Audience reviews
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HughMungis
2/10
Every show I watch starts at a 5/10 and I reward or deduct points based on what stood out to me.
Interesting intro music +1
turbo focus on pantsu moments -1
sensory overload -2
no plot to speak of -1
random clips of random things -1
short form eps is an interesting choice that doesn't get used enough +1 I get that this is a holdover from the "you guise i'm being sooo random zomg" but i've heard pots and pans falling on the floor that was less chaotic than this show. My best guess is that they were trying to do something like FLCL where the events happening on screen are less important than connecting to the viewers about a shared attitude.... maybe? i guess? if the episodes weren't so short form I would've dropped this show.
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Basically, this is about huge perverts having unhinged sexual fantasies and losing self-respect just to see panties. I don't really know what made them to serialize this gag comic that's all about panties. I mean I get it, this is supposed to be funny because of the "whacky" faces the perverted characters make hen they humiliate themselves just to exercise their fantasies. You could say this is just straight up underwear fetish comedy. Also, considering the time this was made, it was probably experimental, there's nothing wrong with liking this type of humor, in fact, I could say I laughed at some moments. But I think it was more focused on the graphic stuff rather than the comedy, that's why it's kind of boring to watch throughout, I mostly skimmed it.
I guess I just have too much self-r…
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I started my search skimming through the trashy animes that usually plague the pages of the MAL ecchi tag. And I ended it quite satisfied but perplexed. You see, it was to my understanding that fast-paced, over-the-top, almost YouTube Poop-esque comedy was something unique to the era of the world wide web. But here in front of me is an anime preceding the 2000s and its outlandish internet culture, that exhibits all of these characteristics. I am not so naïve as to say "Colorful is ahead of its time" but I believe it stands atop its contemporaries as what may have served as the inspiration for modern-day "meme-culture." It's a bit jarring seeing a lenny face and hearing memey audio-stutters in an anime from the 90s, to say the least. Despite some of its fast-forward humor, the anime seems t…
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a girl should definitely stay away from this lol.
Colorful an ecchi comedy anime and yes its filled with that category of things happening in the anime it did what it meant to and not going further than the objective cant say it really was that bad for an anime itself. Will definitely recommend to anyone that likes short and fast comedy 7 out of 10.
I really want to know about this anime because of the strangeness of it has or its just like to have intentional randomness where is kinda off putting its is really weird having them but oh well.
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There are many reasons why a piece of media is forgotten to the sands of time. Sometimes it's because something isn't very good, sometimes it's because it was released at a time that prevented it from getting a better foothold. In Colorful's case, it's because it just wasn't very memorable.
So what's the plot for this series? It doesn't have one! Based on a manga series, Colorful is a series that focuses on the misadventures of men staring, peeking, glancing, looking, and glaring at women and their efforts to get that extra eyeful of harmlessly exposed panties, bras, and occasional cleavage and the outrageous consequences of their actions.
It's more like a sketch show with a few re-occurring characters and exactly one sketch rather than an ongoing series, which should be pretty obvious w…
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Rate a 4
English Dubbed
Story
A mixture of different shots. Positively speaking left a surprise of what was to come. Negatively, plot could change at any precise moment. In other words sure one never got bored but how is one supposed to focus if you won't stand still. *crickets chirp( I thought it was amusing).
Could have made for a rather interesting ecchi aspect. But several elements had my mind questioning the demonstration that made me miss the show. For example there was more than one ending. Why was there two? Did the creator originally shoot for one season of 8 episodes than due to popular demand brought in another season? Or, was it a marketing trick to rack in more bucks.
For a show that demonstrates collection the least they could do is keep the episodes in order. Rather than…
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So this review won't really be too long considering this show is comprised of 16 8 minute shorts that are incredibly ADHD in nature so if you're a fairly lazy bastard here's the super special TL;DR review:
A Series of late 90's/early 00's adult swim flash animations where every joke is centered around just how funny voyeurism is.
Story:
Just a series of shorts about a host of losers that go to some series extremes just to see some panties and one episode about a guy that finally get's a real woman who's nothing more trouble than she's worth and makes him decide to go back to a cardboard cutout.
By nature there isn't really hardly any story to be told here so what you have is just a series of skits with a few re-occurring characters to give it continuity for continuity's sake and some a…
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This is the anime you watch when you're in middle school, in 120p, in your parents' basement, with headphones on. Golden Boy may or may not be sitting in a folder on your desktop while you watch it.
Colorful is a surreal hodge-podge of vignettes about voyeurism and the transitions between them. The episodes are short and the pacing is fast.
It seems silly to complain about the lack of story because there isn't supposed to be one. The basic formula for the vignettes: dude sees girl, tries to see panties/cleavage/whatever, ha ha karma. In this regard it may be the most thematically consistent anime I've ever seen. Now, I am pretty sure that Colorful is supposed to be some kind of social commentary on voyeurism in Japan. A point in favor of that idea is it certainly isn't erotic. The art…
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Colorful doesn't really have a plot, or character development, or really much of anything aside from being so stuffed full of panty shots you'll think you accidentally wandered into a young woman's underwear drawer. But really, it doesn't need to have any of that. Colorful is an un-ironic, unashamed parody series that takes a look at Japan's apparent fascination with the upskirt. It's funny, but also perverted and weird, however, some people (myself included) like it for that. Just don't expect deep characterization or an overarching plotline, because the most it has is guys obsessing over the elusive panty shot, the oblivious women who fall victim to their schemes, and a bunch of running jokes.
Colorful is one of those niche anime with a large gap dividing those who've witnessed its weir…
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Overview:
Greetings my friends and happy 2015 to everybody! What better way to celebrate the new year then by looking at the absolute worst anime of the past!? This not only provides laughter and merriment, but allows us to see just how far our beloved medium of animation has come. Today we look at Colorful, an anime that celebrates voyeurism and isn't particularly funny. Technically, it claims to be a high concept satire of the perversion of Mankind and was directed by the Avant Garde director of Serial Experiments Lain. Unfortunately, this was a HORRIBLE execution of satire and no one seemed to "get it" besides the director himself. Especially not the people who did the US dub!
Plot: 0/10
Plot?! We don't need no stinking plot! All we need are 3 minute scenes that look up cartoon girls…
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Bad shows don't always stem from a lack of talent. Even the exceptionally talented of directors or artists have created a work which is far bellow their abilities at one time or another. Take director Ryuutarou Nakamura, for example. At his best, his works are powerful, thought-provoking experiences which warrant multiple re-watches. Yet he's had his fair share of busts, as well. One of these came a year after his magnum opus, the mind-bending Serial Experiments Lain, in the form of a screwball social satire. This is Colorful, Ryuutarou Nakamura's satirical take on the over-sexualized voyeurism of modern society and mass media, which can be summed up with the words lowbrow gutter comedy. Speaking personally for a moment, I can also describe it as a guilty pleasure.
Given Nakamura's inclin…
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As I contemplate this strange little series, a question pops into my mind. Why would a woman watch a series such as this, a series which is practically built around the idea of the panty flash? And on top of that, why might a woman actually enjoy it? I often find the gratuitous panty flashes that plague many anime series to be annoying, and the thoroughly unrealistic portrayals of women found in anime series can bother me as well. However, when these anime traits are taken to extremes and/or used as parody, then I become interested. It is as if the anime genre is poking fun at itself. "Colorful," in part, is a parody of anime fan service, and it makes fun of stereotypical male fantasies and male behavior. I like "Colorful" for the same reason that I like the British comedian Benny Hill's c…
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Oh dear… a show all about strange men trying to see women in really perverted ways. The show is really bland, not really having any story, any depth, and is made for men just to wank off. It’s as though it’s a perverts guide to finding something to get their jollies off twenty-four seven. I would put this up to par with Eiken, something that should be a hentai just to get it over with… of course the men are such losers that I can understand why no women would want them. They get off just from the simplest things like a hint of a short skirt. I like some ecchi but only when there is a good story and when there is a reason for it, not when it’s plastered in my face. And the show is so random it’s like watching a rather un-entertaining animated version of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Things…
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There’s really no point in writing a full review because there’s only two criteria that decide if you’re going to enjoy this or not. The first is whether you can handle the perversion. It’s not quite as messed up as Hen Zemi but it’s pretty damn perverse. Panty shots, though prolific, are the least of your worries here – there’s one memorable scene where a guy sneaks into the bathroom after a woman is done peeing and rubs his face all over the toilet seat to feel the residual warmth. Another very short scene at the end of an episode is a short exchange between lovers, where the man reveals that he taught the dog how to fellate him. These are but a small selection of the sexual humor that Colorful has in store for you.
The second criterion is how FREAKING WEIRD this show is. All of the “st…
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"Colorful" is basically an anime comedy sketch show. Some of the clips are running jokes featuring recurring characters, but most are independent from one another. One thing all the clips have in common is that they're all ecchi in nature, primarily backed up by the same idea - they're all about lecherous men thinking up new and "innovative" (I'm putting the word in quotes cos it seems kinda wrong to use it in this fashion) ways of peeking up girls' skirt.
Considering the "inspiration" (again... just doesn't seem right to use a term with positive meaning here) behind this show, it would need to do something pretty damn special to end up as anything other than awful. It probably comes as no surprise that it doesn't manage to do it. A lot of the jokes are very repetitive, with almost exact…
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If you like ecchi humor, Colorful! is for you.
Although this series is very funny at the beginning, the events that take place seem a bit repetitive after a while. After all, it does contain frisky guys that seem desperate for that one upskirt peek or that one wardrobe malfunction.
The art is okay. If you want something totally psychedelic, go for the intermission pieces.
Sound...well, I don't remember anyone really talking? I watched the English and, sure, there was conversation but there wasn't really any developing dialogue that occurred. This goes for the characters as well: they were there but they don't develop like in any other anime.
This certainly ISN'T a Fooly Cooly type anime where you get the full dialogue, recognizable characters and have that urge to watch it again. It…
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