Poputepipikku 2nd Season

Finally some good anime.

Unfortunately, this is not as good as the first season, but it is still very funny and with lots of unexpected references.

Change is a good thing from time to time, but the format is the same as the one used at the first season of the show although it is still fast paced and with that it still works pretty fine. Lots of different art styles are put to the mix along a funny tokusatsu parody.

Kind of cool what they did at the end of every episode with the funny free talk with the voice actors, but this time was ... a bit hard for me to recognize most of them. I still find hilarious when in the recap they cast old guys to dub the girls.

My cultural baggage is not as rich, but the "weirdness" did the job very well, haha.

AC-bu is back with the Bobunemimimmi corner (Bob Epic Team), and again, they deliver some of the best jokes and skits along with a breathtaking sequence with Hellshake Yano. Seriously, this is so good.

Let's hope the 3º season is on the way because this series is overflowing with creativity, and is such a silly and funny show that became a confort watch for me. I'm biased, but can't help but give it a 9 out a 10.

Anime Shit-Posting

If you’ve watched the first season of Pop Team Epic then you know exactly what you’re in for. There’s no deep story analysis and character deep dives here. It’s the equivalently of making a Youtube playlist of all the “Lol random” humour videos of the late 2000’s/early 2010 and pressing play. Some of them are funny, some of them are not, and some of them are just plain bizarre.

Pop Team Epic is really not for everyone. Especially if you can’t sit through 12 minute episodes of pure chaotic neutral carnage, but if there’s one thing I can say in the shows favour it’s ... that everyone on the production side seems to be having a blast making it.
From hand drawn to (purposefully) badly drawn to CGI to random live action skits, there’s a variety of different animation styles and methods across the series all cultivating in an Avengers End Game event.

You may laugh, you may not, you my be scared and confused, but if there’s one thing you can say about Pop Team Epic it’s “…Huh?”

7/10 Good.

"Well, your happy little fairytale future... doesn't exist!"

-- the following is a discussion on how the landscape of not only anime, but animation itself has been altered. reader discretion is advised. --

Names that frequently fill the minds of people when they think of "animation" vary from person to person. Whether they be founders, directors, artists, voice actors, or anything in-between, the pillars of this industry aren't agreed upon universally. With something as subjective as media, it makes sense for there not to be one individual at the top of the totem poll... well, until now.

Shouta Aoi has crafted something once deemed impossible with "Endless Love", ... a show that'll be recognized from here on out as a milestone in the medium. Frequently, new shows emerge that are expected to attracts fans from far and wide, crowd-pleasers, but never to this scale. Aoi has taken something many "visionaries" before were afraid to tackle, the subject of time. Time is a daily occurrence. It's passing as I type this, it's passing as you read this, and who possibly could be monitoring it? Well, I hope it isn't the fiends at Time Patrol, the evil doers who're trying to control time! It's a flow, something that should go on without any outside intervention, but the Time Patrol sees it as something to be harnessed, to defy the law of time itself. Imagine a world where time isn't left to exist independently, a world where time is monopolized and treated like something personal when, in fact, its universal. Luckily, Aoi is here to put a stop to these meddlers. Equipped with his signature pocket watch, dastardly good looks, and a killer voice, nothing can stop him. An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, or so they say because I haven't seen Aoi stop yet! He can transform into a being of otherworldly proportions, a hero we need but don't deserve. Selflessly chucking himself into the heat of danger, there's never a dull moment or emotion wasted. Your heart will yearn as he defends the innocent, your fists will pump when he puts the bad guys behind bars, and your eyes will rain tears when it finally ends.

... and that's how I feel now. Aoi wasn't around for long, he left too soon. All good things must come to an end. Nothing great lasts forever. We can just be happy that it happened. Thank you, Aoi. From me, on behalf of everyone, thank you.

Now what the hell is a "Poputepipikku"?