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As a piece of anime and hentai history, Suashi no Houkago may look pretty interesting, as it was made more than 35 years ago, in 1985. But as an anime you would watch on your free time? Absolutely terrible, no one should try it. But, come on - it was 1985! They had a lot of time to evolve. So, Suashi is what you could name a "prototype-hentai" OVA.

About the technical aspects... I usually do anime encodes for my fansub (the things I do for love!), so I understand some good things about audio and video. And here, in Suashi no Houkago, things are... definitely ... not good. As MAL says on the description, Suashi no Houkago was originally part of an OVA "series", the Little Mermaid Series, which included 3 other OVAs (which, let me tell you, also doesn't look that good.), but what MAL DOESN'T tell you is that Suashi no Houkago was released FOUR times! In VHS, VCD, LaserDisc and even DVD, this little piece of animation was there. But you may ask, "what difference does this make"? Well, I watched both the VCD and DVD versions (both japanese because this obviously didn't get to the US or any other country), and the thing is, they may probably one of the lousiest video masters I've ever saw. Audio is missing, frames too... Not that it makes a big difference, since the animation here is really bad, too. And I say "audio", when it's pretty much some badly acted speech sequences followed by a weird 80s song. Different times, maybe.

Story and char. designwise, there's not much to say. It's your basic "girl loves girl - lesbianism ensues" plot, and to be honest, with only 26 minutes, i don't think there was much more that could be done. Character design looks bad, but like I said before - it was 1985. They improved a lot with time, at least.

I wouldn't exactly say to you "Don't watch Suashi no Houkago, it's bad!" as it may be an interesting piece of history. But as for its quality? Bad, very bad. Watched it once and i'll likely never touch it again.

To be fair, i really don't know how it was possible to conceive such an aberration like this.

The story is pathetic, and it doesn't make any sense at all! "Ok, in 2030 we have a virus that turns people into poorly made CGI monsters, and out of nowhere, a ninja and a samurai are transported from the XVI century to this future." What the hell? What genius had this idea?

The characters are terrible, too. Sensui is so irritantly boring, that I could say that a stone has more personality than him. Oh, and Kathleen is annoying.

The development of the story (which is horrible, remember?) ... is even worse. I've never seen such a boring anime in my life. At various times, I really felt like I was going to get sleepy and close my eyes right there.

As for the soundtrack, it's weak. Most BGMs are pretty flat, and the ending song is completely forgettable. However, I'll give a point for the Yoshida Brothers shamisen opening, which is the only thing I really liked in this dumpster fire.

The animation was one of the most terrible things I've seen in recent times! This CGI is so bad that makes my eyes bleed! And if it weren't for this, the animation is so basic it hurts.

My entertainment was zero watching this garbage! Seeing this anime was a pain. I feel like I lost precious hours of my life. I don't know how a work with so many influential people in the production could go so wrong. This was obviously thanks to a great lack of dedication. Definitely one of the worst animations I saw in 2020. Something like this is inexcusable, even for Crunchyroll. I really hope they gets better in their next original releases.