Audience reviews
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SgtSalamander
Sekko Boys is a bizarre, fast-paced comedy about an idol group made up of famous statues, including Saint George, Mars, Hermes, and Medici, specifically Giuliano de Medici, and their hapless greenhorn manager who's a young woman fresh out of art school and totally new to the business of managing an idol group and adapting to the chaotic hijinks that ensue. It's a weird show, with a lot going for it in the comedy department, but it feels as though it more often than not relies too much on the absurdity of its premise, and is notably marred by a script that is severely dated by dead memes. Beginning with the story, there's not that much to it. It's just the oddities and challenges that would come from managing a musical group composed of sentient statuary. Honestly, it's impressive how they…
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I have no idea what to make of this anime.
There's only one other anime I've said this about, and it's "Shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan". This is one of those anime where you really can't spoil it, because there's not enough plot to spoil it.
It's utterly inscrutable.
It's about an idol group, who are stone statues. That talk. That's the whole plot, everything else is just secondary. It's about a stone statue idol group. One of at least three, so the world they've created is, well, not ours.
The stone statues are carried around, but it's heavily implied they can move, eat, or drink of their own accord, but the movement is never shown. It's as if you have a team of PAs and makeup artists coming in in between frames and positioning the statues, moving things around, and pretending like th…
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When it comes to Idol Anime, I usually gravitate towards shows that at least try to shake up the standard formula or try something different with the established genre. I think I have Sekkou Boys to thank for moulding me into that sort of person, having watched it many years ago and writing this review upon a rewatch.
Sekko Boys' main draw lies in its comedic value. The show is very consistently well written and the jokes revolving around the fact that the idols are actually sculptures do work perfectly well and simply can't work if the idols were regular people, all without being too over-reliant on lowest common denominator observational humour. Despite being sculptures with unchanging facial expressions, the fact that the show manages to have the Rockies be so expressive regardless of…
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I rarely write reviews so excuse me if this is slightly incoherent, and/or awkward.
Sekkou Boys was something I watched a while ago, I stumbled across it out of nowhere during my idol phase, and thought "Why the hell not?" It isn't perfect, and there's a lot I could say about why it's not. However, there's a certain charm to Sekkou Boys which I think is what makes it at enjoyable.
The episodes are short, the humour is pleasant. It's a pick-me-up show in all honesty, I would watch an episode or two after a long day and it was nice. Something I didn't have to pay too much attention to.
I would recommend this show to anyone who needs a small rush of charming statue idols to give them a little happiness boost! Don't expect a masterpiece, just enjoy what you're given and it will be a nice…
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First off, I'm sure everyone reading this is as confused as I was when I read the synopsis. And yes, this is a series about sentient statue busts in a boy band.
This is easily, without a doubt, the strangest series I have ever seen, and I would have a hard time finding a weirder series if I tried, but that's a good thing. This is a short series that you can fully watch in an hour that will have you smiling and laughing the whole time. The thing I really loved in this series was the situational comedy was truly brilliant. Seeing a bunch of statues act out normal human emotions, and somehow manage to do normal human tasks and have entire lives while off camera despite being made of stone and not having any arms, legs, most of a body, or any ability to move at all was hilarious. It's hard to…
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I was mostly interested in this show for the A E S T H E T I C, but I enjoyed it immensely. It is easily the most I have laughed at any show anime or not in a long time. I loved the satirical nature of the plot, I loved the characterization and how the show took itself exactly as seriously as they should (at one point saying "Damn making sense!" as the statues walk somewhere). I loved how half the jokes were just basic one liners while others were actually historical (like Ares being accused of not paying child support to Athena). And Mika is such an awesome MC.
If you like satire watch this show
Read at the sourceKatrov
Okay, so this was a fine, short comedy. If you find the premise entertaining enough along with the same constant visual gags, for 12 around-eight minute long episodes, then this will be good for you.
STORY: 5 / 10
Kind of poor, it’s a simple comedy that’s mostly short, episodic stories following the same overarching plot line that’s pretty basic, but overall entertaining.
ART: 4 / 10
Not really that good, minus the actual statues themselves. Pretty basic and I didn’t find it very visually appealing other then the sight gags. Not really terrible, felt like super basic anime art, nothing terrible but not memorable either.
SOUND: 4 / 10
They only have the one ending song, which although catchy, if you don’t really like it, that’s tough luck because that’s all there is LOL.
CHARACTER: 5…
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(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
The Thinker. David. Lincoln of the Lincoln Memorial.
Sculptures, like those above, have been a staple form of art ever since people realized that they could manipulate stone. Either to immortalize legends or demonstrate the intricacies of the craft, sculptures are more than just heavy pieces of rock.
The sculptures of Sekkou Boys are the same. While they likewise have the status and the looks backing them, they also bring their charm to this animated medium.
STORY
Sekkou Boys finds Miki, a recent art graduate, choosing to pursue a career in management after coming to despise drawing sculptures. Naturally, she gets the job – managing a new idol group called the Sekkou Boys, consisting of four talking, singing sc…
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"Imma let you finish, but Sekko Boys is the best boy band of ALL TIME." – St. George
TL;DR: Sculptures, Idols and Genius Script = One Great Ironic Gag Comedy Series.
From the genius quit pro quo scriptwriter, Michiko Yokote, comes such a finely sculpted anime that will leave you saying, “To hell with making sense, this anime rocks hard!” Seriously, don’t take this anime seriously! This is a comedy anime where it deconstructs the whole music idol genre and it does a fantastic job. One can say some of the characters are even godly.
The story is simple but ironically funny. We have a failed art student with statue-phobia, Miki Ishimoto, who lands a job as a manager for a boy band group called The Rockies. To her stone-cold surprise the band of idols is composed of four Greco-Roman sculpt…
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Story:
Probably one of the bizarre entries in my 'completed' list. I don't think I've seen anything like it, especially since I don't watch idol themed anime, to begin with. A friend of mine described this show to me as, "The most surreal experience in giving credence to the inanimate affection fans of idol shows have for the characters. They're nothing more than statues that represent an image, an image that the viewer dictates and strips the creator of any power of their creation." He then went on to say that this show did literally what everyone else did with other idol shows passively. Nobody cares about who anyone is, just that they A) get the job done as idols or B) look cute and make it easy for fans to make inappropriate material of the characters.
I knew he was joshing with me co…
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I'm attempting a concise review (Q/A style), so keep in mind that these simple statements are in place of complicated explanations. If you want a more precise idea, read a longer review.
"What is it good at?"
Humor, including but absolutely not limited to: ridiculousness, satire, puns, and unfortunate situations. There's some seriousness, and I feel that the humor does not clash with it.
"What is it bad at?"
Nothing concrete in my opinion. There are some situationally-dissuading aspects -- It has "short" episodes; and the majority of the humor relies on ridiculousness, puns, or what I'll call "full awareness of 'idols' existing."
"How long does it take to know if I want to watch it?"
I think it's fair to use the 3-episode rule, but the 1st episode is one of my favorites; if you're very…
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Sekkou boys is a strange show. I haven't seen something similar in my life.
It's refreshing and doesn't make sense, that's why I enjoyed it .
Story: 7
The story follows four marble sculptures of ancient personalities who want to become idols and their manager, a young female.
Art:6
The art isn't great, but isn't bad either. I like the way Sekkou Boys are designed. They look realistic and that makes the show more funny in my opinion. They look exactly like the real ones. Just google them .
Sound:6 Now the sound.. this is an idol anime, but they don't sing at all (except for ending). I was disappointed.
The voice actors made a good job, but I wanted Ishimoto to have a more mature voice, but that is a personal opinion.
The ending song is funny.
Characters: 7
The characters are very goo…
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Note: This review may contain spoilers!
Story 7/10: Funny and interesting to watch. The friends they have met along the way on their path to stardom has a great plot to it. That is closest thing that I have seen that is part of the plot development.
Characters 7/10: Seeing the transition of Miki from being an art student to the manager has a big part on her character development. The writers have used Greek/Roman historical & mythological figures to implement the anime. St. Giorgio is the leader, cool and collected. Mars (God of War) - Can be seen as the tough guy & womanizer. There's also Hermes (Messenger of the Gods) & Medici (an Aristocrat). Sekkou Boys are interesting as well, however; how can they have the ability to talk and perform on stage in front of the media and fans? They we…
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The concept of Sekko Boys is brilliant. Following up on the criticism that the idol industry is based on the exploitation and sexualization of youths without concern for their emotional well being or development, it presents a world that has slowly begun to opt out of most subjective views of “attractiveness”. The common folk now rally behind the art world’s objective, long-standing take on beauty resulting in the most beautiful men in existence becoming modern day pop stars. Of course, those men are actually the depictions of various mythical and legendary figures preserved as busts. Sentient stone and plaster busts.
That concept alone would have sold me for a quick viewing during this fairly gloomy anime season, but there’s also the addition of various comedic actors from the legendary…
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You DID read the premise correctly and...no your not high.
On the outset this is one of the more fun weird anime shorts LA has seen and considering you read the premise you kinda get LA's statement on this already. Characters are typical idols and Miki is the average hard-working manager who had an ironic fate with her first job due to her being in arts college all she did was make sculptures, now she's managing them!.
The stone bust idols "The Rockies" are also your typical idol tropes just mix in Greco-Roman backstories into their characters behaviours and you got the "Rockies". As much as the plot goes and for the mere fact it's an anime short, it's about Miki and the Rockies going into the idol industry and getting to know the "Rockies" and their antics.
The comedy has a punchline b…
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