem to look and act like how they do in the game (even though Takuro is protrayed nicer than in the game) and are pretty spot on. Story-wise the shorts aren't always the best in quality. While some are genuinely funny, some are really bland and unfunny. The ending was surprisingly scary, and really came out of left field. It was a welcome surprise. The animation was well-done and super cute. It's not the best short "comedy" one-shot series out there, and I ... wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't played the game, but it's a decent show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 29, 2023

ShionU27

Not Recommended

I watched this as a joke because I'm familiar with the game, manga, and live action movie, not to mention the episodes are shorts, so you can finish watching the whole thing within an hour...... But WHY? Why does this exist? The animation is poor, the story tries to be funny but it comes off as cheap, and after about 3 episodes in the voice acting just sucks.

Save your time and eyes, once you've watched about 3 episodes you've seen all that this anime has to offer. The anime tries to make a joke of the game and characters by having them die in ... each episode in weird ways. It's supposed to be comical but comes off as cheesy. The animation honestly looks like something that can be done with a cell phone app.

I honestly want to know just how this anime came to be lol.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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