Gokushufudou

Who would have ever thought that the most feared gangster of his time now spends his days as a modest househusband? Seemingly giving up the way of the yakuza, the legendary "Immortal Dragon" Tatsu, best known for his prolific skirmishes against rival gangs, has abruptly vanished. Unbeknownst to most, however, Tatsu is currently staying at an apartment with his wife, doing his best to live a peaceful life.

Donning his trusty apron, Tatsu is now striving to become an efficient homemaker. Because of this, he has mastered the required skills—be it cooking the most delicious dishes, making sure to get the best deals at supermarkets, and everything in between—garnering the surprise of both of his former subordinates and enemies alike. Despite being a man with quite a controversial past, Tatsu's new way of life will only be more eccentric from here on out!

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Tatsu Main

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Gin Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Miku Supporting

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Masa Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Torajirou Supporting

Hosoya, Yoshimasa Japanese

Torii, Hibari Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko Japanese

Otaku Supporting

Nojima, Hirofumi Japanese

Cat Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Housewife with Hair Bun Supporting

Arai, Satomi Japanese

Miku's Father Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Matsuo, Kousuke Producer

Kon, Chiaki Director

Yagi, Yurina Episode Director, Storyboard, Director of Photography

Leroy, Julie Script

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Dec 15, 2024

Cersil

Recommended

As you can see from the description, this anime is about a yakuza who decides to retire and take up housekeeping. And the plot itself is hilarious.

Each episode is divided into six smaller stories, showing one or another scene from the life of "Immortal Dragon" Tatsu trying to apply his gangster habits to a peaceful existence. Some are more successful, others less so, but all are quite witty. For all that, the ridiculous situations the mc-kun finds himself in are largely mundane, making the line between realism and fantasy blur. There's a charm to it.

As for the animation, which has caused so much controversy, I ... can say that sometimes such slideshows look much better than sakuga with special effects. The mangaka also approved of the style, saying that it allowed him to keep the jokes in the anime. The real problem for me is Netflix's poor marketing, which even after the first trailer might have given the impression that this was a more traditional anime.

What I really want to complain about is the length. The series ends abruptly, without any hint, if not of a logical conclusion, then at least of a semicolon in the narrative. Of course, this only makes me look forward to the second season even more, but I would have preferred a few more episodes to wrap up the first.

Otherwise, it's a fun, relaxing anime to watch with your friends for a few hours. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 20, 2024

NoodleSoup31

Mixed Feelings

the story and characters are good and all. but,my only issue is tha animation is too bad and i dont know why the opening has good animation so, why is the animation so terrible it made me think is this animation or animatic so many times. Almost the only animation made is the mouth, everything else remains constant. also shadows in most of the scenes are just lazy and bad. not only that alot of scenes has so much drawing mistakes. its like the only thing that holds the show is the story, i would normally give 1/10 for the animation but i give 6/10 ... just because it actually made me laugh several times and some scenes were fun to watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 9, 2024

Logical_Leo

Not Recommended

No way that this is considered a 7 (as of this moment). I really did not like this show, but it was as expected of a Netflix Original. How can they have so much money yet produce such low quality shows?
This review is not solely based on animation, but on just being unfunny, bland, and dumb. Even if the animation was average it would still be bad.

Enjoyment: 2/10 "Comedy" was not funny, the same few tropes over and over.
Sound: 1.5/10 The use of sound-effects were just like the animation, "stock sound effects", the soundtracks were below average (I sort through soundtracks and ops/eds after watching ... shows and add them to my music playlist, these were not good), the ed was bad, the op was actually good (added to playlist, raised sound from 1 to 1.5).
Characters: 3/10 The characters were flat and their actions were predictable due to the overused tropes.
Story: 3/10 Only for the concept, if you want something that has Yakuza doing normal things go watch Hinamatsuri.
Art: 3/10 Objectively, the backgrounds are average, but the manner in which the character's are drawn is very off-putting and low-effort.
"Animation": 1/10 barely can even call it animation, it just flashes with some movement of drawn panels (low FPS).

Overall 2/10
I only watched the first season. The manga may be good, I do not know if it is, but the anime is horrible.

Edit: Why was my grammar so horrible? Also fixed up some off-putting things about the review (I think I was in a grumpy mood when I wrote it :P).

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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