Audience reviews
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Nate42272
Gore, racism, and cannibalism.... the ingredients of a perfect anime
... Jokes aside though, I just didn't find it that funny. Not even the shock humor hit. And this is coming from someone who loves Happy Tree Friends. It is mildly funny at parts, mostly due to the quirks of the characters.
Now, should you watch it? It depends. I would recommend investing 3 minutes of your time watching the first episode. I feel like the first episode is a great sampler of the series as a whole, and you can judge how much you'll like the series on that episode. I would normally go more in-depth in a review, but I don't believe it to be necessary... a perfectly short review, for a 30 minute long anime.
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Ok, so what do we have.
Racism.
Alcoholics.
Homicide.
Discourtesy.
Sometimes sex.
Sometimes cannibalism.
Sometimes hanging. This anime has a ton of evil and doesn't even try to hide it.
Nekojiru Gekijou Jirujiru Original is completely a black comedy, with it touching on dark matters in the same manner as you brush your teeth. It's an everyday thing around here, with people dying and other evil deeds to be seen at sight. Whether that clashes with my morals is something I wish not to impose onto the anime, because at its core, it's pretty good with the dark humour that it plays with.
It's an old short so expect "low quality" whilst concurrently good quality for its time. The style of art is very fitting for everything that goes on here. It's not typical moe, but it is a basic worldwide c…
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This show tends to get compared to Happy Tree Friends, but it comes from a very different place from that.
People tend to label violence and alcoholism and the like as "adult" themes and teenagers particularly will gleefully consume things that are "adult" because it's cool and edgy. This appeal of deviance explains the popularity of "Happy Tree Friends". But that's not what Nekojiru is about.
Childhood is not as sanitary as western media would have you believe. Nekojiru comes from a place that is thoroughly childlike and innocent. Children are morbid and curious, brutal and cruel, innocent and nonjudgmental. Children like to kill bugs, and ask difficult questions. Children grow up with flawed adults and observe their world without a sense of right or wrong. Nekojiru shows the world unsa…
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Nekojiru is about a family of personified cats, focusing primarily on the older sister and her baby brother, as they interact with humans and other talking animals. The duo is selfish and cruel, beating up anyone who gets in the way of their fun.
As a result, these episodes often feature brutal mutilation and death, especially when the much-maligned pigs are involved. At first, this type of bloody gag comedy is fresh and funny, especially considering the cute and childish animation aesthetic.
However, very quickly, the humor starts to feel over-used, boring, and worst of all, predictable. The first two times pigs get killed, it`s funny, but by the twelfth time, the audience is sick of it. It`s almost like the creators had two really funny ideas, and then decided to use each one multiple…
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Don't let the looks fool you, this is no simple children's show. While the setup is the same, this show has very mature humor and even a decent amount of death and gore. Anyone who doesn't mind somewhat dated animation and dark humor should be in for a real treat with this series...and it only takes about 30 min to watch the entire thing.
Animation - 7
The art is pretty old fashioned as well as simplistic since it's portrayed similar to a children's show, but I think it adds to the appeal. The simplistic style lets the viewer take in everything that's happening on the screen easily, allowing for maximum enjoyment of the content. When comparing this animation to a show like Chi's Sweet Home, there is quite a bit of difference so I felt a 7 was justified.
Sound - 10
The sound is approached…
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