Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen

What an amazing anime highlighting how toxic workplace and toxic boss can affect a person mentally and how good boss, good colleagues and good company can bring a positive change in one's life.

Really a good and unique slice-of-life anime.
- The artwork was very good.
- The character design was appropriate and the characters' personality was amusing especially Shirosaki-san and chief Aoyama-san. I loved the little goof-ups of Shirosaki-san. Although, one may find the personalities to be slightly weird, but it's still enjoyable.
- Really liked the cuteness shown in this anime. Anyone who likes slice-of-life genre and cute things, will love this anime.

Came across My New Boss is Goofy by accident really. Just happened to read a review of it in a magazine I picked up for me and my daughter. The whole concept seemed interesting enough so I decided to give it a shot.

It was good. That's really it.

The art was good but not great. The story was good but not great, etc. There was really nothing about it that jumped out to me as being spectacular although this also means I found little to actually complain about. The healing vibes are strong within and there are plenty of LOL moments to be sure. Sprinkle ... in some serious undertones along with a generous amount of sweet (dare I say almost romantic) moments between the MCs along with borderline plot redundancy (the chief constantly pining out loud for affection only to have another character slide praise in at that moment for example) and you pretty much know all you need to.

I can recommend this to anyone looking to nurse an aching soul or tired mind but to anyone expecting more you are sure to find it as time you could have spent on something else. A solid (and generous) 7/10 for My New Boss is Goofy and nothing more.

Everything about this show comes across as low effort. From the outset, I got the distinct impression I was watching a drama CD that was then animated completely independently after the fact. The animation is minimal. The storyboarding is cut-and-paste. The performance is perfunctory. The frigging lens flare-esque filter that's thrown on top of every scene is super ugly. Why did they do that. I would honestly be more offended if someone did put effort into writing this, because god, the first episode of this has our main dude explain his backstory like every time a new scene starts. If you're not just throwing every ... manga panel into your storyboard one-to-one with no changes to be lazy, how little must you respect your audience?

Adaptation quality aside, the substance is weak. The show has your typical one-joke premise comedy problem, but it frequently tries to be touching and profound, and it only succeeds in coming off as patronizing. Every setup basically boils down to our protagonist telling some sob story to his boss who then comforts him while everyone watching cries and claps. That sounds like I'm making a joke, but no, they literally do clap. Multiple times! For complete strangers! They even have background extras comment multiple times verbatim how they are "healed" by this viewing experience, and it's so hollow. You don't know these people! You don't know this situation! What are you connecting with?! The fact our main characters work in advertising is the superficial cherry on top, like they're taking credit for the hard work other people do. Inspiring the public at your planetarium or aquarium? Eh, whatever. Telling people about the planetarium or aquarium? Now that's the ticket.

Our cast of characters is full of caricatures: the downtrodden protagonist, the kind and understanding new boss, and the vile, evil, nefarious, heartless ex-boss. That's all they are. There's zero depth to any of them. People are just good or bad. It's black and white morality—literally, look at their names—and never tries to be anything more. It's shallow to the point of being cynical. The side cast is equally disappointing, featuring a cat so fake I doubt the mangaka has ever seen a cat in real life and an insecure man whose gimmick is inserting himself into conversations to be insecure and who loves an insecure mascot. If I had to pick one single thing I detest most about my viewing experience, it'd be him. Seriously, what is the appeal.

I know people watch this primarily to daydream and draw hearts around the boyfriends, and more power to them, but come on. There's better shows for that. You're better than that.