Audience reviews
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sttormzie
gaahhh popee the character you couldve been if you werent in a kid's show...
even if this show hit a peak in america during the 2020-2021 period, it didnt lose any of its charm.. its not something you should be looking under a microscope to pick apart its lore or so you can proudly announce 5 facts to prove you arent larping, its simply mind-numbing and i have to say funny too. its absurd, its ridiculous, they take stupid ideas and branch them out to even dumber ones. every good show has its cons, and for this one, it has to be that it simply should never have been labelled as a kid's show, and they shouldnt have spent an entire season just kicking popee's ass
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Popee the Performer is a fascinating gem that has garnered quite an audience since its release. Its uncanny CG art style has led itself to have a mostly negative reputation outside of its fanbase, with many calling it immature and ugly. Yet it's this bizarre and masterfully crafted surreal CG art style that gives this anime such a unique identity for itself. It makes the most of its raw, uncanny art style alongside its surreal comedy-horror to force the audience to be utterly baffled at all times. This unique identity of Popee is one that is unanimously celebrated by its fanbase. However, an aspect I don’t see talked about nearly as often when it comes to Popee’s identity is its creators. This identity goes hand-in-hand with the creator’s own visions and ideas during production. Masuda Ryu…
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i really loved this! im so glad i finally got around to watching it. id heard all about it before and just never did, but it was great! definitely never dull; so fun and so weird and sometimes disturbing.
i also like how you can see the animators getting better from just the characters' to model and the animation in general. though, i think in the 3rd season, they start using mocap for some movement which im not a huge fan of when it comes to cartoon models. it looks too uncanny and odd for me and i liked the silly, jittery normal animation, but i understand that it's easier to do mocap. and i feel like the most disturbing episodes are earlier in the seasons and while the later ones still are strange and sometimes bloody, i feel like it's toned down just a tad.
overall, this is right up…
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This show is pleasantly surprising with how superb it is. Popee the Performer is a show about friendship of a group of humanized animals. Their life is full of hardships and struggles, as they happened to be in the middle of nowhere with nothing but clown things. I think barely anyone would be able to keep their sanity in such conditions, but they are trying their best to make each other laugh and feel better. Sometimes they're doing things that we as a people may not understand, because dryness and heat leave a great impact on mental health, but in most of times they apologize and feel sorry for their wrong actions.
In other words, this is a great anime for those who love wholesome things and those who wanna restore their faith in humanity. Show is short , fun and pleasant to watch, it w…
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Popee the performer is a masterpiece. I'm astonished that this art piece is made by humans as only a highly intelligent intellectual with power levels of a god could create such a divine piece. I'm truly ashamed to watch this godly creation for free. Although no price will justify such work of a deity even if it was for a quadrillion dollars. Throughout my experience of watching this glorious blessing from the gods, i have been cured of my brain cancer and my depression has turned into pure bliss. People have been searching the entire world for the cure to diseases, poverty, racism, sexism and etc for so many years when they just needed to watch Popee the performer and all impurities shall be cured. Popee the Performer has changed my taste in anime for the better. Whatever anime, no, any f…
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I wouldn't mind selling my soul if it meant to get this re-animated
Popee the performer was one of the funniest animes i've ever watched. The fact that it is weirdly creepy for a children's show i guess itsnt big of a deal in japan.
The story isn't much but it isn't meh or bad either.
Art is fine, it doesnt hurt my eyes but it isnt eye candy either.
Sound is amazing! i love the soundtracks so much. Especially how bubbly and fun themes play when the characters are in pain. Popee is a really interesting character, so is the rest. I especially love Papi.
I enjoyed this show to its fullest tbh.
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This is my first review on MAL, so apologies if it's shitty. I'm also going to try my best to not spoil anything.
STORY -- 7
The story is honestly alright, to say the least.
ART -- 6
For a CGI anime? It's pretty good. It's not the BEST MOST AMAZING THING EVA!!!!!,1,1,1,11!!!, like Beastars or Land of the lustrous, but it's still ok-looking. I've seen a lot of people say they hate CGI in anime. Most of the time CGI in anime does tend to suck, but this was made in the early 2000's and I'm sure CGI anime was a new thing back then.
SOUND -- 7 Most of the time, there isn't any dialogue. The sound effects and music are pretty good, though. (Despite the fact the theme song is played constantly as BG music.)
CHARACTER(S) -- 9
The characters are styled very nicely, and I think that's what make…
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Popee the Performer is like if those weird Japanese commercials that get shared around had a series of shorts. In fact, I only found the show because someone retweeted a clip of it and it was so surreal that I had to know where it came from (the clips was from "Great Magic"). Two hours and 40 minutes later, I had watched all of the episodes on Youtube and had a fun time.
Popee the Performer is hard to explain because the show makes no effort to explain anything and just throws you into the crazy mess. It's a 3D-animated cartoon where each episode is a short exploration of an idea that may or may not be reflective of a circus. This can range from practicing knife throwing to dealing with half of the screen being dark because the sun got cut in half. The show definitely has a reputation for…
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Rate a 7
Non-vocal comedy at least up till the end.
Story
-Missing character background stories.
-Didn't have a real introduction.
-Simple and easy to follow with activities that transpire.
-Conclusion had a character background event. Mainly the only one that did from what i recall. Although, in terms of final episode while that was something i wanted to know the viewers were still robbed. In addition this is a circus performance where is the flair? I mean all characters trained hard for the timing and the stunts but they end with a small incomplete backstory? Didn't sit right with me. It was somewhat funny though.
-As for the humor component it was that of loony toons but with a more R rated approach. You will laugh for the first half of the season but the gags become overtime repetitiv…
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The only way I can start this review is by saying that this isn't just a series. Much more. This is a horrible, appalling, demented masterpiece that's so unbearable I can hardly forget it.
The story wasn't anything but a clown and his/her dog who easily became out of their minds in the desert. By the way it slides, I'll say it's 10/10.
As far as the "art" went, close to the horrific animation content of 'Sid The Science Kid', I don't usually complain about a shows animation. It was cheap, but it fit the plot, so I could handle it. 6/10
I recall the audio having no script. Yet it made everything work out that way, so I can says that it was completely exceptable. 7/10
The main thing that makes the series horrifically unforgettable is the characters. They play off innocent, then go off…
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my last review turned out great. however, the only thing i was wrong about was Lucky Star being made by Funimation even though, they don't make anime. but you know what, nobody's perfect. anyway, i'm here to review one of the greatest anime of all time "Popee the Performer". the only thing that confuses me is that the anime is made for kids even though, there's a bunch of blood and gore. either way, this is still a great anime and here's my reasons. from what i remember, this show takes place in a circus in the middle of a desert. the music in the show reminds me of one of those preschool shows i was watching when i was 4 but except, Popee is one of the most pissed off characters of all time since, he's violent. the animation looks really good and i always find Popee, Kedamono and Papi to…
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Popee doesn't really play by anime's standard rules, so it's tough to score it by traditional metrics. Is the animation bad? By traditional standards, yes, it's horrible - think CGI a huge step backwards from Toy Story - but that's kind of the point here. Similarly, you can't really rate the story by traditional means since there isn't any to begin with.
Popee clearly draws inspiration from the classics of slapstick animation - it resembles nothing so much as Tom and Jerry - but puts a decidedly surrealist twist on it. The show follows a small troupe of circus performers out in the desert, whose only audience appears to be nothing more than crudely-painted figures on a wall (and the occasional frog or alien). Each brief episode begins with around the titular Popee attempting to practice h…
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When I watched the first episode of Popee the Performer, my instant reaction was "Where was this shitpost of the show all my life." Even though Popee the Performer is not what you want if you're expecting a typical anime, (if you can call it that?) it was one hell of a laugh.
The animation looks like something that came straight out of Jimmy Neutron. No joke. Surprisingly, I wouldn't have gotten as much out of it if it was any different. Everything to the creepy ass expressions to the way they walked, it made it comedy gold in my eyes.
Popee as a character is very easy to anger and isn't afraid to recc someone if he gets mad. This show is a slapstick, so it makes sense because it adds some calamity to the show. He is my true life savior.
Even if it for the wrong reasons, Popee the Perfor…
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First off, this is the only anime you should watch. Ever. Out of all anime. This is the only one worth watching. Alright? Alright.
If you like offbeat cult favorites with penchant for looney tunes style slapstick paired with senseless violence, gore, a detestable protagonist, and surreal Dali-esque landscapes, you're in for a treat. The graphic nature of it is shocking with how blatant it is, but the only thing that separates it from other cartoons of the same nature is the fact that 'Popee' isn't afraid to show a little blood. Or a lot. There's a particular instance where, true to cartoon form, Popee is turned invisible and wreaks havoc, only instead of stepping in ink or covered with a sheet to foil the mischief, Popee is only discovered when they're completely drenched in a torrent of…
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What the hell can I say about this show? It’s really weird! There is really no talking during the show and so hard to understand exactly what is going on in any of the episodes. All I gather is that Popee is a performer who ends up dieing or being tortured at the end of every episode and his dog laughs about it or ends up tortured as well. It makes me wonder just why it’s for little children.
The animation is rather rough. It looks slightly stiff and a couple times the movement doesn’t even have fluid movement. Many of the faces that are used look like they would be better in a horror show rather then a kids show. There are times they actually squash and stretch the CG animation to when the textures look really bad.
There are no voices, but there is a really odd music that sounds even c…
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I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to get out of Popee the Performer before jumping into it. Looking at profile picture showing a clown with rabbit ears, wielding a machine gun and a chainsaw I knew this wasn’t going to be something ordinary. Overall I was both amused and disgusted, but mostly amused.
There isn’t any real overall story in Popee the Performer. The episodes are independent of one another other than the inclusion of certain characters that are introduced over the course of the series. Popee, Kedomono, and Papi perform various feats of magic, acrobatics, and mysticism. This usually results in mayhem and injury followed by bloody retribution. The humor is decidedly dark. If you are turned off by black comedy and comedic violence then you will not like this show.
As with a…
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