Audience reviews
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BeepitsAme
Normally I'm not picky about the type of shows I watch but this was really boring for me. Uramichi Oniisan has an interesting concept, but unfortunately, it didn’t fully work for me. The idea of a children’s show host who is secretly burnt out and emotionally exhausted is relatable and has a lot of potential. However, the execution ended up feeling repetitive, which made the series drag after a while.
The only two things I like are the Bunny Mascots anf the Ending song. Other than that, he jokes and dialogue often relied on the same depressing or cynical lines about adulthood, which lost their impact over time.
The anime isn’t necessarily bad, but it becomes predictable. Each episode follows a similar pattern: a setup involving the children’s show, followed by another reminder of how exh…
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Adult. Humor. And existential dread. Presented at in anime children. In the form of an aired television show.
Do you hate your job? This anime will speak to you in ways you won't believe. With a cast of characters ranging from "I hate my existance but I need money" to "I have the morally just one with the humor of a ten year old" and everything in between. I really cannot state more. It's multipart segments with ... oddly real life lessons like I would give my small siblings.
Watch at your own digression. But, save it for depressive episodes.
The dub is phenomenal. It serves all the purposes.
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If I could share my home screen picture widgets and keyboard wallpaper, that itself would have summed up on how I feel about Uramichi Oniisan. Uramichi-san, Marry Me.
Basically an anime about the daily life of a working class adult, but with a touch of realism (instead of the goofy comedy trope). You wake up, got to work, eat, go home. 5 times a week excluding weekends except the typical involuntary UNPAID overtime when the boss calls you up asking, which the answer will always be Yes, that he needs help.
"Ah for the company, it is our duty as a hard working employee to make sure the company prosper in good will!" as we exclaimed with our coworkers knowing the boss is listening in the background, while inside we are screaming wishing death to reap our souls.
(is this a review or am I…
Read at the sourceLegionIscariot
Life Lessons With Uramichi Oniisan is a funny anime about children tv show hosts, and what they are like behind the scenes.
Despite putting on a big smile for the kids they are really dead inside.
Its a very funny cast of characters:
-Uramichi the host. In peak physical condition. But depressed and mentally unstable. He says alot of depressing things to the kids.
-His co-hosts Iketeru and Utano (both singers). One is clueless the other is obsessed with getting married.
-Kumatani and Usahara in the bear and rabbit costumes respectively. These are the two who constantly get abused by Uramichi (well mainly Usahara does).
-And of course you have the kids on the show. The only sane people.
The interactions between everyone is comedy gold. The constant fake smiles for the sake of appearances.…
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I just rewatched it.
I like this show a lot.
It really embodies the experience of "hating yourself but you work with kids so you need to create a fake persona to deal with them, but at the same time you want them to not get their hopes up in life so you try to teach them about the real life".
I hate being an adult. I really do. And I yearn for the childhood I undermined. This show encapsulates the feeling perfectly, and I treasure it for it.
Apart from that, I also adore this show because the seiyuu cast is insanely talented (and all of them are very well-known??) (and I think that they all had a blast recording). I feel like mamoru miyano was born for the role of ikiteru.
Also I've never felt greater need of fixing a man than after seeing Usahara. He is so pathetic... I need him...
An…
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Watched this because of Mamoru Miyano's laughter scene.
13 episodes of wasted time...
I am amazed that they had such an amazing cast of seiyuus and yet the anime is so plain and not funny.
I really cannot express how disappointed I am in this show.
The story might seem unique and interesting, prone to have awesome jokes, but no story development or good jokes follow after whatsoever.
The art is okay, I mean it is nothing special and not bad either.
The characters were meh. They had cool backstories but again, never developed.
The characters might have been seen realistic but again, nothing was done with that.
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I haven't seen a single other anime tackle daily adult struggles in such a funny and slice-of-life manner. This is a GREAT slice-of-life for people who want something that will make you laugh, and that feels relatable.
Story - 8
The story is fine. It's not something super cohesive where when you get to the end some big revelation will come, or a huge problem will be solved. However, some stuff does carry on between episodes, and you'll notice the characters kind of grow as a team from start to finish, so it's not something where you can necessarily watch any episode for fun. Especially the finale, the finale is a great ending and only really feels right if you have gone through the journey with the characters.
Art - 9
The art is so bright, fun, and cheery. It will make you happy on a sa…
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The premise sounded cool: a dark comedy about the mental problems of adulthood at 30+, things such as the loss of hope, dreams; the ennui and anhedonia; being explained with a smile on a kid show to prepare the stunned little brats for the reality ahead. Instead it's all about the characters whining off stage about their trivial normie "problems" like TFW no GF. Not being married yet. Not having enough friends. Stressing about what family or strangers think of you being single. Being alone, and especially (oh god no, not THAT...) being alone on X-mas.
Maybe this is what people consider to be real adult problems, but you can just go read a relationship column for that sort of tripe, it will waste less of your time than this dumb bait and switch anime.
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One day, you're in your 30's. Every single day, you start to hate even your own birthday. You feel dealing with some people is a hassle. You got stuck on a crappy job. Your boss is chewing the hell out of you. Boss's bootlickers are just mocking at you and bragging about how the first one invited them to a trip to The Caribbean for months. You're feeling defeated. Sick of everything. Almost on the point of committing a mass shooting... Yet your parents expect to go big. How to cope with all that Sh*tstorm? Welp... It's all up to you!
Long short story, this series portrays the lives of people on their late 20's/30's. Who turned out to work for a children's show: A worn out former gymnast, a singer whose career (or the lack of) is filled of pure failures and stuck with a good-for-nothing of…
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My recommendation is; watch until episode 4 or 5 you might have a good laugh and get to experience this odd concept. After that just drop it! You won't miss anything, not even at the end! Save your time, time will never comeback.
It is interesting at the beginning because you don't what to expect and there are funny moments.
After 4 episodes it gets bland, there isn't content in this anime, the same joke was used for half of the show, it was fine for me, I would have a little laugh here and then.
The problem is that this anime doesn't have much to provide! The story didn't go nowhere, it was almost the same for 12 episodes of 23.4 minutes each!
Basically, after 4 episodes the dynamic was, watch 20 minutes of nonsense to laugh for a minute! I don't know about you guys but that isn't worth f…
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Despite being a workplace comedy about young people this anime suffers from a writer that is either showing their age or relying on tired tropes and ideas. From rants against calling out harassment, the only female lead being obsessed with marriage, appalling LGBT misrepresentation, suggesting "some people won't understand unless you hit them", among many other tired tropes that feel like something your CEO would write and not your friends.
It's funny at times and I give it credit for otherwise good writing, if this was released in 1990 it'd probably be a big hit. 30 years later and it comes off as strongly out of touch and leaning heavily on tired stereotypes. Despite having lots of good scenes to clip and share online as a whole those moments can't shine through the majority of this oth…
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One of the most relatable anime I've watched.
When you're an adult, your priorities change, and the way you see the world and the things you have to "endure" are so different from your younger version... It's great to see that it's not just you that goes through that transition.
I did found the characters to be a tad more pessimistic than what we would call normal, and Uramichi has a shadow of depression that has me looking at therapists near him... but it moved me to see how he treated the kids he had to interact with, since he knew it wasn't any of their fault.
The only thing that falls short of a 10 star, is that since it's a slice of life comedy there weren't any twist and turns in the plot, but it was a really enjoyable way to pass the time.
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i personally loved it. It has 0 plot, near-zero character development, and average art. Singing is great with Miyano Mamoru and Nana Mizuki, but music overall is "meh" at best. Though I get why the music is children-song-esque, it just doesn't appeal to me. They are cute, just not on my playlist.
Th characters are admittedly rather 2-dimensional, and not much development really ever occurs. Which encouraged me to keep coming back for more after work without worrying about how I've already forgotten the plot and characters, since you don't need to know anything beyond its initial setting to see what's happening in the anime.
I had it rated at 10/10 since I'm absolutely in love with their self-depreciative humour. Dark and cold, and absolutely relatable. It helps me take things in life les…
Read at the sourceJozuwa-_-
"Even Gintama's filler troll-episodes did much better comedy than this entire series!"
For the sake of my sanity, I'm gonna hold-back my critism for this Anime.
I expected this to be one of, if not the most, favorite Anime of mine from 2021 since I'm a sucker for satirical, dark-humor, slice-of-life, parody Anime. Specially after finding out the Tomokazu Sugita is a part of the cast, and it's an Anime about Dark-humor. I was over the moon.
Unfortunately for me, what I expected to be a perfect recipe for a crazy no-holds-barred comedy, ended up being just a series of "I'm dead inside" jokes with barely any setups and proper punchlines.
I watched a lot of crappy comedy shows (Anime or not) and never have I ever raged-quit... until this came.
It had a great concept that was so perfect for a…
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I'm not one to watch seasonal or recent anime (call me a hipster), but boredom and free time led me to check this anime out after seeing a couple of scenes online.
I expected a mediocre comedy anime...
And I kinda got it? I don't watch many from this genre, but to be honest it was nothing unexpected.
Went into this trying to find something to fry my brain for a bit, forget about my troubles, you know? What I got was more worry for my future, of aging, and being able to do nothing to change stuff. Uramichi's ramblings when he's dejected are probably not meant to be taken seriously, but in a way, they are very #relatable in the sense that it's something we all go through, just never really talk about or realize. Besides nihilism, it also showed me that if this athletic, top-of-his-class th…
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The reason I'm writing this review that I actually did not intend to write is because of how shocked I was to see no reviews criticizing the show and it's many flaws.
First quickly let's talk about the good aspects.
The main idea of the show, the story, is interesting.
But like a lot of shows, it was so wasted to the point where I might argue that it's one of the most wasted stories I've ever seen.
Another good thing about this anime is some of it's characters which we'll be talking about later.
Starting with the story and why I think it's wasted, let's retell the story first.
The anime follows the daily life of a group of adults (mainly Uramichi) whom all work in a kid's show drawing smiles on their faces, but are actually individuals with a lot of stress in life.
The story is l…
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I enjoyed this show so much more than I was expecting too! It had been on my watch list for a while just because I liked the sound of the premise and needed something a bit more light-hearted after watching some emotionally gruelling shows, and to my surprise it delivered so many more laughs than I was ready for.
The all "too hard to swallow pills" of adult life is a realisation I'm sure many people can relate to and I was concerned that this would become the butt of every joke and become overplayed. I was wrong! There are so many more things about this show to love and laugh at.
Each character is great in their own way, and provides laughable entertainment in their individual situations. As well as providing us with some serious moments, which help to ground the characters in their re…
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Where do you see yourself in your early adulthood? Whether that’s 5, 10, or maybe even 20 years from now, it’s always hard to predict what you’ll be like in the future. Do you envision success? Have you accomplished all your dreams? Are you living a fulfilling life?
Or are you someone like me, who sees an uncertain future. Sure I have my goals, and I’d like to think I’m pretty motivated and driven. But after doing a year of online school in university and interning in the summer, I’ve begun to question whether or not I’d actually enjoy an 80 hour workweek under one of the MBB firms despite the great pay it’d offer.
What will I be doing for the next 10, 20, 30+ years after finishing university?
I think until you’ve started having these existential thoughts and worked through the toils o…
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Short review (for yall TLDR s):-
“Give up on your dreams and die” -Levi Ackerman
Most of uramichi’s cast took it seriously :3
Most of us would have seen that one meme of uramichi in which the kids are asked “what are the main things kids have and adults don’t?”
And the children answer …..
1)Santas present 2)elementary school
3)heart
4)hope
5)dreams
Uramich ‘you are all correct’
This is one of the best aspects of uramichi’s comedy, how they don’t sugarcoat any words and let it all out with a straight face. XD
This is basically the best I can do to sell this show. It is a dark comedy show. With a cast that always reminds us of how dead they (we) are inside. If you arent convinced yet please stick around till the end of this review
Long review:-
Uramichi oniisan Episode one,…
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"Hai Domo, kids! Let's all come together and do a charismatimgly cute children's show to the audience! A--B--C, A--B--C, A..to...Z!"
*switches off the TV* So that's your real shell of a dark personality huh?
Uramichi Oniisan can just be summed up in these one-word caricatures: (simply *chef's kiss*) amazing, comical, wholesome (if you understood the show's intents), magnifiquely magnificent (all-around). It's "Expectations vs. Reality" in the most dark, crude stance of a satirical parody, or as I like to call it in a better light: "Adulting/Adulthood" the Animation. It's OK because the "OK Boomers" young generation will absolutely not understand how #Relatable this show is to young adults in their late 20s or adults in their early 30s (of which I am one, hands up if you belong to the Mil…
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