What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
35.1%
13
4Liked it!
10.8%
4
3It was OK
24.3%
9
2Disliked it
8.1%
3
1Hated it
21.6%
8
Average 3.3
37 votes
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- What the heck?! I don't even know how I am going to score this... |
asandariDec 8, 2009 2:09 PM
| The one person who reviewed it was absolutely right. This is a simple exercise in stream-of-conscious improvisation and allegory. The improv aspect is obvious if you know anything about jazz, in particular free jazz, and it's probably not a coincidence that the guy on the beach appears to be a black man. Like the review (um_esper) said, the character is obviously anxious and the allegory seems to be "an attempt to explore consumerism and militarism" if anything at all -- that's probably starting to look too deeply into it, but it certainly has something going on psychologically, and it just plays around with that anxiety. I couldn't help but crack up when |
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| slender man? |
| 【=◈︿◈=】セックス大好き... What can I say? 【=◈︿◈=】 |
| ....... what? just what? |
 "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
| At the very least, it was entertaining to watch. Even though it didn't make a bit of sense. At all. Haha. That OST though. |
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| This is some pure proto Liquid Television stuff here and here I thought FLCL was the weirdest thing gainax made. |
| added the fourth most popular anime onto this site |
| I don't even know if I liked it. Reminded me of Cat Soup, but where that felt a lot longer than it actually was, this felt like it was just suddenly over. |
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| I love this kind of non-sense surreal movies. Very nice art style and funky music. |
| I didn't understand anything except the "The gods must be crazy" reference... Is this supposed to be about consumerism and modern days society ? Enjoyment: 2/5 (probably because I can't grasp it) Score: ? (I won't rate something with no knowledge of its intended goal) @St0rmblade I never stop to check the names behind animation pieces but thanks to you, I just learned why some fragments here reminded me so much of Birth. |
Rei_IIIAug 13, 2020 3:30 PM
| This was uhh…the most interesting thing I've seen all day. Incredibly surreal. |
| Not only do I have no idea WTF I just watched, I think this pretty much sums up what the 80's were about actually more like it sums up what every decade was about leading up to the 80's. Also I think that in order to understand any of this you need to be as high as possible and I mean HIGH (even though this entire thing felt like some weird acid trip). It had some interesting choice of music I'll say that some of it was actually pretty good Like I said earlier I strongly recommend watching this while high if it still doesn't make sense it means you weren't high enough. |
FallenEntityAug 19, 2016 11:58 AM
| "Jaw-droppingly racist musical". Given that this is Japan, is it really "jaw-dropping"? And as for musical, it could've been like a music video, but it was just too bizarre and random to be a music video, even for the 80s. I still need to see The Gods Must Be Crazy, now that I think about it. |
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| Its sad how much people are afraid of others or racist just because of skin color. THis was GARBAGE |
The Chocolate Panic Picture Show animated by David production: |
| Wut the bloodclot |
| I don't understand why Gainax would ever want to have any part in making this. |
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| well the manga wasnt added to the database |
| Sonic X is basically an isekai |
| Well... At least it had some Kanada style...and an upside down city...and a dinosaur... Sadamoto's cut https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/18150 Kanada's cut https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/28326 That girl on a flying bike also looked Kanada-ish, as well as the whole cut. Also some nice jazz soundtrack. Gainax only did animation here (I'm not even sure that they did it in its entirety), so whoever credited Gainax on MAL as the studio responsible for this OVA is probably wrong. kandi_gloss said: Give me a source rather than "well it's accepted among fans as being true" like someone else said to me when they got very angry that I dared to say that this was by Gainax and I might believe you. I was basing my statement on the ANN info. There's a number of studios credited, and it's not easy to determine their level of involvement (as is often the case with anime productions). Also look at the people credited, for example those who did key animation don't seem to have any Gainax work in their portfolio. The guy responsible for production coordination was involved in NGE though. But Gainax as a studio is credited only for animation. It's messy. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7074 |
St0rmbladeOct 10, 2020 3:43 AM
| Not as bad as I remember, and not "racist" like certain youtube videos made by people that don't seem to understand differences in cultures claim (though it may be a bit xenophoic). I rather enjoyed this on my second watching. St0rmblade said: Gainax only did animation here (I'm not even sure that they did it in its entirety), so whoever credited Gainax on MAL as the studio responsible for this OVA is probably wrong. Nah, I refuse to believe that and think that's just Gainax fanboys not wanting to admit they made this. This has the early Gainax style all over it. Give me a source other than "well it's accepted among fans as being true" like someone else said to me when they got very angry that I dared to say that this was by Gainax and I might believe you. St0rmblade said: I was basing my statement on the ANN info. There's a number of studios credited, and it's not easy to determine their level of involvement (as is often the case with anime productions). Also look at the people credited, for example those who did key animation don't seem to have any Gainax work in their portfolio. The guy responsible for production coordination was involved in NGE though. But Gainax as a studio is credited only for animation. It's messy. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7074 Ah, I don't really check ANN due to a couple of articles turning me off of that site a long time ago and often forget it exists. Sorry for stereotyping you as a gainax fanboy, I think I should try harder to not do things like that in the future |
KristiwazhereOct 10, 2020 12:51 PM
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| While it wasn't animated or drawn badly at all, I didn't really like this one mostly because of how bored I was while watching this. I'm generally not a fan of stuff that only has trippy visuals to offer and the "quirky trio goes on to do antics" bit just reminds me of cartoons that I've been fed up with from years back. It was interesting seeing Gainax's first creation, though. What fascinated me the most were the parts where I could definitely see the Gainax style and flair that can be found in their later works. |
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| Not a fan at all of this kind of acid trip animes where there is no plot or story and nothing making sense happens, just a fistful of incoherent scenes one after another and then it ends and you feel like you wasted 25 minutes of your life watching it. |
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| A 7/10 from me. Cheaper (and safer) than actual LSD. Sometimes you just want something as mind-numbing as this, right after watching something very serious. |
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| It's shame that this wasn't racist, then it would've been at least funny. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Uhhhh Huuuh Huuuuuuuh Boooooh Ruugglrglr huuuughuuuuuuuuh REEEEEEEE! Ruciss, sexist, technocratic, anthropomorphic, Trypophobic huuuuurrr! Hahaaa, squeamish dweebs. This seemingly mindless art piece played you out, just by eliciting this kind of dorkish reaction. Makes me snickers, FLCL is ten times more juvenile than that, and people are only a little short to kiss the drawing boards where it was created as they're saint relics, lol. There are so many people dunking on Chocolate Panic, and yet you hear no huffpuffers reaction about the edgy avant-garde short "Nido to Mezamenu Komori Uta", where a rape is actually pictured just because. Both seem to share the same commentary subtext around militarization and civilization's revolutions, except "Chocolate Panic" seem to handle it in a more cheery than grossing out way. The word revolution is oddly topical here, as a lot of things seem to gyrate and rotate, right down to the compass-like ground where the characters stand at the end. Aside from that, I found nothing much to day, besides what the top reviewer's absolutely spot on analysis. It was alright. Like any of these surrealist arthouses, really. These works don't really aim to be qualitative or anything, just whimsically expressive. They're a firework of animated bravado, nothing more. There, take a good fart, indignant ones. |
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| Yep I still do not like Avant Garde. First time I have someone breathing in my ears for a while and watching one tho. |
| At least the soundtrack was catchy lol, 3/10. |
| Was gonna be a 1, but then the last segment with the blonde girl in a flying motorcycle saved it from that fate, now is a 2. |
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| can someone explain why is it under tezuka now? is it related to the gainax bankruptcy? |
| 馬鹿げた倫理 全部ガラクタで |
| So this is what happens when you just decide to have fun with whatever intrusive unfiltered thought comes up to your mind and decide to animate it. Pure art in my opinion which should be watched under the perspective of "I wonder what are they going to do next, I don't care about plot or anything, just unleash your creativity and do whatever you want". It's the equivalent of typing "asjlkdghsalkjhsakrtasoweahrtorthat" and I just love it for that. Still a 7/10 because of the breathing sounds. |
 MOKUSHI KUSHIMO SHIMOKU KUMOSHI MOSHIKU SHIKUMO. |