Pelagic
While Ramen Chai-Nyan might not provide a lot for newer viewers, it manages to a potent if condensed reminder of what the anime scene was like in the mid 2000s. Artwise, its a very short, relatively low quality animation, clearly made on basically no budget, but manages to show case a decent amount of talent for the animator, despite the unimpressive art style. The story is of course, as one would expect, very simplistic for an video that is essentially 4 minutes long, but manages to cram in a wide variety of tropes seen as characteristic of anime in the early 2000s, from the chinese catgirl main character who runs a ramen shop, to DBZ style combat (including the associated sound effects), and of course mechas. These are juxtaposed together in a slapstick, self aware way, but are animated…
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